From: nikki AT gameboutique DOT co (nikki)
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Subject: Re: directx? for djgpp (sort of :)
Date: 25 Feb 1997 09:29:08 GMT
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> I'm not a windows weenie, so don't flame me, but Windows does offer more
> than
> just video card support. By abstracting the video, sound, input (mouse
> and
> keyboard) subsystems, programmers are insulated from all of those
> aspects.

well true, but then allegro already provides quite adequate support for these
sort of devices :) 

> Remember when games were written that REQUIRED you to have a Creative
> Labs
> Soundblaster? Hmmm, there monopoly sure went the the way of the hula
> hoop.

erm. i thought the monopoly was with those dreaded gravis ultrasound things.
well anyway point taken. nothing pissed me off more than being told by my
application that it wasn't going to run because my sound card wasn't good
enough and i should go buy a decent soundcard.

> Windows did it. I own an Ensoniq Soundscape now, and no one in the
> world,
> except the guys at Ensoniq that write the layer between my card and the
> DirectX/Windows sound system need to know a thing about that card. Sure,

i thought you were gonna say noone in the world owns one except you for a
moment ;) heh just kidding.

> windows has drawbacks, but it's really hard to claim this is one of
> them. It's
> probably the biggest benefit.

indeedly so. hence having access to some of these goodies from dos would be
kinda nice. ideally i'd like to see dos with at least most of the capabilities
of windows because i find such os's restrictive and non-intuitive. 

regards,
nik


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Graham Tootell           
nikki AT gameboutique DOT com