From: Dominique DOT Biesmans AT ping DOT be (Dominique Biesmans)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Allegro & DirectX - please read
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 18:53:12 GMT
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 I'm sorry guys, but it's virtually impossible to use a Windows SDK in
a DOS environment. In theory it can be done of course. You would need
to program a software layer that is capable of loading & executing
windows executable formats. Mainly vxd's & DLL's but you'll also need
to emulate some (or a lot?) of the windows kernel functionality
because DirectX uses windows calls to allocate resources, etc...
Basicly, you would need a Windows95 subsystem running on top of DOS.
But good luck, once you have finished that, you aren't far away from a
Freewin95! :-)

Dominique Biesmans

(But a DirectX-port of Allegro would be a good idea)