From: "D. Huizenga" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Resolve a bet : Simple hello world sample at 640x480? Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 20:00:55 -0500 Organization: Student Lines: 24 Message-ID: <3515B447.BD011401@concentric.net> References: <3515A066 DOT 736CFC37 AT netrover DOT com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ts001d11.gps-mi.concentric.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk Nicolas Blais wrote: > > Can anyone write me a full, simple c++ code hello world program running > at 640x480 without using allegro? My friend here says that it's > impossible and I bet with him 20$ that it's possible. As a proof, I > have to show him the code. So, anyone know how? > > Thanks, Nicolas Blais It is certainly possible. Instead of wasting bandwidth by posting the code to this group, I will point out that Allegro is written entirely in standard C, with a little AT&T Assembly thrown in. Allegro is no miracle-worker, it is simply a lot of very good code. As an added proof, tell your friend that the original version of Quake (http://www.idsoftware.com ) was written with DJGPP, without Allegro. You can see this by looking at the program in a text editor, where you will be able to see the copy right contained in the stub. On a side note, the Macintosh emulator, Executor, is also written with DJGPP (http://www.ardi.com ). -- Dan Huizenga Email: Skis AT Concentric DOT net Home: http://www.concentric.net/~skis (Not much there right now, except BGui [now there's actually an example program ;-)])