Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 16:00:47 +0300 (IDT) From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> To: Hilaire Fernandes <hilaire DOT fernandes AT iname DOT com> cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: Allegro & WinNT In-Reply-To: <35F4FE3B.160AF785@iname.com> Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.980908155750.28002C-100000@is> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Precedence: bulk On Tue, 8 Sep 1998, Hilaire Fernandes wrote: > <HTML> Please don't use HTML when sending mail. It is very hard to read such messages with some mailers. > Actually I try running Dr Geo under NT work station at school without > succes. Dr Geo crashes immediatly, also Dr Geo don't use any true color > mode but only 256c ones. > It seems the crash comes when changing to video mode (640x480 autodetect > with S3 video card) The DJGPP FAQ explains (in section 3.3) that NT disallows direct access to the SVGA I/O ports, so graphics programs cannot use SVGA capabilities on NT, they all work only in standard VGA modes.