Message-ID: <003d01be692d$59ae6a00$e87a85c2@jesus-freak>
From: "Samuel Mukoti" <ice AT icon DOT co DOT zw>
To: <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Thanx! - one more thing...
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 08:19:54 +0200
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Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

Hi,

Thanx for the help with the newsgroup - though it seems that only netscape
can post to that server MS Outlook is failing <I'll work around it somehow>

Here it is:  Im new to djgpp but not to c.  I'm wanting to make a Protected
Mode TSR for to reasons:

1. A DOS screen saver - with cool graphics-pictures etc.  Im sure with djgpp
you can make one with no worries about hogging up the convetion memory?  I
spend a lot of time in rhide nowadays and I've made a screen saver in Turbo
C/C++ but u know the limits....

Can you help me with some code, examples PLEASE I I dont understand this
DPMI, GO32, and to mke it works I've not found any free manuals which help
the trasition from 16-32bit!!!

2. I must say U guys impress me so!!!!  I never thought posible what you
have done - djgpp - Allegro - THANK YOU !! for sharing them with us....  One
think that has really AMAZED me is in Allegro 3.11  I went in to native DOS,
ran the sample Alegro Setup file and
_unbeliviably_my_Sidewinder_gamepad_WORKED! meaning that theres a native dos
driver for that joystick that someone has writen... W O W !!!!!

I've been for 2 years frustrated 'cause I've come across many games that
only work in native DOS (non of this Win DOS Box) so Its forced me to put my
joystick away hoping that some day I may actualy use it!!  MAYBE NOW I CAN!
I need your help (and Shawn's as well - I pray U R willing) I wand to make a
TSR that I can load before running one of these games - such that it will
comunicate with the joystick port sending the data.. you get the Idea.  That
way games would be able to use these DIGITAL joystics. (MS is silly - they
should have made something like these for their joysticks - who said Win95
is the only operating system, what of OpenDOS, Linux...)

I know you're busy, but with your expertiese - you could do this in an hour,
Im sure, you've already got the source used in Allegro... _please_  I'd be
forever grateful..

Let me know your verdict :-)

ICE
~~~