From: Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: About DJGPP future
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 22:44:54 -0300
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Weiqi Gao wrote:

> Endlisnis wrote:
> >     On many machines these days, DirectX programs run faster than their DOS
> > equivalents.  Most DOS programs only use VESA compatability which isn't
> > enourmously fast (even v2).  On many video cards, they supply directx drivers
> > that can do blits/fills/polygons faster than you can ever hope to do in DOS
> > (unless they tell you how to take advantage of the hardware acceleration).
> Isn't this another one of those "secret hardware" problem (Along the
> lines of WinModem, WinPrinter, and WinBoard)?

    Yes, and that is why I can't play any DOS games that use modems because I fell
victim to the WinModem conspiracy.

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