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From: Shawn Hargreaves <SHargreaves AT acclaimstudios DOT co DOT uk>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Allegro and Borland Turbo C++ 3.0?
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 11:46:11 -0000
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William J. Urban II writes:
> My question is do I need to learn DJGPP as well to use the
> Allegro functions or will the libraries work with the
> Borland compiler too?

Not a chance, sorry. Allegro 3.12 and earlier is only for djgpp. The
current work-in-progress versions are portable to a number of other
systems, but TC3 is only a 16 bit compiler, and Allegro absolutely
requires a 32 bit environment to have any hope of working, so I'm
afraid you will have to install djgpp to use it. Don't worry, though:
djgpp is IMHO a much nicer and more powerful compiler than TC, so
you won't lose anything from making the switch :-)

> As well, I have found lots of information on the web
> but I am looking for some simple tutorials on the use 
< of Allegro for a new programmer.

The Allegro documentation (in the docs folder) is created in various
formats (ASCII, HTML, Info, and RTF) when you install Allegro. There
are also many sample programs in the examples directory, plus you
can find some links on http://www.talula.demon.co.uk/allegro/docs.html.
That's everything I know of, although Google or Altavista may know
more: it's always worth asking them :-) If you find any other useful
resources, please let me know!


	Shawn Hargreaves.