From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject: Re: DJGGP to Linux / MSVC
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On Mon, 27 Mar 2000 23:26:08 GMT, Rossz <rwentwor AT advent DOT com> wrote:

>In article <57ivdsc2qi0hb9kidbr8vu905hlf5416rl AT 4ax DOT com>,
>Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p> wrote:
>
>> That's because NT's VDM (virtual dos machine) and HAL (hardware
>> abstraction layer) don't allow such access from a DOS application.
>> NT is a workstation and server operating system (IMHO a pretty
>> crappy one); W98 is a game console.
>
>So true.  I used to work for a game company.  We didn't bother to
>support WinNT because it simply wasn't possible.  Whatever we could get
>to run on an NT ran so slowly to be laughable.  You can not produce a
>high performance game (real time as opposed to turn based) for use on
>NT.  I suggest you discuss this with the teacher and explain to him/her
>the impossibility of the assignment.

Have you tried MinGW + Allegro 3.9.32?
  http://www.mingw.org/
  http://www.talula.demon.co.uk/allegro/

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