Message-ID: <39564A78.45547908@home.com> From: Robin Johnson Organization: Orbit Computers X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en,af,es MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Possible compiled exe and Win2K bug. References: <3955C37F DOT 3254A440 AT home DOT com> <5v9clsc92nr73jf8nst7amroajikslsf3s AT 4ax DOT com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 35 Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 18:07:35 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.113.36.103 X-Complaints-To: abuse AT home DOT net X-Trace: news1.rdc1.bc.home.com 961956455 24.113.36.103 (Sun, 25 Jun 2000 11:07:35 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 11:07:35 PDT To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Damian Yerrick wrote: > > On Sun, 25 Jun 2000 08:31:47 GMT, Robin Johnson > wrote: > > >My Computer Science project that I wrote, doesn't seem to work > >under Win2K. And I can't figure out the reason. > >It doesn't spawn other programs, or use LFN, or use any special > >DPMI functions. It does use Allegro for FLI playing, MIDI music, > >and lotsa graphics though. > > Does it go over 640x480? Windows NT systems (such as Win2K) tend to > deny DOS programs access to resolutions higher than 320x200 (that is, > unless you drop Allegro and use 4-bit color). That could be it, as I use a variety of resolutions. 320x240 for my FLI, 800x600 for my menu, and 1024x768 for the game itself. > > -- > Damian Yerrick > "I refuse to listen to those who refuse to listen to reason." > See the whole sig: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~yerricde/sig.html > > This is McAfee VirusScan. Add these two lines to your signature to > prevent the spread of signature viruses. http://www.mcafee.com/ -- Robin Hugh Johnson "Robbat2" QTOD: "I used to be an idealist, but I got mugged by reality." E-Mail : robbat2 AT orbis-terrarum DOT net ICQ# : 30269588 or 41961639 Home Page : http://www.orbis-terrarum.net Time Zone : Pacific Daylight (GMT - 8)