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Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de> wrote in
news:abgkic$5is$1 AT nets3 DOT rz DOT RWTH-Aachen DOT DE: 

> Truecolor may still be available in the shape of 32bpp modes --- 24bpp
> is just too much of a hassle these days, given that all the modern
> cards have much more memory on board than even 2000x2000x32bpp could
> ever use.

No joy, 32bpp doesn't work either.

Is there a painless way to port an Allegro app to DirectX?
(Note: painless means, among other thigns, no massive rewriting and no 
paying money for anything. Preferably no downloading anything really huge, 
either. A DLL, maybe. Lots of new tools or libraries and having to learn 
them all, ick.)