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Andrew Cottrell <andspamtrap aty exemail doty com dot yau> wrote:

: Before dec 2001 the DJGPP LIBC was not compatible with 2K/XP. Your
: millage with programs created with the old 2.03 LIBC may cary on
: 2K/XP.

: I have DJGPP/Rhide and Allegro working on 2K and now XP, but there are
: some catches as follows:-

: 1) Rhide  1.5.0.1  - starts full screen and occasionally crashes
: 2) Allegro 4.xx - Not all of the graphics resolutions are available
: like on DOS on the same machine.
: 3) 2.03 LIBC (release 2) does not include all of the fixes done for
: 2K/XP. 2.04 beta release from the end of 2003 is the latest release.

Thanks Andrew, that is great news. I might try get this working again 
on my new computer. I also used the MIDAS library for .xm playback.

Lars