From: "Mr Jinks" <lcdvt AT worldonline DOT nl>
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Subject: Re: Allegro question
Date: 10 Aug 1997 00:26:16 GMT
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Brett Leslie Porter <bporter AT rabble DOT uow DOT edu DOT au> wrote in article
<199708080343 DOT NAA21616 AT rabble DOT uow DOT edu DOT au>...
> > I use Allegro, and think it is great, but there is a strange "error?"
that
> > occurs with its graphics routines.  I am using Mode 13h and whenever I
> > clear the screen, a border forms around the edges of the screen in the
0
> > color.  Why does this happen, and how can I prevent it from happening? 
I
> > don't use black as my zero color, so this is beginning to get annoying.

> > Thanks,
> > 
> This is no error, not even a feature of Allegro. VGA (indeed all graphics
> adapters) do this. You either get the border, or make sure your zero
colour
> is black. Sorry, but it's da truth, and I don't think there are any
hardware
> registers you can "tweak" to change it.
> 
> Brett
> 

Cool a border, can I have one for my mother?