From: "J.E." <cellis AT voyageur DOT ca>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Please Help: Allegro 3.0 beta
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 16:47:23 -0600
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I just dl'd the Allegro 3.0 beta, and I have been very impressed so far.
However, I have some questions that can probably be answered fairly
easily:

1. AFAIK, the docs say that true color images don't use palettes, but
the RGB values are stored directly in the pixels (video mem, I guess). 
So how many R, G, or B values are there (63? 255?)?  Also, how to I
specify a color to use during drawing primitives (like putpixel) if
there is no palette?

2. Now for my next question:  How do I create a reasonably fast double
buffering system in true color (24-bit)?  I tried using the usual method
(scan under sprites, draw to buffer, blit buffer to screen, erase
sprites), but it's *extremely* slow on my Cyrix 5x86 75mhz (well, I
guess anything's going to be slow on my computer...).

3.  Also, does high color (16-bit) use the same "no-palette" methods as
true color?  And now my final question:  How do I use a transparent
color to draw 24-bit sprites? 

Thanks alot for your time and help:-)  Especially, thanks to Shawn for
creating such a cool library!!  Bye.

-=Hookflash=-

cellis AT voyageur DOT ca