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From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT edu DOT ar>
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To: "mussepigg" <jeesus AT hotmail DOT com>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 15:13:27 +0000
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Subject: Re: DJGPP and Windows95
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"mussepigg" <jeesus AT hotmail DOT com> wrote:

> I understood that DJGPP isn't THAT compatible with Windows, but is there
> any way to use DirectX sdk with it? 
WinAlleg is a solution for that.

> And DJGPP can't apparently use other
> compiler libraries either, so is there a way to port DirectX libraries (or
> DLLs) to DJGPP's format?
I don't think so, just look WinAlleg.

> Or am I just asking for trouble by using DJGPP for this kind of stuff?
More or less. I saw the answer from Orlando, and I must add it: If you plan to 
do shareware or commercial programs forget about Cygnus port because will 
introduce problems too (differents to the ones with djgpp).
 
Here is the link to WinAlleg:

<a href="http://www.ping.be/~ping7970/">WinAlleg</a> by <a
href="mailto:Dominique DOT Biesmans AT ping DOT be">Dominique Biesmans</a> is Win32 DLL
library to interface with Direct X that uses the interface of <A
HREF="l5.html#allegro">Allegro</a>. Is in alpha state. Sources. Swapware.</p>

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