From: a DOT gillett AT virgin DOT net (Andrew R. Gillett)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: allegro trouble
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 16:56:37 +0100
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In comp.os.msdos.djgpp, article <6m427e$ikd$1 AT news DOT getonthe DOT net>, Evan 
(mec_man AT hotmail DOT com) wrote:

> set_color_depth(4);

SET_COLOR_DEPTH (4); ????

Well, you can start by getting rid of that, Allegro does not support 16 
colour modes.

> // put a box on the screen
> for (x=0; x<=10; x++)
>     {
>      for(y=0; y<=10; y++)
>         { 
>          _putpixel(screen, x, y, 1);
>         }
>     }

This is not the best way of putting a box on the screen... You want to 
use the rectfill command for that.

> sprite *Ball;

As I have said before, I am a little rusty on pointers and memory 
allocation, but don't you have to give this something to point to?

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Andrew Gillett
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