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From: Alan Illeman <illeman AT interlog DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Newbie tries to plot a pixel and fails :)
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Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 22:50:45 -0500
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James Migel wrote:
> 
> Hi all, I'm trying to work my way through the DJGPP tutorial on the game
> programming megasite http://perplexed.com/GPMega/ and am having trouble
> plotting a pixel. I have my code right I think... mode 13 starts and then it
> is supposed to plot at x=25 y=25 color=25 but I see nothing... I thought
[snip]

How do you know if it starts, if you don't see anything. Your code is fine,
for a real-mode Dos app but not for protected-mode in which DJGPP runs.
Save yourself a lot of hassle and use Allegro (unless you're a gfx guru).