From: "Damian Yerrick" <NOSP AT Musenet@pineight.8m.com>
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Subject: Re: Newbie tries to plot a pixel and fails :)
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Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 03:49:54 GMT
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"James Migel" <jmigel AT sprint DOT ca> 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
> that maybe my color (25) was black but it doesn't matter what I use I
still
> get a blank screen. Is it possible that I have to load a color palette
> before it knows any colors? code as follows:
>
> #include<stdio.h>
> #include<dos.h>
> #define GRAPHICS 0x013
> #define TEXT 0x03
> /*prototypes*/
> void SetGraphicsMode(int iMode);
> void PlotPixel(int ix,int iy,char cColor);
> /*global pointer to video buffer*/
> char *pcVideoBuffer=(char *)0xa0000;
>
> int main(void)
> {
>  SetGraphicsMode(GRAPHICS);
>  fflush(stdin);
>  getchar();
>  PlotPixel(25,25,25);
>  fflush(stdin);
>  getchar();
>  SetGraphicsMode(TEXT);
>  return 0;
> }
>
> void SetGraphicsMode(int iMode)
> {
>  union REGS regs;
>  regs.x.ax=iMode;
>  int86(0x10,&regs,&regs);
> }
>
> void PlotPixel(int ix,int iy,char cColor)
> {
>  pcVideoBuffer[(iy<<8)+(iy<<6)+ix]=cColor;

Can't do that. Video buffer is not in the program's data segment.
pcVideoBuffer? What else is there? macVideoBuffer?

> }
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated...

You need to use either nearptr or farptr with protected mode.
I see neither in your code. DJGPP provides a linear address
space, but it doesn't start at the interrupt table like real mode's.
I suggest learning about far memory addressing, opening a
segment with DPMI to gain access to the VGA framebuffer,
and using farpokeb() (or whatever it's called) to plot pixels.

But if you want to get on the fast track to actually *doing*
graphics, you might want to try Allegro and study its source code.
http://www.talula.demon.co.uk/allegro/

Also, I see you're using Hungarian notation. IMHO, it's ugly.
If you're using an integer called mac (memory access counter)
e.g. in a malloc debugger, it would become iMac in Hungarian.
http://www.apple.com/
But we're getting way off topic...


Damian Yerrick