Message-ID: <002f01bf8a42$0c346c20$838c48d8@bibiana> From: "Juan Raul Rosero" To: Subject: RE: VGA, VESA; making DOS graphics Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 22:38:00 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Hi, my name is Juan Raul Rosero and I need to develop graphics an interface graphic in DOS, In VGA like the DJGPP interface or RHIDE interface. Which libraries do I need?? do I need GRX or no?? Thank you for your help. -----Mensaje original----- De: Damian Yerrick Grupos de noticias: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Para: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Fecha: Jueves, 09 de Marzo de 2000 07:52 p.m. Asunto: Re: VGA, VESA; making DOS graphics >On 9 Mar 2000 18:14:47 GMT, deisenzi AT d DOT umn DOT edu wrote: > >>Hello all, I have successfully written some code that uses the VGA driver >>but I would like to make graphics with a higher resolution. I am using a >>dinosaur (486) and it's a Compaq (no flames please). The current display >>setting used by Windows is... >>Compaq/ET4-W32 640X480 256 color >> >>Apparently some other display drivers are available because I am able to >>change to these but the monitor is not displaying them properly (hazy, >>triple-image). The ones that I have been trying have a resolution of 800X600, >>example being the Super VGA. > >Then try 640x480. In 256 colors, that's considered SVGA. > >>I am not sure if VESA is available to me. >>[snip] >>Does this mean that, without a doubt, VESA is not available to me? > >You may be able to find a VBE/AF driver: > http://www.talula.demon.co.uk/freebe/ > http://www.scitechsoft.com/ >Then just code your app for VBE/AF and be done with it. > >If you need help, look at the Allegro source. > >-- >Damian Yerrick http://yerricde.tripod.com/ >Comment on story ideas: http://home1.gte.net/frodo/quickjot.html >AOL is sucks! Find out why: http://anti-aol.org/faqs/aas/ >View full sig: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~yerricde/sig.html > >This is McAfee VirusScan. Add these two lines to your .sig to >prevent the spread of .sig viruses. http://www.mcafee.com/