From: Damian Yerrick Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Using allegro in RHIDE Organization: Pin Eight Software http://pineight.8m.com/ Message-ID: References: <20000522211011 DOT 17497 DOT qmail AT web1102 DOT mail DOT yahoo DOT com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.7/32.534 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 50 X-Trace: +4LrtpsI60FQHZqSEieO4RKhiKjhGXBXXTQ65RKlktDEqRS89aKVhZs12x54H2EoqLCyCYCcBjet!1CTwOR35I3tA1fDPUg7IPEs+1ynXKWmgyyEqXlAmf2sIh1Ryq7DC6OyT/vzS8a0qjkgVAO46wi5Z!7SCK3VQ= X-Complaints-To: abuse AT gte DOT net X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 03:08:10 GMT Distribution: world Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 03:08:10 GMT To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com On Mon, 22 May 2000 14:10:11 -0700 (PDT), Barry Marks wrote: >Thanks for your help. I've decided djgpp isn't a very good fit >for what I'm doing and I've installed Borland and I'm using that. Borland C++Builder is the only Borland compiler that works with Allegro, and that makes Windows apps. >I'm trying to learn about 3D rotation, etc. I really need a debugger textprintf() is all the debugger you need. >and I really need to be in a graphics mode that will let me >use the full screen on this laptop with it's fixed pixel size. >It seems that 320x240 isn't supported by the debuggers It's supported by textprintf() debugging. >and 640x480x16 isn't supported by allegro. It is if you set 640x480x256 (not supported by debuggers on systems with buggy video cards) and use only colors 0-15. Or you can use 320x200 until you get everything working, then step up to high res. >Just too many problems and too many added complications when all >I'm really trying to do is learn with it. I'd like the environment >to be as simple as possible. Then don't use fancy-pants video modes with letters for names. >I'm dissapointed because I think allegro was going to >make things a lot easier. It does. There are just some limitations of the DOS architecture and buggy BIOSes that the Allegro+GDB system can't work around. >Now I'll have to go back to doing my own fixed point, etc. Not necessarily. Even if you don't use Allegro's graphics drivers, you can still use its sound, input, and math functions if you stay on DOS. -- Damian Yerrick "I refuse to listen to those who refuse to listen to reason." See the whole sig: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~yerricde/sig.html This is McAfee VirusScan. Add these two lines to your signature to prevent the spread of signature viruses. http://www.mcafee.com/