From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject: Re: Allegro Question ....under Windows NT  ...from Victor
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On Wed, 18 Oct 2000 16:51:38 -0400, "Victor L. Miller"
<victor DOT miller AT lmco DOT com> wrote:

>These observations are mentioned ......
>That Windows NT does not support SVGA modes ....(?)  yet
>when in Windows Mode of NT I can go to very high resolution and color
>depth on my
>video board (Rage 128  -  16 Meg  - very new and hot) ......
>I confirm exactly what  others are saying .....only low (I mean really
>LOW) res modes available
>Do the Allegro "guys" Shawn Hargreaves and others know about this
>Windows NT graphics mode problem ????
>
>I would appreciate any comments you have / know on this general subject
>(Medium to High resolution modes with Allegro under WindowsNT)

To get anything over 320x200x8 in Windows NT, you have to use the
Windows API.  NT VDM does not support VESA (video BIOS extensions to
access high resolution).  To use the Windows API, I'd suggest a
Windows version of GCC:
  http://www.mingw.org/
Allegro 3.9.3x works just fine with MinGW.

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