From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject: Re: screenshots for dos (newbie)
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On Mon, 23 Oct 2000 16:37:10 +0100, "John Matchett"
<ajmatchett AT bigwig DOT net> wrote:

>I'm sorting out a 486  for a 6 year old, (to keep her from messing
>up the Pentium!) and I'm using DeskMagic as a menu system for dos
>6.0. I would like to put pics of  her and family etc. for her to
>click on, so the .exe comes up full screen. maybe a slideshow when
>I'm more experienced. Will I have any probs doing this with Allegro?
>As dos is 16 bit, do I have to switch something in Allegro or Djgpp
>so it works in dos?

DOS is 16-bit, but DOS with 32-bit DPMI is 32-bit.
An Allegro-based graphical menu system would be an easy hack.

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