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From: "Johan Henriksson" <jhe AT realsoftware DOT cjb DOT net>
To: <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: OpenGl & DJGPP
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 00:03:31 +0100
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from: Johan Henriksson, leadprogrammer @ www.realsoftware.cjb.net
"The individual should be praised for it's struggle, the society
condemned for it's actions" - me 1997        #12035895
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>> Hi,
>>
>> Can I use OpenGl on a W32 system using DGCPP without compiling
>> the sources (too heavy for a simple 33.6Ko modem), but only by
>> using the GLUT.DLL.I download glut3.7 but i can't install it it
>> seems made for Borland C and Visual C.
>
>OpenGL is typically built on x86 platforms for either X-Windows (or
whatever
>linux uses) and windows as a dynamically loaded library.  It's not built
for
>DJGPP etc.
>
>Also note that in order for OpenGL to be very useable you need hardware
>drivers provided from your card maker. So it's not likely that they have
>DJGPP versions of their drivers sdks...


Unless you have a voodoo. Mesa (www.mesa3d.org ?) is the implementation
you want in any case. Note that more recent versions lack a working build
for
DJGPP.