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On 31 May 2005 10:40:49 GMT, Hans-Bernhard Broeker
<broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de> wrote:

>PaulCsouls <paulcsouls AT worldnet DOT att DOT net> wrote:
>> On 30 May 2005 17:08:42 GMT, Hans-Bernhard Broeker
>> <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de> wrote:
>
>> >Not really --- you need some access to the graphics hardware, and at
>> >least under modern, NT-based versions of Windows, the OS won't let
>> >your program put its dirty fingers on that other than through an
>> >intermediary layer.  That's exactly the Win32 API.
>
>> I though Allegro would work. 
>
>Not in any way different from complete do-it-yourself operation ---
>which means only via the API, for a Windows application, and only
>through the (usually very buggy) VESA BIOS emulation, in a DOS
>program.  That's why DJGPP/Allegro programs tend to fail so
>spectactularly on XP.
>
>> I haven't tried but I thought it could work with the mouse.
>
>Working with the mouse is a side issue.  The problem is with graphics
>output, not with mouse input.

What about with Win98 and 95? Do they require the Win32 API also?

Thanks

Paul C