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Date:	Wed, 23 Apr 1997 14:02:19 -0400
From:	David McKee <david DOT mckee AT rtp DOT gtegsc DOT com>
Organization:	GTE (My views are my own)
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To:	"Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT edu DOT ar>
CC:	djgpp <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>, solyom AT eik DOT bme DOT hu
Subject:	Re: Help! Allegro dies when the mouse moves
References:	<m0wK0Jg-000S1qC AT natacha DOT inti DOT edu DOT ar>

Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET) wrote:
> 
> David McKee <david DOT mckee AT rtp DOT gtegsc DOT com> wrote:
> > Dr. Andras Sólyom wrote:
> > >
> > > I think this has been answered many times in the past, but I was not
> > > interested in it then... I have Allegro 2.2 I have no problem with it on
> > > my 100 MHz Pentium system (40Mbyte mem.20Mbytes free HDD), but on a 486
> > > DX2 66Mhz system (16 Mbyte memory, 50Mbyte free HDD) most of the demos
> > > locks up the machine after the graphics detection screen.
> > > The same Djgpp 2 distribution is installed  on both machine and I
> > > compiled the demos on the target machine (it should not make any
> > > difference). Can anyone tell me what could be wrong? Thanks.
> > >
> > >                                         Andras
> >
> > I had a similar problem with example 26, where I reclassed everything
> > and turned it into a beginning c++ style basic example (its the
> > starship through the star field).  I was using my 486 33Mhz at the
> > time and whenever I made the ship go "up" it crashed Allegro and
> > simify only returned more address numbers and not function names.
> >
> > at any rate, as soon as I put in a 486Dx2/66 the program worked
> > without a problem.
> 
> As Shawn doesn't replayed yet I'll make my guess: Both of you tried the
> programs under different video boards. I don't think that Allegro can be
> affected by the processor speed (at least not crashing!) but the video board
> can make that. Another thing to check is if the machine where Allegro dies can
> run another PMode + Graphics programs.
> 
> SET

Salvador

I think you are right 'cause I just remembered that I had to change
the clk timer for the bus to get the 486-66 to work and that may 
mean that the clock was on the "hairy edge" for the 33Mhz I was
using....hmmm.

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