Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/02/19/19:55:39
Actually, the only time I've had trouble with the mouse in NT is,
suprisingly enough, in RHIDE/RHGDB! (I can sometimes get it to work
with the -M option, however). I've also successfully been doing
graphics programming in Mode X (using my own routines) under NT.
Peter Johnson
locke AT mcs DOT net
On Fri, 19 Feb 1999 15:49:18 -0000, Shawn Hargreaves
<ShawnH AT Probe DOT co DOT uk> wrote:
>James Bunting writes:
>> When I run my DJGPP app under NT4 it works fine except that the mouse
>> does not work. Allegro does detect the mouse and the pointer appears
>> on the screen.
>>
>> Would I need a special NT mouse driver to get this to work? Or am I
>> just silly for trying to run a DJGPP/Allegro App under NT in the
>> first place!
>
><cue evil chortle>
>
>Yup, you are pretty silly :-)
>
>NT is _really_ bad at running DOS programs, especially anything that
>talks directly to the hardware. Some people have reported that the
>standard VGA mode 13h does work correctly, and some even claim that
>mouse input works using the special NT-compatible mode (this should
>be autodetected, but you can force it in the config file to make
>sure), but most people can't get the mouse to work, and I don't
>think anyone has managed to use SVGA modes.
>
>Solution: use WinAllegro if you want to program for NT. Or switch to
>Linux: DOSEMU does a great job of running djgpp/Allegro programs.
>
>
> Shawn Hargreaves.
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