From:	Tom St Denis <stdenis AT compmore DOT net>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Interested in doing a FreeVBE driver for the ATI Rage Fury 128
Date:	Sat, 23 Dec 2000 15:15:01 GMT
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In article <922eh9$cbi$1 AT newsg1 DOT svr DOT pol DOT co DOT uk>,
  "Matthew Smith" <matt AT the-good-stuff DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk> wrote:
> > Well it's a decent card.  Makes with the pixels.  More specifically
it
> > support hardware blits and hline calls ... that's about it (as far
as I
>
> This is just about all you need. hline covers a wide range of
different
> functions including
>
> -  straight blit (although there may be a specific function for this)
> -  stretch blit
> -  rotated blit
> -  triangles
> -  polys
>
> in other words all the heavy texture and bitmap work.
>
> > can tell from the WinAllegro).
>
> I'm not sure if WinAllegro is still supported.  The main Allegro WIP
is the
> preferred Windows version now.
> I suggest you upgrade, as your 3.12 code will work with probably no
changes
> at all.

Well I want to write the VBE driver so I can use the allegro for
DJGPP....

Tom


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