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From:	Andrew Cottrell <andnews AT ihug DOT com DOT oz DOT au>
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Subject:	Re: Strange interaction of Allegro and XP?
Date:	Sat, 11 May 2002 14:14:23 +1000
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>Allegro and Winblows XP don't seem to always get along very well.
>An Allegro-using console app is run that instantiates a 1024x768x256 
>video mode and begins to draw lines at a constant rate.
>
>A short while passes, maybe two minutes, and the line it's drawing halts, 
>which isn't supposed to happen. Turns out the machine is locked hard. No 
>response to keyboard, and so forth. Even num lock doesn't make the light 
>toggle. A hard reboot is required.

Some questions so that the scope problem can be narrows down:-
Which version of DJGPP and GCC are you using? 
Have you tried running from MS-DOS or FreeDOS? Does the app still lock
after a few minutes?
Are you using Allegro 4.01 or soem other version?
What sound card do you have? PCI or ISA? 
Does the Allegro setup program work?
Does the Allegro Demo keep working after a few minutes?

Andrew

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