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From: hinoue AT ren DOT us DOT itd DOT umich DOT edu (Hajime Inoue)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: QUAKE and DJGPPy
Date: 16 Apr 1996 06:32:32 GMT
Organization: University of Michigan, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
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Paul Derbyshire (ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA) wrote:

:  (stwand07 AT uctvms DOT uct DOT ac DOT za) writes:
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: > I think one advantage of using DJGPP was that they could cross-develop their
: > code on Unix boxes, and then compile the game for the PC once they had it
: > working.

: And their cross developed code on a unix box was going to make sound with
: what, and graphics with what? Even if Unix boxes typically had graphics
: and sound cards (I guess Linux boxes do anyways, but every "real" unix
: I've seen runs on little vt100 terminals connected to a big black box
: somewhere with flashing lights and disk drives...) wouldn't they be
: saddled with completely rewriting the graphics and sound routines to
: finally port it over to DOS? Lastly, the aforementioned graphics and sound
: routines probably comprise the bulk of their work!

They run NextStep on PC's (I think).  Also, DOOM is available for a ton of 
unix boxes so they are rewriting some code.

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*  Hajime (Jim) Inoue	*  University of Michigan    *
*  hinoue AT umich DOT edu	*  Undergrad Biophysics	     *
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