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From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT natacha DOT inti DOT edu DOT ar>
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To: Orlando Andico <orly AT gibson DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph>,
        KaRNaGE <dlydiard AT linknet DOT kitsap DOT lib DOT wa DOT us>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com,
        alan DOT wilson AT wilshire DOT com
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 17:17:28 +0000
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Subject: Re: Quake Source Code


> > I got that quake source.  What needs to be done for me to compile it under
> > djgpp v2.01???
> 
> I am sorry to say, A LOT  8(
> I also got that code, and it compiles perfectly, out of the
> illegal-product-box, on my Linux PC. It uses X, unfortunately.. a big
> problem. However, I checked the Makefile, and there's an option to make an
> `squake' executable -- I suppose this is the one for SVGAlib. I haven't
> had the time to check it out yet, but if that Makefile option is
> functional, all you have to do is get a copy of SVGAlib for DJGPP.. and
> you're (mostly) done!
Hmmm... I made Quake at home but is a little tricky isn't just a little change.

> Another problem is gonna be the sound -- the Linux quake binary forks off
> a sound server and talks to it using Unix Domain Sockets to give commands.
> Since DJGPP don't have a working fork or sockets, you'll have to integrate
> the sound server code into the main binary.
Forget that all the sound stuff for DOS is in the package, you don't need to do 
any strange thing.

> Another problem (ick) is that Linux presents a uniform programming
> interface to the sound card (the wave DAC is /dev/audio and you set
> sampling rate, bit length, etc using ioctl()). Since DOS/DJGPP don't have
> that, you'll have to hack together some sound code.. maybe you can recycle
> some Allegro code here, I don't know..
The same again the support for SB and GUS is in these files.

> The moral of the story (if you're using DOS) is: There ain't no free ride
> :)
Naaaa.

> However, if like me you have a Linux box, and you have the Quake CD, you
> can play all the levels on your Linux box, with sound, etc. The speed is
> acceptable on a 16MB Pentium/100 (all I had for testing). And that's
> running under X.
But you can create the DOS version just with files in the .tgz and with DJGPP 
v2!!!

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