Message-Id: <3353E9FD.4D32@canvaslink.com> Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 16:50:05 -0400 From: Tom Grandgent Reply-To: tgrand AT canvaslink DOT com Organization: Canvas Link, Inc. Mime-Version: 1.0 To: sly AT aussie DOT net Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: AllegroX project? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Yes it is clear. I don't think it is even possible for DirectX to be used > in DOS, since it is designed for, programmed for, and installed into, > Win95. Is it just me, or does it seem like people are really beginning to > blur the line between Win95 and DOS programming? > -- > TTFN > Sly (Steve) I don't know if things are as clear as you suggest. Who knows, maybe someone could figure out a way to use a DirectX driver in a DOS program. I agree that it would be very difficult and highly unlikely, but it would doubtlessly be useful for people in DOS wanting to support the latest hardware. A year ago I never would've thought that a DOS program could use Win95's communications abilities to work over the Internet. Then Quake came out and I watched the MPath Winsock Tunnel give it this power. In fact, just yesterday I found the WSOCK library for DJGPP. One of the sample applications is a DOS web server for Win95. Scary, eh? (The WSOCK library is at http://www.rangenet.com/markiv in case anyone wants it..) Tom Grandgent tgrand AT canvaslink DOT com Canvas Link, Inc.