From: Dominique DOT Biesmans AT ping DOT be (Dominique Biesmans)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Allegro & DirectX - please read
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 17:57:32 GMT
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On Tue, 15 Apr 1997 20:31:42 -0600, "Ryan Crumley" <ryc AT usa DOT net>
wrote:

>
>So what you are saying is that you can not use functions in vxd's and dll's
>from a dos program? Next time you get a change take a look at Ralph Browns
>interupt list, it can be done and has. There is a winsock library available
>for djgpp which involves what you are talking about. There is no need for
>you to load the vxd's because windows handles this for you.
>

What would be the point of adding DirectX support to Allegro, when
you'd need to run Windows to make it work?