From: "Gunnar Beushausen" <user AT beushausen DOT wl DOT eunet DOT de>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Allegro & DirectX
Date: 29 Jun 1997 21:01:55 GMT
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Adam W Lee <adalee AT sendit DOT sendit DOT nodak DOT edu> schrieb im Beitrag
<199706290629 DOT BAA07686 AT sendit DOT sendit DOT NoDak DOT edu>...
> Couldn't you just write the DirectX graphics driver?  And then use the
> DirectX linear framebuffer mode to be all good? 
> Then all you'd have to say is something like:
> 
> if(windows_version)
>   if(set_gfx_mode(GFX_DIRECTX,640,480,0,0) blah blah blah...
> 
> Or heck, maybe you could even implement it as one of the autodetects...
> 
> atomly
>

Would be cool, but since DJGPP is a DOS only compiler you can't access any
Windows GUI API's with it. If you want Windows support go to Scitech and
take a look at their MGL library or wait untill Shawn ports Allegro to
Windows compilers.

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