From: Dominique DOT Biesmans AT nospam DOT ping DOT be (please remove the nospam part) (Dominique Biesmans)
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Subject: Re: Allegro / DirectX 5.0 <- I will do... Need a bit of help...
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 1997 16:56:05 GMT
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On 8 Sep 1997 15:28:17 GMT, frenchc AT cadvision DOT com (Calvin French)
wrote:

>In article <5utn62$34v0 AT elmo DOT cadvision DOT com>, frenchc AT cadvision DOT com says...
>
>Hey, I posted this article but I think it was misunderstood... I'm looking to 
>port Allegro to DirectX 5.0, and was wondering if you have any info on 
>interfacing to Win95. I understand I need to do something called COM, 
>component object model or some such crap =) Here is the original article:
>
>---
>
>Hi, I have no Win95 experience, but is there any docs avail or anything 
>about doing COM stuff with DJGPP? I d/l'd CygWin32 and installed, but 
>I want to see first if I can do it at all with DJGPP. I think it should 
>be possible, although it's unlikely that it's too convenient. Anyways, 
>any pointers would be helpful, please email me at frenchc AT cadvision DOT com 
>as I don't always take the time I should to read c.o.m.d =\
>
>The reason I ask is that, having recently installed Win95 and DX5 SDK, I 
>thought to myself: ``hey, a little while back you were all whining about 
>DirectX and Allegro, so...'' I'm going to try and do a DirectX port of 
>allegro <cheer! cheer!> I owe it to everybody, besides. I've been a bit 
>of a slacker in the djgpp community. I feel so bad. When my DX port of 
>Allegro is done, I will feel as if a great wieght has been lifted off my 
>shoulders. <sob> I'm so ashamed...
>
>PS; that last bit wasn't really for real, I'm just real tired right now 
>and in a wierd mood...
>
>- Calvin -
>
>---
>
>Oh! I just had another thought; I read something about WinAlleg? Maybe it 
>would make more sense for me to try and work with whoever is currently doing 
>this! Who?
>
>- Calvin -
>

Hey, why is everybody porting Allegro to DX ;-) ?  Winalleg is
developed by me. You can find more information on it on my homepage :

http://www.ping.be/~ping7970/

And I could use some help indeed. It will take a while before
everything is ported, and I don't have the time to do it all by
myself. I am trying to put together a W.I.P. release and I will post
any important news about it in this newsgroup. Please mail me if you
want to cooperate.

Dominique Biesmans