From: T DOT Harte_ AT _btinternet DOT com (Thomas Harte)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: SciTech MGL for free... so what?
Date: Sun, 05 Oct 1997 15:00:52 GMT
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>I just learned that SciTech just released their MGL graphics library free
>of charge with full source code.  It supports OpenGL and I do believe it
>can compile under djgpp.  Can someone please tell me the advantages of the
>MGL library over say Shawn's excellent Allegro library?  Please note I am
>referring to the graphics library portion and nothing else.

	The advantages should in theory be obvious. It can do hardware
accelerated 3d, using OpenGL and it can support DirectX surfaces, but
these are not real advantages since the thing doesn't work! I've spent a
total of five hours so far attempting to get it just to compile an
example, and it won't. Has anyone actually got this to work? Yes, I am
using the correct everything for DJGPP before you ask.

		-Thomas