Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 21:01:25 -0800 (PST)
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To: vseth AT aol DOT com (Vseth), djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: What am I doing wrong with grx22?
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At 05:45  11/20/1997 GMT, Vseth wrote:
>I am a first time user of grx22(tho a long-time user of main frames
>for computations) & am having trouble getting gcc to recognise
>_dpmi_regs   &
>dos_ds                                                         in my code,
These identifiers are actually named, respectively, `__dpmi_regs' (yes, two
leading underscores) and `_dos_ds'. Also as someone pointed out, don't
compile with `-ansi'.
>tho I have included the  files <g032.h>, <dpmi.h>.  Can you help me? The
I assume you mean <go32.h>. That should be a lower-case `o'.
> necessary changes to the DJGPP.ENV file have 
>been made,
I don't think you should change DJGPP.ENV at all. Just copy GRX's include
files into /djgpp/include, and libgrx*.a into /djgpp/lib (replace djgpp with
wherever you installed it)
> but I could not successfully run the test programs that
>come with grx22, since my PC (that has a Cirrus Logic GD5458, 
>chip) does not have a graphics driver(as found from modetest).
>Can you tell me where I can download one from?
I think someone else answered this question.
>
>I am yet to find a low-brow intro. to graphics, for someone who can afford to
> be only moderately interested in the details.
Sorry, can't help there.

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net