From: "John M. Aldrich" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: WALLY ONLY: Simple 640x480x256 galaxy collision simulator? Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 10:33:52 -0500 Organization: Two pounds of chaos and a pinch of salt. Lines: 29 Message-ID: <351923E0.6E25@cs.com> References: <3516EF9E DOT F9002172 AT netrover DOT com> <87zpielxt6 DOT fsf AT hasn DOT dera DOT gov DOT uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp234.cs.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk Ian Miller wrote: > > Can anyone send out _simple code_ to set the screen mode to > 640x480x256 colors without using allegro and simulate the > collision of two or more galaxies in time and space? I'd do > it myself only I can't be bothered to read the manual ;-) I'm surprised you missed the announcement a few months ago from a guy who wrote a galaxy collision simulator at 640x480x256. He used Allegro only for the graphics initialization and the putpixel routine, two items which should be trivial to do on your own (they are covered in the FAQ). The relevant article (retrieved via DejaNews ) is dated 12/26/1997, subject "watch galaxies collide on your PC", posted by Jason Stratos Papadopoulos. The URL for the source code is http://www.isr.umd.edu/~jasonp. I downloaded the code and played with it for a while (added a framerate counter and a few graphical enhancements); it's very simple and easy to modify. If you're going to use it commercially it might be nice to tell the author. :-) -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- | John M. Aldrich | "History does not record anywhere at | | aka Fighteer I | any time a religion that has any | | mailto:fighteer AT cs DOT com | rational basis." | | http://www.cs.com/fighteer | - Lazarus Long | ---------------------------------------------------------------------