Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 20:51:04 +0800 (CST)
From: Hilaire Fernandes <hilaire AT trace DOT com DOT tw>
Reply-To: Hilaire Fernandes <hilaire DOT fernandes AT iname DOT com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Allegro & WinNT
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> Please don't use HTML when sending mail.  It is very hard to read such 
> messages with some mailers.
I don't mean it.

> > Actually I try running Dr Geo under NT work station at school without
> > succes. Dr Geo crashes immediatly, also Dr Geo don't use any true color
> > mode but only 256c ones.
> > It seems the crash comes when changing to video mode (640x480 autodetect
> > with S3 video card)
> 
> The DJGPP FAQ explains (in section 3.3) that NT disallows direct access 
> to the SVGA I/O ports, so graphics programs cannot use SVGA capabilities 
> on NT, they all work only in standard VGA modes.

Someone report me an allegro+DJGPP application works under WinNT in
640x480x8bpp mode.



Hilaire Fernandes
Dr Geo project http://drgeo.home.ml.org