From: csweber AT flash DOT net (SpacemanSpiff)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: DJGPP Vs Mingw with Allegro
Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 12:41:03 GMT
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On Thu, 24 May 2001 16:55:51 GMT, Florian Xaver <dos DOT fire AT aon DOT at>
wrote:

>Hi!
>
>> I then discovered I needed the WIP version.  So I downloaded it.
>> I built it, it creates the window, gave me a virtual desktop 4X bigger
>> ( I could only see the upper left)
>
>Have you also tried in plain DOS?

Please define 'plain DOS'.  I don't have DOS 5, or 6 if that's 
what you mean. I didn't try DOS 7. (it's on an NTFS drive)

I ran in a console box of NT, and it set my screen back to
640x480, (or even 320x200, I'm not sure), showing me only the 
upper left quadrant of the intro screen..
When I exited the program, it restored my screen (to 1280x1024).

The difference is DJGPP's set graphic mode didn't do the
same thing as MINGW's set graphic mode.
In both cases, the function is an allegro function called with the 
same arguments, but built with different compilers.

So I pose my question again:
Are there any significant differences which could account
for this?

Any ideas?  I'd just like to understand it better.

-Scott