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Subject: Re: Strange interaction of Allegro and XP?
Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 12:37:11 +1000
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>> Allegro and Winblows XP don't seem to always get along very well.
>> An Allegro-using console app is run that instantiates a 1024x768x256 
>> video mode and begins to draw lines at a constant rate.
>
>wo, hold on, WinXP allows these modes for a DOS application??  
It does and so does Win 2K.
>does anybody know how it is invoked?  
With Allegro it depends on how tha app is written. Check out the
Allegro demo app for the various options available. These options
depend on the code used.
>lets say i don't want to use allegro, can i just use the VESA2.0 method of getting into these modes, or do i 
>have to do something special??
Just use Vesa. I just tried and some resolutions failed because
Allegro could't find a large chunk of memory to put the screen bitmap
in.