Thanks :)

(*$ifdef __MSDOS__ *)  (* The definitions are case-sensitive *)
   ...
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Bummer :(

No way.

Will do.

For DJGPP, see the GPC FAQ and the DJGPP FAQ. The "best" way for direct

It is, but for starters I want to do it high level, I don't know much about PMode yet. In fact, I may not even have to code in low level ASM, reason I say this is because I saw a Mode-X lib (XLib for GCC I think), and upon examining the source, I didn't see a single ASM statement in it.

memory access IMHO is to use assembler. You can use the following

function

to convert a segment address to a selector:

Noted :)

Function SegToSel ( Seg: ShortWord ) Sel: Word;

... end (* SegToSel *);

That's the problem, I heard SVGALib is a bit slow. Besides, I don't plan on going Linux just yet, once I have a strong base in PMode/DOS I'll work on the Linux port. I may use SVGALib for short term tho.

For Linux, better don't access memory directly. Instead, use (S)VGALIB

or

some other well-documented interface to graphics mode.

I plan to put it in the license where it's Copyrighted Freeware :) Hopefully it's what the LGPL stands for. I will release the source code, but I don't want to retain the copyright, I won't charge for it's use tho.

Sounds good. Do you consider to put it under the GNU Library General Public License?

Heard of it, saw the demo Caveman, and didn't like it much. The sound lib won't run under '95, I don't know exactly where the problem is, but I want the lib to run efficiently under a Full Screen Windows '95 DOS Box without being prompted to run in MS-DOS mode. I'll take a look at it tho, maybe it can tip me off on how to set the address of a pointer :) My ultimate goal is to provide an API so that it truly is recompile source on each platform and compiler rather than re-edit to recompile.

For DJGPP, there is a game library called `Allegro' for GNU C. ... good starting point for you to write such a Unit to use `Allegro'

I saw it, but nothing about memory access, besides, I don't see why Borland's BGI should live on. I plan to make my libs work in VGA, VESA, VBE2, and certain Mode-X configurations.

For an example what I mean, look at Sven's excellent `BGI2GRX' Unit, also known as GPC's `Graph' Unit.

See ya! Orlando Llanes