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Subj : Re: HELP! Please!!!!  DOS GRAPHICS SVGA16.BGI
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : "David Frost" <dave@peaktech.demon.co.uk>
Date : Tue Jul 29 2003 08:01 pm

Thanks Mike,
     I was beginning to think there was no-one out there. I've had a brief
look at the SDL website, and will look some more tomorrow, and do some
downloads and trials.

    The original SVGA16 file was written by this gentleman

;;*===============================*=========================================
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;;| Jordan Powell Hargrave        |   Internet:
hargrave@dellgate.us.dell.com |
;;| 12310B Deer Falls Drive       |             jordanh@vern.bga.com
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;;| Austin, TX 78729              |    CC mail: jordan_hargrave@dell.com
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;;| (512) 219-6645                | Compuserve: [72510,1143]
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;;*===============================*=========================================
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;;| Mailing address:              | Please use the mailing address for all
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;;|   8760-A Research Blvd, #256  | BGI-related correspondence.
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;;|   Austin, TX 78758            |
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;;|      (800) 219-6988           | Note for FAX: Please include my mailing
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;;| FAX: (512) 458-6461           |    address and name in the header page.
|
;;================================*=========================================
==*

I have tried the original e-mail addresses with no response.

I'll let you now how I get on.

Thanks again,
David


"Mike Darrett" <mike-nospam@darrettenterprises.com> wrote in message
news:d945119c.0307221043.38cac681@posting.google.com...
> "David Frost" <dave@peaktech.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:<bf67lq$a5k$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk>...
> > Hi,
> >     I have for many years written code with BorlandC 3.1 sing the BGI
> > Graphics, particularly EGAVGA.BGI, driving resolutions up to 800* 600.
> >
> >     I have recently moved to a 1024 * 768 version for a project and have
> > thus moved up to SVGA16.BGI for 16 colours. This works fine on my
desktop,
> > but will not run on my new laptop (which is a dual boot Win 98/Win XP)
> > machine.
> >
> >     I get an error 246 (-10) stating that this graphics mode is not
> > supported. This is a MAJOR problem to me.
> >
> >
> >     My PC is:
> >  IBM Thinkpad T30. The graphics card is an
> >  ATI Radion 7500 Mobility with its own, (not shared) memory.
> >
> >  I get the error 246. GRAPHICS MODE NOT SUPPORTED.
> >
> > Has anyone ANY idea as to how I might get around this, is it the
question of
> > getting a different driver for the card??
> >
> > (Desperate)
> > Dave Frost
>
>
> Hmm... maybe try SDL?  http://www.libsdl.org/index.php
>
> If you insist on writing for DOS only, you will probably have to boot
> from a fresh DOS boot disk, not from Win XP.
>
> If it still doesn't work, you might have to program the Radeon
> directly in assembly language.  Visit comp.lang.asm.x86 for help.
>
>
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&threadm=5TcL6.29
4%24Dg5.35347%40newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net&rnum=2&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3D
en%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26q%3Dati%2Bradeon%26btnG%3DGoogle%2BSe
arch%26meta%3Dgroup%253Dcomp.lang.asm.x86
>
> Good luck,
>
> Mike Darrett

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