VGA graphics library

knisbet · ‎2003-07-08

Posted on July 08, 2003 at 12:50

knisbet · ‎2003-07-07

Posted on July 07, 2003 at 16:33

I am searching for a DOS based VGA graphics library that supports 1024x768 graphics. Does anyone know where I can find one?

Thanks

thierry239955_st · ‎2003-07-08

Posted on July 08, 2003 at 12:50

If you don't need complex functions, you can use the STPC Development Kit from ST (available on this site). It will provide the best performances as it directly access the hardware accelerator but the code won't be portable on another platform than STPC.

For a more complex library, you should take a look on this famous libraries:

GRX (http://grx.gnu.de/)

Allegro (http://www.talula.demon.co.uk/allegro/)

Both of its use DJGPP free compiler (http://www.delorie.com/). All this come from Linux/GNU world. If you use a more classic 16bit compiler as Visual C++ or Borland, I think it is quite impossible to find a good library. It is difficult to access video memory in 16bit.

Farfalla