Thread: About the graphics tutorial hosted here..

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    About the graphics tutorial hosted here..

    It's me again.. boy how long has it been since I actually posted ehre anyways? Too long methinks :P
    Well here goes..

    I'm trying to learn how to at least get started with some graphics, without being bogged down by the entire framework of OpenGL or DirectDraw/3D: All I want for now is a simple engine that can draw stuff.
    So I came back here to cprograming.com and opened up the tutorials section, read thru the graphics tutorial (first one); unfortunately.. it won't seem to work.

    Does that tutorial work in only DOS mode?
    Will it run in indows XP?
    I haven't tried yet in DOS but it doesn't seem to work in XP - unless I just typed something wrong. If no answers I can post my code for you to check - it's minimal at the moment. (like 15 lines..)
    BTW I'm using Visual C++ 6.0
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    By the way I found some easy tutorials about openGL on this website. http://nehe.gamedev.net/

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    indeed I also read the tutorials there, they are quite excellent and I found them quite useful.. However I want to try out some stuff where I can work on other aspects of coding and minimize my time spent on the actual graphics... thanx for the link though
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    Umm.. is anyone out there? Not to be rude but I'd kind of like an answer. Unfortunately I don't have a way of checking wether my current rpogram will run under DOS. I did however try compiling it in Linux with gcc... but I can't figure out what the keyword for using assembly is??? in MSVC++ 6.0 it's just
    Code:
    _asm insert asm stuff here
    but what is it in gcc??

    anyway that all leads to the fact that I haven't yet found out if it works. Here's the code I have right now...

    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    using namespace std;
    
    void SetMCGA()
    {
    	_asm mov ax,0013h
    	_asm int 10h
    }
    
    void SetText()
    {
    	_asm mov ax,0003h
    	_asm int 10h
    }
    
    int main()
    {
    	SetMCGA();
    	SetText();
    	return 0;
    }
    Any help would be appreciated..
    James G. Flewelling
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    ok thx

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