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From: bobb@vice.ICO.TEK.COM (Bob Beauchaine)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re:
Message-ID: <5531@vice.ICO.TEK.COM>
Date: 9 Aug 90 19:20:37 GMT
References: <24095@adm.BRL.MIL>
Reply-To: bobb@vice.ICO.TEK.COM (Bob Beauchaine)
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.
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In article <24095@adm.BRL.MIL> nacer%HPMCAA.MCM.HP.COM@vm1.nodak.edu ( Abdenacer Moussaoui) writes:
>
>> There is a toolbox for writing BGI drivers, but takes some time to
>> do that. Has anybody written drivers for extended VGA modes (640x480x256,
>
>Where can one find this toolbox if you have it could you send me copy.
>Thank you.

 You can download the BGI toolkit from the Compuserve BPROGA forum (Borland
 Programming Forum A) for the cost of connect time to Compuserve.  It comes
 complete with documentation, a VGA 256 color mode driver (though no source
 code) and a demonstration driver that textually prints graphics commands
 so you can see what's happening within the driver.  The demonstration driver
 is written in Turbo C, source code included.

 *Warning*  Yes, writing a device driver is indeed a great deal of work.  The
 documentation is complete but occassionally vague.  Be prepared for lots
 of debugging and cold boots.

 Bob Beauchaine
 Tektronix ICO