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From: rommel@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Kai-Uwe Rommel)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: OS/2 fullscreen graphics (Was: Re: OS/2 Ideas)
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Date: 27 Oct 90 09:34:00 GMT
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In article <1990Oct25.073249.1376@eecs.wsu.edu> wbonner@yoda.UUCP (Wim Bonner) writes:
>There is no easy way to do graphics in OS/2. 
>
>The only sanctioned way of doing graphics is to use PM.  PM is not really that 
>easy to get started from when you are used to direct hardware access, and I 
>haven't done much more than the simple hello world program yet.

The OS/2 1.0 SDK contained some sample code how to write graphics
programs for fullscreen sessions because PM was not yet available.

Kai Uwe Rommel

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