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From: josullvn@vax1.tcd.ie
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer
Subject: Advice with using VioGetPhysicalBuffer?
Message-ID: <1991Feb1.130616.7663@vax1.tcd.ie>
Date: 1 Feb 91 13:06:15 GMT
Organization: Trinity College Dublin
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Anybody got any advice on producing graphics on OS2 without going through PM? (I
know, I know, stupid but got to do it!)

Basically I have to put up a company logo on an OS2 full-screen when the product
starts up. This being practically a straight DOS conversion, the product is
being given a total DOS feel and thus no PM is wanted.

Micheal Youngs book on OS2 suggest using VioGetPhysicalBuffer to get a hold on
the video ram and then writing directly to it with threads handling switching
and redrawing. It looks very intricate, nasty etc, so I would like to know what
problems are going to be involved in doing this and any experiences anyone has
had in similar circumstances. Any easier way of doing this or a better book on
the subject that Micheal Young's?

	Thanks for any help.
		Joseph O'Sullivan.