Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tektronix!percy!m2xenix!quagga!ucthpx!uctcs!gram From: gram@uctcs.cs.uct.ac.za (Graham Wheeler) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: simulate VGA on HERC using BGI driver Message-ID: Date: 21 Jun 91 12:33:17 GMT References: <11984@grace.dsir.govt.nz> <20401@rsiatl.Dixie.Com> Sender: news@ucthpx.uct.ac.za (UCT News Admin.) Organization: University of Cape Town Lines: 16 In <20401@rsiatl.Dixie.Com> eeh@Dixie.Com (Ed Howland) writes: >SRGXNBS@grace.dsir.govt.nz writes: >>I've got a cad program I use at work which requires EGA/VGA, I'd also >>like to run it at home but only have a herc screen. The program uses >>a BGI driver .. I was wondering if it would be possible to "fake" VGA >>by writing an EGA/VGA simulation .BGI driver for a hercules screen? It Maybe as a quick fix (with no colour fixing, unfortunately) you can just rename the herc.bgi file to egavga.bgi? -- Graham Wheeler | "That which is weak conquers the strong, Data Network Architectures Lab | that which is soft conquers the hard. Dept. of Computer Science | All men know this; none practise it" University of Cape Town | Lao Tzu - Tao Te Ching Ch.78