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From: psc@lznv.ATT.COM (Paul S. R. Chisholm)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Quick C and monochrome graphics
Message-ID: <1338@lznv.ATT.COM>
Date: 24 Mar 88 14:48:18 GMT
References: <7878@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
Organization: AT&T
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Keywords: Hercules monochrome graphics adapter Quick C libraries Turbo
Summary: out of luck; try Turbo C 1.5 or third party library

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In article <7878@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>, chan@bartleby.berkeley.edu (Jeff Chan) writes:
> Can anyone tell me how to do Hercules compatible graphics from 
> Quickc?  Any pointers to references would be helpful too.
> The stock quickc graphics settings don't seem to work on my 
> monochrome hardware.
> 
> Jeff C., chan@bartleby.berkeley.edu, ...ucbvax!bartleby!chan}

MS C 5.0 and Quick C 1.0 support the range of True Blue video adapters
pretty well.  However, there is *no* support for *any* non-IBM video
mode.

Turbo C 1.5 supports CGA, EGA, VGA (but not MCGA 320x200x256 colors),
PC 3270, Hercules monochrome, and AT&T 640x400.  Microsoft doesn't
support any of the last three.

You could also go out and purchase a third party graphics library, but
(he says, whipping out his Programmer's Connection catalog) most of
them will cost more than TC.  Ah, here's one that lists for $40; oops,
it only supports CGA, EGA, and Z100.  Hmm, QuickWINDOW/C sounds good (a
QC-specific version of MetaWINDOW), and it's only $95 (discounted to
$79, fifteen dollars more than TC); doesn't specifically mention HGA,
but it seems likely.  Programmer's Connection is at 800-336-1166; if
you're going to get Turbo C, PC Connection (no relation) is slightly
faster, and maybe a tad cheaper (800-243-8088).

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