Re: 3D engine, v.3

[Gautier <Gautier.deMontmollin@Maths.UniNe.CH>]

> >Version #003 of the 3D engine with Gouraud-shaded textures
> >lays @ ftp://ftp.unine.ch/incoming/gautier/ Enjoy! G.

> hi,
> 
> thanks for this.
> 
> But since this is DOS only application, is there a way to build it on Linux,
> or must one  use the DOS/GNAT compiler?  Why is that? does the GNAT/DOS
> compiler has special packages/libraries not in the Linux version that this
> application makes calls to?

If you are pressed, run or compile under a Linux DOS-emulation;
if not, there is some adaptation according to the way the OS communicate
with the devices, here: keyboard, for key scanning, and video. Under Linux
you'll have the choice with solutions of a wide range of portaility - 
X-windows / full-screen PC / OpenGL... Anyway Jerry details it in his post.

> ps. why are people still using DOS?  :)

Scandalous. They even buy that graphic interface, called mmmh... Win95
(or Win98 ?) that runs on top of it.

More seriously: it's the most convenient solution with the
PCs I have access to. Be reassured: the DOS on _my_ PC has
a pre-emptive 32-bit multitasking kernel, so I can re-gnatmake an Ada
program in background while hacking something else... In addition, it's
ideal for making a cheap demo since it will run under Win9x, WinNT, OS/2,
Linux,...

-- 
Gautier