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From: jerry@jvdsys.stuyts.nl (Jerry van Dijk)
Subject: Re: Graphics in ADA
Date: 1999/03/03
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Date: 1999-03-03T00:00:00+00:00
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William E. Huttemann Jr. (huttemannw@hotmail.com) wrote:

: Does anyone know how to implement VGA graphics in ADA?

Yes. :-)

More helpful:

1) VGA graphics usually mean using DOS. If you are using the GNAT compiler
   on DOS, it comes with both a standard VGA graphics packages and a
   SVGA (VESA/VBE) based package.

2) If you are using a form of windows, AdaGraph is quite easy to use for
   basic graphics. It is available for both GNAT and ObjectAda.

3) If you are using Linux, there is a package for using vgalib from Ada.
   A X-based version of AdaGraph is underway.

All of the above can be found on my homepage.

Alternatives are to use a binding to one of the many portable graphics
libraries such as Gtk, Tcl/Tk, OpenGl/Mesa with GLUT, etc. However, as
a beginner I would advice using one of the easier to use native packages. 

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