Basic graphics question

roy schmidt rschmidt at silver.ucs.indiana.edu
Fri Jul 6 09:15:11 AEST 1990


In article <1990Jul5.141907.29239 at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> jmd21132 at uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jackle) writes:
>
>   I just started to explore the C language, and there is one question I can't
>find an answer to.  I would like to create some graphics on IBM PC in either
>VGA or MCGA modes, but unfortunately I'm missing *.BGI drivers.  Can someone,
>please, tell me what they are, what they do, and how do I use them?  Also,
>are they included in graphics.lib, or should I look for them some place else?
>Thanx in advance, J.

You gotta read all the instructions, J.  Borland tells you to use the
INSTALL program for a good reason.  Those *.BGI drivers are buried in
some of the compressed files on your distribution disks.  You cannot
install TURBO C 2.0 just by using COPY *.*.  Pardon this interruption
for a machine-specific question, fellow netters.

Now back to main-stream C!


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