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to: Gautam Lad
from: Darin McBride
date: 1996-04-13 17:03:28
subject: Watcom C++: Graphics

GL> Hi,
 GL> Does anyone know what kind of DOS (or WIN' or OS/2) 
 GL> graphics library Watcom C++ comes with?  I'm planning 

Built-in.  From the help screens, _setvideomode can set the video mode to
any of: [I'm assuming this falls under 'fair use' laws...]

Mode           Type    Size    Colors    Adapter 

_MAXRESMODE   (graphics mode with highest resolution) 
_MAXCOLORMODE (graphics mode with most colors) 
_DEFAULTMODE  (restores screen to original mode) 
_TEXTBW40      M,T    40 x 25    16   MDPA,HGC,VGA,SVGA 
_TEXTC40       C,T    40 x 25    16   CGA,EGA,MCGA,VGA,SVGA 
_TEXTBW80      M,T    80 x 25    16   MDPA,HGC,VGA,SVGA 
_TEXTC80       C,T    80 x 25    16   CGA,EGA,MCGA,VGA,SVGA 
_MRES4COLOR    C,G   320 x 200    4   CGA,EGA,MCGA,VGA,SVGA 
_MRESNOCOLOR   C,G   320 x 200    4   CGA,EGA,MCGA,VGA,SVGA 
_HRESBW        C,G   640 x 200    2   CGA,EGA,MCGA,VGA,SVGA 
_TEXTMONO      M,T    80 x 25    16   MDPA,HGC,VGA,SVGA 
_HERCMONO      M,G   720 x 350    2   HGC 
_MRES16COLOR   C,G   320 x 200   16   EGA,VGA,SVGA 
_HRES16COLOR   C,G   640 x 200   16   EGA,VGA,SVGA 
_ERESNOCOLOR   M,G   640 x 350    4   EGA,VGA,SVGA 
_ERESCOLOR     C,G   640 x 350  4/16  EGA,VGA,SVGA 
_VRES2COLOR    C,G   640 x 480    2   MCGA,VGA,SVGA 
_VRES16COLOR   C,G   640 x 480   16   VGA,SVGA 
_MRES256COLOR  C,G   320 x 200  256   MCGA,VGA,SVGA 
_URES256COLOR  C,G   640 x 400  256   SVGA 
_VRES256COLOR  C,G   640 x 480  256   SVGA 
_SVRES16COLOR  C,G   800 x 600   16   SVGA 
_SVRES256COLOR C,G   800 x 600  256   SVGA 
_XRES16COLOR   C,G  1024 x 768   16   SVGA 
_XRES256COLOR  C,G  1024 x 768  256   SVGA 
       
In the preceding table, the Type column contains the following letters: 

M 
  indicates monochrome; multiple colors are shades of grey 

C 
  indicates color 

G 
  indicates graphics mode; size is in pixels 

T 
  indicates text mode; size is in columns and rows of characters 

  The Adapter column contains the following codes: 

MDPA 
  IBM Monochrome Display/Printer Adapter 

CGA 
  IBM Color Graphics Adapter 

EGA 
  IBM Enhanced Graphics Adapter 

VGA 
  IBM Video Graphics Array 

MCGA 
  IBM Multi-Color Graphics Array 

HGC 
  Hercules Graphics Adapter 

SVGA 
  SuperVGA adapters 


Hope that helps your decision....

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