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Index Key:   COM056
Author:      jcolombe
Subject:     High-res graphics on a PC.
I am a pretty fluent C programmer on IBM compatibles.  Unfortunately, my
compiler does not support SVGA (800x600, 256-color) or XVGA (even better)
standards.  I have seen commercial software that uses these video standards,
so why cannot I?  Do I just need a better compiler?  Am I shamelessly
ignorant?  I want to write high-res graphics programs.  What is the trick?

Response #:  1 of 1
Author:      hawley
Borland's Turbo C has a graphics package called BGI,  and there are avail-
able modules for SVGA but not from Borland (at least as of last year). 
MATLAB which has a C-like syntax probably supports SVGA but is not really
geared for image processing.