AARIE@BGUVM.BITNET (03/17/91)
I'm writing a function plotting program and I'd like to take
advantage of the largest graphic possible.
Is there a way to detect the current addapter(Hercules,EGA,VGA,etc.)
and set the mode to the maximum screen size(mono is just fine) ?
Thanks,
Arikts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) (03/18/91)
In article <91075.192419AARIE@BGUVM.BITNET> AARIE@BGUVM.BITNET writes: > > I'm writing a function plotting program and I'd like to take >advantage of the largest graphic possible. Just for general information. There are many function plotting programs already in existence including /pc/graphics/plot61.zip and /pc/ts/tsfunc13.arc available from garbo.uwasa.fi archives. > Is there a way to detect the current addapter(Hercules,EGA,VGA,etc.) >and set the mode to the maximum screen size(mono is just fine) ? Sure. For example Turbo Pascal and Turbo C have inbuilt routines for the task. There are also separate programs for this task to be found e.g. in /pc/sysinfo/infop145.zip and /pc/ts/util31.arc. ................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous ftp archives 128.214.12.37 School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun
joe@proto.com (Joe Huffman) (03/20/91)
AARIE@BGUVM.BITNET writes: > I'm writing a function plotting program and I'd like to take >advantage of the largest graphic possible. > Is there a way to detect the current addapter(Hercules,EGA,VGA,etc.) >and set the mode to the maximum screen size(mono is just fine) ? Yes. The Flash Graphics library (which I wrote) that comes with Zortech C/C++ does just that. fg_init() will detect which graphics board is available and initialize it with the highest resolution possible. There is an environment variable override for those cases where the alogorithm fails (rare but it does happen) -- or if you want something less than the max resolution with more colors. --- Zortech mailing list: send email to 'ztc-list-request@uunet.uu.net' with: Add: your-user-name@your-machine-name In the body of the message. --- Send Zortech bug reports to 'zortech-bugs@zortech.com' Send requests for educational discounts to 'zortech-ed@zortech.com' --- Zortech is my major source of income. Statements about them or their competitors cannot be totally without bias. -- joe@proto.com