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turbo c & VGA256.bgi

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From: 60276000
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1991 17:32
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help! i cannot get VGA256.bgi from simtel to load
following the instructions here's a fragment

int huge mydetect()
{
  return(3);
}

main()
{
  int grmod=0, grdvr;

  grdvr=installuserdriver("VGA256.BGI", mydetect);
  initgraph(&grdvr, &grmod);
}

initgraph does NOTHING! & installuserdriver doesn't even load the driver
as verified my memory checks. what am i doing wrong?

kyle
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From: noesis@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (60276000)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: turbo c & VGA256.bgi
Summary: cannot seem to load correcty
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Date: 28 Jun 91 17:32:41 GMT
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