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> Sorry Josh, but I have to agree with Ross. The majority of questions
> being asked are things that any decent VGA programmer's guide has
> the answers to.  They really have nothing to do with games.  Sure,

And what if one doesn't have access to such publications?  They always
say, "...and the EGA/VGA Programmer's Guide is best..."  You ask for
information on where to get it, and never get a response.

> you have to understand the hardware, but that's the easy stuff.

Speak for yourself.  I know of several of us who are struggling through
the hardware aspects right now.  The interface libraries for speed just
aren't there, requiring it to be learned.

> The real (and more interesting) work is in developing data
> structures and algorithms and _gameplay_.  These recent discussions

But aren't we discussing these aspects?  I've seen messages asking
questions about structures and those dealing with the algorithms.  The
gameplay hasn't been the strongest point, but...

> Difficult as it may be to accept, there are still thousands and
> thousands of really entertaining games which could be written
> for CGA cards (or even 80x50 text mode).  All the techie
> stuff just doesn't matter (and from a game design perspective,
> it isn't all that interesting).

I did mention that in my other message.  I also mentioned that not all
of us are MSDOS owners.

No flames intended.  

Josh