First post, by serialShinobi
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Hello.
I am currently using source code from Andre Lamothe's Game Programming Gurus which contains libraries in the C programming language for bit blitting and game handling.
I am trying to get a PCX image loading C function to work.
I need to find books about image processing for MS-DOS to learn enough about programming to troubleshoot the problem.
I am using a 486 running MS-DOS and Win 3.11. I have for a compiler MSVC.
I'm not asking anyone to find the problem with the code. Instead I need information about loading images into a video buffer and displaying the image. This can be any format. PCX or JPEG preferred. MSDOS centric.
The last time I solved this problem was in 1999. When the PCX decoder from Andre Lamothe's book did not work I searched Google and found a JPEG decoder. I then used the jpeg decoder library functions in place of PCX and it fixed the problem.
The guy who made the jpeg decoder probably got his information from someone else like the author of a book.
So I could use help finding an old MS-DOS graphics and or image processing book. Today, most of the same thing for loading an image file is done with modern libraries in SDL for machines that have an API running and GUI. People seem angry if they find out you want to set the video mode with DOS interrupts or other old library functions. Because it's as though you are asking them an unreasonable favor. Unreasonable because it isn't technologically available. Well that's why I'm asking here. I know the technology is here.
Would like to know some good books about loading images, setting a mode, displaying, etc.