Publisher's Synopsis
For 386, 386SX, and 486 PC power users, this book/disk combination offers detailed programming examples that enhance IBM's XGA graphics capability. It offers a technical tutorial on programming the XGA system using Adapter Interface (AI) software. The 3.5" disk is usable from C, Pascal, BASIC, and Assembler language.;Detailed discussions of XGA features and characteristics, including a technical description of XGA architecture and components, are included. Also highlighted are the importance and usefulness of the XGA graphics coprocessor and its advantages in programming the XGA system.;Other features include: direct access to XGA hardware; animation techniques; bitblt and sprite operations; a diskette that contains not only code samples, but also an extensive XGA programming library that can be used from C, Pascal, BASIC, and Assembler; screen panning; geometrical transformations.
