void
main(int argc, char *argvar[])
{
+ // DOSLIB: check our environment
+ probe_dos();
+
+ // DOSLIB: what CPU are we using?
+ // NTS: I can see from the makefile Sparky4 intends this to run on 8088 by the -0 switch in CFLAGS.
+ // So this code by itself shouldn't care too much what CPU it's running on. Except that other
+ // parts of this project (DOSLIB itself) rely on CPU detection to know what is appropriate for
+ // the CPU to carry out tasks. --J.C.
+ cpu_probe();
+
+ // DOSLIB: check for VGA
+ if (!probe_vga()) {
+ printf("VGA probe failed\n");
+ return;
+ }
+ // hardware must be VGA or higher!
+ if (!(vga_state.vga_flags & VGA_IS_VGA)) {
+ printf("This program requires VGA or higher graphics hardware\n");
+ return;
+ }
+
// main variables values
d=4; // switch variable
key=2; // default screensaver number
#ifdef MXLIB
VGAmodeX(1, &gvar);
#else
- probe_dos();
- if (!probe_vga()) {
- printf("VGA probe failed\n");
- return 1;
- }
int10_setmode(19);
update_state_from_vga();
vga_enable_256color_modex(); // VGA mode X