Re: Graphics for Assembly Language Program

On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 12:59:49PM -0700, Landon Blake wrote:
> I'm think about creating a simple computer language that I will write
> with assembly language and I was curious about something.
> Is it possible to access the X-Window System from assembly language? Is
> there a way to call c functions from Assembly language? What is the
> other alternatives to providing graphics functions to a computer
> language written in assembly? Working directly with the graphics card
> and keyboard/mouse sounds kind of nasty. Is that the other route? Has
> anyone successfully used a graphics library like GTK from assembly?

Hi, 
Another option would be to use assembly to access SDL.  I know some 
4K demos use this.  I believe you can get the source code of a
4K demo called "Yellow Rose of Texas" where they use this technique.
Just google for "4K demo yellow rose of texas"