[SDL] Trying to build with FreeBcc (borland)

[CWC]

I'm trying to get my hardware surfaces back. This stuff worked fine back 
in 1.2.8. I'm trying to tutor a haigh school student in game 
development, so I grabbed the latest code to get him started.

Unfortunately, Borland support hasn't kept pace with the evolution of 
SDL. I'm hoping I can resolve this and contribute updated borland 
support back to the community.

I'm hoping some of you out there have already dealt with these issues 
and can give me some help with building the libs ... etc.

Here are the steps I've taken so far.

Using freebcc and SDL-1.2.13
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 From a clean unzip of 1.2.13
unzipped Borland.zip
went to SDL\Borland\freebcc directory
Remmed all targets in makeall.bat except for checkkeys
ran makeall.bat
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MAKE Version 5.2  Copyright (c) 1987, 2000 Borland
	C:\Borland\BCC55\BIN\bcc32 -O2 -Hc -Vx -Ve -X- -a8 -b   -k- -vi -tW 
-tWM -c -DWIN32 -w-par 
-I..\..\include;..\..\test;C:\Borland\BCC55\include; 
-D;NO_STRICT;_NO_VCL -n..\..\test\ ..\..\test\checkkeys.c
Borland C++ 5.5.1 for Win32 Copyright (c) 1993, 2000 Borland
..\..\test\checkkeys.c:
Error E2176 ..\..\include\SDL_config_win32.h 62: Too many types in 
declaration
Error E2176 ..\..\include\SDL_config_win32.h 63: Too many types in 
declaration
Error E2021 ..\..\include\SDL_stdinc.h 114: Array must have at least one 
element
Error E2021 ..\..\include\SDL_stdinc.h 115: Array must have at least one 
element
Warning W8055 ..\..\include\SDL_endian.h 147: Possible overflow in shift 
operation in function SDL_Swap64
Warning W8055 ..\..\include\SDL_endian.h 150: Possible overflow in shift 
operation in function SDL_Swap64
*** 4 errors in Compile ***

=========================
Edited SDL_config_win32.h
	Borland does not support 'long long'

The following may have been unnecessary
at this stage since these bits only
effect library builds,
which I haven't done yet

Edited SDL_stdinc.h
	Borland spells _strrev strrev
	Borland spells _strlwr strlwr
	Borland spells _ultoa ultoa
	Borland spells _stricmp stricmp
=========================

MAKE Version 5.2  Copyright (c) 1987, 2000 Borland
	C:\Borland\BCC55\BIN\bcc32 -O2 -Hc -Vx -Ve -X- -a8 -b   -k- -vi -tW 
-tWM -c -DWIN32 -w-par 
-I..\..\include;..\..\test;C:\Borland\BCC55\include; 
-D;NO_STRICT;_NO_VCL -n..\..\test\ ..\..\test\checkkeys.c
Borland C++ 5.5.1 for Win32 Copyright (c) 1993, 2000 Borland
..\..\test\checkkeys.c:
	C:\Borland\BCC55\BIN\ilink32 @MAKE0000.@@@
Turbo Incremental Link 5.00 Copyright (c) 1997, 2000 Borland

========================= SUCCESS
A run with lots of keys pressed
was plagued by key repeats and
keyboard buffer overruns ...
but we're making progress.
=================================

Next, I'll clean up
Borland\freebcc\testvidinfo.mak

got rid of the MAINSOURCE = testvidinfo.bpf
probably not strictly necessary, but we don't need it.

looks clean ...
=================================
MAKE Version 5.2  Copyright (c) 1987, 2000 Borland
	C:\Borland\BCC55\BIN\bcc32 -O2 -Hc -Vx -Ve -X- -a8 -b   -k- -vi -tW 
-tWM -c -DWIN32 -w-par 
-I..\..\include;..\..\test;C:\Borland\BCC55\include; 
-D;NO_STRICT;_NO_VCL -n..\..\test\ ..\..\test\testvidinfo.c
Borland C++ 5.5.1 for Win32 Copyright (c) 1993, 2000 Borland
..\..\test\testvidinfo.c:
Warning W8065 ..\..\test\testvidinfo.c 460: Call to function 
'RunVideoTests' with no prototype in function SDL_main
	C:\Borland\BCC55\BIN\ilink32 @MAKE0000.@@@
Turbo Incremental Link 5.00 Copyright (c) 1997, 2000 Borland
================================= SUCCESS AGAIN
Video driver: windib
Current display: 1280x1024, 32 bits-per-pixel
	Red Mask = 0x00ff0000
	Green Mask = 0x0000ff00
	Blue Mask = 0x000000ff
Fullscreen video modes:
	1280x1024x32
	1280x960x32
	1280x800x32
	1280x768x32
	1280x720x32
	1152x864x32
	1024x768x32
	960x600x32
	848x480x32
	800x600x32
	720x576x32
	720x480x32
	640x480x32
	640x400x32
	512x384x32
	480x360x32
	400x300x32
	320x240x32
	320x200x32
A window manager is available
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Disappointment!
No hardware video driver!
worked in 1.2.8
sad face.

Part of this may be due to the fact
that linking is done against the lib
files that ship in Borland.zip which
look to be many years old.

I would link against new builds of
the libs but I've been unable to get
the results to link due to missing
external references.

MinGw builds the libs fine, but
resulting executables do not support
hardware acceleration either.
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