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From: psfales@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (Peter Fales)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: v05i069: blockcur, force block cursor
Keywords: payware
Message-ID: <4899@cbnewsc.ATT.COM>
Date: 18 Nov 89 23:27:27 GMT
References: <1074@cirrusl.UUCP> <2351@cbnewsj.ATT.COM> <1049@chyde.uwasa.fi>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <1049@chyde.uwasa.fi>, ts@chyde.uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi LASK) writes:
> In article <2351@cbnewsj.ATT.COM> drv@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (dennis.r.vogel) writes:
> >This seems to work but I want a program that will make the blinking
> >cursor stop blinking! 
> > ...
> 
> ...
> Stopping the blinking is quite another
> matter.  In fact the programs with the (seemingly) unblinking
> cursor, do not use a cursor at all! They subsitute the cursor with
> ascii 219 or ascii 220.

Before I decided on BLOCKCUR, I tried out a commercial program called
"Ken Skier's No-Squint Cursor."  I have seen it sold several places.  It
makes the cursor stop blinking, but uses a lot of CPU cycles to "follow"
the hardware cursor around with a solid block character.  

The program's documentation admitted that it might not be compatible with
all applications, escpecially time-critical ones like modem programs.  I
returned my copy after I found that it would not work with Procomm on my
laptop.  I also found $34.95 to be a bit much after $10.00 for BLOCKCUR.

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