Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!jarthur!uunet!mnemosyne.cs.du.edu!isis!cla From: cla@isis.cs.du.edu (Chuck Anderson) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Toggle blink/intensity bit Re: How does BIOS define character attrs. Keywords: BIOS character attributes Message-ID: <1990Nov2.204540.20219@isis.cs.du.edu> Date: 2 Nov 90 20:45:40 GMT References: <6558@uceng.UC.EDU> <2352@moscom.UUCP> Reply-To: cla@isis.UUCP (Chuck Anderson) Organization: Math/CS, University of Denver Lines: 18 In article <2352@moscom.UUCP> wjb@moscom.UUCP (Bill de Beaubien) writes: >In article <6558@uceng.UC.EDU> dsims@uceng.UC.EDU (david l sims) writes: >>I want to use BIOS call 10H, function 09H (write attribute/character at >>current cursor position)....... >The attribute byte is defined as follows: >bit 7 - blink, though can be background intensity if you're on an EGA or > better, and use int 10h, service 3, subservice 3 to disable the > blinking attribute. According to "Advanced MSDOS Programming", by Ray Duncan this is int 10h function * 10h * subfunction 3. -- ************************************************************************* Chuck Anderson uucp : uunet!nyx!cla Boulder, Co. (303) 494-6278 internet: cla@nyx.cs.du.edu *************************************************************************