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From: Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: How does BIOS define character attributes?
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Date: 3 Nov 90 11:42:35 GMT
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In article <2352@moscom.UUCP>, wjb@moscom.UUCP (Bill de Beaubien) wrote:
}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.

It can also be background intensity on a CGA, MDA, or Herc if you twiddle the
appropriate bit in the 6845 CRT controller.
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