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From: wjb@moscom.UUCP (Bill de Beaubien)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Subject: Re: getting current cursor
Message-ID: <2774@moscom.UUCP>
Date: 3 Jun 91 14:42:00 GMT
References: <1991May31.120405.12515@cbnewsk.att.com>
Reply-To: wjb@moscom.UUCP (Bill de Beaubien)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Moscom Corp., E. Rochester, NY
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In article <1991May31.120405.12515@cbnewsk.att.com> tbc@cbnewsk.att.com (thomas.b.cook) writes:
>I want to be able to get the current text cursor shape, so that I 
>can change it in my application, and then restore it when I'm finished.
>Setting the cursor is ok (bios 10H)...but how can you read it?
>
>Thanks.
>Tom Cook       att!pruxg!tbc        609-639-3131

From Ralf Brown's Interrupt Listing, release 25:

Int 10h, Service 3 - Get Cursor Position and Size
	AH = 03h
	BH = page number
		0-3 in modes 2&3
		0-7 in modes 0&1
		0 in graphics modes
Return: AX = 0h (Phoenix BIOS)
	CH = start scan line
	CL = end scan line
	DH = row (00h is top)
	DL = column (00h i sleft)
Note:	a separate cursor is maintained for each of up to 8 display pages


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Bill de Beaubien / wjb@moscom.com