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From: ucoelm@sw1c.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: Re: Changing colors and stuff in ms-dos
Message-ID: <148@sw1c.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 7-Jun-85 20:11:28 EDT
Article-I.D.: sw1c.148
Posted: Fri Jun  7 20:11:28 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 11-Jun-85 03:38:00 EDT
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>If you want to change the colors on a pc without ansi.sys, which is preferable
>because ansi.sys slows your system down, you need to make a simple C program
>to interrupt to int 10H, the BIOS video section. The technical Reference Manual
>is pretty good at explaining how to do it. I have an XT, and the section is on
>page 5-68 of my manual. 

>[code follows]
>See ya around!
>Vince.

Alternatively, for those of you who are not into C and/or basically lazy,
you can buy the almost ubiquitous Norton Utilities package which contains
a COM program which changes screen color without the need for ansi.sys.
(NO I don't work for Norton.)

-- 
					Lee Morehead
				Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.
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