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From: megdcs@mb2c.UUCP (Don Sortor)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: forcing color change from dos
Message-ID: <507@mb2c.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 15-Feb-86 09:42:30 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb 15 09:42:30 1986
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> Having just gotten a color monitor the my IBM-PC/XT, I've decided I
> don't like white characters on black background.  How can I have
> DOS set the color of my characters on a permanent basis (i.e., every
> time I turn the system on)?  I tried doing it in basic, but exiting
> basic resets the colors (it appears).
> 
> Thanks,
>    John Van Zandt
>    Loral Instrumentation

Try Norton Utilities.  We use them on our IBM-PC/AT's (I think they
cost about $100.00).  Anyway, one of them is called SA, and you can
set this in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to control the color of your cursor
each time you boot up.