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From: john@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: forcing color change from dos
Message-ID: <173@moncol.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 16-Feb-86 21:29:58 EST
Article-I.D.: moncol.173
Posted: Sun Feb 16 21:29:58 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 18-Feb-86 03:48:31 EST
References: <1031@loral.UUCP> <507@mb2c.UUCP>
Reply-To: john@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer)
Organization: Monmouth College, W. Long Branch, NJ
Lines: 27
Keywords: Norton's SA, ANSI.SYS

In article <507@mb2c.UUCP> megdcs@mb2c.UUCP (Don Sortor) writes:
>> 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).
>> 
>
>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.

Yes, but don't forget to install ANSI.SYS from your CONFIG.SYS file.

Actually, as long as you've already installed ANSI.SYS, you really don't
need to use the Norton program is you are patient enough to figure out the
right escape sequences.

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