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From: marty@uw-june.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: How to turn off cursor?
Message-ID: <3653@uw-june.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 20-Nov-87 03:52:03 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 20 03:52:03 1987
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Summary: No, that won't work

In article <428@cpsc6b.cpsc6a.att.com>, crs@cpsc6b.cpsc6a.att.com (Chris (The Home of the Killer Smiley) Seaman) writes:

> ... but it seems to me that there is an easy way:
>     1) Set register ah to 1 (The 'set cursor attributes' function)
>     2) Set register cl to some value (The 'cursor end line' value)
>        Note: it is assumed that you will set it to a logical value.
>     3) Set register ch to a LARGER value than cl
>        (The 'cursor start line' value)
>     4) Call int 10h (The video interrupt).
> 
> This should effectively 'turn off' the cursor.  

   Well it doesn't (really you should have tried it before you posted it
as a "solution"!).  What this does is to give you a "split" cursor, with the
scan lines at the top and bottom lit, and the stuff between blank!!

					Marty Sirkin