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Toggle blink/intensity bit Re: How does BIOS define character attrs.

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From: Chuck Anderson
Date: Fri, 02 Nov 1990 20:45
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In article <2352@moscom.UUCP> wjb@moscom.UUCP (Bill de Beaubien) writes:
>In article <6558@uceng.UC.EDU> dsims@uceng.UC.EDU (david l sims) writes:
>>I want to use BIOS call 10H, function 09H (write attribute/character at
>>current cursor position)....... 

>The attribute byte is defined as follows:
>bit 7 - blink, though can be background intensity if you're on an EGA or
>		better, and use int 10h, service 3, subservice 3 to disable the
>		blinking attribute.

According to "Advanced MSDOS Programming", by Ray Duncan this is int 10h
function * 10h * subfunction 3.

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From: cla@isis.cs.du.edu (Chuck Anderson)
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Subject: Toggle blink/intensity bit Re: How does BIOS define character attrs.
Keywords: BIOS character attributes
Message-ID: <1990Nov2.204540.20219@isis.cs.du.edu>
Date: 2 Nov 90 20:45:40 GMT
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