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Article #5214Re: DOS colors
From: fisher
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 1991 08:06
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 1991 08:06
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In article <1991Feb25.051313.2881@wpi.WPI.EDU>, jhall@wpi.WPI.EDU (John Clinton Hall) writes: > > How do I change the color DOS uses to print with INT 21/40? There must be a > way to do it. Norton's Screen Attributes does it. No. The version of SA I've seen changes the _border_ color and sends an ansi escape sequence to the console driver for the rest. Try "sa ... > codes". If you want to know how the ansi console driver changes the colors, you can easily find one of the improved drivers (zansi, nansi, nnansi, ...), of which some are available with the asm source files. Better yet, check the well known interupt list. (at Simtel20: PD1:<MSDOS.INFO>INTER###.ZIP) Markus Fischer, Dpt. of Anthropology, Geneva CH
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!cernvax!chx400!chx400!ugun2b!ugsc2a!fisher From: fisher@sc2a.unige.ch Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: DOS colors Message-ID: <1991Feb28.100600.376@sc2a.unige.ch> Date: 28 Feb 91 08:06:00 GMT References: <1991Feb25.051313.2881@wpi.WPI.EDU> Organization: University of Geneva, Switzerland Lines: 15