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Pink dos color -Virus? (PC)

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From: Malte Eppert
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 20:58
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Hello!

 > My default dos foreground color is Pink not low intensity
 > white. Is this possibly a virus? I booted from a protected floppy
 > master disk - - no change!

Does your monitor display the default gray at all after the failure?
If not, try to fix your video cable. It just may be a loose contact.
Had that before, and all the gray on the screen turned pink, until I
fixed the cable.

cu!
eppi

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Subject: Pink dos color -Virus? (PC)
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