jmcook@aluxp.UUCP (cook) (09/13/84)
While this is probably due to my inexperience with the IBM-PC, I'm wondering if there is any way to change the standard attribute bits used by the color adapter so that regular DOS and other output that comes to the display can have its color changed. It seems that it's white now (really a sort of pink) and I would prefer it to be intense white (0f rather than 07). If this is due to hard code in the ROM, is there any way to overcome it? Thanks in advance, Joel M. Cook aluxp!jmcook
grogers@Ucb-Vax.arpa (09/13/84)
You can set your prompt so that it will change the colors on the screen. All the information is in the DOS manual but you must put several things together to get this to work. First you must use the ANSI.SYS screen driver so in your CONFIG.SYS file you need 'device=ansi.sys' (or some such thing). You then can send escape sequences to the screen driver to change the color of the characters. You can send these to your screen via your prompt. If I had a manual handy I would give you an example but I don't. You should look at the sections on the ANSI.SYS driver and setting your prompt.