apuder@lion.waterloo.edu (Arno Puder) (01/19/90)
Recently I tried to switch off the cursor on a VGA. The usual way of redefining the cursor size did not work. Someone suggested to position the cursor outside the physical window. Although this works, is there a different more reasonable method to get rid of the cursor? Any comments would be greatly appreciated. Arno Puder University of Waterloo, Canada
tcm@srhqla.SR.COM (Tim Meighan) (01/20/90)
In article <19961@watdragon.waterloo.edu> apuder@lion.waterloo.edu (Arno Puder) writes: >Recently I tried to switch off the cursor on a VGA. The usual way >of redefining the cursor size did not work. The method is hardware-dependent. On some cards, making the cursor line-start value larger than the line-end value will make it disappear. On other cards, making the line-start value equal to 32 (hex $20) will turn off the cursor regardless of the line-end value. Therefore, setting the cursor line-start value to 32 and the line-end value to 0 should cover both bases. I've never seen this method fail to work, but then there's a lot I don't see. If you try this and it doesn't work, I'd be interested to know who makes your VGA card. Tim Meighan Silent Radio "I asked for a beer, and you brought me TANG!" -Lynda Barry