darren@ethos.UUCP (02/04/87)
I just made a little utility called nc (new cursor), and thought I'd
put it on the net. It's not a hard program, and could be done in
any languge in about 10 minutes, but I optomized the code into a <150
byte .com file which will fit on just about any disk, so I thought it
worth sharing. It redefines the cursor block. The syntax is:
NC xy
where x is he top line and y is the bottom line for the cursor. The
CGA supports only 7 lines, allowing for single digit input, but EGA
and HGC (which I don't have) support larger numbers. For this reason,
x or y goes to 0 (10) and then starts over at A continuing through Z.
I don't know if this works, but it should. The syntax must be
followed exactly (one space between NC and xy). The lines do wrap
around, so NC 70 produces a line on top of and underneath the char (on
CGA monitors). Oh well, too much talk and not enough program. Here
it is - all 6 lines of it. No cutting required - uudecode knows what
to do. Have fun!
begin 644 nc.com
MZ3D`1&]N92X-)%-Y;G1A>"`Z($Y#(#Q4;W!,:6YE/CQ";W1T;VU,:6YE/B`@
M("AE>"X@3D,@,#<I#0HDOH``K#P"=PFZ"@'H(`#I%P"^@@#H'@"(Q>@9`(C!
MM`'-$+H#`>@&`!ZX``!0RU"T"<TA6,.L/#E_!2PPZ0L`/&%\!2PWZ0(`+%?#
`
end
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