derek@sun4dts.dts.ine.philips.nl (derek) (05/07/91)
If this is any use to anyone, here's a little batch file for blanking the screen manually (i.e. type blank at the command line) when using 4dos. ------------cut here-------------------------------------------------- @echo off echo off cls black on black rem for the following you need a 'cursor' program or similar cursor off pause > nul rem change the following returning code to suite your setup cls cyan on blue drawbox 11 0 15 79 2 bri cyan on blue fill blue scrput 13 20 bri yellow on blue Welcome back, its %_time on %_date echo Press enter when ready pause ------------------cut here-------------------------------------------- Best Regards, Derek Carr DEREK@DTS.INE.PHILIPS.NL Philips I&E TQV-5 Eindhoven, The Netherlands Standard Disclaimers apply.
witte@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Breck Witte) (05/08/91)
If you lack a cursor control routine, another screen blanker is the
following:
alias 0 'setdos /S32:32 ^ prompt $s ^ cls' <--- to blank
alias 1 'setdos /S12:26 ^ prompt $P$G' <--- to restore
/Breck
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