1. blinking cursor

this is more of a video bios question than a euphoria question but
anyway...  does anyone know if you can get a text mode cursor to just
be solid instead of blinking??

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2. Re: blinking cursor

On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, mike burrell wrote:

>
> this is more of a video bios question than a euphoria question but
> anyway...  does anyone know if you can get a text mode cursor to just
> be solid instead of blinking??

yes I know if you can get a text mode cursor to be solid, what's more, yes
you can, least I've seen it done before.  Too bad I dunno how to do it...
=)  If I did, I'd tell you!

Michael Packard
Lord Generic Productions
lgp at exo.com http://exo.com/~lgp
A Crash Course in Game Design and Production
http://exo.com/~lgp/euphoria

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3. Re: blinking cursor

At 13:35 19-01-97 -0800, you wrote:
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>Poster:       Michael Packard <lgp at EXO.COM>
>Subject:      Re: blinking cursor
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>
>On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, mike burrell wrote:
>
>>
>> this is more of a video bios question than a euphoria question but
>> anyway...  does anyone know if you can get a text mode cursor to just
>> be solid instead of blinking??
>
>yes I know if you can get a text mode cursor to be solid, what's more, yes
>you can, least I've seen it done before.  Too bad I dunno how to do it...
>=)  If I did, I'd tell you!
>
>Michael Packard
>Lord Generic Productions
>lgp at exo.com http://exo.com/~lgp
>A Crash Course in Game Design and Production
>http://exo.com/~lgp/euphoria
>
I check the ega/vga chip registers and I found no way to stop the blinking.
But you can make it invisible and create your own solid cursor by software.
Jacques Deschenes
Baie-Comeau, Quebec
Canada
desja at quebectel.com

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