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to: CHRISTOPHER BUTLER
from: KEVIN CAMPBELL
date: 1997-08-23 09:00:00
subject: DOS Window

 > Hi Kevin!
 > When Kevin Campbell wrote to Christopher Butler on Friday August 01
 > 1997, Kevin was talking about DOS Window.
 >>> Is there a way to confine the output of a DOS program to a certain
 >>> window on the screen?
 >  KC> I think the command window() should work.
 > Nope... It didn't. :(
Well, it should.
Why not write your own routine. Text memory begins at 0xB800:0x0000. Simply 
make a pointer to that memory and alter it. It's in a two byte arrangement. 
One for attribtues (colour, flash, etc.) and another for the letter (in 
ascii).
Have Fun - Kev
Kevin Campbell
Sysop of Deimos BBS
E-Mail: Sysop@Deimos.unmanned.co.uk
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