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echo: 4dos
to: VIC BATES
from: LEONARD ERICKSON
date: 1998-04-10 16:52:00
subject: flashing text in dosbox

 -=> Quoting Vic Bates to All <=-
 VB> In a Win95 Dosbox why doesn't text which supposed to be flashing
 VB> flash? instead just goes bright background.  It works as it supposed to
 VB> full screen or in dos mode, it only appears to be dos windows that
 VB> have this problem.
The way video cards work, you can have *either* flashing *or* bright
background, not both at the same time. Win95 likely has the VDC set for
bright background, which means that *all* windows on the screen will be
that way.
--- Blue Wave/DOS v2.30
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* Origin: Shadowshack (1:105/51)

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