RS> I meant that over the full range of whats out there, not 
RS> just considering mono cards/screens, but much more 
RS> importantly the laptops/notebooks, its not possible to have a 
RS> color scheme which is guaranteed to be visible/usable on 
RS> all.

AWL> Monochrome Normal/Highlight/Inverse...

AWL> Must come close...

 RS> Nope, there are, particularly with a CGA card and a mono 
 RS> monitor, some screen intensity settings which dont allow 
 RS> that to be visible. Thats a particular problem with those 
 RS> systems that use a highlight to make the menu key letter 
 RS> stand out in a menu word.

D'OH! I knew that. I've even coded support for it, and for those non-PC
MS-DrOSs system that didn't have the PC high-bit-set boxdraw characters...
(Takes me back, it does :-)

 RS> There is a lot to be said for a very minimal install like
 RS> for Telix DOS has which atleast allows you to select the
 RS> minimum stuff like that screen detail.

Very true, also means you get the chance to do things like put it in
D:\APPS\THINGY instead of it just dumping itslef into C:\THINGY

 RS> The other problem with your very minimal 'color' scheme as 
 RS> a default is that plenty of dummys will just look at it on 
 RS> their SVGA etc, say 'yuk' and not even realise that its 
 RS> easily changeable.

(l)Users suck...

 RS> Atleast with the minimal install Telix has, you can offer a 
 RS> few obvious alts.

I think Mr Vettoretti had the truth of it... Shoot the fuckers...

...Alex.
(Pagan & Proud)

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