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- From: tempest@netins.net
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Q:ANSI 16 colors & blinking - possible?
- Date: 18 Feb 1996 17:29:25 GMT
- Organization: INS Information Services, Des Moines, IA USA
- Message-ID: <0099E17D.13F2F8B7@netins.net>
- References: <4ftfqh$a05@tron.sci.fi>
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- In article <4ftfqh$a05@tron.sci.fi>, avenom@sci.fi (Tuomas Salo) writes:
- >Can I use 16 colors with ANSI? The first 8 ones are easy, but is the
- >Graphics Rendition attribute 2 (secondary color/dim/faint/etc) usable?
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- >Also, can blinking be used?
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- >Thanks for help!
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- >
- >tuomas
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- >
- >PS. Sorry if this is a duplicate message. I wasn't sure. =)
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- Well there is no such thing as 16 color ansi codes... not on ibm or amiga.
- ANSI has 8 color codes.. on ibm they use a hack to make it appear like
- 16 colors using the bold on/off.. some have done this hack on amiga too.
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- As far as doing this hack.. I have no idea.. i would like to know how too..
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