Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cwjcc!hal!nic.MR.NET!tank!uxc!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!uxg.cso.uiuc.edu!uxf.cso.uiuc.edu!dlm1377 From: dlm1377@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Turn on/off cursor? Message-ID: <46500037@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 5 Dec 88 00:38:00 GMT References: <44479@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> Lines: 12 Nf-ID: #R:yale-celray.yale.UUCP:44479:uxf.cso.uiuc.edu:46500037:000:484 Nf-From: uxf.cso.uiuc.edu!dlm1377 Dec 4 18:38:00 1988 In my experience, Using the afore-mentioned method of setting the cursor scan lines works, but with the following twist: use the current settings and "or" the fifth bit of the top's setting. This has the effect of hiding the cursor on all machines I've tested (CGA, EGA, & VGA) To bring the cursor back, you then clear this bit. Hope it works for you. D.L. Meyer Graduate Student in Ag Economics University of Ilinois, Urbana-Champaign