Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ames!pacbell!att!cbnewsc!psfales From: psfales@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (Peter Fales) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Block Cursor on PC Keywords: Block cursor on pc laptop Message-ID: <3573@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> Date: 30 Sep 89 15:08:49 GMT References: <369@timer1.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 19 In article <369@timer1.UUCP>, fritz@timer1.UUCP (fritz) writes: > I have a zenith 286 laptop and have difficulty seeing the underscore > cursor. I want to make it a block. The only way I think I can change > this is to modify the cursor_start and cursor_stop registers. I just downloaded a program from a BBS called BLOCKCUR.ZIP. It is a TSR that sets the cursor to a block, then traps the BIOS calls that applications would normally use to try and make the cursor small again. The TSR also resets the cursor every few seconds in case the application bypasses the BIOS and updates the hardware registers itself. The program seems to work well with everything I have tried. It is shareware with a reasonable $10.00 registration fee. -- Peter Fales AT&T, Room 5B-420 2000 N. Naperville Rd. UUCP: ...att!peter.fales Naperville, IL 60566 Domain: peter.fales@att.com work: (312) 979-8031