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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
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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.

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