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- Color Utility for IBM-compatible Computers
-
- This color-setting utility for CGA and EGA-equipped computers is
- designed to be easy to use and fast.
-
- Requirements: IBM PC,XT,AT or compatible computer with CGA, EGA,
- or VGA adapter and color monitor.
-
- You must install ANSI.SYS as a device in your CONFIG.SYS
- file. The correct line is: DEVICE = ANSI.SYS. If
- the file, ANSI.SYS is not in your root directory, you
- must include the path information as well. For example,
- the line might read: DEVICE=C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS if the file,
- ANSI.SYS, is in the C:\DOS directory.
-
- INSTRUCTIONS
-
- Install the program by copying all its files into a directory named in
- the PATH statement in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. By doing that, you can call
- the program while logged onto any disk or directory. The program is currently
- configured to be installed in the C:\DOS directory. If you do not already
- have a PATH statement, add one with the following format:
-
- PATH = C:\;C:\DOS
-
- To use the utility, simply enter the command SEECOLOR to view a color
- chart of the available screen colors. Currently, the batch file,
- SEECOLOR.BAT, assumes that the file, COLORS.ANS, is in the C:\DOS
- directory. If that is not the case, change the batch file to give
- the actual location of COLORS.ANS. Floppy disk users should change the
- line in SEECOLOR.BAT, which reads:
-
- TYPE C:\DOS\COLORS.ANS
- to
- TYPE COLORS.ANS
-
- To change colors, use the command SETCOLOR, with the foreground and
- background color choices as parameters. As an example, to set white
- type on a black background, give the command this way: SETCOLOR 7 0 <Enter>
-
- To set light yellow characters on a blue background, the command is:
- SETCOLOR 14 1 <Enter>
-
- Be sure to leave spaces between the command and the color numbers, and
- a space between the two numbers. Note: Only numbers between 0 and 7
- can be used as a background color.
-
- You can create other batch files for your favorite screen colors.
- Just include the command, SETCOLOR [foreground] [background] in the
- batch file. You can also include this command at the end of a batch file
- which calls a program that doesn't restore your normal screen colors.
-
- This utility is placed in the public domain by:
-
- George Campbell
- 1472 Sixth St.
- Los Osos, CA 93402