Subj : Re: ms-dos text mode tricks
To   : NuSkooler
From : hollowone
Date : Sat Dec 30 2023 01:10:20

 Nu> Look to the docs on DOS ANSI.SYS. You have basic color/movement/etc.
 Nu> functionality.

I know ANSI.SYS, it is covering ANSI escape codes. I don't need that. I have my own printf alike function that parses ANSI escape codes within my app if I need ansi art and this way ANSI.SYS is just obsolete for this task.

What I'm looking for is more VGA orientated than DOS thing.
I believe some VGA ports need to be hacked to achieve something like:
1) I print text, normal black bg color, lgray fg color 
2) then without changing the colors or anything with the text layout I just see it smoothly fading into black.

This is more demoscene trick than BBS thing. That's why ANSI.SYS brings no help, just memory burden.

I saw it in many demo productions while loading back in the 90s and I think there was some tech reference available back then, I just can't find it now.

-h1

.... Xerox Alto was the thing. Anything after we use is just a mere copy.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
 * Origin: 2o fOr beeRS bbS>>20ForBeers.com:1337 (21:2/150)

.