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Aptiva - ANSI Graphics on a BBS
Applicable to: United States
There are a number of bulletin boards that are able to provide special characters and text colors and other niceties if they can detect that you have the ability to display ANSI graphics. While the use of such graphics and other special settings is not crucial to accessing the bulletin board, it can make the text and menus easier to read and more usable.
Sometimes the bulletin board will ask if you want to use ANSI graphics. Reply "yes" and see if it will do the job without requiring you to do anything else. If the board states that you must install ANSI.SYS in order to get these graphics, then edit your CONFIG.SYS file and include the line:
DEVICE=C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS
or
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS
After the last DEVICE= or DEVICEHIGH= line in the file. Reboot the system and connect to the bulletin board again. You should then be able see the difference in presentation. Refer to the article, "Colors at the DOS Prompt", for some additional information on setting up colors for DOS command line sessions.
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DOS/Windows 3.x, Video, Communications Software | |
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Date Created |
20-03-97 | |
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25-01-99 | |
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08-12-99 | |
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IBM Aptiva | |
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Aptiva, PS/1 | |
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2134, 2136, 2137, 2138, 2140, 2142, 2144, 2159, 2161, 2162, 2168, 2176, 2011, 2121, 2123, 2133, 2155 | |
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