Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 22:56:47 -0400
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> I was curious if there was a way to use all 16 colors for a
> background.

intensevideo(), which uses BIOS int 0x10 AL=3 BL=0 (BL=1 changes it
back to blinkvideo).

"info libc f conio" for a list of console I/O functions.

> Also, how can I get all 256 or whatever ANSII chars?

Don't use putc, printf, or cprintf.  Look up the Screen*() functions
(ScreenPutChar, ScreenPutString, ScreenUpdateLine, etc).  Or,
use the <sys/farptr.h> macros to access the video memory directly.
"info libc a _far" for details.