G. M. HOOVER
                                             COMPUSERVE # 71230,537



                        /* COLORS OPTIONS */


     THIS IS A "COLOR OPTIONS" FILE FOR A dos environment OF "ansi colors".

MY SEARCH THROUGH VARIOUS DIRECTORIES FOR COLOR OPTIONS, REVEALED ONLY FILES 

OF COLOR CHOICES FOR A "windows environment".   


     THE CREATION OF THIS FILE, IS IN FACT AN "excerpt" FROM AN ALTERNATE 

PROGRAM WHICH I'VE BEEN WORKING ON.  THE PROGRAM DISPLAYS VARIOUS COLOR 

OPTIONS WHICH ARE AVAILABLE WITH THE ANSI DRIVER SYSTEM INSTALLED.  


     HOPEFULLY YOU WILL FIND IT USEFUL -



BEST REGARDS,

                  GARY


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FOR THIS FILE TO WORK PROPERLY, THE "ansi.sys" MUST BE
INCORPORATED WITHIN THE COMPUTER SYSTEM FORMAT.

TO IMPLEMENT THE "ansi driver" DO THE FOLLOWING THREE STEPS;
GO TO THE DIRECTORY WHERE "config.sys" RESIDES - <<  normally C:\  >>

THEN INPUT:

STEP 1 #       IGNORE THIS LINE

edlin config.sys
                               then type "l" and then enter
                              ("l" will LIST what is in config.sys)

after last number listed, type "lastnumber"and then i, followed by
this line -
                                   device = ansi.sys

then depress the F6 key to create an end of file ^Z, and save new config.sys

ie/
      edlin config.sys

      then input "l"
                              for LIST, the following is shown
                              in this theoretical situation

files = 20
buffers = 20
device=mouse.sys

Then type 3i (there are three items referenced), which is followed by the
statement input:

   device = ansi.sys
   depress the F6 key (to create ^Z and save new config.sys)

STEP 2#

INSURE THAT "ansi.sys" IS IN THE "path" WITHIN THE
AUTOEXEC.BAT FILE - NORMALLY, THIS WILL HAVE BEEN
DONE ALREADY.  THE "ansi.sys driver" USUALLY RESIDES
WITHIN THE "dos" ENVIRONMENT.  IF NOT ALREADY INCLUDED
WITHIN THE BAT FILE, IT MUST BE.

ie/

TYPE AUTOEXEC.BAT        (listing of autoexec.bat will be displayed)


PATH = C:\; C:\LOTUS; C:\WP51
REST OF EXEC FILE
....
....

FOLLOWING THE SAME PRECEDING COMMANDS OF STEP #1 W/edlin,
IF REQUIRED MODIFICATIONS ARE NEEDED ON THE AUTOEXEC.BAT FILE;
ADDING TO PATH, THE DIRECTORY WHERE ansi.sys IS - LIKE:

PATH = C:\; C:\LOTUS; C:\WP51; C:\DOS     <where ansi.sys is>

<<OF COURSE, AN ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE JUST TO COPY THE ansi.sys TO A
"DIRECTORY" WHICH IS ALREADY RECOGNIZED IN THE autoexec.bat>>


STEP #3

RESET OR RE-START THE COMPUTER FOR THE "ansi.sys" TO GO INTO EFFECT.

               
                  - Und das ist alles -

                                          GARY