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M. SCREEN DISPLAY ON A VGA
GRAPHICS DISPLAY UNIT
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When using a VGA graphics display unit, the user can choose any of
sixteen colors for character display and graphics display.
Moreover, the user can choose from sixteen colors for the character
display background.
The initial color settings on the CUSTOM screen are as follows: color
palette 7 for character display/graphics display, color palette 0 for the
background, and non–blinking.
G240 P_C_L_;
P: Character display/graphics display color specification
When one of the following values is specified with a minus sign
(–) prefixed, characters are displayed in reverse video.
=0 Color of color palette 0 Default : Black. .
=1 Color of color palette 1 Red. .
=2 Color of color palette 2 Green. .
=3 Color of color palette 3 Yellow. .
=4 Color of color palette 4 Blue. .
=5 Color of color palette 5 Purple. .
=6 Color of color palette 6 Peacock blue. .
=7 Color of color palette 7 White. .
=8 Color of color palette 8 Light black. .
=9 Color of color palette 9 Light red. .
=10 Color of color palette 10 Light green. .
=11 Color of color palette 11 Light yellow. .
=12 Color of color palette 12 Light blue. .
=13 Color of color palette 13 Light purple. .
=14 Color of color palette 14 Light peacock blue. .
=15 Color of color palette 15 Light white. .
C: Specification of the background color
=0 Color of color palette 0 Default : (Same as above). .
=1 Color of color palette 1. .
=2 Color of color palette 2. .
=3 Color of color palette 3. .
=4 Color of color palette 4. .
=5 Color of color palette 5. .
=6 Color of color palette 6. .
=7 Color of color palette 7. .
=8 Color of color palette 8. .
M.1
DISPLAY COLOR
SPECIFICATION
EXTENSION
M.1.1
Overview