Yeah, i've actually added this to the 16-bit OS that i'm working on.. It keeps the color for 8 pages (Which, is the number that DOS contains in the normal video mode), so, yes, it will keep the color if you do a "Dir" command, or any other command that scrolls the screen. I'm going to re-write this, …

Created a new command for DOSbox.. it's a variant of the command prompt's "Color" command. Note: Does not support intense colors Code: [org 0100h] [section .text] mov bl,0x80 mov bx,0x82 mov si,bx lodsb cmp al,'"' jne error main: lodsb shl al,4 mov [digit_tens],al lodsb shl al,4 shr al,4 mov [digit_ …

Confirmed that enabling background intensity allows use of 256 color attributes, thank you sir. [org 0100h] [section .text] mov ax,1003h mov bl,0 mov bh,0 int 10h mov bl,01 MAIN: cmp word [counter],255 je DONE cmp byte [keep_neat],16 je ENDLINE mov cx,1 mov al,0 mov ah,9 int 10h mov dx,blank call …

Okay, thanks for the replies. I honestly didn't mean to offend you or upset you, sorry for that.

I know, but this is 16-bit assembly, I see no reason that it should not work in DOS.

Windows XP, I don't have a DOS pc to try it on. DOSbox is the only thing that I have found that this error occurs on. I'll take a screenshot if that helps.

Hi, I am trying to display the 256 colorset usable by the BIOS in DOSBOX 0.73 It works.. but only for half of the colors. The other half is a giant mass of blinking squares. This works anywhere outside of DOSbox. Here's the code. [org 0100h] [section .text] mov bl,01 MAIN: cmp word [counter],255 je …