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Subject: Color on PCVT Console?
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Date: Thu, 28 Sep 95 11:30:36 -0500
From: "Jeff Wilson" <wilson@VNET.IBM.COM>
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There was a question recently about how to get color to work.  The answers
mentioned looking at vidcontrol, and ncurses.  These are fine and good, but
I have a Color IBM ThinkPad which uses type 2 scan codes for its keyboard.
So, I am forced to use the PCVT console driver, since it supports type 2
scan codes.  However, vidcontrol, and ncurses colors do not work with PCVT.

Is there any way to use color on PCVT?

Jeff Wilson