From: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
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Subject: Re: ANSI.SYS
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1998 18:25:24 -0400
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Robert Robbins wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> In <conio.h> does the function textcolor require ANSI.SYS?
> Since ANSI.SYS cannot be used under Windows 95 does
> it make sense to include this function?

Conio functions interface directly with the BIOS, so ANSI.SYS is not
required.  However, do not try the following:

   textcolor( BLUE );
   printf( "This is blue.\n" );

stdio functions go through DOS, so your color settings will be ignored. 
Use conio display functions instead.

FWIW, ANSI.SYS works perfectly well in a Win95 DOS box.

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