Description: Apple II And II Plus Hardware: Stopping The Blinking Cursor
Header: Apple II And II Plus Hardware: Stopping The Blinking Cursor


 This article last reviewed: 9 November 1988

 Hardware generates the blinking cursor on the Apple's screen. You can stop the
 blinking using this Applesoft program:

 10 FOR A = 935 TO 941
 20 READ B
 30 POKE A,B
 40 NEXT A
 50 POKE 56,167
 60 POKE 57,3
 70 CALL 1002
 80 END
 100 DATA 72,41,63,145,40,104,76,27,253

 This program assumes that you have DOS booted.  If you don't have DOS, delete
 line 70.

 After you run the program, the cursor will be a solid block until the RESET
 key
 is pressed, until there is an IN#0 command, or until the Apple is turned off.

 The cursor can be completely eliminated by changing the 63 in line 100 to a
 191.
 Copyright 1988 Apple Computer, Inc.
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