DECUS Heritage
Submitted By: Dale Stephan, EDS
Operating System: VAX/VMS V4.2
Source Language: PL/1
Keywords: Terminal Management
Hardware Requirements: VT241 terminal
Abstract: The VT241 color graphics terminal has the capability to display four colors simultaneously from a pallet of sixty-four. Multiple color display is common in graphic applications such as DECgraph, but for day-to-day use, the terminal is typically green foreground (or characters) on a black background. The problem comes when one's eyes are tired of green. Green is not the best color for constant viewing. The optional red/blue screen (Mono + Color) is the only other color combination selectable from the keyboard.
This limited utilization of capabilities has driven the development of Color241. Color 241 unleashes the color power of the Digital Equipment Corporation terminals. Color 241 is an interactive program that stresses a user friendly access to the hidden colors in the VT241. Colors for each of the four displayable zones (fondly called foreground, background, cursor and bold) may be defined on-the-fly, from the pallet of sixty-four colors, thus allowing immediate contrast comparisons. The program provides the capability to write the color definitions to disk, thus allowing automatic setup of the desired colors on any VT241.
I recommend goldenrod on black, with a turquoise cursor and red bold characters.
It is recommended that the user request the help option during the first execution of the color program. The help text describes the function of the program as well as some helpful tips on using the program.
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Last Update: Thu Jan 11 18:30:04 1996