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 BBS: Inland Empire Archive
Date: 04-17-92 (15:57)             Number: 197
From: RANDY HARRIS                 Refer#: NONE
  To: MIKE MELAMED                  Recvd: NO  
Subj: Backround                      Conf: (2) Quik_Bas
>How do you get background of a certain spot 1,1 for example? I know
 >that to get forground, you should do this: A=SCREEN(1,1,1):A=A AND
 >15

  Solve for background first!

  Attr = SCREEN(row, col, 1)
  background = INT(Attr / 16)
  foreground = Attr - background * 16

  IF foreground > 127 THEN  'it's a blinking color


  BTW- Whadda ya' doin' with this stuff ?

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