- Open a Command Prompt window.
- Right the title bar and select the Properties command.
- Select the Colors tab.
- Select the Screen Background button and select the black box in the color palette.
- Select the Screen Text button.
- To emulate an old green monochrome monitor, select the green box in the color palette, and then in the Selected Color Values panel use the spin button for the Green setting to move the number up to 255. Make sure that the settings for the Red and Blue remain at 0.
- To emulate an old amber monochrome monitor, select the green box in the color palette, and then in the Selected Color Values panel use the spin button for the Red setting to move the number up to 185. Make sure that the settings for the Green remains at 128 and Blue remains at 0.
Friday, 1 February 2008
Do You Miss The Monochrome DOS Prompt?
TechRepublic Blog has the tutorial below to help bring back the good old days of DOS displayed in green or amber monochrome monitors:
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