386 console & color

[Bill Mayhew]

I believe that ansi escape code processing is built into the
console driver.  Try sending:  \033[44;37;1m
That should give you bright white on a blue background.   Send the
string, then do a clear to paint the attribute over the whole
screen.  I am reasonably sure this works on the console driver on
the 6386.  I tried it on the Xenix system sitting next to me and it
works.  Of course, the \033 is the meta representation for the
escape character.

For fun, here are the ansi set graphic rendition codes.  The
generic form of the command is:  \033[nn;mm;...;ppm
You may include as many modifiers as you'd like.  A lower case m
terminates the escape sequence.

0		All attributes off
1		Bold on
3		Swap foreground and background
4		Underline on
5		Blink on
7		Reverse video on
8		Concealed on
30		Black foreground
31		Red foreground
32		Green foreground
33		Yellow foreground
34		Blue foreground
35		Magenta foreground
36		Cyan foreground
37		White foreground
40		Black background
41		Red background
42		Green background
43		Yellow background
44		Blue background
45		Magenta background
46		Cyan background
47		White background


Bill
[44;37;1mwtm at impulse.UUCP[0m