Pink Screen of Death? (was: Re: Hallelujah!)

From: Derek Peschel <dpeschel_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Mon Apr 12 17:31:20 1999

> > Well, I don't know. However, MS Word/Windows and /Macintosh has a strange
> > option: to have large white letters on a blue background instead of black
> > on white. This has nothing to do with any color settings, and no other
> > colors can be used in a similar way. This may have classic reasons. Anyone
> > know?
>
> Don't know the exact reason but that was the default color
> combination of the DOS version of MS Word (and every day I use
> the current version, I long for the old one).

It was also the default color scheme for WordPerfect. Wasn't WordPerfect
around before Word was? Given the number of WordPerfect users, I think it's
safe to say the modern Word option is based on WordPerfect.

-- Derek
Received on Mon Apr 12 1999 - 17:31:20 BST