This is the screen scheme from the early WordPerfect/DOS days of Jerry's
young years.
-w.
-----Original Message-----
From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh_at_aracnet.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Monday, April 12, 1999 7:33 PM
Subject: Re: Pink Screen of Death? (was: Re: Hallelujah!)
>>> 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).
>>
>>George
>
>I think this has something to do with a request for an enhancement made by
>Jerry Pornelle <sp> believe it or not. I read something recenty where he
>wrote about having gotten MS to add some special colour combination for
him.
>
> Zane
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Received on Mon Apr 12 1999 - 21:48:35 BST