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       Program and Documentation are Copyright 1989 by clySmic software.
                              All rights reserved.


     From time immaterial, personkind has searched for a way to stop that
     dad-dratted blinking cursor on PCompatible machines.  I tried
     everything, but every TSR turn-off-the-cursor-and-put-a-replacement-in
     program didn't work with something in my system, be it NANSI.SYS or
     something else.  Then, late, late one night as I was perusing the
     Video Seven V7VGA Tech Ref I stumbled onto a revelation.  The Video
     Seven engineers had built in HARDWARE SUPPORT for a non-blinking
     cursor!!!  Joy... rapture!!   The program V7CURS exploits this far-
     sightedness; needless to say, its for V7VGA chip VGAs ONLY, as far as
     I know that includes the FastWrite VGA and the VRAM VGA.

     V7CURS sets the cursor to non-blinking, XOR mode.  XOR mode allows you
     to see what's under the cursor.  Some will be disappointed to learn
     that I make no attempt to regulate the size of the cursor, this is
     because lots of programs change it and if I try to stop them, I'm back
     into a complicated TSR again.  V7CURS is simple: just stop the
     blinking and allow one to see under the cursor (especially important
     if its full block size).

     This is a "terminate-and-stay-resident" program that takes up
     approximately 350 bytes.  It can be unloaded with TSR utilities, such
     as the excellent MARK/RELEASE.

     USAGE

     Just type V7CURS to load.  Of course, you can put this in your
     AUTOEXEC.BAT file to use it all the time.  Place V7CURS.COM somewhere
     on your PATH.

     TECH STUFF

     V7CURS hooks INT 10H, the video services interrupt, in order to
     restore the non-blinking cursor after a mode set.  It shouldn't cause
     any trouble; there are no hot keys or anything like that.  The cursor
     is set by reading and writing registers on the V7VGA chip.

     V7CURS is copyrighted by clySmic software, and is released as
     "Freeware".

     You may copy the program and distribute it without charge.  You may
     not sell or otherwise charge for V7CURS.  However, users' groups may
     charge a small fee (not to exceed $7) for media and postage.

     This program is provided AS IS without any warranty, expressed or
     implied, including but not limited to fitness for a particular
     purpose.  So there.

     clySmic software is not responsible for anything that may happen when
     you use V7CURS, including hardware damage, information loss, or sudden
     attacks of euphoria induced by not having to look at that blinkin'
     cursor anymore.

                                Ralph B Smith Jr
                                clySmic software
                                 P. O. Box 2271
                               Empire State Plaza
                                Albany, NY 12220