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How do I change the colours?

In order to change the colours which DOS uses you must first load ANSI.SYS (except for PTS-DOS users), you can then set various colours (and attributes) by using the PROMPT command.
Next you need to amend the prompt command, in AUTOEXEC.BAT, to look something like this:
prompt $e[32;40;1m$p$g
Be sure to make the "m" lower case.
To change the foreground colour you need to change the number 32 to the number which represents the colour you want. The codes are:

Black	30
Red	31
Green	32
Yellow	33
Blue	34
Magenta	35
Cyan	36
White	37

So for magenta text use:
prompt $e[35;40;1m$p$g
The number 40 could be changed to give a different background colour, the codes are:

Black	40
Red	41
Green	42
Yellow	43
Blue	44
Magenta	45
Cyan	46
White	47

So yellow text on a blue background would be: prompt $e[33;44;1m$p$g

Please look up ANSI.SYS and PROMPT in the ** DOS Reference ** section for details on how to do this.

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