Okay, who do we have to thank for this anyway?

[Omega-TI]

I was wondering if any TI historians out there have an answer for this question...

 

Who or what is responsible for the WHITE on BLUE display used in many programs & utilities?

 

Did the TI-Writer default settings set the standard? Was it another program?

 

Regardless or the answer, I've always liked that color combination on the TI.

[+OLD CS1]

It seems like a logical choice as they work so well together. Though I have to say I became rather attached to light blue on dark blue (no nonchalant whistling or kicking dust emoticon.)

[+jedimatt42]

I've never liked the white/gray on blue. Before the F18A, my childhood TI was used with that RF modulator and a 13" TV.

 

There was too much bleed. I've always preferred cyan background with black text, as in TI BASIC.

 

-M@

[+OLD CS1]

I've always preferred cyan background with black text, as in TI BASIC.

 

No joke, this is my command line prompt.

 

[+jedimatt42]

Ok, OLD CS1, consider yourself copied!

 

-M@

[RXB]

 

No joke, this is my command line prompt.

 

Clipboard01.png

 

LOL which is why RXB does the same thing as TI Basic edit mode but in RXB program mode.

[+OLD CS1]

I tried it Ohm/Omega's way.

 

 

Eh, I dunno.

[Omega-TI]

I tried it Ohm/Omega's way.

 

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Eh, I dunno.

 

It's great! Highly legible, but not blinding at night time.

[matthew180]

I always liked the black on green that is the default when BASIC programs run. Also the white on blue of the E/A. And finally the black on brown/yellow of the Adventure games. Those colors have influenced my color choices in quite a few editors of the years. I also like green or amber on black defaults from systems like the Apple ][ and IBM BASIC and DOS.

[+jedimatt42]

It's great! Highly legible, but not blinding at night time.

What is this 'night time' you speak of? Do you mean engineering time?

 

-M@

[Ed in SoDak]

Seems like many of the old standby programs such as Funnelweb, DM1000, Archiver and others chose cyan/white and it worked on my TV. so that's what I chose for my own utility/business programs. Except my darkroom timer was something on black for reduced screen illumination (with a saved Preferences file to change that if one wanted).

-Ed

[+mizapf]

Interestingly, when I used Extended Basic the first time, I found it "professional" to let the background stay on cyan instead of turning green. Maybe I thought that this green backdrop was done as a favor to beginners, so that they could see that the program is executing - but I was not a beginner anymore... (just my thoughts from those days; I was 13 years old ).

 

I also quickly accepted the white on blue style of Editor/Assembler; it looked nice on the TV, less bright. But maybe our experiences differ with the TV system, PAL vs. NTSC.

[digdugnate]

when i use SecureCRT for my SSH network device sessions, i changed the terminal to green-on-black pretty quick- it's WAY easier on my eyes.

 

although i am intrigued now to change my command prompt to black-on-cyan

[+OLD CS1]

when i use SecureCRT for my SSH network device sessions, i changed the terminal to green-on-black pretty quick- it's WAY easier on my eyes.

 

although i am intrigued now to change my command prompt to black-on-cyan

 

There is a trick to using a different font in the command line, too. I have used TI and Amiga fonts before, but none of the CBM fonts seem to work for me. Fun stuff.

 

My SSH sessions are cyan on black. Easy on the eyes.

[+mizapf]

Interestingly, many default settings for Linux shell windows have a dark background, which I find uncomfortable. I rather use a neutral white background with black characters, just like here in the forum.

 

On the contrary, I found the dark background with bright letters cause nasty afterimages.

 

(Bad thing is that some setting for highlighting seem to assume you have a dark background, e.g. outputting yellow text on my white background)

[+Lee Stewart]

I like white on blue for 40-column stuff, but not so much for 80 columns. For 80 columns I prefer blue on white.

 

Black on gray is easiest on my eyes for the 3x7 font of the 64-column editor in fbForth 2.0 (and TI Forth before it). The white on black of the original TI Forth 64-column editor was horrible—especially, with the RF modulator. It was nearly impossible to read. The eye strain would make my head hurt.

 

...lee

[digdugnate]

 

No joke, this is my command line prompt.

 

Clipboard01.png

Is there a trick to getting Command Prompt to recognize the font? I downloaded the font and edited the registry to make it a 'default' but it didn't show.

 

I got my fonts from 99er.net, if that helps.

[+OLD CS1]

They have to be a particular format with particular parameters. I am really not certain on the specifics, nor am I certain where I got my font but I will make it available for you to try out. It might be as simple as all characters must have exactly the same width.

[digdugnate]

Cool, that gets me in the right direction. i can google what Command Prompt requires in regards to that and go from there.

 

If you get some time and can shoot me your font, that's cool too.

 

Thank you!

[digdugnate]

aha, it looks like maybe they need to be monospaced. i'll dig into this as i have some time (haha) at work.

 

https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/windows-and-office/quick-tip-add-fonts-to-the-command-prompt/

[+OLD CS1]

I poked around the font and found it was sourced here:

 

http://www.dreamcodex.com/fonts.php

[digdugnate]

I poked around the font and found it was sourced here:

 

http://www.dreamcodex.com/fonts.php

excellent, thanks! i downloaded the font, but havent had a chance to monkey with it yet. i think ill subject my home pc to the change before my work one- itd take me forever to get my work machine back up (but i do have a spare).