Create monochrome command prompt

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Early computer monitors were monochrome i.e that they displayed only one color on a black background. Monochrome monitors were available in three colors: green, amber, and white.

This is the procedure how to create this

Open a Command Prompt window from start–>run type cmd click ok

Right the title bar and select the Properties command.

Select the Colors tab,now you need to Select the Screen Background button and select the black box in the color palette.

Select the Screen Text button,to emulate an old green monochrome monitor, select the green box in the color palette, and then the number 255. Make sure that the settings for the Red and Blue remain at 0 and click ok

Apply your new settings and click ok

Output as follows

To emulate an old amber monochrome monitor, select the green box in the color palette, and the number 185. For the Green enter 128 and Blue remains at 0 and click ok

Apply your new settings and click ok

Output as follows

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