Cursor v1.5

cursor is a small MS-DOS command-line utility that sets the text-mode cursor shape:

• cursor -block — a full-height block cursor (█)
• cursor -line — restores the default underline (line) cursor

The shape is sized adaptively from the measured character-cell height, so it is correct on CGA, EGA/MDA, and VGA/DOSBox alike. It reprograms the cursor through the BIOS (INT 10h) and exits — no TSR, no runtime, no dependencies.

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cursor.exe (8 KB) — the ready-to-run DOS executable. Copy it onto your DOS PATH (real hardware or under DOSBox), then run cursor -block / cursor -line.

Built with the Borland Turbo C++ command-line compiler for DOS 3.3 / 8086 real mode. See the README for full usage and build-from-source instructions.