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Blink VGA function in IBM PS/2 does not work #3447

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Describe the bug
When turning on WYSIWYG mode on Lotus 1-2-3 Release 2.3, or launching Lotus 1-2-3 Release 2.4 where WYSIWYG mode is enabled by default, the screen becomes white and is non functional

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Launch Lotus 1-2-3 Release 2.3
  2. Press / to make the menu appear
  3. Go to add-in
  4. Attach
  5. select WYSIWYG.adn
  6. No key

Expected behavior
The screen should've stayed the same color (https://youtu.be/jHUaneVUkfQ as the video here).
I found a temporary remedy that always gets reset when the application is started

  1. Open the WYSIWYG menu (:)
  2. Go to display
  3. Options
  4. Adapter
  5. Navigate to blink, and then turn blink off
    This may be as help, as the issue seems to be happening related to "blink"

Screenshots
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Without WYSIWYG

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With WYSIWYG (it should've looked like without WYSIWYG, here the program is not operational where the menu and any input to the cells is not visible)

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With WYSIWYG with Blink turned off (this is how it should look like)

Desktop (please complete the following information):

  • OS: Windows 11 64-bit
  • 86Box version: [v3.11 build 4311]
  • Build information: [IBM PS/2 model 80 (type 3), i386DX on 25 speed, 387 FPU, 4 MB ram, Internal VGA controller on display, SCSI 120 MB hard drive]

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