Excerpts from netbsd: 16-Jul-98 Weirdness on latest Alpha s.. "Kevin P.
Neal"@pobox.co (5096*)

> The screen does look dimmer, but I'm on a 14" B&W monitor. Did the colors
> change? Ho hum, whatever. 

That's intended. A reasonable terminal emulation wants to
be able to highlight text. So the normal output shouldn't
already use the whitest white.

best regards
Matthias