diff -r -u irssi-0.8.1.orig/src/fe-text/gui-printtext.c irssi-0.8.1/src/fe-text/gui-printtext.c
--- irssi-0.8.1.orig/src/fe-text/gui-printtext.c	Sun Feb 17 16:10:09 2002
+++ irssi-0.8.1/src/fe-text/gui-printtext.c	Sun Feb 17 22:34:43 2002
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@
 		   colors wrap to 0, 1, ... */
                 if (*bg >= 0) *bg = mirc_colors[*bg % 16];
 		if (*fg >= 0) *fg = mirc_colors[*fg % 16];
+		if (settings_get_bool("mirc_blink_fix"))
+			*bg &= ~0x08;
 	}
 
 	if (*fg < 0 || *fg > 15)
diff -r -u irssi-0.8.1.orig/src/fe-text/term.c irssi-0.8.1/src/fe-text/term.c
--- irssi-0.8.1.orig/src/fe-text/term.c	Sun Feb 17 16:48:32 2002
+++ irssi-0.8.1/src/fe-text/term.c	Sun Feb 17 22:34:04 2002
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@
 	settings_add_bool("lookandfeel", "colors", TRUE);
 	settings_add_bool("lookandfeel", "term_force_colors", FALSE);
         settings_add_bool("lookandfeel", "term_auto_detach", FALSE);
+        settings_add_bool("lookandfeel", "mirc_blink_fix", FALSE);
         settings_add_str("lookandfeel", "term_type", "8bit");
 
 	force_colors = FALSE;