--- console-orig.py	Fri Dec 21 00:04:09 2007
+++ console.py	Fri Dec 21 00:41:48 2007
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@
             #self.WriteConsoleW(self.hout, ensure_str(chunk), len(chunk), byref(junk), None)
         return n
 
-    def write_color(self, text, attr=None):
+    def write_color_part(self, text, attr=None):
         text = ensure_unicode(text)
         n,res= self.ansiwriter.write_color(text,attr)
         junk = c_int(0)
@@ -360,6 +360,15 @@
             log(unicode(chunk))
             self.SetConsoleTextAttribute(self.hout, attr.winattr)
             self.WriteConsoleW(self.hout, chunk, len(chunk), byref(junk), None)
+        return n
+    
+    def write_color(self, text, attr=None):
+        # Second WriteConsoleW() argument must fit as Unicode into 64kB
+        maxlen = 10000
+        n = 0   
+        parts = [text[start:start+maxlen] for start in range(0, len(text), maxlen)]
+        for text in parts:
+            n += self.write_color_part(text, attr)
         return n