Yes, on the early models. Flashing text is a feature of the video hardware, and on early Apple II models the cursor is just a space character with the Flash bi

Yes, on the early models. Flashing text is a feature of the video hardware, and on early Apple II models the cursor is just a space character with the Flash bit enabled. You can turn on flashing text with the FLASH command. E.g.: FLASH:?"HELLO WORLD" Later models will produce the flashing cursor in software rather than hardware, so you can't inadvertently end up with multiple flashing cursors on screen.