ImportError: No module named _curses ?

[Ingo Linkweiler]

Kevin Altis schrieb:
> The curses module is not available on Windows, as you found out when you
> tried to import it. The documentation should probably make that point.
> 
> http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-curses.html

the documentation says, it is available for DOS.
I thought, a DOS-Box in Windows is compatible to MS-DOS.

Do you know any alternatives for my purpose?
I only need some simple, but OS-independend functions like this
c = readkey()
clearscreen()
setcursorat(x,y)

Ingo