Newbie question: DOS console commands?

[Phaedrus42]

I'm new to Python this week and was wondering if there are any console
commands to use on a DOS screen (e.g. ClearScreen, GotoXY, Foreground and
Background colors, etc.)

I've got PythonWin running on Windows 95 and am having fun learning the
language and Tkinter, but I have a need to write a simple DOS interface
program.  I could pull out my copy of TurboPascal, but I'd like to write it
in Python to further my education.

Any help?