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--- terminal_setup [2016/05/01 04:14] – created terminal configs avon
+++ terminal_setup [2023/01/23 23:44] (current) – [DOS ANSI Colors - RGB Value Table] g00r00
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-====== Terminal Configurations ======
+====== Terminal / Command Prompt Configuration ======
-In Unix-Based environments, the operating system terminal settings can often times be tweaked to allow for more accurate looking local login's to the BBS simply by typing "./mystic" on the command prompt.
+In Unix-Based environments, the operating system terminal settings can often times be tweaked to allow for more accurate looking local login's to the BBS simply by typing "./mystic" on the command prompt. Mystic has the option to run in the local console in both traditional CP437 or UTF8 modes, allowing for many different ways to configure a terminal to work well locally.
-Mystic has the option to run in the local console in both traditional CP437 or UTF8 modes, allowing for many different ways to configure a terminal to work well locally.
+In Windows, the default installation will often include inaccurate DOS colors and some non-optimal settings for the command prompt.  The good news is that these colors and options can easily be set by closing your command prompts and importing a registry file to set more DOS accurate colors and options.
+Please see the following sections for more detailed information based on your operating system:
+==== Configuration Reference Links ====
+  * [[terminal_setup_osx|Macintosh OSX Terminal.App]]
+  * [[terminal_setup_windows|Windows 10 Command Prompt]]
+==== DOS ANSI Colors - RGB Value Table ====
+These values can be used to configure various terminals to have accurate DOS ANSI-BBS terminal colors.
+^ Color Name             ^ DOS ^ Red ^ Green ^ Blue ^ RGB ^
+| Black                  |   0 | 000 | 000   | 000  | #000000 |
+| Blue                   |   1 | 000 | 000   | 170  | #0000AA |
+| Green                  |   2 | 000 | 170   | 000  | #00AA00 |
+| Cyan                   |   3 | 000 | 170   | 170  | #00AAAA |
+| Red                    |   4 | 170 | 000   | 000  | #AA0000 |
+| Magenta                |   5 | 170 | 000   | 170  | #AA00AA |
+| Yellow                 |   6 | 170 | 085   | 000  | #AA5500 |
+| White (Lt Grey)        |   7 | 170 | 170   | 170  | #AAAAAA |
+| Bright Black (Dk Gray) |   8 | 085 | 085   | 085  | #555555 |
+| Bright Blue            |   9 | 085 | 085   | 255  | #5555FF |
+| Bright Green           |  10 | 085 | 255   | 085  | #55FF55 |
+| Bright Cyan            |  11 | 085 | 255   | 255  | #55FFFF |
+| Bright Red             |  12 | 255 | 085   | 085  | #FF5555 |
+| Bright Magenta         |  13 | 255 | 085   | 255  | #FF55FF |
+| Bright Yellow          |  14 | 255 | 255   | 085  | #FFFF55 |
+| Bright White           |  15 | 255 | 255   | 255  | #FFFFFF |
-[[terminal_setup_osx|Macintosh OSX Terminal.App]]