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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. 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
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 | Red | Green | Blue | RGB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 000 | 000 | 000 | #000000 |
| Blue | 000 | 000 | 170 | #0000AA |
| Green | 000 | 170 | 000 | #00AA00 |
| Cyan | 000 | 170 | 170 | #00AAAA |
| Red | 170 | 000 | 000 | #AA0000 |
| Magenta | 170 | 000 | 170 | #AA00AA |
| Yellow | 170 | 085 | 000 | #AA5500 |
| White | 170 | 170 | 170 | #AAAAAA |
| Bright Black | 085 | 085 | 085 | #555555 |
| Bright Blue | 085 | 085 | 255 | #5555FF |
| Bright Green | 085 | 255 | 085 | #55FF55 |
| Bright Cyan | 085 | 255 | 255 | #55FFFF |
| Bright Red | 255 | 085 | 085 | #FF5555 |
| Bright Magenta | 255 | 085 | 255 | #FF55FF |
| Bright Yellow | 255 | 255 | 085 | #FFFF55 |
| Bright White | 255 | 255 | 255 | #FFFFFF |