If you have a terminal app installed on your device, such as the Mac OS X / macOS Terminal, Hermes Terminal, SyncTERM, ZTerm, etc., click on the above image to telnet to the Armageddon BBS. Clicking on the above image should result in your terminal/telnet client starting on your computer, if everything is set up properly on your end. This is normal behavior, so don't be alarmed when your terminal/client runs.

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In the table below, the first column is the hex value of the color, This is the code you would type in an HTML document in order to display your text in a particular color. Insofar as BBSing is concerned, it is the second column which is more important to us, because this is the actual code that you would type in an ANSI file for your BBS in order to display those colors either in your BBS ANSI graphic, or perhaps in a BBS message forum post where you want to use pretty colors instead of just white on black.

Please note that in this table, I have used a "less than" symbol together with a left bracket to imitate the keyboard modifier keys you would use on your computer to create the little arrow and left bracket in your ANSI codes. In reality, on a machine running macOS, you would actually hold down the control key while simultaneously typing the left bracket. After that, you would let go of both keys and simply type out the rest of the code for that color, meaning the numbers and the semicolons, followed by the little "m".

HEX NUMS <=========> ANSI <==========> RESULT

#000000	<-[38;5;0m
#800000	<-[38;5;1m
#008000	<-[38;5;2m
#808000	<-[38;5;3m
#000080	<-[38;5;4m
#800080	<-[38;5;5m
#008080	<-[38;5;6m
#c0c0c0	<-[38;5;7m
#808080	<-[38;5;8m
#ff0000	<-[38;5;9m
#00ff00	<-[38;5;10m
#ffff00	<-[38;5;11m
#0000ff	<-[38;5;12m
#ff00ff	<-[38;5;13m
#00ffff	<-[38;5;14m
#ffffff	<-[38;5;15m
#000000	<-[38;5;16m
#00005f	<-[38;5;17m
#000087	<-[38;5;18m
#0000af	<-[38;5;19m
#0000d7	<-[38;5;20m
#0000ff	<-[38;5;21m
#005f00	<-[38;5;22m
#005f5f	<-[38;5;23m
#005f87	<-[38;5;24m
#005faf	<-[38;5;25m
#005fd7	<-[38;5;26m
#005fff	<-[38;5;27m
#008700	<-[38;5;28m
#00875f	<-[38;5;29m
#008787	<-[38;5;30m
#0087af	<-[38;5;31m
#0087d7	<-[38;5;32m
#0087ff	<-[38;5;33m
#00af00	<-[38;5;34m
#00af5f	<-[38;5;35m
#00af87	<-[38;5;36m
#00afaf	<-[38;5;37m
#00afd7	<-[38;5;38m
#00afff	<-[38;5;39m
#00d700	<-[38;5;40m
#00d75f	<-[38;5;41m
#00d787	<-[38;5;42m
#00d7af	<-[38;5;43m
#00d7d7	<-[38;5;44m
#00d7ff	<-[38;5;45m
#00ff00	<-[38;5;46m
#00ff5f	<-[38;5;47m
#00ff87	<-[38;5;48m
#00ffaf	<-[38;5;49m
#00ffd7	<-[38;5;50m
#00ffff	<-[38;5;51m
#5f0000	<-[38;5;52m
#5f005f	<-[38;5;53m
#5f0087	<-[38;5;54m
#5f00af	<-[38;5;55m
#5f00d7	<-[38;5;56m
#5f00ff	<-[38;5;57m
#5f5f00	<-[38;5;58m
#5f5f5f	<-[38;5;59m
#5f5f87	<-[38;5;60m
#5f5faf	<-[38;5;61m
#5f5fd7	<-[38;5;62m
#5f5fff	<-[38;5;63m
#5f8700	<-[38;5;64m
#5f875f	<-[38;5;65m
#5f8787	<-[38;5;66m
#5f87af	<-[38;5;67m
#5f87d7	<-[38;5;68m
#5f87ff	<-[38;5;69m
#5faf00	<-[38;5;70m
#5faf5f	<-[38;5;71m
#5faf87	<-[38;5;72m
#5fafaf	<-[38;5;73m
#5fafd7	<-[38;5;74m
#5fafff	<-[38;5;75m
#5fd700	<-[38;5;76m
#5fd75f	<-[38;5;77m
#5fd787	<-[38;5;78m
#5fd7af	<-[38;5;79m
#5fd7d7	<-[38;5;80m
#5fd7ff	<-[38;5;81m
#5fff00	<-[38;5;82m
#5fff5f	<-[38;5;83m
#5fff87	<-[38;5;84m
#5fffaf	<-[38;5;85m
#5fffd7	<-[38;5;86m
#5fffff	<-[38;5;87m
#870000	<-[38;5;88m
#87005f	<-[38;5;89m
#870087	<-[38;5;90m
#8700af	<-[38;5;91m
#8700d7	<-[38;5;92m
#8700ff	<-[38;5;93m
#875f00	<-[38;5;94m
#875f5f	<-[38;5;95m
#875f87	<-[38;5;96m
#875faf	<-[38;5;97m
#875fd7	<-[38;5;98m
#875fff	<-[38;5;99m
#878700	<-[38;5;100m
#87875f	<-[38;5;101m
#878787	<-[38;5;102m
#8787af	<-[38;5;103m
#8787d7	<-[38;5;104m
#8787ff	<-[38;5;105m
#87af00	<-[38;5;106m
#87af5f	<-[38;5;107m
#87af87	<-[38;5;108m
#87afaf	<-[38;5;109m
#87afd7	<-[38;5;110m
#87afff	<-[38;5;111m
#87d700	<-[38;5;112m
#87d75f	<-[38;5;113m
#87d787	<-[38;5;114m
#87d7af	<-[38;5;115m
#87d7d7	<-[38;5;116m
#87d7ff	<-[38;5;117m
#87ff00	<-[38;5;118m
#87ff5f	<-[38;5;119m
#87ff87	<-[38;5;120m
#87ffaf	<-[38;5;121m
#87ffd7	<-[38;5;122m
#87ffff	<-[38;5;123m
#af0000	<-[38;5;124m
#af005f	<-[38;5;125m
#af0087	<-[38;5;126m
#af00af	<-[38;5;127m
#af00d7	<-[38;5;128m
#af00ff	<-[38;5;129m
#af5f00	<-[38;5;130m
#af5f5f	<-[38;5;131m
#af5f87	<-[38;5;132m
#af5faf	<-[38;5;133m
#af5fd7	<-[38;5;134m
#af5fff	<-[38;5;135m
#af8700	<-[38;5;136m
#af875f	<-[38;5;137m
#af8787	<-[38;5;138m
#af87af	<-[38;5;139m
#af87d7	<-[38;5;140m
#af87ff	<-[38;5;141m
#afaf00	<-[38;5;142m
#afaf5f	<-[38;5;143m
#afaf87	<-[38;5;144m
#afafaf	<-[38;5;145m
#afafd7	<-[38;5;146m
#afafff	<-[38;5;147m
#afd700	<-[38;5;148m
#afd75f	<-[38;5;149m
#afd787	<-[38;5;150m
#afd7af	<-[38;5;151m
#afd7d7	<-[38;5;152m
#afd7ff	<-[38;5;153m
#afff00	<-[38;5;154m
#afff5f	<-[38;5;155m
#afff87	<-[38;5;156m
#afffaf	<-[38;5;157m
#afffd7	<-[38;5;158m
#afffff	<-[38;5;159m
#d70000	<-[38;5;160m
#d7005f	<-[38;5;161m
#d70087	<-[38;5;162m
#d700af	<-[38;5;163m
#d700d7	<-[38;5;164m
#d700ff	<-[38;5;165m
#d75f00	<-[38;5;166m
#d75f5f	<-[38;5;167m
#d75f87	<-[38;5;168m
#d75faf	<-[38;5;169m
#d75fd7	<-[38;5;170m
#d75fff	<-[38;5;171m
#d78700	<-[38;5;172m
#d7875f	<-[38;5;173m
#d78787	<-[38;5;174m
#d787af	<-[38;5;175m
#d787d7	<-[38;5;176m
#d787ff	<-[38;5;177m
#d7af00	<-[38;5;178m
#d7af5f	<-[38;5;179m
#d7af87	<-[38;5;180m
#d7afaf	<-[38;5;181m
#d7afd7	<-[38;5;182m
#d7afff	<-[38;5;183m
#d7d700	<-[38;5;184m
#d7d75f	<-[38;5;185m
#d7d787	<-[38;5;186m
#d7d7af	<-[38;5;187m
#d7d7d7	<-[38;5;188m
#d7d7ff	<-[38;5;189m
#d7ff00	<-[38;5;190m
#d7ff5f	<-[38;5;191m
#d7ff87	<-[38;5;192m
#d7ffaf	<-[38;5;193m
#d7ffd7	<-[38;5;194m
#d7ffff	<-[38;5;195m
#ff0000	<-[38;5;196m
#ff005f	<-[38;5;197m
#ff0087	<-[38;5;198m
#ff00af	<-[38;5;199m
#ff00d7	<-[38;5;200m
#ff00ff	<-[38;5;201m
#ff5f00	<-[38;5;202m
#ff5f5f	<-[38;5;203m
#ff5f87	<-[38;5;204m
#ff5faf	<-[38;5;205m
#ff5fd7	<-[38;5;206m
#ff5fff	<-[38;5;207m
#ff8700	<-[38;5;208m
#ff875f	<-[38;5;209m
#ff8787	<-[38;5;210m
#ff87af	<-[38;5;211m
#ff87d7	<-[38;5;212m
#ff87ff	<-[38;5;213m
#ffaf00	<-[38;5;214m
#ffaf5f	<-[38;5;215m
#ffaf87	<-[38;5;216m
#ffafaf	<-[38;5;217m
#ffafd7	<-[38;5;218m
#ffafff	<-[38;5;219m
#ffd700	<-[38;5;220m
#ffd75f	<-[38;5;221m
#ffd787	<-[38;5;222m
#ffd7af	<-[38;5;223m
#ffd7d7	<-[38;5;224m
#ffd7ff	<-[38;5;225m
#ffff00	<-[38;5;226m
#ffff5f	<-[38;5;227m
#ffff87	<-[38;5;228m
#ffffaf	<-[38;5;229m
#ffffd7	<-[38;5;230m
#ffffff	<-[38;5;231m

#080808	<-[38;5;232m
#121212	<-[38;5;233m
#1c1c1c	<-[38;5;234m
#262626	<-[38;5;235m
#303030	<-[38;5;236m
#3a3a3a	<-[38;5;237m
#444444	<-[38;5;238m
#4e4e4e	<-[38;5;239m
#585858	<-[38;5;240m
#626262	<-[38;5;241m
#6c6c6c	<-[38;5;242m
#767676	<-[38;5;243m
#808080	<-[38;5;244m
#8a8a8a	<-[38;5;245m
#949494	<-[38;5;246m
#9e9e9e	<-[38;5;247m
#a8a8a8	<-[38;5;248m
#b2b2b2	<-[38;5;249m
#bcbcbc	<-[38;5;250m
#c6c6c6	<-[38;5;251m
#d0d0d0	<-[38;5;252m
#dadada	<-[38;5;253m
#e4e4e4	<-[38;5;254m
#eeeeee	<-[38;5;255m

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Hermes 4 Server 0.1.0 b106:	Latest version of the Hermes 4 server software as of Oct. 11, 2026. It runs on macOS up to Golden Gate. No compilation required.
Hermes 4 Terminal 0.1.0 b106:	Latest version of the Hermes 4 terminal software as of Oct. 10, 2026. It runs on macOS up to Golden Gate. No compilation required.
Hermes 3.5.11 Source:	The source code for compiling the Hermes II 3.5.11 binary.
NodePrefs.p Files:	Good copies of the NodePrefs.p and NodePrefs2.p files. You need these to compile Hermes!
Think Pascal 4.0.2:	Disk images to install THINK Pascal 4.0.2 in SheepShaver or Basilisk.
ShrinkWrap 2.1:	You may need ShrinkWrap 2.1 to extract some files in SheepShaver.
VirtualCD Imager 1.0d0:	You may need VirtualCD Imager 1.0d0 to extract some files in SheepShaver.
Floppy Disk Image:	You may need this Floppy Disk Image to create images in SheepShaver.
Hermes II BBS: GitHub:	Repository for Hermes II BBS source code.
Hermes Externals:	Older externals which will only work on pre-Hermes II 3.5.11.
Hermes II 3.5.2 Documentation:	Hermes II 3.5.2 documentation in PDF format.
Hermes II FidoNet External:	Hermes II FidoNet External to send/receive Fidonet Mail.
Formula 1 1.1.9r5:	Formula 1 1.1.9r5 mailer system for Hermes.
Public Address Stripped:	Stripped down version of Public Address BBS to preview your ANSI art or to telnet.
MRJ 2.2.6:	Lets you run PPC apps in Classic Mac.
MRJ SDK 2.2:	Macintosh Runtime for Java SDK for development.
Carbon Library 1.6.1:	You need this to launch Carbon apps in Mac Classic.
ASCII TrueType Font:	Download this font to properly display PC-ANSI graphics in the Mac OS X or macOS Terminal app. There are other third party terminal apps which may work well too.
256-Color ANSI Palette Part 1: 256-Color ANSI Palette Part 2: 256-Color ANSI Palette Part 3: 256-Color ANSI Palette Part 4:	These four .ans files show the exact ANSI color codes you need to write and display ANSI graphics on your BBS. The files will open in any plain text editor or ANSI program and include not only the code to type, but a small sample of each actual color. [.ans]
Armageddon Files List:	Armageddon Current Files List 10-11-26. [TEXT]

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