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    ColorSet v1.0 - Color configuration modifier for T.A.G. v2.7 and above
           Author: Paul Deeds - (c) May 1994 - All Rights Reserved


 PURPOSE: Allows your users to choose between multiple color sets.
 ~~~~~~~

 SETUP
 ~~~~~
 Colorset  has two  modes  that are  chosen  with the first  command  line
 argument.   The first  mode  reads  in a colorset  from a text  file  and
 writes  it to the user of your choice.   The second mode reads a colorset
 from a user number of your choice and writes it to a text file.

 What  you should  do is go  into T.A.G. and  create a color  set that you
 like through the personal data menu.   When you've got it how you like it
 shell to dos and call colorset like this:

    COLORSET Colorset C:\BBS\GFILES 1 BLUE.SET

 It  will  read  your  USER.LST  located  in  C:\BBS\GFILES and  write the
 colorset of User #1 to a BLUE.SET in the current directory.

 Create  as  many  color sets  as you want,  then set  up a menu,  or some
 commands  on an already  existing menu that  allow your  user to choose a
 color set.   Use Pkey: "<" and Pdata: "COLOR1.BAT",  one  command and one
 batch file for each color set.   You will need to create COLOR?.BAT files
 in your main BBS directory (or each if you are running multinode).   They
 should look something like this:

    COLORSET User C:\BBS\GFILES %3 BLUE.SET
                                 |    \----- Different for each batch file
                                 |
                                 \---- %3 is the current user number
                                       and it will be filled in by T.A.G.

 Your users can probably come up with some nice color sets as well.
 Encourage them to experiment or hold a contest.


 COLORSET FILES
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 The colorset  files are 20 lines with a number  between 0 and 255 on each
 line.   The  first ten  lines are the  "Black and White"  colors and  the
 second ten are the "Color" colors.


 SUPPORT/QUESTIONS
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 If you have any  questions I can be reached  in the  T.A.G. echos  on the
 fidonet.  I no longer operate a bulletin board system because I am living
 in a dorm.  This program is freeware, but being a college student I could
 certainly  use any money  that you feel you can  afford to donate to help
 defer  the  costs  of  long  distance  distribution,  computer  upgrades,
 programming software, etc.  I am up to doing  custom  changes if there is
 any feature you would like changed for you own use.  This is my address:

                               Paul Deeds
                               382 Pilgrim
                               Birmingham, MI
                               48009

 I am a fairly regular caller on A*R*T*H*U*R, so you can drop me a message
 there (Username: DIRTY).

 OTHER T.A.G. UTILITIES BY ME
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

   CWHO10.ZIP   -  Allows you to view your USERON.BBS file and to view and
   ~~~~~~~~~~      modify  the  important  fields of  you r $WHO.DAT file,
                   including  username,  city/state, extended description,
                   baud rate,  and  the "available for chat" and "in group
                   chat" flags; all from the command line.

   USAGE10.ZIP  -  Combines two or more USAGE.LOG files into a single file
   ~~~~~~~~~~~     for easier viewing on multi-node systems.

   TRIMLOG.ZIP  -  Removes all "KB" logons from you CALLERS.LOG file.   It
   ~~~~~~~~~~~     will  not add  any colors,  or  change  the file in any
                   other  way.   This  is good  to  run before  NICELOG to
                   remove  all those  local logons that let users know you
                   are nearby despite what your chat flag might say.

   NICELOG.ZIP  -  Converts  your  drab CALLERS.LOG file  into an exciting
   ~~~~~~~~~~~     full  screen ansi.   It reads the last ## callers  from
                   your CALLERS.LOG file, inverts their order,  and places
                   them in an ansi  screen of  your  design (or one of the
                   included models).

   RUMOR20.ZIP  -  Converts   T.A.G.  v2.6  questionarre  answer  files to
   ~~~~~~~~~~~     T.A.G.  v2.6  format  quotation  file and an attractive
                   user viewable file of all the quotes. This allows users
                   to quickly add to your  rumor or quote file using built
                   in T.A.G. system commands.

   DRUMOR10.ZIP -  Allows users to remove quotes from the files created by
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~    RUMOR20.ZIP above.

   TAGLIST7.ZIP -  The first update to the  Downloader's  Guide to  T.A.G.
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~    Utilities in 2 years.  Completely redone.

       Look for them on a T.A.G. Site near you.  They should always be
       available on A*R*T*H*U*R (1-810-740-8764).