diff -ru zsh-4.3.6-orig/Functions/Prompts/prompt_bigfade_setup zsh-4.3.6/Functions/Prompts/prompt_bigfade_setup
--- zsh-4.3.6-orig/Functions/Prompts/prompt_bigfade_setup	2007-06-14 12:11:39.000000000 -0400
+++ zsh-4.3.6/Functions/Prompts/prompt_bigfade_setup	2008-08-25 16:27:30.000000000 -0400
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   cat <<EOH
 This prompt is color-scheme-able.  You can invoke it thus:
 
-  prompt bigfade [<fade-bar> [<userhost> [<date> [<cwd>]]]]
+  prompt bigfade [8bit] [<fade-bar> [<userhost> [<date> [<cwd>]]]]
 
 where the parameters are the colors for the fade-bar, user@host text,
 date text, and current working directory respectively.  The default
@@ -27,9 +27,12 @@
   local date=${3:-'white'}
   local cwd=${4:-'yellow'}
 
+  if [[ $1 == '8bit' ]]; then
+  shift
   local char_333 char_262 char_261 char_260
   autoload -U prompt_special_chars
   prompt_special_chars
+  fi
 
   PS1="%{$bold_color$fg[$fadebar]$bold_color%}$char_333$char_262$char_261$char_260%{$bold_color$fg[$userhost]$bg[$fadebar]%}%n@%m%{$reset_color$fg[$fadebar]$bg[grey]%}$char_260$char_261$char_262$char_333%{$reset_color$fg[$fadebar]$bg[grey]%}$char_333$char_262$char_261$char_260%{$bold_color$fg[$date]$bg[grey]%} %D{%a %b %d} %D{%I:%M:%S%P}$prompt_newline%{$bold_color$fg[$cwd]$bg[grey]%}$PWD>%{$reset_color%} "
   PS2="%{$bold_color$fg[$fadebar]$bold_color%}$char_333$char_262$char_261$char_260%{$reset_color$fg[$fadebar]$bg[grey]%}$char_260$char_261$char_262$char_333%{$reset_color$fg[$fadebar]$bg[grey]%}$char_333$char_262$char_261$char_260%{$bold_color$bold_color$fg[$fadebar]%}>%{$reset_color%} "
diff -ru zsh-4.3.6-orig/Functions/Prompts/prompt_elite2_setup zsh-4.3.6/Functions/Prompts/prompt_elite2_setup
--- zsh-4.3.6-orig/Functions/Prompts/prompt_elite2_setup	2007-06-14 12:11:39.000000000 -0400
+++ zsh-4.3.6/Functions/Prompts/prompt_elite2_setup	2008-08-25 16:26:03.000000000 -0400
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   cat <<EOH
 This prompt is color-scheme-able.  You can invoke it thus:
 
-  prompt elite2 [<text-color> [<parentheses-color>]]
+  prompt elite2 [8bit] [<text-color> [<parentheses-color>]]
 
 The default colors are both cyan.  This theme works best with a dark
 background.
@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@
   local text_col=${1:-'cyan'}
   local parens_col=${2:-$text_col}
 
+  if [[ $1 == '8bit' ]]; then
+  shift
   local char_333 char_262 char_261 char_260
   autoload -U prompt_special_chars
   prompt_special_chars
+  fi
 
   local text="%{$fg_no_bold[$text_col]%}"
   local parens="%{$fg_bold[$parens_col]%}"
diff -ru zsh-4.3.6-orig/Functions/Prompts/prompt_elite_setup zsh-4.3.6/Functions/Prompts/prompt_elite_setup
--- zsh-4.3.6-orig/Functions/Prompts/prompt_elite_setup	2007-06-14 12:11:39.000000000 -0400
+++ zsh-4.3.6/Functions/Prompts/prompt_elite_setup	2008-08-25 16:26:21.000000000 -0400
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   cat <<EOH
 This prompt is color-scheme-able.  You can invoke it thus:
 
-  prompt elite [<text-color> [<punctuation-color>]]
+  prompt elite [8bit] [<text-color> [<punctuation-color>]]
 
 The default colors are red and blue respectively.  This theme is
 intended for use with a black background.
@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@
   local text=${1:-'red'}
   local punctuation=${2:-'blue'}
 
+  if [[ $1 == '8bit' ]]; then
+  shift
   local char_333 char_262 char_261 char_260
   autoload -U prompt_special_chars
   prompt_special_chars
+  fi
 
   PS1="%{$fg[$text]%}$char_332$char_304%{$fg[$punctuation]%}(%{$fg[$text]%}%n%{$fg[$punctuation]%}@%{$fg[$text]%}%m%{$fg[$punctuation]%})%{$fg[$text]%}-%{$fg[$punctuation]%}(%{$fg[$text]%}%D{%I:%M%P}%{$fg[$punctuation]%}-:-%{$fg[$text]%}%D{%m}%{$fg[$punctuation]$fg[$text]%}/%D{%d}%{$fg[$punctuation]%})%{$fg[$text]%}$char_304-%{$fg[$punctuation]]%}$char_371%{$fg[$text]%}-$char_371$char_371%{$fg[$punctuation]%}$char_372$prompt_newline%{$fg[$text]%}$char_300$char_304%{$fg[$punctuation]%}(%{$fg[$text]%}%1~%{$fg[$punctuation]%})%{$fg[$text]%}$char_304$char_371%{$fg[$punctuation]%}$char_372%{$reset_color%}"
   PS2="> "
diff -ru zsh-4.3.6-orig/Functions/Prompts/prompt_fade_setup zsh-4.3.6/Functions/Prompts/prompt_fade_setup
--- zsh-4.3.6-orig/Functions/Prompts/prompt_fade_setup	2007-06-14 12:11:39.000000000 -0400
+++ zsh-4.3.6/Functions/Prompts/prompt_fade_setup	2008-08-25 16:26:51.000000000 -0400
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   cat <<EOH
 This prompt is color-scheme-able.  You can invoke it thus:
 
-  prompt fade [<fade-bar-and-cwd> [<userhost> [<date>]]] 
+  prompt fade [8bit] [<fade-bar-and-cwd> [<userhost> [<date>]]] 
 
 where the parameters are the colors for the fade-bar and current
 working directory, user@host text, and date text respectively.  The
@@ -27,9 +27,12 @@
   local userhost=${2:-'white'}
   local date=${3:-'white'}
 
+  if [[ $1 == '8bit' ]]; then
+  shift
   local char_333 char_262 char_261 char_260
   autoload -U prompt_special_chars
   prompt_special_chars
+  fi
 
   PS1="%{$fg[$fadebar_cwd]$bg[$fadebar_cwd]$bold_color%}$char_333$char_262$char_261$char_260%{$fg[$userhost]$bg[$fadebar_cwd]$bold_color%}%n@%m%{$reset_color$fg[$fadebar_cwd]$bg[grey]%}$char_333$char_262$char_261$char_260%{$fg[$date]$bg[grey]$bold_color%} %D{%a %b %d} %D{%I:%M:%S%P} $prompt_newline%{$fg[$fadebar_cwd]$bg[grey]$bold_color%}%~/%{$reset_color%} "
   PS2="%{$fg[$fadebar_cwd]$bg[grey]%}$char_333$char_262$char_261$char_260%{$reset_color%}>"
diff -ru zsh-4.3.6-orig/Functions/Prompts/prompt_fire_setup zsh-4.3.6/Functions/Prompts/prompt_fire_setup
--- zsh-4.3.6-orig/Functions/Prompts/prompt_fire_setup	2007-06-14 12:11:39.000000000 -0400
+++ zsh-4.3.6/Functions/Prompts/prompt_fire_setup	2008-08-25 16:27:09.000000000 -0400
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   cat <<EOH
 This prompt is color-scheme-able.  You can invoke it thus:
 
-  prompt fire [<fire1> [<fire2> [<fire3> [<userhost> [<date> [<cwd>]]]]]]
+  prompt fire [8bit] [<fire1> [<fire2> [<fire3> [<userhost> [<date> [<cwd>]]]]]]
 
 where the parameters are the three fire colors, and the colors for the
 user@host text, date text, and current working directory respectively.
@@ -29,9 +29,12 @@
   local date=${5:-'white'}
   local cwd=${6:-'yellow'}
 
+  if [[ $1 == '8bit' ]]; then
+  shift
   local char_333 char_262 char_261 char_260
   autoload -U prompt_special_chars
   prompt_special_chars
+  fi
 
   local GRAD1="%{$char_333$char_262$char_261$char_260%}"
   local GRAD2="%{$char_260$char_261$char_262$char_333%}"