PostIt! 6.0 15/16

 BBS: Inland Empire Archive
Date: 04-02-93 (23:02)             Number: 338
From: VICTOR YIU                   Refer#: NONE
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Subj: PostIt! 6.0  15/16             Conf: (2) Quik_Bas
'>>> Start of page 15.

    'write the 6 bit codes now
DO WHILE CurrentBit > 5          'have at least 6 bits left?
    PutByte (Char AND 63)        'write out the first 6 bits
    Char = Char \ 64             'shift it right 6 places
    CurrentBit = CurrentBit - 6  '6 bits less now
LOOP

END SUB

SUB Shadow (Uprow, Ltcol, Lorow, Rtcol) STATIC

    '*** Transparent Shadow routine for use with the
    '*** "Drawbox" SUB program by Mark H Butler

DEF SEG = &H40
equip = PEEK(&H10)
IF (equip AND 48) = 48 THEN
    EXIT SUB    '*** no use in doing it if it's mono, right?
ELSE
    DEF SEG = &HB800
END IF

    '****** use the given box dimensions to POKE a ***********
    '****** "shadow" on the right side and bottom edge *******

attr = 8

FOR Row = Uprow + 1 TO Lorow + 1    '***** right edge
' locations.***
    FOR Col = Rtcol + 1 TO Rtcol + 2'***** make it 2 chars
' wide.***
        offset = (Row - 1) * 160 + (Col - 1) * 2 + 1
        POKE offset, attr
    NEXT
NEXT

Row = Lorow + 1                    '***** now POKE along the
' *****
FOR Col = Ltcol + 2 TO Rtcol + 2   '***** bottom edge
' ************
    offset = (Row - 1) * 160 + (Col - 1) * 2 + 1
    POKE offset, attr
NEXT
DEF SEG

END SUB

SUB ShortCopyright

COLOR 14, 0
CLS

PRINT " PostIt! Version 6.0"
PRINT
COLOR 11
PRINT " Freeware by Rich Geldreich, 1992-1993."
PRINT " Decoder modifications by Jim Giordano."
PRINT " User interface and graphics by "
PRINT " Mark H Butler and Quinn Tyler Jackson."
PRINT " Text code wrapping by Scott Wunsch."
PRINT " Compression & new script format by Victor Yiu."
PRINT
COLOR 7

END SUB

SUB Twirl STATIC

LOCATE Row, Col
PRINT MID$(Proplr$, Turn + 1, 1);
Turn = (Turn + 1) AND 3

IF Turn = 0 THEN
    PRINT USING " ###%"; 100& * CurrentByte \ FileLength;
END IF

END SUB

SUB WarningScreen

' I felt this screen was appropriate, since some users have

'>>> Continued on page 16

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