LoCode 5/5

 BBS: Inland Empire Archive
Date: 01-04-56 (01:04)             Number: 1470
From: BRENT ASHLEY                 Refer#: NONE
  To: ALLAN ZACHARY                 Recvd: NO  
Subj: LoCode 5/5                     Conf: (2) Quik_Bas
(Continued from the previous message)

  Temp$ = SPACE$(3)

  ' extract four input bytes
  i = INSTR(CharSet, MID$(Byte4$, 1, 1)) - 1
  j = INSTR(CharSet, MID$(Byte4$, 2, 1)) - 1
  k = INSTR(CharSet, MID$(Byte4$, 3, 1)) - 1
  l = INSTR(CharSet, MID$(Byte4$, 4, 1)) - 1

  ' build three output bytes
  MID$(Temp$, 3, 1) = CHR$((k AND 3) * 64 + l)
  MID$(Temp$, 2, 1) = CHR$((j AND &HF) * 16 + (k \ 4))
  MID$(Temp$, 1, 1) = CHR$((i * 4) + (j \ &H10))

  ' return ascii string
  Decode$ = Temp$

END FUNCTION

SUB ProgressMeter (Row, Col, freq)
  ' displays progress meter at row, col, updating
  ' meter once every (freq)
  STATIC Spokes$, Counter, Skip
  ' only assign first time through
  IF NOT LEN(Spokes$) THEN Spokes$ = "\|/-"

  Skip = (Skip + 1) MOD freq
  IF Skip = 0 THEN
    LOCATE Row, Col
    PRINT "["; MID$(Spokes$, Counter + 1, 1); "]";
    Counter = (Counter + 1) MOD 4
  END IF
END SUB
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