BBS: Inland Empire Archive Date: 04-02-93 (23:02) Number: 338 From: VICTOR YIU Refer#: NONE To: ALL Recvd: NO 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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