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                                      BANNER                                  
                                                                              
  Banner allows you to give the computer a 'string' of characters, which      
  it will display for you, and optionally print out, as larger-than           
  normal characters.  This version of Banner is shareware, and barely         
  HINTS at the capabilities of our commercial version.  Because we are        
  doing a commercial version of this program, I am not providing the          
  source code.  Sorry.                                                        
                                                                              
  You may use this, and distribute it with my blessings.  I do not ask        
  for money for programs as simple as this.  I do ask that you keep the       
  original readme documentation, and credits, and catalog together with       
  the program.  I write this freeware/shareware stuff to help promote my      
  commercial software company.                                                
                                                                              
  This program used to be an old C-programmer's standard.  Array manipula-    
  tion and programs like banner are included for free with more compilers.    
  I developed my own tables, and software, and added a quaint couple of       
                                                                              
                                                                              
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  twists to this otherwise generic program:                                   
                                                                              
  TWIST 1: This program will, at your discretion, dump your characters out    
  to the printer, so you don't have to do a screen dump for a printout.       
                                                                              
  TWIST 2: This program prints out your banner sideways, so you can have      
  strings longer than the screen width.  The screen display may be messed     
  up, but the printout will be fine.                                          
                                                                              
  TWIST 3: You can choose whether the characters printed are in X's, which    
  look boxier, but better from a distance, or in the actual letter, which     
  looks better (to me) from close-up.                                         
                                                                              
  TWIST 4: You can SCALE your printout.  Scaling means the printout is a      
  multiple of the size (in characters) of the screen printout.  Specifying    
  a scale of 4, for example, will print out a 4x4 block of characters for     
  every character dumped to the screen.  It's hard to describe, but easy      
  to undertand.  Try it once or twice, and you'll see the principle invol-    
                                                                              
                                                                              
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  ved.                                                                        
                                                                              
                                                                              
  To run the program, all you have to do is type BANNER, followed by the      
  character type (C for real characters, X for X's), followed by the scale,   
  and lastly the string (I DO allow spaces).                                  
                                                                              
  As an example, try typing this line:                                        
                                                                              
          BANNER C 1 Hello                                                    
                                                                              
  and you will get the word Hello on the screen.  If you want to print it     
  out, type y for yes, and the printer will start chattering.  If you         
  run the program again, but with an 'X' instead of a 'C', you will see       
  that the letters will consist of x's.  If you use a '2' instead of a        
  '1', the display will not change, but the printout will be much larger.     
                                                                              
  Try it, send me comments, and check out our commercial catalog.             
                                                                              
                                                                              
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  Richard Parker,                                                             
  Thunderhead Software, Inc.                                                  
  P.O. Box 91                                                                 
  McKeesport, Pa. 15135                                                       
  412-751-4020                                                                
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                 DISCLAIMER                                   
                                                                              
       The author of this program warrants that this program will run on     
  his computer when he uses it.  No further warranties exist in relation     
  to this product, stated or implied, on the part of the author.  There     
  is no warranty  of suitability or fitness for a particular purpose, nor     
  is there a warranty  of merchantability.  The author is not responsible     
  for damages, direct or indirect, that arise as a consequence of the use     
                                                                              
                                                                              
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  or misuse of this product.  This includes, but is not limited to damage     
  to other software, data, and hardware, and claims by other parties.         
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
