var speed = 100
var pause = 1000
var timerID = null
var bannerRunning = false
var ar = new Array()
ar[0] = "Welkom op het ME-NET lijst-archief"
ar[1] = "Post een bijdrage naar: me-net@nic.surfnet.nl"
ar[2] = "Lid worden: post SUB ME-NET [je naam] naar listserv@nic.surfnet.nl"
var currentMessage = 0
var offset = 0
function stopBanner() {
if (bannerRunning)
clearTimeout(timerID)
bannerRunning = false}
function startBanner() {
stopBanner()
showBanner()}
function showBanner() {
var text = ar[currentMessage]
if (offset < text.length) {
if (text.charAt(offset) == " ")
offset++                        
var partialMessage = text.substring(0, offset + 1) 
window.status = partialMessage
offset++
timerID = setTimeout("showBanner()", speed)
bannerRunning = true } else {
offset = 0
currentMessage++
if (currentMessage == ar.length)
currentMessage = 0
timerID = setTimeout("showBanner()", pause)
bannerRunning = true
}}