^faldo^
02-21-2007, 06:16 PM
I'm trying to animate a (linux) PC's boot screen, so I can make it turn into something special.
I want the text to appear from a green rectangular BIOS-ey cursor that steps across the screen very quickly, then hits the end of the screen and starts at the beginning of the next line and so on. It should leave characters in its wake which will make up an ASCII image. It's the same thing that happens when you hold down a key in a shell, like old school DOS or the terminal for you Mac-alots, only leaving a pretty pattern in its wake.
Ideally it'd be nice to go all Martix effecet and animate the ASCII art a second after you see the image for the first time, but for now It's probably a good idea to tackle one problem at a time.
I want the text to appear from a green rectangular BIOS-ey cursor that steps across the screen very quickly, then hits the end of the screen and starts at the beginning of the next line and so on. It should leave characters in its wake which will make up an ASCII image. It's the same thing that happens when you hold down a key in a shell, like old school DOS or the terminal for you Mac-alots, only leaving a pretty pattern in its wake.
Ideally it'd be nice to go all Martix effecet and animate the ASCII art a second after you see the image for the first time, but for now It's probably a good idea to tackle one problem at a time.