Category : BASIC Source Code
Archive   : MAKERS.ZIP
Filename : MAKESCRN.BAS
110 ' by PS - (c) 1987 Ziff Communications Co.
120 CLS:INPUT "How many columns wide (20-70): ",W$
130 W=VAL(W$):IF W<20 OR W>70 THEN BEEP:GOTO 120
140 INPUT "How many columns tall (5-20): ",T$
150 T=VAL(T$):IF T<5 OR T>20 THEN BEEP:GOTO 140
160 CLS:OPEN "MENU" FOR OUTPUT AS #1
170 S$=STRING$(W,219):B$=STRING$(2,177):T$=S$+B$:U$=STRING$(W,177)
180 PRINT #1,""
190 PRINT #1,TAB((80-W)\2);S$
200 FOR A=1 TO T
210 IF A<>1 THEN PRINT #1,TAB((80-W)\2);T$:GOTO 240
220 PRINT #1,TAB((80-W)\2);STRING$(2,219);CHR$(32);STRING$(W/2-6,205);
230 PRINT #1," MENU ";STRING$(W\2-6,205);CHR$(32);STRING$(2,219);B$
240 NEXT
250 PRINT #1,TAB((83-W)/2);U$
260 PRINT "Now type TYPE MENU":CLOSE:SYSTEM
Very nice! Thank you for this wonderful archive. I wonder why I found it only now. Long live the BBS file archives!
This is so awesome! 😀 I’d be cool if you could download an entire archive of this at once, though.
But one thing that puzzles me is the “mtswslnkmcjklsdlsbdmMICROSOFT” string. There is an article about it here. It is definitely worth a read: http://www.os2museum.com/wp/mtswslnk/