Date: Sun, 2 May 1999 16:48:10 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com> To: spoofy@ghg.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: That spinning thing Message-ID: <19990502164810.B19726@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <199905021231.HAA01615@spoofy.ghg.net>; from "spoofy@ghg.net" on Sun May 2 07:31:20 GMT 1999 References: <199905021231.HAA01615@spoofy.ghg.net>
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In the last episode (May 02), spoofy@ghg.net said:
> I know this sounds really dumb. but where can i get the source to
> that spinning thing? It is displayed by bootloader at start up it is
> somthing like this -> | / - \ | (repeat)
void spin()
{
static unsigned c = 0x2d5c7c2f;
printf("%c\b", c = c << 8 | c >> 24);
fflush(stdout);
}
reader's exercise: figure out why it works.
-Dan Nelson
dnelson@emsphone.com
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