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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
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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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