var speed = 100
var pause = 2500
var timerID = null
var NewsRunning = false
var MessageArray = new Array()

MessageArray[0]=" +++ ........ ...... ..... ...... ....... ......... ...... ..";
MessageArray[1]="..... ...... ..... ..... ...... ....... ...... .... .. ......",
MessageArray[2]=".. ..... ........... ........ ....... ........ .. ...... ...!";
MessageArray[3]=".... ... .... ....´Weiterhin alles Gute! --- Eure AlbinZ +++ ";

var currentMessage = 0
var offset = 0

function stopNews() {
        if (NewsRunning)
                clearTimeout(timerID)

        NewsRunning = false
}

// start the News

function startNews() {
        stopNews()
        showNews()
}


function showNews() {
        var text = MessageArray[currentMessage]
        if (offset < text.length) {
                if (text.charAt(offset) == " ")
                        offset++                        
                var partialMessage = text.substring(0, offset + 1) 
                document.NewsForm.NewsField.value = partialMessage
                offset++
                timerID = setTimeout("showNews()", speed)
		NewsRunning = true
        } else {
                offset = 0
                currentMessage++
                if (currentMessage == MessageArray.length)
                        currentMessage = 0
                timerID = setTimeout("showNews()", pause)
		NewsRunning = true
        }
}