var geschw = 100 
var pause = 1000 
var timerID = null
var bannerAn = false
var ar = new Array()
ar[0] = ""
ar[1] = ""

var currentMessage = 0
var offset = 0

function stopBanner() {
if (bannerAn)
	clearTimeout(timerID)
bannerAn = false
}

function startBanner() {
stopBanner()
showBanner()
}

function showBanner() {
var text = ar[currentMessage]
if (offset < text.length) {
	if (text.charAt(offset) == " ")
		offset++ 
	var partialMessage = text.substring(0, offset + 1) 
	window.status = partialMessage
	offset++ 
	timerID = setTimeout("showBanner()", geschw)
	bannerAn = true
} else {
	offset = 0
	currentMessage++
	if (currentMessage == ar.length)
		currentMessage = 0
	timerID = setTimeout("showBanner()", pause)
	bannerAn = true
}
}