---
title: "Fast Banners"
type: "article"
slug: "fast-banners"
url: "http://localhost/article/fast-banners/"
markdown_url: "http://localhost/article/fast-banners.md"
published_at: "2026-03-15T00:41:12+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-03-15T00:41:13+00:00"
featured_image:
  url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20230809-041332.jpg"
excerpt: "TS2068 BASIC program reproducing the banner-printing section of Bob Orrfelt's WP32 word processor, adapted for compilation with TimeMachine for much faster execution. Generates large horizontal banners in 1-inch or 2.5-inch letter sizes using LPRINT to the TS2040 printer. The listing handles user input for banner text, character bitmap extraction, and formatted output with proper acknowledgment…"
category:
  - name: "Timelinez"
    slug: "timelinez"
    taxonomy: "category"
    url: "http://localhost/category/periodicals/timelinez/"
post_tag:
  - name: "Machine language programming"
    slug: "machine-language"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/machine-language/"
  - name: "TS 2068"
    slug: "ts2068"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/ts2068/"
  - name: "Type-in program"
    slug: "type-in-program"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/type-in-program/"
model:
  - name: "Timex/Sinclair 2068"
    slug: "ts-2068"
    taxonomy: "model"
    url: "http://localhost/model/ts-2068/"
indiv:
  - name: "George Mockridge"
    slug: "george-mockridge"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/george-mockridge/"
publication_r:
  id: 21571
  title: "Timelinez"
  type: "periodical"
  url: "http://localhost/periodical/timelinez/"
authors_r:
  - name: "George Mockridge"
    slug: "george-mockridge"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/george-mockridge/"
volume: "7"
issue: "12"
issues_articles:
  - id: 38873
    title: "Timelinez v7 n7-12"
    type: "issue"
    url: "http://localhost/issue/timelinez-v7-n7-12/"
pages: "8"
pubdate: "July-December 1989"
archive_link: false
---

TS2068 BASIC program reproducing the banner-printing section of Bob Orrfelt’s WP32 word processor, adapted for compilation with TimeMachine for much faster execution. Generates large horizontal banners in 1-inch or 2.5-inch letter sizes using LPRINT to the TS2040 printer. The listing handles user input for banner text, character bitmap extraction, and formatted output with proper acknowledgment to Bob Orrfelt.