Added MiniScript version of 06_Banner.

00_Alternate_Languages/06_Banner/MiniScript/README.md

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+Original source downloaded from [Vintage Basic](http://www.vintage-basic.net/games.html).
+
+Conversion to [MiniScript](https://miniscript.org).
+
+Ways to play:
+
+1. Command-Line MiniScript:
+Download for your system from https://miniscript.org/cmdline/, install, and then run the program with a command such as:
+
+	miniscript banner.ms
+
+2. Mini Micro:
+Download Mini Micro from https://miniscript.org/MiniMicro/, launch, and then click the top disk slot and chose "Mount Folder..."  Select the folder containing the BASIC program.  Then, at the Mini Micro command prompt, enter:
+
+	load "banner"
+	run

00_Alternate_Languages/06_Banner/MiniScript/banner.ms

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+blockWidth = input("Horizontal? ").val
+if blockWidth <= 1 then blockWidth = 3
+
+blockHeight = input("Vertical? ").val
+if blockHeight <= 1 then blockHeight = 5
+
+inp = input("Centered? ").upper
+centered = inp and inp[0] > "P"
+
+printChar = input("Character (type 'all' if you want character being printed)? ")
+
+statement = input("Statement: ").upper
+
+//input("Set page")	  // <-- opportunity to set your pin-feed printer before proceeding!
+
+// Define the character data.  For each character, we have 7 numbers
+// which are the 9-bit binary representation of each row, plus one.
+data = {}
+data[" "] = [0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
+data["!"] = [1,1,1,384,1,1,1]
+data["?"] = [5,3,2,354,18,11,5]
+data["."] = [1,1,129,449,129,1,1]
+data["*"] = [69,41,17,512,17,41,69]
+data["="] = [41,41,41,41,41,41,41]
+data["0"] = [57,69,131,258,131,69,57]
+data["1"] = [0,0,261,259,512,257,257]
+data["2"] = [261,387,322,290,274,267,261]
+data["3"] = [66,130,258,274,266,150,100]
+data["4"] = [33,49,41,37,35,512,33]
+data["5"] = [160,274,274,274,274,274,226]
+data["6"] = [194,291,293,297,305,289,193]
+data["7"] = [258,130,66,34,18,10,8]
+data["8"] = [69,171,274,274,274,171,69]
+data["9"] = [263,138,74,42,26,10,7]
+data["A"] = [505,37,35,34,35,37,505]
+data["B"] = [512,274,274,274,274,274,239]
+data["C"] = [125,131,258,258,258,131,69]
+data["D"] = [512,258,258,258,258,131,125]
+data["E"] = [512,274,274,274,274,258,258]
+data["F"] = [512,18,18,18,18,2,2]
+data["G"] = [125,131,258,258,290,163,101]
+data["H"] = [512,17,17,17,17,17,512]
+data["I"] = [258,258,258,512,258,258,258]
+data["J"] = [65,129,257,257,257,129,128]
+data["K"] = [512,17,17,41,69,131,258]
+data["L"] = [512,257,257,257,257,257,257]
+data["M"] = [512,7,13,25,13,7,512]
+data["N"] = [512,7,9,17,33,193,512]
+data["O"] = [125,131,258,258,258,131,125]
+data["P"] = [512,18,18,18,18,18,15]
+data["Q"] = [125,131,258,258,322,131,381]
+data["R"] = [512,18,18,50,82,146,271]
+data["S"] = [69,139,274,274,274,163,69]
+data["T"] = [2,2,2,512,2,2,2]
+data["U"] = [128,129,257,257,257,129,128]
+data["V"] = [64,65,129,257,129,65,64]
+data["W"] = [256,257,129,65,129,257,256]
+data["X"] = [388,69,41,17,41,69,388]
+data["Y"] = [8,9,17,481,17,9,8]
+data["Z"] = [386,322,290,274,266,262,260]
+
+for c in statement
+	if not data.hasIndex(c) then continue
+
+	// Print character c in giant sideways banner-style!
+	for datum in data[c]
+		if datum then datum -= 1	// remove spurious +1
+		if printChar.upper != "ALL" then c = printChar
+
+		for lineRepeat in range(blockWidth-1)
+			if centered then print " " * (34 - 4.5*blockHeight), ""
+
+			for bitPos in range(9,0)
+				if bitAnd(datum, 2^bitPos) then charToPrint=c else charToPrint=" "
+				print charToPrint * blockHeight, ""
+			end for	// next bitPos
+
+			print
+			wait 0.01  // put in a small pause so it's not too fast to see!
+		end for  // next lineRepeat (repeating line according to entered Y value)
+
+	end for  // next datum (row of this character)
+	
+	// Add a little space after each character
+	for i in range(1, 2 * blockWidth)
+		print
+		wait 0.01
+	end for
+end for  // next character in the message

06_Banner/README.md

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 #### Porting Notes
 
+- The "SET PAGE" input, stored in `O$`, has no effect.  It was probably meant as an opportunity for the user to set their pin-feed printer to the top of the page before proceeding.
+
+- The data values for each character are the bit representation of each horizontal row of the printout (vertical column of a character), plus one.  Perhaps because of this +1, the original code (and some of the ports here) are much more complicated than they need to be.
+
 (please note any difficulties or challenges in porting here)