ID #52
  28 BANNER$($)

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BANNER$("A") returns a 48-byte string that is
an exact replica of the HP-71's LCD display
version of the letter "A".  The string is
eight groups of 6 bytes, each of which cor-
responds to one dot row in the display, with
the top dot row first.  Dots that are "on"
(black) correspond to A's in the BANNER$,
and dots that are "off" (clear) get spaces in
BANNER$.  So, if printed on paper in eight
groups of six bytes, BANNER$("A") looks like:

 AAA
A   A
A   A
AAAAA
A   A
A   A
A   A


If you wish to specify some specific charac-
ter to use instead of the letter itself, you
may do so by appending it:  BANNER$("B*") is

****
*   *
*   *
****
*   *
*   *
****

Appending another character changes the back-
ground from the default (space).  For example
BANNER$("D0-") looks like

000---
0--0--
0---0-
0---0-
0---0-
0--0--
000---