[minecraft-CC] basic scrolling text

local looptime = 0.5

function getDeviceSide(deviceType)
        deviceType = deviceType:lower()

        for i, side in pairs(rs.getSides()) do
                if (peripheral.isPresent(side)) then
                        if (string.lower(peripheral.getType(side)) == deviceType) then
                                return side;
                        end
                end
        end

        return nil;
end

function wrapThis(thing, f)
        local wrapped = nil
        while wrapped == nil and f <= 100 do
                wrapped = peripheral.wrap(thing.."_"..f)
                f = f + 1
        end

        if wrapped == nil then
                side = getDeviceSide(thing)
                if side ~= nil then
                        return peripheral.wrap(side)
                else
                        return nil
                end
        else
                return wrapped
        end
end

local monitor = wrapThis("monitor", 0)
monitor.setTextScale(1.5)
monitor.setTextColor(colors.magenta)

if monitor == nil then
        print("Can't find monitor.")
        sleep(5)
        finished = true
        os.reboot()
end

if  monitor then
        term.clear()
        term.setCursorPos(1,1)
        term.write("Display redirected to Monitor. CTRL+T to exit.")
end

while not finished do
    monitor.clear()
    monitor.setCursorPos(1,2)
    monitor.write("CAFETERIA         ")
    sleep(looptime)
    monitor.clear()
    monitor.setCursorPos(1,2)
    monitor.write("AFETERIA         C")
    sleep(looptime)
    monitor.clear()
    monitor.setCursorPos(1,2)
    monitor.write("FETERIA         CA")
    sleep(looptime)
    monitor.clear()
    monitor.setCursorPos(1,2)
    monitor.write("ETERIA         CAF")
    sleep(looptime)
    monitor.clear()
    monitor.setCursorPos(1,2)
    monitor.write("TERIA         CAFE")
    sleep(looptime)
    monitor.clear()
    monitor.setCursorPos(1,2)
    monitor.write("ERIA         CAFET")
    sleep(looptime)
    monitor.clear()
    monitor.setCursorPos(1,2)
    monitor.write("RIA         CAFETE")
    sleep(looptime)
    monitor.clear()
    monitor.setCursorPos(1,2)
    monitor.write("IA         CAFETER")
    sleep(looptime)
    monitor.clear()
    monitor.setCursorPos(1,2)
    monitor.write("A         CAFETERI")
    sleep(looptime)
    monitor.clear()
    monitor.setCursorPos(1,2)
    monitor.write("         CAFETERIA")
    sleep(looptime)
    monitor.clear()
    monitor.setCursorPos(1,2)
    monitor.write("        CAFETERIA ")
    sleep(looptime)
    monitor.clear()
    monitor.setCursorPos(1,2)
    monitor.write("       CAFETERIA  ")
    sleep(looptime)
    monitor.clear()
    monitor.setCursorPos(1,2)
    monitor.write("      CAFETERIA   ")
    sleep(looptime)
    monitor.clear()
    monitor.setCursorPos(1,2)
    monitor.write("     CAFETERIA    ")
    sleep(10)
    monitor.clear()
    monitor.setCursorPos(1,2)
    monitor.write("    CAFETERIA     ")
    sleep(looptime)
    monitor.clear()
    monitor.setCursorPos(1,2)
    monitor.write("   CAFETERIA      ")
    sleep(looptime)
    monitor.clear()
    monitor.setCursorPos(1,2)
    monitor.write("  CAFETERIA       ")
    sleep(looptime)
    monitor.clear()
    monitor.setCursorPos(1,2)
    monitor.write(" CAFETERIA        ")
    sleep(looptime)
end