var maxNum
var t = new Array();
	
	maxNum = 3;

	t[0] = "Welcome to the Appletree studios web site";
	t[1] = "Hearing is believing - come and see for yourself";
	t[2] = "For more information call on : 01844 237916";



	// convert all characters to lowercase to simplify testing
	var agt=navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();

	// *** BROWSER VERSION ***
	// Note: On IE5, these return 4, so use is_ie5up to detect IE5.
	var is_major = parseInt(navigator.appVersion);
	var is_minor = parseFloat(navigator.appVersion);

	// Note: Opera and WebTV spoof Navigator.  We do strict client detection.
	// If you want to allow spoofing, take out the tests for opera and webtv.
	var is_nav  = ((agt.indexOf('mozilla')!=-1) && (agt.indexOf('spoofer')==-1)
				&& (agt.indexOf('compatible') == -1) && (agt.indexOf('opera')==-1)
				&& (agt.indexOf('webtv')==-1));
	var is_nav2 = (is_nav && (is_major == 2));
	var is_nav3 = (is_nav && (is_major == 3));
	var is_nav4 = (is_nav && (is_major == 4));
	var is_nav4up = (is_nav && (is_major >= 4));
	var is_navonly	  = (is_nav && ((agt.indexOf(";nav") != -1) ||
						  (agt.indexOf("; nav") != -1)) );
	var is_nav5 = (is_nav && (is_major == 5));
	var is_nav5up = (is_nav && (is_major >= 5));

	var is_ie   = (agt.indexOf("msie") != -1);
	var is_ie3  = (is_ie && (is_major < 4));
	var is_ie4  = (is_ie && (is_major == 4) && (agt.indexOf("msie 5")==-1) && (agt.indexOf("msie 6")==-1) );
	var is_ie4up  = (is_ie  && (is_major >= 4));
	var is_ie5  = (is_ie && (is_major == 4) && (agt.indexOf("msie 5")!=-1) );
	var is_ie6  = (is_ie && (is_major == 4) && (agt.indexOf("msie 6")!=-1) );
	var is_ie5up  = (is_ie  && !is_ie3 && !is_ie4 ) || ie_ie6up;
	var is_ie6up = (is_ie  && !is_ie3 && !is_ie4 && !is_ie5);

	// KNOWN BUG: On AOL4, returns false if IE3 is embedded browser
	// or if this is the first browser window opened.  Thus the
	// variables is_aol, is_aol3, and is_aol4 aren't 100% reliable.
	var is_aol   = (agt.indexOf("aol") != -1);
	var is_aol3  = (is_aol && is_ie3);
	var is_aol4  = (is_aol && is_ie4);

	var is_opera = (agt.indexOf("opera") != -1);
	var is_webtv = (agt.indexOf("webtv") != -1);


var delta = 5; // Speed of fade in
var myObject, wWidth, dWidth, timerID, timerID1, i

function init() {
	i = 0
	
	// This code does not work in Netscape!
	//if (is_ie) {
		if (is_ie5up) {
			// Set up IE5's fade filter
			textDIV.style.filter = "alpha(opacity=0)"
		}
		beginFade()
	//}
}

function beginFade() {
	if (document.all)
	{

		if (is_ie5up) textDIV.filters.alpha.opacity = 0;

		textDIV.innerHTML = t[i];
	}
	else if (document.layers)
	{
		document.textDIV.document.write("<font face='Courier New' size=2 color=000080>&nbsp;<b>" + t[i] + "</b></font>");
		document.textDIV.document.close();
	}
	window.clearTimeout (timerID1);
	window.clearInterval(timerID);
	timerID = window.setInterval("FadeIn()",50);
	}

function FadeIn() {
	if (document.all) {
		if (is_ie5up) textDIV.filters.alpha.opacity += delta;
		// Check for completion
		if (!is_ie5up || textDIV.filters.alpha.opacity == 100)
		{
			window.clearInterval(timerID);
			window.clearTimeout (timerID1);
			timerID1 = window.setTimeout("doNothingIn()",3000); // Wait before fade out
		}
		}
	else if (document.layers) {
			window.clearInterval(timerID);
			window.clearTimeout (timerID1);
			timerID1 = window.setTimeout("doNothingIn()",3000); // Wait before fade out
		}
	}

function FadeOut() {
	if (document.all) {
		if (is_ie5up) textDIV.filters.alpha.opacity -= delta;
		// Check for completion
		if (!is_ie5up || textDIV.filters.alpha.opacity == 0)
		{
			if (!is_ie5up) textDIV.innerHTML = "";
			window.clearInterval(timerID);
			window.clearTimeout (timerID1);
			timerID1 = window.setTimeout("doNothingOut()",1000); // Wait before fade out
		}
		}
	else if (document.layers) {
			document.textDIV.document.write("");
			document.textDIV.document.close();
			window.clearInterval(timerID);
			window.clearTimeout (timerID1);
			timerID1 = window.setTimeout("doNothingOut()",1000); // Wait before fade out
		}
}

function doNothingIn()
	{
	window.clearTimeout (timerID1);
	window.clearInterval(timerID);
	timerID = window.setInterval("FadeOut()",50)
	}

function doNothingOut()
	{
		i++
		if (i == maxNum)
			i = 0
		beginFade();
	}