Ironically, I used something like this for a site I half-canceled a while back. This was the entrance page; you should be able to figure out which parts are which. It does type inside a textbox, though.
<body style="background-image:url(http://s241.photobucket.com/albums/ff129/LeonsBuddyDave/th_background.jpg)">
<font face="impact" size="5" color="orangered">
<script type="text/javascript" language="Javascript">
setTimeout("timewarp(0)", 1 * 3000);
function timewarp(dot){
if (dot > 1){
warp();
}
var dots = new Array(".", ". .", ". . .")
document.getElementById("content").innerHTML = "<b><font face=impact color=orangered><h1>File Status: Active-Please Wait" + dots[dot] + "</h1></b>";
dot = dot + 1;
setTimeout("timewarp(" + dot + ")", 1 * 1000);
}
function warp(){
window.location="home.html";
}
</script>
<script language="JavaScript">
<!-- begin
var max=0;
function textlist() {
max=textlist.arguments.length;
for (i=0; i<max; i++) this[i]=textlist.arguments[i];
}
tl=new textlist("Accessing File #24981149RC");
var x=0; pos=0;
var l=tl[0].length;
function textticker() {
document.tickform.tickfield.value=tl[x].substring(0,pos)+"_";
if(pos++==l) {
pos=0;
setTimeout("textticker()",1000);
x++;
if(x==max)
x=0;
l=tl[x].length;
}
else
setTimeout("textticker()",50);
}
// end -->
</script>
<style type=text/css>
#content {
width: 500px;
padding: 5px;
border: solid 8px orangered;
background: black;
}
input {
border: solid 1px orangered;
font-family: impact;
color: orangered;
background: black;
}
</style>
<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
<center>
<div id=content><script LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!--
document.write("<FORM NAME=\"tickform\">");
document.write("<INPUT TYPE=\"TEXT\"color=\"orangered\" NAME=\"tickfield\" SIZE=\"30\">");
document.write("</FORM>");
textticker();
//-->
</script> </div>
</center>
If this is what you want and you cant figure out how to edit it down, just let me know and I'll trim it down. Also note that to change the character that is before the text(currently an underscore) just change document.tickform.tickfield.value=tl[x].substring(0,pos)+"_";.