Make the Matrix Raining Codes by Using Only Notepad

At the beginning of the Matrix movie, the Wachowski brothers use a novel computer trick that gets code to rain down vertically. With a little bit of effort, you can make that effect on your computer by using only notepad! Detailed instructions after the jump.

Steps

  1. Open notepad and type what you see below this. The numbers after the word echo are random.
    @echo off
    :a
    color 2
    echo 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
    ping localhost -n 1 > nul
    echo 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 a f h 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
    echo 1 0 0 1 1 0 9 8 1 2 0 1 9 9 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
    ping localhost -n 1 > nul
    echo 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 01 0 1 0 0 1 0
    ping localhost -n 1 > nul
    echo 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 9 1 1 2 1 1 0 9 1 0 5 7 7 8 7 8 1 3 2 1 2 1 2 3 2 1 3 4
    ping localhost -n 1 > nul
    echo 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
    goto a
  2. When done typing this save in the all files in the desktop it as anything you want. Just remember to add .bat at the end of the name. Choose "All Files" to make it work
  3. Open the file you saved and press alt+enter. Enjoy
  4. Finished.



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