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BBC as in BBC Microcomputer, not BBC as in BBC broadcasts, although for much of it's history most of the content controlled was rebroadcasts of mainstream TV. | BBC as in BBC Microcomputer, not BBC as in BBC broadcasts, although for much of it's history most of the content controlled was rebroadcasts of mainstream TV. | ||
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[[Image:AutoSchedule.png|right|thumb|160px|Hourly schedule update]] | [[Image:AutoSchedule.png|right|thumb|160px|Hourly schedule update]] | ||
* New satellite decoder support. This also added a small delay of 8 seconds where [[Grapevine]] would be shown while the satellite decoder | * New satellite decoder support. This also added a small delay of 8 seconds where [[Grapevine]] would be shown while the satellite decoder unscrambled the chosen channel. | ||
* A new teletext device. This allowed teletext magazines for the five UK terrestrial channels to be rebroadcast, primarily being used for sports results during the mute lecture hours. The channel/page/time stripe normally shown on the top line of the page was replaced by "York Student Television", and subpages were visited by the page finding logic. | * A new teletext device. This allowed teletext magazines for the five UK terrestrial channels to be rebroadcast, primarily being used for sports results during the mute lecture hours. The channel/page/time stripe normally shown on the top line of the page was replaced by "York Student Television", and subpages were visited by the page finding logic. | ||
* Automatic schedules. In conjunction with a change to the DOS front end, hourly schedules (assuming nothing else was being shown) would display what was scheduled for that day. This just redisplayed a teletext image held on the floppy disc on the DOS front end. | * Automatic schedules. In conjunction with a change to the DOS front end, hourly schedules (assuming nothing else was being shown) would display what was scheduled for that day. This just redisplayed a teletext image held on the floppy disc on the DOS front end. | ||
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[[Image:ConsoleDayView.png|left|thumb|160px|Page per day listings]] | [[Image:ConsoleDayView.png|left|thumb|160px|Page per day listings]] | ||
From January 2000, after a suggestion by [[Alex Hudson]], a new 'page per day' interface was added rather than the schedule being one continuous listing. A priority column was also introduced so that the | From January 2000, after a suggestion by [[Alex Hudson]], a new 'page per day' interface was added rather than the schedule being one continuous listing. A priority column was also introduced so that the origin of the schedule could be recorded, whether it was a telephone request, template entry, manually entered, etc... | ||
The ever increasing number of satellite channels, in addition to the 40 teletext magazines available, made searching the channel selection somewhat tedious. The channel selector was therefore changed to allow just the first few letters to be typed to narrow down the listing. | The ever increasing number of satellite channels, in addition to the 40 teletext magazines available, made searching the channel selection somewhat tedious. The channel selector was therefore changed to allow just the first few letters to be typed to narrow down the listing. | ||