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Sometimes also referred to as a 'lead in' or 'leader clock', the timeclock is the countdown before a pre recorded programme starts on tape. It serves to give the VT operator some prior warning of where the start is such that it can be counted in to ensure the sound and vision mixers switch over at the right moment. | Sometimes also referred to as a 'lead in' or 'leader clock', the timeclock is the countdown before a pre recorded programme starts on tape. It serves to give the VT operator some prior warning of where the start is such that it can be counted in to ensure the sound and vision mixers switch over at the right moment. | ||
==Pre 1993== | ==Pre 1993== | ||
[[Image:VeryOldTimeclock.png|right|thumb|160px|Earliest known timeclock look]] | [[Image:VeryOldTimeclock.png|right|thumb|160px|Earliest known timeclock look]] | ||
Programmes recorded before 1993 use a 45 second time clock that is very obviously coming from a BBC micro or similar, rendered mostly in text mode | Programmes recorded before 1993 use a 45 second time clock that is very obviously coming from a BBC micro or similar, rendered mostly in text mode. | ||
Perhaps during the [[Interregnum]] this was discontinued, and [[SU, Lies and Videotape]] made use of an intermediate style of timeclock briefly in 1994. | |||
==Pre 1998== | ==Pre 1998== | ||
In its second incarnation {{unsure| | In its second incarnation by {{unsure|Luke Brown}} in {{unsure|1995}}, running on a BBC Micro, the timeclock consisted of a large circle with overlapping text box for the producer and date (in red). Some double height text described the content. | ||
[[Image:OriginalTimeclock.png|left|thumb|160px|Revised timeclock look]] | [[Image:OriginalTimeclock.png|left|thumb|160px|Revised timeclock look]] | ||
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==Revamp in 1999== | ==Revamp in 1999== | ||
By 1999 a number of shortcomings of the original timeclock had become apparent, in particular | By 1999 a number of shortcomings of the original timeclock had become apparent, in particular | ||
* the screen was blank before the timeclock ran, and | * the screen was blank before the timeclock ran, and a more complex video path around the station meant that often the wrong route was chosen first time, so a second try was required | ||
* only one timeclock ran then it returned to the menu system, so any second try required all of the fields to be retyped (see above!) | * only one timeclock ran then it returned to the menu system, so any second try required all of the fields to be retyped (see above!) | ||
