BBC 80s idents uncovered

Of interest to some might be the following:

- Engineer working on Open University ident generator, 1981
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/martin.ellen/BBCDD/images/1981%20brochure/Open%20University1.jpg

- A technical account of how the COW globe was produced
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/martin.ellen/BBCDD/Technology/New%20World.htm

Both from www.bbcdd.org.uk

Was the OU ident mechanical? It's hard to see how it works in that picture.

No, that's the electronic version. The white box in the centre of the image is the generator. If this was the mechanical version, the monitor image would not look as polished (wonder what colour the model was)?

Is that you in the photo, Simon?

Absolutely not! I was only 8 then.