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THE SCREEN DISPLAYS THE STANDARD IMAGE OF THE TELEVISION FOR SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES ONE-MINUTE COUNTDOWN CLOCK. GUITAR MUSIC PLAYS. AN ACCOMPANYING PERCUSSIONIST IS RINGING SLEIGH-BELLS IN A RHYTHM WHICH DOESN'T QUITE MATCH THE TUNE PLAYED ON GUITAR. THE TEXT BENEATH THE CLOCK READS: LOOK AROUND YOU [ line break ] follows shortly
THE CAMERA SHOWS US FINGERS TYPING ON A KEYBOARD, THEN RISES TO A SHOT OF THE COMPUTER SCREEN. THE PROGRAMMER HAS TYPED THE FOLLOWING LINES OF BASIC, AND WE OBSERVE IT BEING ADDED TO FROM THE LINE BEGINNING 160
110 REPEAT
120 PRINT “LOOK AROUND YOU”;
130 UNTIL CLOCK$ =CHRISTMAS$
140 COLOUR 0
150 COLOUR 129
160 PRINT “MERRY CHRISTMAS!”;
170 GOTO 160
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WE SEE THE PROGRAMMER HIT RETURN. THE SCREEN FILLS UP WITH WALL OF TEXT , AND THEN ABRUPTLY THE COLOUR INVERTS AND THE TEXT CHANGES FROM LOOK AROUND YOU TO MERRY CHRISTMAS. FAKE SNOWFLAKES ARE SUPERIMPOSED ON THE SCREEN AS THE LOOK AROUND YOU TITLE TEXT SCROLLS IN FIRST FROM LEFT AND RIGHT, THEN EXPANDING INTO VIEW FROM THE CENTRE.