The speaking Clock pt1

[beachsandinspector]

Love this clip, I was not even a glint in my father's eye when this was installed, and I do remember the voice of that talking clock.

Thanks for posting this clip.

I am an ex Big T employee having been made redundant in 1992.

[freethoughtmusic]

Fascinating about the glass disc, precursor to the cd perhaps.

[plasticspastic201]

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[AccordionManiac]

This is very interesting. So how did one hear this? By telephone or radio? Forgive me - I'm young!

[vk3ase]

You just dialed 1194 and you got the talking

clock

[Circlotron]

@vk3ase It changed to 1194 in 1976.Before that it was 6074.

[TelevisionAU]

@vk3ase and you can still dial 1194 now :-)

[sonofmumfy]

I just finished reworking the MKII for active display at the Science Museum London. It is now in the newly refurbished Measuring Time gallery.

[georgewig]

shouldn't it be the talking clock

[penfloyd]

Rare footage indeed.........

[Sandy2273]

It is rare to find one's image (albeit one 55years old) on the Internet but I have. I was the British P.O. engineer who went to OZ in 1954 to help install the Speaking Clock.

The prototype was a working exhibit in London Science Museum. Lack of spares confined it to storage.

In OZ Telstra had one on show at Black Mountain Tower, now closed. Clever volunteers have now overcome spares problem. Models are working at museums at Hawthorn Exchange VIC. and Bankstown NSW.

[vk3ase]

Thats amazing after these years, did you know a film was made?. Are you the guy plugging in the

6V6 or one of the others mounting the disc section on the main unit. Any way great to hear from you.

Did see the working unit at Black Mountain and know of the others. No reason they can not keep going forever and should be put back in service as the main speaking clock or at least put Gordon Gow on a chip and use that as he is the oficial voice of time.

[Sandy2273]

Yes, I knew a 16mm. film was made, I made my own 8mm version also

I am the one mounting the final disc. On the second shot of the shaft being put in place I am at the r. h. end. In middle Ed Sanbach - later Telstra Head of Research

I doubt if G. G's recording signal/noise ratio would be adequate now. Melbourne University has a solid state project wthh his voice.

How did you know it was a 6V6?

I note from your username/callsign that you are in Victoria.

If they are still used .

73's

[Sandy2273]

More - These crates created an incident. Space problems meant that the Melbourne equipment had to be opened in lane between City West exchange and the Courthouse where the Royal Commission on the Petrov affair was sitting. The unpacking was done with so much gusto, noise and no doubt the appropriate language that it provoked a Court order to desist under threat of contempt of court.

[internezzo]

@Sandy2273 LOL background info like this is priceless! thank you Sandy

[markbesley]

Brilliant! Thanks for getting hold of this.