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Andrew, I don't understand what you mean when you say "put a clock into your screen interface". Do you mean the AmigaVision screen interface? If so, how do you do this? As far as anims, that would be no problem, as they are shown very infrequently, and are very short. The system I'm working on is an Amiga 2000 running AmigaVision (not AmigaVision Pro) at a local General Motors assembly plant in Dayton, Ohio. It is used to display plant information and news via the plant's closed circuit monitor system. There are approximately 20 monitors scattered through the plant. The AV presentation consists primarily of a continuous slide show of IFF pictures, with an infrequent anim now and then. The 2000 is connected to the closed circuit system with a SuperGen genlock, which acts strictly as an encoder. Management wants a clock which is constantly visible above whatever is currently being displayed on the monitor. I know this can be done because I've used a clock called AFClock, which displays over all AV screens (even anims!). But the clock is analog, too small, and very cheesy (plus the docs are in German). I thought perhaps some sort of sprite based clock would do the trick. I've tried a clock called MouseClock, which is tied to the mouse pointer, but it vanishes after about 10 seconds, and is not really suitable. Thanks for your reply. If you could elaborate on your idea about the screen interface, or if you have any further ideas, I would be very grateful. Doug Downing