Jerry Royston wrote:
> I seem to remember that a description of the characters displayed by the
> kiwi osd was published somehere.

Hi Jerry,

Try this page, for a description of the various displays:

http://www.geocities.com/kiwi_36_nz/kiwi_osd/example.htm#shots

Also here is the time breakdown:
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The bottom of the video screen has this format:
HH:MM:SS EEEE OOOO FFFFFF
where:
HH:MM:SS = Hours, Minutes, Seconds UTC time
EEEE     = latest Even field Vsync offset to UTC second (in milliseconds).
OOOO     = latest  Odd field Vsync offset to UTC second (in milliseconds).
FFFFFF   = Contiguous field count since initial GPS sync
  ( 6 digits allow 4.6 hours @ NTSC rate before counter rollover ).
  ( 6 digits allow 5.5 hours @  PAL rate before counter rollover ).
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Note the two millisecond displays are not in "time order" but in
"even" and "odd" order. Where "even" is defined by the line structure
of the video field, not whether the millisecond time value is a
mathematical "even" number. This often confuses people.

I hope that helps Jerry.

Regards, Geoff (NZ).