I'm in the know.
The trouble is that the screens at Swanwick were designed to be read from a distance of 50cm. Ergonomic design of the console dictates that it is impossible to sit any closer than 90cm, without constantly leaning forward and giving yourself an achy back.
The reason for the discrepancy stems from the fact the Swanwick was designed to be a paper stripless environment, however, due to timescales paper strips are still used and the workbench had to be made larger to accomodate the strip boards. This was done with no thought about the increased distance from ATCO to screen.
Just one of the many things that only came to light too late
