diff --git a/contrib/patches/README.syncscrollers b/contrib/patches/README.syncscrollers
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eae1966
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/patches/README.syncscrollers
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Multiple scrollers on the same screen are not synchronised with eachother 
+- some may be scrolling in the opposite direction to others.  I find 
+that this makes the display look messy and harder to read.
+
+The patch in syncscrollers.patch addresses this problem by ensuring the scrollers
+are all going in the same direction.  All scrollers on the screen now wait 
+once they reach the end of their travel until the longer scrollers catch 
+up.
+
+At the moment this has not been done as an autoconf option - I'm not sure 
+what the consensus is on whether this sort of thing should be optional or 
+not?
+
+Steve Hill <steve@nexusuk.org>
diff --git a/contrib/patches/syncscrollers.patch b/contrib/patches/syncscrollers.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cdaab44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/patches/syncscrollers.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+Index: server/render.c
+===================================================================
+--- server/render.c	(revision 78)
++++ server/render.c	(revision 79)
+@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@
+ 	int length, speed;
+ 	int str_length = BUFSIZE-1;
+ 	int reset = 1;
++	int max_scroller_len = 0;
+ 
+ 	debug( RPT_DEBUG, "%s( list=%p, fscroll='%c', left=%d, top=%d, "
+ 			  "right=%d, bottom=%d, fwid=%d, fhgt=%d, fspeed=%d, timer=%d )",
+@@ -202,6 +203,27 @@
+ 		/* TODO:  Frames don't scroll horizontally yet! */
+ 	}
+ 
++	/* loop through the widgets before starting to render to pull out data we need before starting */
++	LL_Rewind (list);
++	do {
++		Widget *w = (Widget *) LL_Get(list);
++		if (!w)
++			break;
++		
++		switch (w->type) {
++			case WID_SCROLLER:
++				/* length is really direction(!) */
++				if (w->length == 'h') {
++					length = strlen(w->text) + 1;
++					if (max_scroller_len < length)
++						max_scroller_len = length;
++				}
++				break;
++			default:
++				break;
++		}
++	} while (LL_Next(list) == 0);
++	
+ 	/* reset widget list */
+ 	LL_Rewind (list);
+ 
+@@ -343,13 +365,9 @@
+ 							/* it fits within the box, just render it */
+ 							drivers_string (w->left, w->top, w->text);
+ 						} else {
+-							int necessaryTimeUnits = 0;
+-							
+ 							if (w->speed > 0) {
+-								necessaryTimeUnits = length * w->speed;
+ 								offset = (timer % (length * w->speed)) / w->speed;
+ 							} else if (w->speed < 0) {
+-								necessaryTimeUnits = length / (w->speed * -1);
+ 								offset = (timer % (length / (w->speed * -1))) * w->speed * -1;
+ 							} else {
+ 								offset = 0;
+@@ -380,28 +398,39 @@
+ 							drivers_string (w->left, w->top, w->text);
+ 						} else {
+ 							int effLength = length - screen_width;
+-							int necessaryTimeUnits = 0;
++							int maxeffLength = max_scroller_len - screen_width;
++							int waitlen = maxeffLength - effLength;
+ 
+ 							if (w->speed > 0) {
+-								necessaryTimeUnits = effLength * w->speed;
+-								if (((timer / (effLength * w->speed)) % 2) == 0) {
++								if (((timer / (maxeffLength * w->speed)) % 2) == 0) {
+ 									/*wiggle one way*/
+-									offset = (timer % (effLength * w->speed))
++									offset = (timer % (maxeffLength * w->speed))
+ 										 / w->speed;
++									if (offset >= effLength)
++										offset = effLength - 1;
+ 								} else {
+ 									/*wiggle the other*/
+-									offset = (((timer % (effLength * w->speed))
+-												  - (effLength * w->speed) + 1)
++									offset = (((timer % (maxeffLength * w->speed))
++												  - (maxeffLength * w->speed) + 1)
+ 												 / w->speed) * -1;
++									if (offset <= waitlen)
++										offset = 0;
++									else
++										offset -= waitlen;
+ 								}
+ 							} else if (w->speed < 0) {
+-								necessaryTimeUnits = effLength / (w->speed * -1);
+-								if (((timer / (effLength / (w->speed * -1))) % 2) == 0) {
+-									offset = (timer % (effLength / (w->speed * -1)))
++								if (((timer / (maxeffLength / (w->speed * -1))) % 2) == 0) {
++									offset = (timer % (maxeffLength / (w->speed * -1)))
+ 										 * w->speed * -1;
++									if (offset >= effLength)
++										offset = effLength - 1;
+ 								} else {
+-									offset = (((timer % (effLength / (w->speed * -1)))
+-												  * w->speed * -1) - effLength + 1) * -1;
++									offset = (((timer % (maxeffLength / (w->speed * -1)))
++												  * w->speed * -1) - maxeffLength + 1) * -1;
++									if (offset <= waitlen)
++										offset = 0;
++									else
++										offset -= waitlen;
+ 								}
+ 							} else {
+ 								offset = 0;
+@@ -440,13 +469,11 @@
+ 										drivers_string (w->left, w->top + i, str);
+ 									}
+ 								} else {
+-									int necessaryTimeUnits = 0;
+ 									int effLines = lines_required - available_lines + 1;
+ 									int begin = 0;
+ 
+ 									/*debug(RPT_DEBUG, "length: %d sw: %d lines req: %d  avail lines: %d  effLines: %d ",length,screen_width,lines_required,available_lines,effLines);*/
+ 									if (w->speed > 0) {
+-										necessaryTimeUnits = effLines * w->speed;
+ 										if (((timer / (effLines * w->speed)) % 2) == 0) {
+ 											/*debug(RPT_DEBUG, "up ");*/
+ 											begin = (timer % (effLines * w->speed))
+@@ -458,7 +485,6 @@
+ 												 * -1;
+ 										}
+ 									} else if (w->speed < 0) {
+-										necessaryTimeUnits = effLines / (w->speed * -1);
+ 										if (((timer / (effLines / (w->speed * -1))) % 2) == 0) {
+ 											begin = (timer % (effLines / (w->speed * -1)))
+ 												 * w->speed * -1;