DextersTechLab - The Quantel Guy
@dexterstechlab.bsky.social
Saving the Quantel legacy one luma sample at a time, blundering with electronics, computers & other weird things, fixing stuff. http://discord.gg/XdaRJBgMGe
the devils child will rise from the world of politics... said in 1976
November 8, 2025 at 12:24 AM
the devils child will rise from the world of politics... said in 1976
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The Sun’s attempt at punching-down on trans people with a poll positioned slap-bang in the middle of a leading transphobic propaganda piece, has spectacularly backfired on them! 😆
October 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The Sun’s attempt at punching-down on trans people with a poll positioned slap-bang in the middle of a leading transphobic propaganda piece, has spectacularly backfired on them! 😆
that's just a few years out of my era but... yea 😍
SLI on a budget:
Core 2 Duo E8600
2 x Zotac 9800GT ECO
ASUS P5N-E SLI
4 GB DDR2
Core 2 Duo E8600
2 x Zotac 9800GT ECO
ASUS P5N-E SLI
4 GB DDR2
October 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
that's just a few years out of my era but... yea 😍
I am trawling through 1000s of #Quantel documentation files and found this about Paintbox Options. 'Options' was a way to buy a cut-down V-Series Paintbox but you could add on functions as you needed them saving you buying the full version. It shows a base Paintbox at £23,500, dated August 1994.
October 22, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I am trawling through 1000s of #Quantel documentation files and found this about Paintbox Options. 'Options' was a way to buy a cut-down V-Series Paintbox but you could add on functions as you needed them saving you buying the full version. It shows a base Paintbox at £23,500, dated August 1994.
#Boddingtons, the Cream of Manchester back on cask 😍
October 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
#Boddingtons, the Cream of Manchester back on cask 😍
Best beer in the world. Next month it comes back on Cask 😍
October 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Best beer in the world. Next month it comes back on Cask 😍
I am afraid the Quantel Harriet will be quite operational when our friends arrive at Retrofest in Cambridge...
www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/74558/Re...
www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/74558/Re...
October 9, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I am afraid the Quantel Harriet will be quite operational when our friends arrive at Retrofest in Cambridge...
www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/74558/Re...
www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/74558/Re...
Back in 1999 i had a video setup... this is it, full on DVD viewing and audio pleasure😁
Rear projection TV and 5.1 DTS sound.
Twenty Six years ago... 😱
Rear projection TV and 5.1 DTS sound.
Twenty Six years ago... 😱
October 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Back in 1999 i had a video setup... this is it, full on DVD viewing and audio pleasure😁
Rear projection TV and 5.1 DTS sound.
Twenty Six years ago... 😱
Rear projection TV and 5.1 DTS sound.
Twenty Six years ago... 😱
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#OTD 45 years ago (7 Oct 1980) according to my diary, I drew these images for the Hitchhiker's Guide BBC TV series. Douglas Adams as both the ad exec and as Paula, the worst poet in the universe. I was 19 years old and having fun.
October 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
#OTD 45 years ago (7 Oct 1980) according to my diary, I drew these images for the Hitchhiker's Guide BBC TV series. Douglas Adams as both the ad exec and as Paula, the worst poet in the universe. I was 19 years old and having fun.
Windows 98 on a Pentium 3, Windows XP on a Xeon and a Quantel Paintbox Express. What should i put in the top right corner 🤔
October 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Windows 98 on a Pentium 3, Windows XP on a Xeon and a Quantel Paintbox Express. What should i put in the top right corner 🤔
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2 October 1925
John Logie Baird demonstrates the world's first television receiver in London, using greyscale technology.
First, a ventriloquist dummy head, Stooky Bill, then a human being, William Edward Taynton, the first person to be televised in a full tonal range.
John Logie Baird demonstrates the world's first television receiver in London, using greyscale technology.
First, a ventriloquist dummy head, Stooky Bill, then a human being, William Edward Taynton, the first person to be televised in a full tonal range.
October 3, 2025 at 6:31 AM
2 October 1925
John Logie Baird demonstrates the world's first television receiver in London, using greyscale technology.
First, a ventriloquist dummy head, Stooky Bill, then a human being, William Edward Taynton, the first person to be televised in a full tonal range.
John Logie Baird demonstrates the world's first television receiver in London, using greyscale technology.
First, a ventriloquist dummy head, Stooky Bill, then a human being, William Edward Taynton, the first person to be televised in a full tonal range.
Retro computers, games and Quantel Paintboxes. Maybe a pint of good beer along the way. Come and join us in Cambridge!
You'll see me - and a lot of Dragons - there!
All booked now for the #RetroComputerFestival2025 at @computinghistory.org.uk on November 15th and 16th. Just need to prepare now lol. Good opportunity for a roadtrip with @kevedwardsretro.bsky.social. Might see you there?
www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/74558/Re...
www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/74558/Re...
September 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Retro computers, games and Quantel Paintboxes. Maybe a pint of good beer along the way. Come and join us in Cambridge!
Paintbox HD 😍
September 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Paintbox HD 😍
Anyone out there able to source me a copy of Corel Ventura 7 so i don't have to browse the warez sites?
September 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Anyone out there able to source me a copy of Corel Ventura 7 so i don't have to browse the warez sites?
I have been gifted with original old documents that allow you to record and document amazing old tech from the 1980s... This is one page from the #Quantel DVM-8000/1 (Mirage) Installation manual from 1987 converted from it's original MS Word for DOS format... wow😍
September 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I have been gifted with original old documents that allow you to record and document amazing old tech from the 1980s... This is one page from the #Quantel DVM-8000/1 (Mirage) Installation manual from 1987 converted from it's original MS Word for DOS format... wow😍
Eurotrip 2025. Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland.
September 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Eurotrip 2025. Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland.
Can anyone help here, we're trying to identify this beige / turquoise box shown in a #Quantel video. It's inside their Graphic Paintbox 2 Demo suite in Newbury so might be print/photo related. The video dates to 1996. There's a Mac there for scale. Any ideas welcome!
September 3, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Can anyone help here, we're trying to identify this beige / turquoise box shown in a #Quantel video. It's inside their Graphic Paintbox 2 Demo suite in Newbury so might be print/photo related. The video dates to 1996. There's a Mac there for scale. Any ideas welcome!
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Every bloody day, trans people find their very existence challenged and experience repeated dehumanisation , meanwhile abuse by cis men goes barely mentioned and victims of Epstein are still maligned
m.youtube.com/watch?v=q2Mo...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=q2Mo...
Kate Nash - GERM (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Kate Nash
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August 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Every bloody day, trans people find their very existence challenged and experience repeated dehumanisation , meanwhile abuse by cis men goes barely mentioned and victims of Epstein are still maligned
m.youtube.com/watch?v=q2Mo...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=q2Mo...
It's funny when you look back at content you created nigh on 10 years ago and you realise the world is now a different place...
August 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
It's funny when you look back at content you created nigh on 10 years ago and you realise the world is now a different place...
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Rate my battlestation!
This is a Sony Anycast Station AWS-G500HD from 2007. It's essentially a Sony luggable PIII 933Mhz PC that runs Linux 2.4.20 with a ton of FPGAs to do the heavy lifting of a video switcher. Plus glorious physical buttons, faders, dials, and removable keyboard. And a jog wheel.
This is a Sony Anycast Station AWS-G500HD from 2007. It's essentially a Sony luggable PIII 933Mhz PC that runs Linux 2.4.20 with a ton of FPGAs to do the heavy lifting of a video switcher. Plus glorious physical buttons, faders, dials, and removable keyboard. And a jog wheel.
August 20, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Rate my battlestation!
This is a Sony Anycast Station AWS-G500HD from 2007. It's essentially a Sony luggable PIII 933Mhz PC that runs Linux 2.4.20 with a ton of FPGAs to do the heavy lifting of a video switcher. Plus glorious physical buttons, faders, dials, and removable keyboard. And a jog wheel.
This is a Sony Anycast Station AWS-G500HD from 2007. It's essentially a Sony luggable PIII 933Mhz PC that runs Linux 2.4.20 with a ton of FPGAs to do the heavy lifting of a video switcher. Plus glorious physical buttons, faders, dials, and removable keyboard. And a jog wheel.
@stinkyox.bsky.social Hey Jeff, isn't it about time i fixed your #Quantel Paintbox? 😉
August 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
@stinkyox.bsky.social Hey Jeff, isn't it about time i fixed your #Quantel Paintbox? 😉
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A beautiful addition to the flight sim collection at the museum, @microsoft.com Flight Sim 2 from 1984
August 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM
A beautiful addition to the flight sim collection at the museum, @microsoft.com Flight Sim 2 from 1984