Saving the Quantel legacy one luma sample at a time, blundering with electronics, computers & other weird things, fixing stuff. https://xitter.cf/t.co/fTXvvDZ1c5
Manchester, England
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Got curious about WLED and maybe making something bright and fun for the workshop.
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Worst aircraft circuit boards ever ! :
Learjet 35A audio control panels teardown youtu.be/l3CHp-GCX6s via @YouTube
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It's a real shame to see Hackaday report something I know about so poorly : hackaday.com/2022/12/30/robo… @Jenny_Alto As someone who directed BBC News daily from 1997 to 2007 - remote controlled cameras were the norm there too, and had been for decades before.
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For £16 + P&P + VAT, the fixed price DCA55 out-of-warranty repair service can be a bargain! We take the rough with the smooth. Here we had a blown-up, and well used unit from 2001. Repaired, new leads, new front overlay, updated firmware, cleaned and fully tested.
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Anyone can see via Wikipedia when the framebuffer was invented, or how Clark founded SGI, or how Catmull invented texture mapping, or how @alvyray was pivotal in the idea of the paint programs we know today. But have there ever been interviews focusing on the contemporary *tech*?
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NEW VIDEO! A tour of the excellent 2022 Retro Computer Festival at the @computermuseum, featuring some amazing rare items -- a working Quantel Paintbox, a Kenbak-1 and Space Invaders on the Mk14, just to name a couple! Enjoy, and please share. :) youtu.be/T0sHJ7tj_OA
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Lots of cool stuff on show over the weekend. Thanks to @computermuseum and @HereBeDragons3 for putting on a fantastic event! 😃
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It's nearly RetroFest 2022 - and another taster of what you'll see (and likely never see anywhere else!) - a Whitechapel MG-1 (@tstepleton), a Microbee (@BinaryDinosaurs), a Famicom being a computer (@RetroBC_Pete) and a giant Quantel (@DextersTechLab) - computinghistory.org.uk/det/…
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Does anyone have a Chinon FZ-357 floppy drive going spare? Broken is fine. I need the plastic front faceplate for an Amiga drive. RTs appreciated, feel free to DM.
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My son asked me today to make a "throbbing" LED circuit without a micro. Here it is using 3 transistors, 7 resistors and 3 capacitors.
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Still more MAME work-in-progress for the #Quantel DPB-7001 "Digital Paintbox".
Thanks again to @DextersTechLab for flaying open his own DPB to dump (nearly) every chip, and loaning me a dead-tree version of the service manual, with its schematics!
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Ah, the smell of smoke on Bonfire Night! We can't promise fireworks at the Retro Computer Festival, but wouldn't be surprised if at least one machine releases its magic smoke. Come along on the 5th (or 6th!) and enjoy the festive smell of burning RIFAs computinghistory.org.uk/det/…
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Quantel Backstore 2 one of the two image storage boards from Graphic Paintbox 2, this one dates from 1996 each board contains 768Mb RAM, that's 1.5Gb for the whole machine!
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From MTV to NFT to TikTok, the Quantel Paintbox's influence is hidden just under the surface.
To be revealed in a new documentary....
#Quantel #quantelpaintbox
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Summer is here and what better place to go than the coast and while there why not check out the wonderful Micro Museum, only £5 entry which also gives you unlimited game time on some classic retro computers and consoles. Please RT and help fund this lovely place
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Conceptual and Post-conceptual art were limited by the fixed matrix of verbal language. “Reststop” digital painting, variable dimensions, Quantel Paintbox V-4, 1988
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Hands up if you've ever seen a Motorola DSP56001 in the SLAM package. "Single layer aluminium metallised". I'm looking for the pinout for these - boosts/RTs appreciated
