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
I still have my EV-510D!
November 3, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I still have my EV-510D!
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.
Microsoft Word, Corel Ventura... etc etc
October 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Microsoft Word, Corel Ventura... etc etc
#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... 😱
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 🤔
Reminds me of my old tower from the 90s...
October 2, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Reminds me of my old tower from the 90s...
Paintbox HD 😍
September 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Paintbox HD 😍
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😍
Some more pics...
September 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Some more pics...
Eurotrip 2025. Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland.
September 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Eurotrip 2025. Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland.
I also remember making B&W drawings in MS Paint on Windows 2, but I like using this one from 1981...
September 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I also remember making B&W drawings in MS Paint on Windows 2, but I like using this one from 1981...
Now identified as a Quantel Printbox...
September 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Now identified as a Quantel Printbox...
Found the installation manual, which shows the chassis. The rear view clearly shows it's the regular 6U crate with a plastic cover. Simple answers when you know where to look👍
September 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Found the installation manual, which shows the chassis. The rear view clearly shows it's the regular 6U crate with a plastic cover. Simple answers when you know where to look👍
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!
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...
There's something about Voodoo2 that's special. Here's mine (and me!) a few months back.
August 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM
There's something about Voodoo2 that's special. Here's mine (and me!) a few months back.
There's a brief moment in the Dire Straights Money For Nothing video with some PCM audio shown... i often wonder if there's an easter egg in it!
August 19, 2025 at 7:45 AM
There's a brief moment in the Dire Straights Money For Nothing video with some PCM audio shown... i often wonder if there's an easter egg in it!
@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? 😉