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ITs History!The ZX Spectrum was launched 1983 as <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Timex?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Timex</a> Sinclair 2068 computer on the US market. With a <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Z80A?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Z80A</a> CPU running on 3.5 MHz this beautiful <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/homecomputer?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homecomputer</a> was capable to draw electric images on a regular telly. With a resolution of 256×192 <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pixels?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pixels</a> even limited to 15 colours it was great for the budget. <a href="https://youtu.be/iemMlbIY1SI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/iemMlbIY1SI</a> Print'n'Plotter sold their <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/graphics?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#graphics</a> software under the same product name <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Paintbox?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Paintbox</a> like <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Quantel?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Quantel</a>, but for <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Sinclair?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sinclair</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/homecomputers?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homecomputers</a>. While <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/colourClash?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#colourClash</a> was a serious limitation in the 80s, it's a <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/8bit?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#8bit</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/cgi?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cgi</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/glitch?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glitch</a> effect today available in smartphone camera apps. Our <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/vector?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vector</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/graphic?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#graphic</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/illustration?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#illustration</a> of this legendary <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/retrocomputer?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputer</a> is a form of <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/digital?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#digital</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/lithography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lithography</a>. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/IT?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IT</a>'s made in <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/svg?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#svg</a> tech and created with <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Inkscape?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inkscape</a>, not <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Adobe?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Adobe</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Illustrator?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Illustrator</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Ai?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ai</a>

Vector HugoThe Sinclair ZX Spectrum was launched 1983 as Timex Sinclair 2068 computer on the US market. Even when Commodore won the <a href="https://burma.social/tags/8bitWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#8bitWars</a> in the end, the ZX Spectrum sold 5 million units until 1992 for a initial price of £175 (48KB in the UK). With a Z80A 8-bit CPU running oh 3.5 MHz it was capable to do fancy computer graphics on a regular telly, at home for everybody. Most likely because Quantel named their first system as simple as they did, Print'n'Plotter sold their graphic software under the same product name "Paintbox", but for the ZX Home Computers. In a resolution of 256×192 pixels and limited to 15 colours <a href="https://burma.social/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IT</a> was great for the budget. Demo graphics been fancy, even if not as WOOOW as the real Paintbox. <a href="https://gfkdsgn.wordpress.com/2020/01/01/quantel-paintbox/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://gfkdsgn.wordpress.com/2020/01/01/quantel-paintbox/</a> Quantel wasn't in the Home computer business so not even MTV could afford more than a few. Real Paintbox systems are rare today, while the ZX Spectrum isn't so much. The series of our 2023 tech anniversaries comes to a natural end and content plans for the next year have to be talked about internally. AFK<a href="https://burma.social/tags/tribute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tribute</a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/vectorgraphics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vectorgraphics</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/art" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@art</a> made in <a href="https://burma.social/tags/SVG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SVG</a> with <a href="https://mastodon.art/@inkscape" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@inkscape</a> not <a href="https://burma.social/tags/Adobe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Adobe</a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/Illustrator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Illustrator</a> or <a href="https://burma.social/tags/Serif" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Serif</a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/AffinityDesigner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AffinityDesigner</a>.<a href="https://burma.social/tags/nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nostalgia</a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#8bit</a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/zxspectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zxspectrum</a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/UDG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UDG</a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/retrocomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputer</a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/vintagecomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vintagecomputer</a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vintagecomputing</a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/sinclairzxspectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sinclairzxspectrum</a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/Paintbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Paintbox</a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/Quantel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Quantel</a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/sinclair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sinclair</a>

DextersTechLabSpent most of today testing and cataloguing these <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Quantel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Quantel</a> CPU cards. These were used in the Quantel Paintbox, HAL, Editbox and Henry from the 1990s. They each have a 68040 @ 33mhz, 64mb RAM, DMA, Inmos Transputer link and much more. The open machine here is a Quantel Paintbox Express i was using as a test platform.

Topaz 🐇The full Quantel Paintbox art stream recorded this Sunday is now live! If you wanted to see a Paintbox being used live for illustration work, here's a good opportunity.<a href="https://makertube.net/w/8zGMDzTpczkwuuEHdzCUE7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://makertube.net/w/8zGMDzTpczkwuuEHdzCUE7</a><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/quantel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quantel</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/paintbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paintbox</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/artstream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artstream</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/livestream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#livestream</a>

Topaz 🐇I'm taking YOUR REQUESTS for what to draw on a Quantel Paintbox this Sunday, September 3rd at 1pm Eastern! Read the blog post to find out more and to make a request: <a href="https://theindustriousrabbit.com/blog/2023-08-31-drawing-your-requests-on-a-quantel-paintbox/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theindustriousrabbit.com/blog/2023-08-31-drawing-your-requests-on-a-quantel-paintbox/</a><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ArtStream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ArtStream</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Quantel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Quantel</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Paintbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Paintbox</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a>

Topaz 🐇New video! A decade before Adobe <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Photoshop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Photoshop</a>, one company made a bespoke computer whose artistic capabilities helped define the look of 80s and 90s TV shows, music videos, and print media. So why don't we call digital photo manipulation "being Paintboxed?"<a href="https://makertube.net/w/kegieNpTzAbT2ukR7EUMTt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://makertube.net/w/kegieNpTzAbT2ukR7EUMTt</a>Big thanks to DextersTechLab on YouTube (<a href="https://youtube.com/@DextersTechLab" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/@DextersTechLab</a>) and Adrian Wilson (<a href="https://quantelpaintbox.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://quantelpaintbox.com</a>) for their help on this video!<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalArt</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Quantel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Quantel</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Paintbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Paintbox</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/PeerTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeerTube</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ArtHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ArtHistory</a>

Topaz 🐇 📹Digital photo editing a decade before Photoshop? Meet the Quantel Paintbox<a href="https://makertube.net/videos/watch/9bb7bb14-e8d4-47f1-9661-cf201b8168fd" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://makertube.net/videos/watch/9bb7bb14-e8d4-47f1-9661-cf201b8168fd</a>

Phil M0OFXTonight's been fun. Nerdsniped by a friend: "Hey I'm having trouble figuring out these <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/quantel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quantel</a> PAL dumps, can you take a look?" So I did. And I asked DextersTechLab, the fountain of all Quantel knowledge."There are two versions of the Size card. The schematic is for one version. The PAL dumps are for the other."... Internal screaming? No sir, I'll just scream into the void like a barn owl!

Jelora3e documentaire : Présentation de la station graphique Quantel Paintbox :peertube: <a href="https://peertube.gargantia.fr/w/8WhqAgyZepFcchFMpb1oVi" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://peertube.gargantia.fr/w/8WhqAgyZepFcchFMpb1oVi</a> Cette outil a été beaucoup utilisé à la télévision dans les années 80 pour de la conception graphique <a href="https://mastodon.gargantia.fr/tags/VHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VHS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gargantia.fr/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gargantia.fr/tags/retroinformatique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retroinformatique</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gargantia.fr/tags/quantel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quantel</a>

Topaz Rabbit Pix 🐇📸I got a chance to use the Quantel Paintbox at <a href="https://pix.hackerbun.social/discover/tags/VCFEast?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VCFEast</a>. This was a Wacom and Photoshop precursor that is ridiculously powerful. I learned it was used for a lot of famous artwork and videos in the 80s and 90s. I made a drawing of Topaz, and the printout is a video capture of the image printed to a photo printer. <a href="https://pix.hackerbun.social/discover/tags/quantel?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quantel</a> <a href="https://pix.hackerbun.social/discover/tags/paintbox?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paintbox</a>

DextersTechLabThis lovely looking PCI card is an Intergraph SMT491 Raven DS. Part of the Intergraph StudioZ and provides SDI video, uncompressed digital video at 270mbps. From around 1998/1999. Also used in the 5D Masher, a PC add-on for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Quantel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Quantel</a> machines to render video clips with effects.

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