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OP Workshop @opworkshop.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

OP Workshop is the official sponsor of this year's VCFMW Talks! I'll have a table (A101) with an exhibit, "The Art of Computing" featuring hardware such as the Quantel Paintbox, Fairlight CVI, HD footage on a period HDVS monitor, & more! See you this Sep. 12-13 at the Schaumburg Convention Center!

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DextersTechLab - The Quantel Guy @dexterstechlab.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Finally got the HPI Baja running! There are still some bits to fix though!

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DextersTechLab - The Quantel Guy @dexterstechlab.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I bet there's quite a few 70s, 80s and 90s kids out there that know this tool!

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Wayne Young @slartyb.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Please sign this petition to help save Jodrell Bank. Thanks. c.org/hJPY2VFrkW

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Save science at Jodrell Bank and the iconic Lovell Telescope

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DextersTechLab - The Quantel Guy @dexterstechlab.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Really great evening at the Chiverton Tap tonight, such great company 😍

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DextersTechLab - The Quantel Guy @dexterstechlab.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Amazing #pokemongo raid day in #stockport today. Picked up a hundo mega mewtwo 😲

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TVARK @tvark.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

We remember... John Logie Baird - inventor 13 August 1888 – 14 June 1946 Age 57 John demonstrated the world's first mechanical TV system in 1926. He went on to invent the first publicly demonstrated colour television system and the first viable purely electronic colour television picture tube.

We remember...

John Logie Baird - inventor
13 August 1888 – 14 June 1946
Age 57

John demonstrated the world's first mechanical television system in 1926. He went on to invent the first publicly demonstrated colour television system and the first viable purely electronic colour television picture tube.

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DextersTechLab - The Quantel Guy @dexterstechlab.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Sorry to hear the news of David Hockney's passing. Here he is trying out a #Quantel DPB-7001 Digital Paint Box in the BBC Painting With Light program. Without this the Paintbox would be even less known than it is now, so thank you David 👍 🫡 youtu.be/ZI8RbdPe4ro

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BBC Painting With Light (Laserdisc Remaster - David Hockney - Larry Rivers - Jennifer Bartlett)

YouTube video by DextersTechLab

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DextersTechLab - The Quantel Guy @dexterstechlab.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

In a #Quantel #Paintbox there are stored brush stamps. They are bitmaps stored in Diskstore that are stamped into the image (in Mainstore) as you paint. This also includes the menu font. Using diagnostic commands we can copy the brush stamps and the menu font into the mainstore and then view it!

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Nick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Wall Street Follow my cartoons and accompanying written commentary on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com For @rawstory.com

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Short Circuit @shortcircuit.org.uk · 21/05/2026

It's #retrofest2026 very soon indeed - just over a week! Saturday is SOLD OUT, but there's still tickets for Sunday - www.retrofest.uk/tickets.php - and it is, obviously, going to be awesome! Here's a few more photos from last year to get us in the mood ...

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DextersTechLab - The Quantel Guy @dexterstechlab.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

🤣 at myself for the message i left for me... Plugged an old 32Mb (yes Mb not Gb!) PC Card into a reader and found this on sector zero!

A screenshot of hex editor HxD running on Windows XP reading a PC Flash Card. The contents of sector zero reads "looking for something? ;-)". The rest of the disk is blank

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DextersTechLab - The Quantel Guy @dexterstechlab.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

It's 2026 and to this day the whole of the Quantel community knows of no working #Quantel Henry systems. These were $1/4 million machines 20 years ago. They were so bleeding edge at the time they did not survive 🤯

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DextersTechLab - The Quantel Guy @dexterstechlab.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Well it's done, after 6567km walked my Zygarde is now maxed out at 4093cp, best buddied and has three moves. It's taken about three years 😮 #pokemongo

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Short Circuit @shortcircuit.org.uk · 24/04/2026

What does this big empty space need? Well, it needs lots and lots of vintage computers - and YOU! It's just 5 weeks to Retrofest 2026 (gulp) and tickets are selling fast. Buy yours now and do your bit to fill this big empty space! www.retrofest.uk/tickets.php

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DextersTechLab - The Quantel Guy @dexterstechlab.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

This MeanWell RS-15 is so small and cute! 🥰

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DextersTechLab - The Quantel Guy @dexterstechlab.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I challenge anyone to beat getting four networked #Quantel machines at the same time in 2026...

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DextersTechLab - The Quantel Guy @dexterstechlab.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Three artworks painted on a #Quantel DPB-7001 Digital Paint Box by Martin Holbrook. These were made during the early period of the DPB Paintbox in the 1980s. There are only TWO working DPB Paintboxes worldwide, one will be at #Retrofest in Swindon, UK on May 30th and 31st. bsky.app/profile/shor...

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DextersTechLab - The Quantel Guy @dexterstechlab.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

I love the older parts and buildings of #manchester 😍. This is on Port Street.

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DextersTechLab - The Quantel Guy @dexterstechlab.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Dated 1997, could this be any more 1990s and #Quantel HAL influenced? 😂 #bykergrove

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DextersTechLab - The Quantel Guy @dexterstechlab.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

#Quantel 2103-87 Clipnet P2. Allowed the Quantel Henry and Editbox to share video from another machine in real time over a 1Gbit fiber network. Looks to be dated around the middle of 2000. 14 layer PCB too which is impressive!

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DextersTechLab - The Quantel Guy @dexterstechlab.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Been playing Pokémon Go since August 2016 so i am coming up to my 10 year anniversary 😱. Today i hit Level 70 😱😱. 85+ million xp, 19,500 km walked and 81,000 pokemon caught. @pokemongoapp.bsky.social

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DextersTechLab - The Quantel Guy @dexterstechlab.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

30 years ago this amount of Quantel would have set you back £1/3 million! In 2026 it's 50p, a Kia Ora Orange and an old Conker.

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DextersTechLab - The Quantel Guy @dexterstechlab.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Powering on a 1980s Quantel DPB-7001 wearing an 808 State T-Shirt, with an Atari ST and a Panasonic ENG tube camera in the background. Could this be any more retro? It's a shame the #Quantel explodes though!

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Azul = Blue @azulequalsblue.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Taking care of business. We need to do this and move on.

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DextersTechLab - The Quantel Guy @dexterstechlab.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Something you don't see often! A commercial SMD Hard Disk Emulator. The Arraid EID-1C, emulates many SMD hard disks and writes out to a SCSIFLash by SolidStateDisks. The EID-1C is the caching version which caches all the data in RAM. This one is configured for my Quantel DPB-7001 Paintbox.

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DextersTechLab - The Quantel Guy @dexterstechlab.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

SCSIFlash 37.13 Made in England! 😲 Some of the date codes imply it's circa 2001?

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DextersTechLab - The Quantel Guy @dexterstechlab.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Time to check and test the #quantel DPB-7001 before Retrofest Swindon!

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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Since the IOC created a rule for trans athletes to compete in 2003, over 84,000 people have become Olympians. Out of those 84,000 a total of 2 have been trans women & one came dead last the other came 37th out of 42. Neither were from 🇺🇸 or the 🇬🇧 youtu.be/B8CzqxhZk7I?...

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The Transgender female athletes advantage is a myth.

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DextersTechLab - The Quantel Guy @dexterstechlab.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I have been out vinyl shopping today and found this compilation from 1982. Whoever had this before cut out this section and made a new picture for Duran Duran 😍

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DextersTechLab - The Quantel Guy @dexterstechlab.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

@circuitbenders.co.uk do you fancy bending a Quantel? i am sure a bit of inside knowledge and some creative ideas might make something interesting 🤔 I have always been tempted to do it...

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DextersTechLab - The Quantel Guy @dexterstechlab.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

The Quantel community has discovered another new unseen video from the very early days of the #Quantel Paintbox. Thanks go out to @quantelpaintbox.bsky.social for making this available to be digitised. youtu.be/k36Y8IBW-UM?...

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Rare 1983 official Quantel Paintbox demo tape

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DextersTechLab - The Quantel Guy @dexterstechlab.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Calling all broadcast video people! Do you fancy the chance to see and have a go on a working original Quantel DPB-7001 'Classic' Paintbox? Your chance will be available in Swindon on May 30/31. www.retrofest.uk

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L Break Into Program @breakintoprogram.co.uk · 14/02/2026

This is probably more of a diary entry than a blog post, but it does have a link to the museum's video which'll give you more of an idea what went on over that weekend. Looking forward to the next one in Swindon in May.

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Retro Computer Festival 2025 - L Break Into Program, 0:1

The theme for RetroFest 2025 at The Centre for Computing History was “Gaming” with a related theme of “Games Development”. Tony Jewell, the organiser, set aside the museum schoolroom for games develop...

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DextersTechLab - The Quantel Guy @dexterstechlab.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

The true definition of multi-tasking in the 1990s, Quake in Voodoo 2 SLI while painting on a Quantel Paintbox. The XP machine waits in the background for, the future...

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richard @halkyardo.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Absolutely the coolest (if least practical) remote control of all time.

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