Awesome! Same for me, from my Quantel restorations i have met and talked many who were there. It brings a reality to the things we wanted back then. In 1990 i heard about this Paintbox 'thing', 36 years later an ex-Quantel engineer will be helping me demonstrate it in Cambridge this weekend.
November 12, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Awesome! Same for me, from my Quantel restorations i have met and talked many who were there. It brings a reality to the things we wanted back then. In 1990 i heard about this Paintbox 'thing', 36 years later an ex-Quantel engineer will be helping me demonstrate it in Cambridge this weekend.
That is so cool! I love your Quantel restoration content. I learned a lot about Quantel from you. I wish I could fly out and see the demonstration.
November 12, 2026 at 1:01 AM
That is so cool! I love your Quantel restoration content. I learned a lot about Quantel from you. I wish I could fly out and see the demonstration.
I've been wanting to visit the UK forever and will definitely stop by when I do! Would love to see all that Quantel goodness in person.
November 12, 2026 at 1:09 AM
I've been wanting to visit the UK forever and will definitely stop by when I do! Would love to see all that Quantel goodness in person.
This image was made on my working original #Quantel DPB-7001 Paint Box from around 1986. It's now being displayed on an emulated Paintbox Express with the help of AI in 2026 😱🤯
November 8, 2026 at 11:21 PM
This image was made on my working original #Quantel DPB-7001 Paint Box from around 1986. It's now being displayed on an emulated Paintbox Express with the help of AI in 2026 😱🤯
Thank you, I love your gaming content, it brings back a lot of memories. I would love to welcome you to Manchester and my chaotic Quantel lab if you are ever able to visit.
November 12, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Thank you, I love your gaming content, it brings back a lot of memories. I would love to welcome you to Manchester and my chaotic Quantel lab if you are ever able to visit.
Please take care if you're working in the Zeptoverse today. Some of the shapes have quite sharp corners.
November 3, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Please take care if you're working in the Zeptoverse today. Some of the shapes have quite sharp corners.
1995
Basically a 3D graphics processor with antialiasing, anisotropic texture filtering and other features which wouldn't appear in desktop PC graphics cards until several years later. Quantel was making alien hardware from the future.
Basically a 3D graphics processor with antialiasing, anisotropic texture filtering and other features which wouldn't appear in desktop PC graphics cards until several years later. Quantel was making alien hardware from the future.
#Quantel Hal Express, TV / Video effects from 1995!
November 3, 2026 at 9:13 AM
1995
Basically a 3D graphics processor with antialiasing, anisotropic texture filtering and other features which wouldn't appear in desktop PC graphics cards until several years later. Quantel was making alien hardware from the future.
Basically a 3D graphics processor with antialiasing, anisotropic texture filtering and other features which wouldn't appear in desktop PC graphics cards until several years later. Quantel was making alien hardware from the future.
I remember the stuff he did on his ipad, there was a show in london I went to, also of interest are his experiments with quantel paintbox, an early TV graphics system www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-Jp...
"Painting with Light". David Hockney.
YouTube video by Chris North
www.youtube.com
November 1, 2026 at 1:10 PM
I remember the stuff he did on his ipad, there was a show in london I went to, also of interest are his experiments with quantel paintbox, an early TV graphics system www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-Jp...
Takes effort, this was when i was transferring the Quantel DPB-7000 Brush Master disk to GoTek, then to the HDD/SMD Emulator. It often requires 'creative engineering'.
October 28, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Takes effort, this was when i was transferring the Quantel DPB-7000 Brush Master disk to GoTek, then to the HDD/SMD Emulator. It often requires 'creative engineering'.
I think it was Quantel Paintbox
October 24, 2026 at 11:58 AM
I think it was Quantel Paintbox
First time on the Quantel, vision mixers go mad with power.
October 23, 2026 at 7:29 PM
First time on the Quantel, vision mixers go mad with power.
There is a small chance it might be Quantel related 😉
October 23, 2026 at 6:54 PM
There is a small chance it might be Quantel related 😉
Before Photoshop there was Paintbox by Quantel (1981)
October 21, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Before Photoshop there was Paintbox by Quantel (1981)
Oh i see! No, but one of my aims is to make a youtube video entirely on a Quantel Hal. Maybe one day!
October 23, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Oh i see! No, but one of my aims is to make a youtube video entirely on a Quantel Hal. Maybe one day!
On or about February 26, 2025, the defendant, who was 25 years of age, had sexual intercourse with a juvenile male who was 17 y/o. At the time of the intercourse, the defendant was employed at the school, and the defendant knew the juvenile was a student...
www.magnoliareporter.com/news_and_bus...
www.magnoliareporter.com/news_and_bus...
Former Magnolia school staff member charged with sexual assault
Donteshia Quantel Torrence, 26, a former Magnolia School District staff member, has been charged with sexual assault in the first degree.
www.magnoliareporter.com
October 22, 2026 at 3:08 AM
On or about February 26, 2025, the defendant, who was 25 years of age, had sexual intercourse with a juvenile male who was 17 y/o. At the time of the intercourse, the defendant was employed at the school, and the defendant knew the juvenile was a student...
www.magnoliareporter.com/news_and_bus...
www.magnoliareporter.com/news_and_bus...
My first job in TV was as a Runner at a post production facility that had a Quantel Paintbox set-up. It filled a whole room. I remember the guys hired to use it were like wizards, and those storage casettes!
October 19, 2026 at 8:14 AM
My first job in TV was as a Runner at a post production facility that had a Quantel Paintbox set-up. It filled a whole room. I remember the guys hired to use it were like wizards, and those storage casettes!
Quantel paint box was never this good.
October 16, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Quantel paint box was never this good.
The interesting thing about the Quantel Henry/Harry is that it did things your brain forgets TV could manage so early.
The building CGI feels absolutely of the era, but the moving clips on the "whirl" on this Midlands Today title sequence feel advanced for 1988! (30" in.)
youtu.be/MbyBa8hk2lo?...
The building CGI feels absolutely of the era, but the moving clips on the "whirl" on this Midlands Today title sequence feel advanced for 1988! (30" in.)
youtu.be/MbyBa8hk2lo?...
[720p/50p] BBC1 | Midlands Today News and continuity | 6th May 1988
YouTube video by Sticky tape 'n' rust
youtu.be
October 15, 2026 at 7:14 AM
The interesting thing about the Quantel Henry/Harry is that it did things your brain forgets TV could manage so early.
The building CGI feels absolutely of the era, but the moving clips on the "whirl" on this Midlands Today title sequence feel advanced for 1988! (30" in.)
youtu.be/MbyBa8hk2lo?...
The building CGI feels absolutely of the era, but the moving clips on the "whirl" on this Midlands Today title sequence feel advanced for 1988! (30" in.)
youtu.be/MbyBa8hk2lo?...
Hey hey hey have you seen this new Quantel Paintbox thing? OMG you guys... it's the future!
October 15, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Hey hey hey have you seen this new Quantel Paintbox thing? OMG you guys... it's the future!
So this #Quantel CPU43 board has some issues, i found this PLCC socket almost totally disconnected, the base was broken though so it actually helps me to re-solder the connection pads. We need to get this working for @opworkshop.bsky.social so they can get a fully working Quantel Paintbox!
October 11, 2026 at 10:18 PM
So this #Quantel CPU43 board has some issues, i found this PLCC socket almost totally disconnected, the base was broken though so it actually helps me to re-solder the connection pads. We need to get this working for @opworkshop.bsky.social so they can get a fully working Quantel Paintbox!
Very nice! There's a couple of Quantel products used the 425, mostly they used the 800. All the 1990s Dylan disk arrays, the 'Image' card to name a couple.
October 12, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Very nice! There's a couple of Quantel products used the 425, mostly they used the 800. All the 1990s Dylan disk arrays, the 'Image' card to name a couple.