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UK/GB/Manchester. Saving the Quantel legacy one luma sample at a time, blundering with electronics, computers & other weird things, fixing stuff. http://discord.gg/XdaRJBgMGe

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You miss the point here. That is you do not change sex, you are merely the sex you were born with. Sometimes what you are born with mismatch with what you physically display. Just because someone held you aloft at birth and pronounced you as one of only two genders does not make you that person.

05.03.2026 00:51 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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That is reminding me when i left a PIII-S Tualatin 1.4G with zero protection in a junk drawer for 10 years... it's now in my Win98 gaming rig working fine! Just had to straighten a few pins 🀣

04.03.2026 22:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Most likely a simple solder joint fixπŸ‘

02.03.2026 08:22 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My wife is fucking awesome 😍

01.03.2026 20:26 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Transgender female athletes advantage is a myth.
The Transgender female athletes advantage is a myth. YouTube video by Kirsti Miller30

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 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ or the πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§

youtu.be/B8CzqxhZk7I?...

01.03.2026 13:15 πŸ‘ 163 πŸ” 74 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Awesome movie, has that proper 1970s horror vibe. It's gritty, real and dark in a way modern horror just isn't. Brolin's performance is just brilliant as to is Kidder. It gives me the fear every time i watch it.

28.02.2026 22:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Also this Telstar from 1990 😍

27.02.2026 17:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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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 😍

27.02.2026 13:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A sloppy egg

27.02.2026 10:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

TBH if that was real, i recon i could... i would at least give it a shot!

27.02.2026 09:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think i might need to watch HHG2TG on DVD... Just need to turn off the Quantel Paintboxes first...

26.02.2026 23:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@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 πŸ€” I have always been tempted to do it...

23.02.2026 23:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

JFC that should carry a health warning before posting 😜

23.02.2026 23:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

lol, yea that sounds like an old Conner, tbh i am sure i remembering them sounding like that back in the day!

23.02.2026 23:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Rare 1983 official Quantel Paintbox demo tape
Rare 1983 official Quantel Paintbox demo tape YouTube video by Quantel Paintbox

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?...

23.02.2026 23:03 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is why we have the BBC...

22.02.2026 02:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@laurenblighton.bsky.social i thought you might appreciate this πŸ˜‰

22.02.2026 01:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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22.02.2026 00:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, that one!

21.02.2026 23:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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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

21.02.2026 23:14 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

i recon i should have a few around here, both 5.25 and 8"

21.02.2026 15:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

OMG i don't remember... but i bought 3-4 Jags during the same event, every game they had on the shelf and one of every peripheral they had. I sold most of it years ago. I still have the Jag i bought on launch though, along with the CD and a selection of games!

19.02.2026 00:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Love this! But the subject matter needs to be right for me... can we get a Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy as per the BBC TV Series? 😍

18.02.2026 23:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wow! and a GPB2 as well, is that one of the machines we know about (KΓΆln & Newbury) or a new one?

18.02.2026 07:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I did mention i have a PC with Dual Voodoo2 to the wife but all i got was πŸ™„

15.02.2026 00:41 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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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 β€œGaming” with a related theme of β€œGames Development”. Tony Jewell, the organiser, set aside the museum schoolroom for games develop...

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.

14.02.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's worth noting it's not just for capture, it means i only need to have one monitor on my bench for my Win98, XP machines and the Paintbox.

13.02.2026 14:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The 4 matrix inputs flow into the switcher which then outputs HDMI into a Blackmagic Mini Recorder where OBS is running. Inputs are all VGA/DVI with one input coming from a universal scaler, that has inputs for CV, YC, VGA, DVI, RGB, HDSDI and Component so i can get just about anything into OBS.

13.02.2026 14:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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13.02.2026 00:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I should have explained! Quake running on my Pentium 3 Win98 box with Voodoo 2 SLI and Paintbox. Both run into a 4-way video matrix switcher so they can be on screen captured by OBS with the XP as input 3. Left hand on the Win98 and right hand on the paintbox pen.

13.02.2026 00:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0