In this video i clean up and test a 1990s Quantel branded Wacom tablet. Discord: / discord Patreon: / dexterslab2013 Twitter: / dexterstechlab
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@jmalmsten2 жыл бұрын
I know it's not very productive to anthropomorphize, but I find it interesting that my main reaction when watching old beaten up and dirty equipment become as new is to label the item as... Uhm... "Happy". It looks so happy when cleaned up. It's a bit like those sappy tearjerker videos where old mistreated strays are taken in by a loving home and we see them after they have accepted that they have a new loving family.
@frankowalker46622 жыл бұрын
Wow, two vidios in one day, You're spoiling us. :) Nice clean up job. I hate to think what was in that groove at the front. LOL.
@DextersTechLab2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Hopefully i can get back into making more, 2022 has been a bit slow!
@MaxKoschuh2 жыл бұрын
Great cleaning job. Interesting device.
@DextersTechLab2 жыл бұрын
Hey Max! Good to hear from you, how are things?
@studiopaeper28772 жыл бұрын
wow. look like new.
@jmalmsten2 жыл бұрын
Also. I know this channel is mostly about restoring old tech. Nut does anyone know of a channel that really shows off these Paintboxes and shows finalized artworks and animations done in Paintbox as opposed to the "mere" technical showcases that just shows some random brush strokes? I mean... Is there madman (or mad-woman) out there that is basically the Bob Ross of Paintbox? There is a niche to be filled here methinks. Maybe... Hmmm... Is there a good emulator that one can play with? I have a beefy computer and a wacom stylus input device. It should be possible methinks.
@DextersTechLab2 жыл бұрын
A totally valid comment! While i have done some of my own 'art' which is i think passable, i have never considered showing it because i don't think it would be interesting to see. Also making it i also don't think would make for interesting viewing. We are very much in touch with ex-quantel artists, but they don't make landscapes like Bob Ross, they make TV graphics! Then there's the practicalities of doing it, having the space for a machine to be setup, getting them to appear on camera... etc etc. But what i will end on is to say, watch this space ;-)
@DextersTechLab2 жыл бұрын
Oh as for emulators, there are none. If you want to use a Quantel you'll need to get a physical one... hopefully it will change in the future.
@jmalmsten2 жыл бұрын
@@DextersTechLab "Watch this space". Oh I definitely will. :D And yeah. Essentially it was just a pie in the sky question thing. Just in case there was someone out there I hadn't heard about that sits in an old tool shed poking the tablet making artwork. Photoshop and Krita and the likes has pretty much made these things very obsolete. I mean. There are the guys who keep an old Scanimate running and still do the occasional freelance work. Though I have not seen them do really anything for a few years now.