I wouldn't fancy wiring this connector up😱! Inside the Hirose connector of the 100 way #Quantel Dylan cable that connects your Quantel Editbox, Henry or Hal to it's Dylan disk array.

Some amazing work here from @StudioPaeper recreating the iconic BBC 'CoW' ident from the 1980s on my #Quantel HAL Express (from 1995).

It's been too long since my last video, but here it is! A working Quantel HAL Express! youtube.com/watch?v=_TpEVfY0…

A few random renderings...

The actual Masher, an Intergraph TDZ 2000.

Last night we managed to get my 5D Monster Masher working on my #Quantel HAL Express, now i have access to all the 5D and Sapphire plug-in effects for Quantel. The Masher itself is a Dual Pentium 2 WindowsNT 6U rack PC.

Recording a clip of uncompressed SDI video onto a #Quantel HAL and Dylan disk array from 1995 (with 20 @zuluscsi solid state disks). HAL was launched in 1993 and turned into a post-production tool for making moving TV graphics, compositing and effects throughout the 1990s.

OMG what a complete mess, but after all that they managed to put a 3A fuse in!

Finally after months of work by myself and others we have managed to restore this #Quantel HAL back to working. The Dylan disk array now running with 20 ZuluSCSI disk emulators too. Videos on the story coming soon

It's a 30 year old #Quantel, of course it's broken!

Well things didn't quite go according to plan, but we are working on it! More to come....

20 ZuluSCSI RP2040 disk emulators ready to be installed into my #Quantel Dylan video disk array. Fingers crossed this means i can get my Quantel HAL running for full video compositing and effects.😍

It's taken a few years to get to this point. Converting a #Quantel Dylan disk array to solid state so i can use my Quantel HAL. It _ONLY_ requires 20 SCSI disk emulators, 20 SD cards, 20 brackets... Etc 🤣🫣. Hopefully a video coming soon too!

I have seen projects that do it in the past. Like this one: hpc-notes.soton.ac.uk/pic/vi… Dropping to 625 line B&W would make a massive difference i think, means the fastest timing would be the horizontal sync?

Quantel Image card, as used in the Quantel HAL Express, from 1995.

Chip Barm. I ate one only yesterday, yum!

Yes, they all interface by USB to an integrated hub so a single USB connection to the host machine.

Scrap item picked off ebay now in the the DTL #Quantel collection, this is a rather beat up Quantel Neo Nano Control Surface, released in 2012. provideocoalition.com/nab_20…

...if you can find one! There are only two Quantel Digital Paint Box machines confirmed working.

I have three of these HD video camera modules after i started a futile project. They are LeadCCTV PE1005S modules all brand new. They are free to anyone who wants them.