# Quantel Paintbox

A bespoke graphics computer that defined the look of the 80s and some of the 90s. Came with a pressure sensitive stylus and a big ass tablet.

## Hardware

### Basics

* [[:m68k|Motorola 68000]]
* Lots of custom hardware

### Models

## Notable uses

* Illustration/Photo Manipulation
  * The art for the Nirvana album Nevermind
  * The poster art for The Silence of the Lambs
* Music Videos
  * Basically all of "You Might Think" by The Cars
  * 2d special effects (the squigglies) in Dire Straits' "Money for Nothing"
      * ...and perhaps Weird Al Yankovic's "Beverly Hillbillies/Money for Nothing"?

## Current Communities

* Dexter's Tech Lab Discord