I draw your requests on a Quantel Paintbox, specifically a Harriet from the early 90s. Due to streaming issues, I wasn't able to broadcast this live, but I did record the whole stream locally. I made it through three pieces: a rat holding a Quantel RAT (a mouse-like input device), a request from @[email protected] for a TV show ad card recreation, and a request from @[email protected] to draw his cat. I thought I was drawing his cat Henry, but it was actually Victor. Oops.

Learn more about the Quantel Paintbox:

Stream music by Nihilore: https://nihilore.com

Continued stream go here: https://makertube.net/w/7dyJqokqtdXYJFsURs6tgn

I've taken your requests, as well as a few of my own ideas, and will draw them on a Quantel Paintbox, a Harriet model from the early 90s. Watch and see how digital graphics were made on bespoke art computers long before Photoshop took over the digital art world.

The popular shorthand for digital photo editing is based on the name of software developed in the 90s. However, that activity was already being done by users of a bespoke art computer developed by a British company in the early 80s, and the public could see the output of this machine everywhere. So why is digital photo manipulation not called "being Paintboxed"?

Thanks to DextersTechLab for actual Paintbox footage and technical assistance, Adrian Wilson for lots of feedback and resources!

Chapters

00:00 - Introduction

References

Quantel Paintbox Resources:

Credits

Music:

My 2021 annual playthrough of the Night in the Woods supplemental games, "Longest Night" and "Lost Constellation".

Join me for my yearly play through of the Night in the Woods supplemental games, "Longest Night" and "Lost Constellation". Jump to 08:46 to skip past all my stream setup stuff.

I did it. I finished the animation. Working with this software is more challenging than I expected. It also didn't help that my tablet was having issues with Weylus after a while. I also learn just what Frisket does, and why it's important to Free the Frisket!

Skip to 2:23:54 if you want to see the finished animation playing!

I'll be taking a break from streaming while I focus on the next video, then I'll pick back up with either DeluxePaint V or True Brilliance as my next Amiga art tool to explore.

Stream music by Nihilore (CC-BY 4.0) - https://nihilore.com

Bamboo figures out how to get code he wrote 23 years ago on the Amiga to work for someone today, and it involves a lot of work with libraries.

Thanks to Piotr Kuchno for contacting me and working through debugging the code, and for the videos of the code in use on real Amiga computers! Thanks also to @ijimkoz on Twitter for valuable feedback!

Note: The project name and URL have changed! Go to theindustriousrabbit.com to learn more!

Resources

Intro:

http://aminet.net/package/dev/amos/BSDSocket - The code I wrote 23 years ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMOS_(programming_language) - AMOS BASIC

https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/developers-handbook/sockets/ - BSD sockets in general

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVr1AHJaGCk - The Copper Demo video, also written in AMOS, that exercises a bunch of Agnus's features

AMOS Extensions:

Amiga libraries:

Why was my server code not working?

Want to try out gaming on the classic Commodore Amiga computer? Topaz walks you through the basics of this retro computer's hardware, and the things you'll need to look for to get your own setup working.

I currently use these emulators:

If you're on Windows, you can run the venerable WinUAE (https://www.winuae.net/).

You can get Kickstart ROMs from Cloanto and their Amiga Forever pack (get at least the Plus Edition for the more modern Kickstarts) and/or from Hyperion if you want AmigaOS 3.2, a modern AmigaOS for applications.

I leave ADF and WHDLoad archive hunting to the viewer!

Thanks to Meredith, Tyrel, Dave!

Read more at https://theindustriousrabbit.com and subscribe to the channel and RSS feed for future updates!

Credits

I take Digital Creations True Brilliance 2.0 for a spin on my emulated Amiga 1200. I've never used this software before, and I discover it's actually not bad for painting, especially when using my Weylus and Galaxy Tab powered input setup.

Stream music by Nihilore (CC-BY 4.0) - https://nihilore.com

Having trouble getting MiSTerFS to work on the AO486 core? Topaz Rabbit walks you through a workaround you can do on the Linux side of the MiSTer, then describes how that workaround works.

Thanks to Tyrel (@[email protected]), Jim (@[email protected])!

References

Credits