It probably needs updating. I am on the list, we have been arranging the floor plan.

Hi Beau, I suspect you are thinking of the Quantel Harriet, which had 13 seconds of video storage. Speaking in 625 line video, 720*576 in 8 bit 4-2-2 is 829,440 bytes per frame or 414,720 bytes per field. So for 900 seconds of video you need 900*829440*25 = 18,662,400,000 bytes or 18.5Gb.

@@DextersTechLab from Wikipedia: "Because of the uncompromising picture quality, component processing and uncompressed recording, D-1 was most popular in high-end graphic and animation production - where multiple layering had previously been done in short run times via hard drives (Quantel Harry, Henry, Harriet, Hal or Abekas DDR) or via multiple analog machines running at once. Hard drives in the 1980s that stored broadcast-quality video would typically only hold 30 seconds to a few minutes of space, yet the systems that made them work could cost $500,000. By contrast, the D-1 machine allowed 94 minutes of recording on a $200 cassette."

@@DextersTechLab The only machines that were in service in New York and could do more than a minute of video that I knew of in 1993 were Henrys. Also, storage is one factor - real time playback is another. No machine that I knew of could do more than a minute and a half of real time playback. It wasn't needed anyway as TV commercials are 30 seconds and Hollywood was completely against using Quantels for anything, despite Peter Greenaway's groundbreaking film Prospero's Books. 🙂

The Quantel Hal launched the same day as the Quantel Henry. Initially using Disk Packs, but then Dylans shortly after.

Jump cuts are fine. I want to listen tot the man speaking, without distractions

Awesome thank you!

Possible, i have already disconnected two of the fans in Dylan as they are not needed with the ZuluSCSI drives. But Hal burns through 500 watts so you do need lots of airflow to keep it cool. The fans are just off-the-shelf Papst 12v fans so could be replaced with a little work.

@@DextersTechLab Get Linus Tech Tips to custom water cool it!

I will be looking at the Masher, it's such a rare and unusual thing to have. Even if it doesn't get used much going forward i think it's important to document some of it, the effects, how it was used etc etc.

1 Hour and maybe a longshot for 2 Hour are the only practical options for using it with Hal, so we'll likely never know. But 1 Hour is an incredible step anyway!

@@DextersTechLab Could you do a video explaining the differences between HAL, Editbox, Paintbox...?

Yes! Thank you!

Can you imagine back in 1992 being able to work on 1hr. worth of material on a HAL? Just dumbfounding. The old limits, the false scarcity of disk storage, gone in an instant.