All steel, Sapphire Glass, 100m water resistance. It seems the stock modules from their site now have louder buzzers built in to counteract the thicker case, and the typo on the back plate has been corrected :)
Loving it!
Several hours of polishing later, the original crystal came back better than I expected. This vintage Casio strap felt like the perfect finishing touch
The biggest hard drive monster I've ever laid my hands on. To be exact, I had three of them: two DEC RA81s and one RA82. And my goodness, were they LOUD!
I took the photos and recorded the soundtrack in 2001. The camera was a Sony Mavica.
So, turn on the audio and crank the volume all the way up so you can get the full experience ;)
Nothing special, a caffè latte in the morning.
When I go on vacation, I always bring my own moka express with me.
Using the Epson QX-11 to its full potential!
One of my goals with the Epson QX-11 has always been to show what this machine was truly capable of, beyond the software that originally supported it.
This is Space Quest III running on a real Epson QX-11 using a custom graphics driver I developed for Sierra's SCI engine.
What you're seeing:
- 🎨 640×200 resolution
- 🌈 8 simultaneous colors
- 🔊 3-voice sound through the SN76489 sound generator
- 💻 Running on an 8088-based Epson QX-11
In 1985, very few 8088-based business PCs could display 640×200 graphics in 8 colors while also providing 3-voice sound. Most IBM PC compatibles were limited to CGA's 320×200 4-color graphics (or 640×200 monochrome), while Sierra's higher-resolution games were typically associated with Hercules monochrome or, years later, VGA hardware.
The QX-11's graphics hardware was far more capable than most software ever took advantage of. By reverse-engineering the video hardware and writing a new renderer for Sierra's SCI engine, it's finally possible to experience these games in 640×200 with 8 colors and 3-voice sound—a capability that the hardware always had but was never commercially exploited.
The screenshot was captured from a real Epson QX-11 connected to a modern TV through an RGB2HDMI adapter. The adapter simply converts the video signal for display—all of the graphics and sound are being generated by the original 1985 hardware.
It's incredibly satisfying to see a 40-year-old computer finally demonstrating what it was always capable of.
Alessi 9095/3 "La Cupola", Design Aldo Rossi.
Barrys, why have you been using the flag of the city of Genoa just like that for centuries?
It's high time you paid licensing fees for it!!!
I bleached the case using hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) and a UV lamp. I cleaned the motherboard with isopropyl alcohol and reworked some solder joints.
