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The Chaplet HALiKAN Lives! Vintage 80s Laptop Restored [20:25] | LGR (youtube.com)

submitted 1 day ago by cm0002@literature.cafe to c/retrocomputing

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This poor broken mess of an 80s laptop has been rebuilt and it's better than ever! The rare Chaplet Halikan LA-30A is an interesting machine on its own, but this one's story of breaking into a thousand pieces and being restored by the talented PolyMatt takes it to another level. His video went into the rebuild process, but this one dives into using the PC itself, its odd quirks, the company behind it, and its small but fascinating place in computer history.

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[–] THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Just knowing you can actually fix something so completely destroyed is reassuring. Time was not kind to the plastics of a lot of 70s and 80s tech pieces, especially depending on how and where they were stored.

I'm worried I'm going to pick up one of my computers one day and the whole thing will just crumble. So knowing that this is even possible is wonderful.

On THAT note, I should probably look into 3D or resin printing.

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I watched the video of him designing the replacement. The labor put in to the design work and prototyping was easily multiple thousands of dollars. Not super practical for most people. I've been 3D printing for years and can design and print things for myself but the level of expertise that when into this case is another level. It would have taken me multiple years to get to a similar point.