Hey Birt!'s video: World s first laptop Overview Dim LCD fix clean and test

Video sponsor: PCBWay: $5 for 2 layer PCBs with 24hr turnaround at https://www.pcbway.com/ In this video we take a look at what many consider to be the ‘World’s First Laptop’ computer, the Epson HX-20. This is an interesting computer which was incredibly small and energy efficient for its time. When a ‘portable’ computer at the time was a 10kg Compact producing a 1.75kg A4 paper sized portable computer was groundbreaking. We’ll look at this piece of computer history and attempt to fix up the barely visible LCD display. What will be the cause? Join us and find out. Timeline: 01:51 – Overview of HX-20 System 02:33 – Inspection and Disassembly 11:55 – Tour of the MOSU Board 13:30 – Leaking Capacitors 23:08 – Printer check up 26:14 – LCD cleaning 28:33 – Reassembly and Testing 35:18 – Impressions and Wrap up Please consider clicking on the Subscribe button below and then click the bell icon. That way you will be notified when I post a new video. Thanks! Help support Hey Birt! https://www.paypal.me/HeyBirt https://www.patreon.com/heybirt https://www.subscribestar.com/hey-birt Hey Birt! On Social Media! Facebook: Soigeneris: https://www.facebook.com/Soigeneris-295527583797729/ Hey Birt!: https://www.facebook.com/HeyBirt/ Twitter: Hey Birt!: https://twitter.com/HeyBirt?lang=en Links HX-20 Technical Manual: https://archive.org/details/epson-hx-20-tech-manual-ocr HX-20 Capacitor Map: https://www.soigeneris.com/document/vintcom/Epson_HX-20_Capacitor_Map.pdf YACM Images: https://fjkraan.home.xs4all.nl/comp/hx20/ Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epson_HX-20 HX-20 Programs: https://web.archive.org/web/20091026193543/http://geocities.com/abcmcfarren/hx20/hx20.htm Floppy Emulator: http://members.aon.at/~nkehrer/flashx20.html Tops: https://www.mh-aerotools.de/hp/hx-20/ Research: https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ397832 Credits Chiptune Thing No. 3 "Victory" by Steven O’Brien https://soundcloud.com/stevenobrien Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music provided by Music for Creators https://youtu.be/ujIMRIJ1JG8