History Destroyed in Shipping: Can we save a 1989 HALiKAN laptop?
I did NOT wanna make this video but here we are. This is the Chaplet Halikan LA-30A, or pieces of it anyway! A fascinating 1980s machine, one of the first laptops combining a backlit display, hard drive, and ISA slots into a system that could run entirely on batteries. Neat!Unfortunately, while this rare beast was in good shape before shipping, it did not look so great once it arrived. The plastics on these things are increasingly brittle, so if anything I want this video to act as an LGR public service announcement: USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN SHIPPING OLD PLASTIC COMPUTERS. Even better, don't ship at all if it can be avoided.
● LGR things elsewhere:
https://www.patreon.com/LazyGameReviews
https://bsky.app/profile/lgr-yt.bsky.social
● Pertinent links:
1989 iF Design award https://ifdesign.com/en/winner-ranking/project/laptop-computer-halikan-la-22-la-30/18671
Chaplet Systems brochure PDF https://www.1000bit.it/ad/bro/chaplet/ChapletSystems-HALIKAN.pdf
Rebuilding the nickel cadmium battery https://freegeekvancouver.blogspot.com/2011/06/mystery-laptop.html
● Background music licensed from Epidemic Sound:
http://www.epidemicsound.com
00:00 welcome to LGR sadness
01:58 introducing the HALiKAN
03:16 it's all made of pain
04:52 it sure was neat once
05:45 ISA slots, NiCd battery
08:46 satisfying keyboard
09:38 poor PC speaker
10:02 the motherboard
10:49 can it be saved?
12:10 first power on test
12:36 second power on test
13:53 40MB Conner HDD
16:32 MS-DOS 3.3 boot disk
17:07 Kingdom of Kroz
19:26 SHIP WITH CAUTION
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