Restoration of a TRS-80 Vintage LAPTOP | Retro Repair Guy Episode 25
Retro Repair Guy performs a complete restoration of a TRS-80 Model 100 vintage laptop from Radio Shack which was one of the first computer laptops from 1983. For this restoration I replaced all the capacitors and replaced the battery with a supercapacitor. Check out - great PCBs from just $5!
The twenty fifth episode of the Retro Repair Guy. A series aimed at retro and vintage electronic repair and restoration.
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00:00 Snazzy Intro
00:15 Brief History of the TRS-80
03:50 Show Intro
07:13 Thank you to our sponsor
07:44 Initial testing of the TRS-80 laptop
09:13 Disassembling the TRS-80 Model 100
13:00 Repairing, recapping & Supercapacitor Mod
16:19 Notes on the repair
17:43 Let's take a bath
20:44 Repairing the TRS-80 Model 100 keyboard
22:36 Additional notes
24:05 Reassembling the TRS-80 Model 100
27:58 Before & After
29:35 Testing the restored TRS-80 Laptop
31:25 Wrap up
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