Video: IBM's First Laptop (Was Terrible)
Added 2022-10-21 06:27:38 +0000 UTChttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htl_JbZIcUU
This one doesn't really need the lengthy making-of Patreon post because I decided I owed some explanation to my audience in general, so I just put it at the end of the video itself. I bit off more than I was prepared to chew with this one, and the pacing and info density really ended up being more aggressive than I would have liked.
Someone described this video as "socratic" - working up from "what is a laptop" to what the 5140 was - and believe me, I'm pleased with that in theory. I felt it was impossible to explain where the 5140 fit in unless you understood what laptops in 1986 were like, and that required a fifth of the video to be a laptop history lesson. But whatever anyone says about longform being popular these days, I feel like if you're not Rare Earth or Folding Ideas or someone like that, an hour and a half is a bit much to ask for a gadget video.
If I had another week, maybe I'd have reshot this to either shorten it or make it flow better or both, but I don't, and I'd like to get off the 100% Compatible train for a while at this point. I'll be lucky if I can ever wring the CGA out of my clothes.
Comments
Longtop is long...
Alex Golembeski ツ
2022-10-27 04:05:26 +0000 UTCWas legit mouth agape at how much empty space was in that thing. What on earth were they thinking?!?!?
Tyler Kurth
2022-10-23 19:57:50 +0000 UTCOh good, I couldn't remember who sent it to me and I hoped you'd see the video, hahaha. Glad you enjoyed!
Cathode Ray Dude
2022-10-21 16:59:32 +0000 UTCIt's everything I thought it could be! I looked and looked everywhere for a good overview video of this thing when I first inherited it but there just wasn't anything out there, and now there is! Thanks so much! Also, crack that LCD screen open sometime and take a look at who made it. Up until a few years ago there were tons of new-old-stock packages of the panels available and they were used for making (presumably the world's most crappy) DIY oscilloscopes.
GutBomb
2022-10-21 14:03:23 +0000 UTC
