I donĀ¹t think you damaged the screen it was probably like that before you touched it. They are very old machines and way beyond their expected EOL. Even fully functional machines can stop working after time in storage. I recently took out my favorite 102 after a few weeks of none use and it would not power up even after a cold reboot. Checked the batteries etc all fine opened it up checked the voltages internally, everything looked perfect, switched it on again and it worked. So they age and will fail. I found patience is a virtue with these machines :)
The e-Ink idea sounds a great idea for a screen replacement. Wonder if there is a version that has a similar size? It would probably be quite easy to build the HW to map the LCD screen commands to the e-Ink screen. On 26/2/19, 9:15 PM, "M100 on behalf of Andrew Kennedy" <m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com on behalf of and...@68kmentat.com> wrote: >Great, so it sounds like I damaged a chip by not taking enough care with >the LCD board. And I was so proud of myself! >Oh well, thanks for the help guys. I unplugged and replugged the flex >cable that connects to the LCD board, but I'm not going to mess with it >any further on my own. > >John, I do wonder if e-Ink would be a good replacement. It doesn't have >to be high DPI, and the next generation should be plenty fast for the >Model T's purposes if the current generation isn't yet. >I bought a new e-reader recently, and I love the screen. It looks great >in any lighting, and uses very little power because it only uses >electricity to change a pixel's on/off state. >