On Sun, Jun 14, 2026, 3:34 PM Robert Armstrong via cctalk < [email protected]> wrote:
> Darn - my beloved Planar ELT320 terminal has died. I was just sitting > there using it and suddenly the screen went blank. The keyboard still > works > and the power LED lights, so not a simply power supply failure. > > Does anybody have a schematic or service manual for these guys? It's one > of my favorite terminals - not only does it have a beautiful orange/amber > EL > display, but it's also way smaller and lighter than any VTxxx terminal of > the era. > > > > Thanks > > Bob > I also have an ELT320 that failed with a completely dead screen quite a while ago. I haven't done anything to troubleshoot it yet. My wild guess without anything to back it up is that maybe a high voltage inverter board for driving the display died. Maybe I'm lucky and it's just bad capacitors. I need to open it up again and take another look. >
