14 Jun
2026
14 Jun
'26
3:55 p.m.
On Sun, Jun 14, 2026, 3:34 PM Robert Armstrong via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> 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.