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Category: Gas Plasma Displays

Upgrading & Tweaking the Toshiba T6400 Laptop

February 8, 2025February 9, 2025
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Gas Plasma Displays, Toshiba T6400

It’s been a while since my last post – I had been really busy with work and other things in my life, but recently have found some time to get back into retro tinkering. The T6400 still sits on my

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Toshiba T6400 – The Last (& Best) Gas Plasma Portable

December 31, 2022August 27, 2024
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Gas Plasma Displays, Toshiba T6400

If you like the IBM P75, you will love the Toshiba T6400 – one of the last portable computers to be offered with a gas-plasma display, which was becoming obsolete when the computer went on sale on sale in 1992.

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Repairing Gas Plasma Displays

March 1, 2022March 1, 2022
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Gas Plasma Displays

This is going to be a short post to try and help those who have faulty displays to attempt a repair.  However, the usual disclaimer applies: WARNING, HIGH VOLTAGE – Plasma displays operate at voltages around 100 – 300 volts

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The Chronicles of Gas-Plasma

October 20, 2020March 1, 2022
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Gas Plasma Displays

Ah, gas-plasma, one of the oldest and most fascinating flat-panel display technologies. For many, the warm amber glow was welcoming for strained eyes and was a reminder that you were using a premium computer, back in the ’80s and ’90s.

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  • Upgrading & Tweaking the Toshiba T6400 Laptop
  • Toshiba T6400 – The Last (& Best) Gas Plasma Portable
  • Repairing Gas Plasma Displays

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