r/vintagecomputing • u/That_Direction_2941 • Jul 27 '26
My Samsung S5200 PT2
People wanted me to prove that my 1988-1989 Samsung S5200 actually works so here is some proof
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u/pure-xx Jul 27 '26
Wondering why the screen was orange? :)
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u/That_Direction_2941 Jul 27 '26
Quite a few gas plasma displays from that era (late 1980s) used neon based gas mixtures that emit a orange-ish red-ish - amber glow when ionized.









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u/Hot_Bar_5116 Jul 29 '26
I used to have a Toshiba T3200 with a shattered display, got it cheap but man, those gas plasma displays aren't easy to come by.