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I got a bulky tablet computer from ewaste and it turns out the operators of this tablet created an add-on which involved INJECTION MOLDING a piece to hold a USB serial adapter and USB HUB to the back of the tablet.
so much work and expense for so little results
Foone🏳️⚧️
@manawyrm @whitequark y'all are right!
✧✦✶✷Catherine✷✶✦✧
@foone are those not tool marks from milling in the bottom groove? can i see a close-up?
Manawyrm | Sarah
@whitequark @foone yeah, and that looks a lot like delrin, which would fit to milling.
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okay apparently it's not just a serial port, it's a serial port operating this... whatever this is.
Foone🏳️⚧️
it's an RF module that sends X10 module commands. so this could turn lights on and off? huh
Foone🏳️⚧️
This is the tablet itself. It steals a lot of iBook design language.
It's a TabletKiosk Sahara Slate PC i400. It's a Core 2 Duo, with a 12" screen.
Foone🏳️⚧️
I gave it some juice and it boots!
to XP, which is weird. it has a windows 7 serial on it.
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okay I got it working and figured out what it was used for:
it was designed to control various devices with IR/X10.
I think this was used in some kind of nursing home/hospital, and was designed to be an all-in-one patient control suite.
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The story of Foone B. Turing, in two images.
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Got it open. Surprisingly clean inside! The outside was filthy, I heavily cleaned it prior to taking pics.
Foone🏳️⚧️
It had three network cards inside it.
Wifi, Bluetooth, and 56k modem.
Foone🏳️⚧️
the hard drive was TAPED in? taped AND screwed?
fun thing about the hard drive:
it is mechanical and has NO PADDING! on a tablet! designed to be used by hospital patients who might DROP IT!
Foone🏳️⚧️
BTW that USB drive embedded in the milled-plastic? it's just a backup of all the REACH configs.
possibly because they kept DROPPING THE THING AND FRYING THE DRIVE
John Francis
@foone that's how I want to spend my final days, high on strong opiates, shitting my pants, making the blinds go up and down with a tablet.
Foone🏳️⚧️
@johnefrancis why wait?
Foone🏳️⚧️
@forgifuzzbutt that'd make sense!
Porgles
@foone My guess is it was prolly wall mounted or on a pedestal as a kiosk of sorts.
Those thread inserts look like it’s about the right size for a VESA pattern.
We have a similar mount for standalone iPad kiosks at work.
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so @forgifuzzbutt pointed out the holes in the milled plastic look like they might be VESA, so this was probably mounted on a wall or on an arm
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@sarayalth sadly not. but I'll see if I can install touhou on it
nya~ :nyan:
Foone🏳️⚧️
@lispi314 I don't think so
LisPi
Foone🏳️⚧️
I put it back together and put in the battery to try and charge it, but my one barrel jack adapter that matched the connector started, uh... melting.
ajn142
@foone why do I assume your middle name is Bee, like that one episode of the Simpsons where Homer found out that J. was short for Jay?
Foone🏳️⚧️
@ajn142 heh.
Nah, my middle name goes the other way: it stands for "Benoit B. Mandelbrot"
Foone🏳️⚧️
@ajn142 I explained it here: https://digipres.club/@foone/113007074876251593
ajn142
@foone but what’s the middle initial in your middle name stand for? 😉
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