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
EDIT: correction: they milled this piece of plastic.
okay apparently it's not just a serial port, it's a serial port operating this... whatever this is.
it's an RF module that sends X10 module commands. so this could turn lights on and off? huh
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.
I gave it some juice and it boots!
to XP, which is weird. it has a windows 7 serial on it.
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.
Got it open. Surprisingly clean inside! The outside was filthy, I heavily cleaned it prior to taking pics.
It had three network cards inside it.
Wifi, Bluetooth, and 56k modem.
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!
