So I've got this fun luggable that I picked up this weekend.
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They found low-profile RAM, because otherwise it'd run into the PSU
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Their LVDS cables were too long (A problem NO ONE HAS EVER HAD BEFORE) so they just bundled them over here
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yomimono, still on earthreplied to Foone🏳️⚧️ last edited by
@foone i’m sorry, is that heatsink just a bunch of headless screws forced into a hunk of copper? autocorrect thought I meant “heartsick”, which is appropriate
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okay, the (broken) display is an LG LP171WU5.
That's a 17.1"(43cm) laptop display, 1920x1200, LED backlight.
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@foone I'm reasonably sure that's an old Swiftech MCX478-V cooler, lol
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The bottom of the device says it came with Windows 7 Pro Embedded, and it was manufactured in March of 2012
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@Lapsus I think you're right!
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@yomimono yes!
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And let's get back to what this thing is:
It's a FleXtreme NextDimension, that's what!
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That's these people:
https://solutions.nextcomputing.com/Apparently they started as Sun workstation supplier for government and military customers, and later started doing high-performance luggables for a variety of markets, including video production. Thus, this thing.
I can't find this model on their site, but they did a lot of custom things (and this thing is 12 years old: they might have just deleted it from their site ) -
@vga256 nah, that's a little too new
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hard drive is not dead! but annoyingly it's bigger than the spare hard drive I have in my imaging machine, so I can't just copy everything over
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okay so I rapidly found out some info.
This thing does have data on the hard drive. This used to be used by a church in the bay area, and it's one that boasts on their website that they livestream their services.
I bet up until relatively recently they were using this machine to do that
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@foone This felt like a weird livestream capture system.
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relatively recently means "up until march 2020", judging by file dates.
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I have their OBS config. I could make PIRATE CHURCH SERMONS!
especially if they didn't rotate their stream key between now and 2020
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uh. I think this thing might have been donated from someone who worked at NetApp, and didn't clear the hard drive.
There's some files from 2016 that are Net App All Hands presentations.
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NetApp Confidential - Restricted Use
YEAH ABOUT THAT: MAYBE DON'T LEAVE IT ON A HARD DRIVE IN THE GARBAGE
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fun fact about this:
in 2016 I was working for Pure Storage, one of NetApp's direct competitors
