Hey, any industrial controller collectors out there? I didn't think so.
I just picked up an exceedingly cool 486 box from around 1993 with a
touch-screen LCD and ethernet. The entire machine is about the size of an
Amiga box, but it's in a black hermetically sealed magnesium case. It's
running QNX 4.11, and root didn't have a password (woohoo!). The Li
battery was starting to ooze corrosive juices onto the CPU, but other than
that, it's in primo shape.
I have some stupid questions:
Was there a GUI for this version of QNX? I can't find one, nor anything
that exploits the touch screen on this box.
There are three fans inside the box, but it's sealed. I always thought
that fans worked by exchanging hot air for cooler air. What good are
fans inside a sealed box?
Long shot: the display blanks after a few minutes, and hitting a key (it
has a keyboard port) or touching the screen doesn't unblank it. Any
guesses on how to wake it back up (BTW, there's no power switch on this
thing -- it wants to be on *all* the time).
-- Doug