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If you have never heared of microslate. No worries !

its an old laptop and tablet company (around 2001-2006 I think) that made old rugged laptops. for police cars, and anyone who had 5000$ USD in their pocket.
and I happen to own one.
I have no idea if it works, I don't have a battery, nor a 19v 2.3A   4pin psu for it.
serial number : 3000P-015374
I got it in montreal, so perhaps it was used in the SPVM (montreal's police departement)  and I know this model was made in canada

I tried to find some info but its kind of hard to find. there are some on the internet archive but its mostly about the 3rd revision of the model.
this is my plan : perhaps find some help to get it working (battery and psu supplier nearby)
or maybe send it over to LGR or EEV Blog.


I wanted to share this here, as I cannot find much info on the laptop, and there appears to be a single other one, on ebay for parts.
THATS IT. nothing else anywhere !

 

anyone can find any info on this ? I mean. I can't find another laptop like it for sale anywhere. and there might be some kind of cool old info in this. and I want to make it work !

 

some info : http://ruggedpcreview.com/3_notebooks_microslate_msl3000.html
here are some pictures  : 

 

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Just now, beach_boy98 said:

You got a banana for scale?

no, we had one yesterday, so the kiwi will have to do

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Just now, givingtnt said:

no, we had one yesterday, so the kiwi will have to do

Doesn't really help with the length. :P

 

 

 

 

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Just now, beach_boy98 said:

Doesn't really help with the length. :P

 the screen is toutch, 10.4"

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I Got in !

 

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53 minutes ago, givingtnt said:

If you have never heared of microslate. No worries !

its an old laptop and tablet company (around 2001-2006 I think) that made old rugged laptops. for police cars, and anyone who had 5000$ USD in their pocket.
and I happen to own one.
I have no idea if it works, I don't have a battery, nor a 19v 2.3A   4pin psu for it.
serial number : 3000P-015374
I got it in montreal, so perhaps it was used in the SPVM (montreal's police departement)  and I know this model was made in canada

I tried to find some info but its kind of hard to find. there are some on the internet archive but its mostly about the 3rd revision of the model.
this is my plan : perhaps find some help to get it working (battery and psu supplier nearby)
or maybe send it over to LGR or EEV Blog.


I wanted to share this here, as I cannot find much info on the laptop, and there appears to be a single other one, on ebay for parts.
THATS IT. nothing else anywhere !

 

anyone can find any info on this ? I mean. I can't find another laptop like it for sale anywhere. and there might be some kind of cool old info in this. and I want to make it work !

 

some info : http://ruggedpcreview.com/3_notebooks_microslate_msl3000.html
here are some pictures  : 

 

 

If the company doesn't exist anymore then the only place to find more info on it would be the person who you got it from, but the adaptors are all proprietary ones that plug into the car to supply power.

 

The 4 pin plug looks like the one under the "snap and lock connectors tab" here 

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_connector

 

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3 hours ago, SLAYR said:

If the company doesn't exist anymore then the only place to find more info on it would be the person who you got it from, but the adaptors are all proprietary ones that plug into the car to supply power.

 

The 4 pin plug looks like the one under the "snap and lock connectors tab" here 

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_connector

the person I got it from had no idea what it was.

 

perhaps I can try to find info on the company's founder. and perhaps he will talk to me xD

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Only company that still make something like that, is the Panasonic Toughbook.

http://business.panasonic.com/toughbook/laptop-computers.html

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3 hours ago, NumLock21 said:

Only company that still make something like that, is the Panasonic Toughbook.

http://business.panasonic.com/toughbook/laptop-computers.html

and even then you need to be a conpaby for bulk buys. no retail

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I like the way the keyboard looks.

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4 hours ago, exercutor5 said:

I like the way the keyboard looks.

it feels terrible xD

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4 hours ago, aajjeee said:

Tell me about that hard drive, is there anything on it?

idk yet. I want to try and power it on first, then I will risk removing it (idk if it has any kind of protection so who knows)

 

I emailed the cofounder /  patent designer of microslate

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On 2016/4/15 at 11:20 AM, givingtnt said:

idk yet. I want to try and power it on first, then I will risk removing it (idk if it has any kind of protection so who knows)

 

I emailed the cofounder /  patent designer of microslate

Hi,givingtnt 
is there new infomation? I also got one and no battery too:$

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4 hours ago, recoldcut said:

Hi,givingtnt 
is there new infomation? I also got one and no battery too:$

lol old thread, I made one recently (im on my phone give me a few minutes for the link..

 

and in the end, I coudn't get it ti boot up still, but I have acess to the files. and I got dissapointed to see that its mostly family photos and shareware things.

 

google for microslate 3000p harddrive edition to find the other thread

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12 hours ago, givingtnt said:

lol old thread, I made one recently (im on my phone give me a few minutes for the link..

 

and in the end, I coudn't get it ti boot up still, but I have acess to the files. and I got dissapointed to see that its mostly family photos and shareware things.

 

google for microslate 3000p harddrive edition to find the other thread

plug 19v on that 4pin connctor, and still can't boot up? Bad news...:(, Okay, I will see is there something different on mine...

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I havn't tried yet, it can't boot the hdd off my newer hardware.

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7 minutes ago, givingtnt said:

I havn't tried yet, it can't boot the hdd off my newer hardware.

oh, I see. I'm going to find a 4pin plug, thanks for your info!;)

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unlucky! my microslate didnot have a hdd and memory!!!!>:(>:(>:(

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5 hours ago, recoldcut said:

unlucky! my microslate didnot have a hdd and memory!!!!>:(>:(>:(

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nor a cpu aparently

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7 minutes ago, givingtnt said:

nor a cpu aparently

have cpu, Pentium M 715:(, when I remove the top part, cpu was sticked to the radiator....xD

no hdd, maybe cannot find device driver of many special functions on this laptop forever  :(:(:(

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On 20/08/2016 at 6:21 AM, recoldcut said:

unlucky! my microslate didnot have a hdd and memory!!!!>:(>:(>:(

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Do you have a charging cable for it ?

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