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ellicottvilleny@reddit

Go Kit for a field service technician of some kind.

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WingedGundark@reddit

My guess is this is a mobile engineering workstation used to configure and diagnose equipment on remote sites, such as electric substations, telecom facilities or other industrial automation systems.

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I worked in IT for banks in this era. A huge request from them was a ‘mobile’ solution for loan officers so that they could meet with mortgage customers at their home, get documents printed, signed, and faxed back to HQ.

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wootybooty@reddit

I work in Medical IT, and while I’ve never seen anything quite like this in the field, I have sent users out to mobile events using a very similar compact Printer and a ScanShell 800DX for ID scanning. That scanner looks like the old ass ScanShells we STILL use..

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Morkoth-Toronto-CA@reddit

I always the same request from real estate brokers.

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gbarnas@reddit

Why does it have a scanner? I've used gear like this but never had a scanner.

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therocketsalad@reddit

For scanning

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TheDeadestCow@reddit

An elegant weapon from a more civilized age.

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ganaraska@reddit

Some sort of kit for working at a location where everything gets shipped in. That it's a Gateway says not government ran. Maybe for doing tax returns at the mall or something like that?

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kompzec@reddit

That is a solid find. Gateway laptop, mobile printer, and mobile scanner … That was a pretty penny back then… Based on the case labeling its seems like a mobile office. There doesn’t seem to have any ruggedized modification needed say by someone in construction. So it probably was used by a salesperson of some kind. Hope you did NOT leave it wherever what is !!! Besides the gear being in excellent shape, albeit dirty, there is a solid story there worth investigating.

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garci66@reddit

Reminds me heavily of the kits they would provide to some airlines agents that would ask you if you had packed your bags yourself, etc before even getting to checkin. At least back home (Argentina) it was always the case and it was lost commonly a US employee (not local staff). And had a kit like this yo look up your reservation data, etc before even letting you queue up for the actual check-in. Never managed to see what was on the screen. But I vividly remember the computer in a suitcase scenario. Talking early 2000s here.

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garth54@reddit

The Football.

And you should keep it far away from DC.

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starcube@reddit

Why would it need a printer and a scanner?

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xXZer0c0oLXx@reddit

OMG!!! First thing I thought 💀

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starcube@reddit

What do you think it is?

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thetacticalpanda@reddit

Some kind of 'puter

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starcube@reddit

Is that the new fancy electric abacus I keep hearin' about?

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RadishAggravating491@reddit

Gateway Solo Color! I built those back in the day at North Sioux City in a metal shed. True Story :-) That looks like a Insurance adjuster's setup. Scanner and printer with a battery in a case. Pretty cool setup.

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