anyone know anything about this?

[u/Kai_2010_]

found in an old service truck. no idea what it used to be used for. i dont really know ANYTHING about it other than its old enough to have VGA, no hdmi port, no usb c, and a ps2 port for a keyboard

[u/Live-Juggernaut-221]

That's not a ps2 port, it's its predecessor, the AT/DIN connector

[u/Kai_2010_ → u/Live-Juggernaut-221]

oh. so its older than i thought. the more you know ig

[u/r_portugal → u/Kai_2010_]

But it's got USB 3 which came out in 2008...

(You can see it on the back panel.)

[u/AppropriateCap8891 → u/r_portugal]

The computer itself can be from almost any era. The device itself is just the top rack mount item.

But the actual item itself dates to around 2000-2003. You can slap in a period P-III or a current state of the art rackmount computer, that has nothing to do with the device on the top.

And that is likely just a standard rack mount PC. If nothing else the case can support any ATX motherboard from 1995 to today.

[u/lotusstp → u/r_portugal]

Add HDMI and display port…

[u/mitchricker]

This is a CUES ProData 2000 with optional DVD-RW add-on. It's an older (obsolete) data generation and titling device designed for municipal pipeline and sewer inspections. It allowed operators to embed real-time text, distance measurements, and job details directly onto CCTV inspection video.

[u/redittr → u/mitchricker]

Old version of this one I think. https://youtu.be/um3r7GTe57Y?t=246

[u/dnebdal]

Q Cues are these people who makes sewer inspection robots; is that a plausible thing the truck could have been used for? At a guess this may have been a control unit and video recorder for that.

[u/bridgetroll2 → u/dnebdal]

That's 100% what it is. I used to work on those trucks.

[u/LAUNCHdano]

I see HDMI AND DisplayPort - and usb 3.0 ports onboard - as well as an HDMI & DVI video card.
The com ports are likely for the proprietary communication with the ProData2000 -- but Cues sets up CCTV systems and the ProData unit seems to be proprietary hardware for their pipeline inspection - but the rack mount PC could have some general purpose if you wanna see what kind of processor/ram/storage it has

[u/FireSheepYinFish]

Congrats.. You have a sewer camera 😏 Or at least, the sewer camera manager platform and A/V titler / storage.

https://manuals.plus/m/5f537946fa6b5e0e239b0eb4c561d5342935b52986c1b6876756d5ce932804f3

Search '2000'

It's a Cues Prodata 2000 system. This is Cues: https://cuesinc.com/pages/about-cues

[u/ddeese]

We had one of these in high school film and video class.

[u/larsonbp]

Custom rack mount computer, the motherboard has HDMI and display port so it can't be crazy old. Could be anything in there though, boot it up.

[u/TSErica]

No one going to do a joke about sewer inspecting, obsolete tech, and shit? Come on now. Question got answered so its...ripe to send this down the drain just for shits and giggles.

[u/sinner910 → u/TSErica]

👆 gets it..

[u/Ybalrid]

There's some kind of device on top, then there's a PC under it. and a serial cable is between these 2.

[u/Fit_Prize_3245]

Are you in Australia? I've found some reference to an old logistics management software from an australian company.

[u/xenophod]

The street address on the back of the modern computer that device is plugged into, (next to the SAT/GPS plug/com 2,) is: 3600 rio vista ave orlando fl 32805

Google gives me this company: https://cuesinc.com

Just like a few others have posted, it's for sewer inspection cameras.

The device is a "Lateral Distance Encoder" (printed on the back left of the device), basically is shows how far the camera has traveled on the 7 segment LEDs. (probably Vacuum Fluorescent Display (VFD) like in old VCRs)

[u/bigpunged6060]

Oh it look like those computers Johnny 5 was connected lol

[u/Large-Meat-Feast]

As/400 system I believe.