News Toshiba stuffs an entire PC into a dot matrix printer — Toshiba Jimucon SJ-9500 packs a mysterious CPU, 8GB RAM, and two 240GB SSDs

[Admin]

Toshiba Japan releases its latest business-targeted AIO printer PC, the Toshiba Jimucon SJ-9500.

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[bit_user]

Reminds me of the old school word processors, from the 1980's. They were something of a hybrid between an electric typewriter and a PC, often featuring a small screen you could use for editing, before actually printing it out.

Word processor (electronic device) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I never used one, thankfully.

 

[millermatic]

And then there's the Wang WLTC from 1985. An actual PC with a printer. Which came in at 29lbs - including the optional drive:

https://www.wangmuseum.nl/other-wang-equipment/

 

[Findecanor]

I expect that this type of device is most often found in warehouses, delivery terminals, and the like, used for producing delivery notices, invoices and whatnot.

 

[SHaines]

Reminds me of the old school word processors, from the 1980's. They were something of a hybrid between an electric typewriter and a PC, often featuring a small screen you could use for editing, before actually printing it out.

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I never used one, thankfully.

There's a decent chance I owned that model. I was a writer in my younger days and used to type away at that thing at all hours in my flophouse rented room with the bathroom down the hall. Good times.