Toshiba stuffs an entire PC into a dot matrix printer – Toshiba Jimucon SJ-9500

The Commodore 1541 and related drives use the same 6502 CPU as the C64, VIC-20, and other computers they connect to. It is possible to, for example, run a disk duplicator program on a Commodore computer connected to two drives, which executes code on both drives so that they can be disconnected from the computer but continue to copy disks from one to another.

dot matrix printers use impact printing - it physically strikes the paper to push an inky ribbon against the paper, like an old school typewriter ribbon.

for areas where carbon copies are required a laser or inkjet printer won't replace a dot matrix printer because they can't activate the carbon layer by physically touching it - you'd have print the form again and sign each one, or something similar.

It’s like a Toughbook. People who have bought them for 49 years want nothing else. It’s a brand with a brand.

Factories, warehouses and so on. It really doesn't seem unreasonable machine for use in industrial uses that still want paper printouts. Also raid-1 might be option for SSDs so it is also reliable.

With USFF machines being a few hundred dollars, or roughly the same cost as any other machine from dell, hp, lenovo...

I'm shocked they bothered.

I'd be less shocked if its just an old design with an off the shelf SBC stuffed inside the case.

~> Got an old dot matrix printer, gutted^W it^W and put in a modern PC into it

attached a keyboard and run ed like it's '73 again?

the article states an annual sales target of 1000 units. this will be running custom apps for niche use cases, not windows and excel.

Same here it's because of the way the subject is written. The emphatic word "entire" suggests that it is impressive to be able to stuff a PC into that form factor, which it has not been for at least two decades. Before clicking on it I was like, surely this is some retro material, not current?