TOSBAC-1350

This was a small business computer marketed by Toshiba in 1973. It was equipped with a 2.45 megabyte capacity replaceable magnetic disk unit, and a low-noise dot matrix serial printer capable of printing at 72 characters/second (which was high-speed for the time). The target applications included: the central machine in small-scale systems, branch machines in large-scale systems, and terminals for online systems. To realize these applications, the TOSBAC-1350 was equipped with features such as: an intelligent terminal comprised of a keyboard and printer and equipped with functions for tasks like input/output data editing, inline connection capability for connection with numeric keypad terminals installed within 1km, and communication capabilities for connecting a large central electronic computer with remote terminals via communication lines.