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From: dpz@athos.rutgers.edu (David P. Zimmerman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: A Matter Of Taste
Message-ID: <485@athos.rutgers.edu>
Date: 21 Dec 87 21:02:29 GMT
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In article <1250@vu-vlsi.UUCP> cbmvax!uunet!mcvax!POMONA.bitnet!7GMADISO@vu-vlsi.UUCP writes:

> A point of order: It is considered to be in extremely poor taste to
> use the term 'Trash-80' or 'TrashDOS'.

By you, perhaps.  Not by me.  What's the big deal?  I've had 6-7
TRS-80 computers over the last 5 years, and the terms TRaSh-80 and
TRaShDOS have never bothered me.  It's almost become a term of
endearment, if not nostalgia.  It's like someone laughing at a
Countach :-).

						dpz
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