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From: wcf@psuhcx (William C. Fenner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: A Matter Of Taste
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Date: 24 Dec 87 02:28:23 GMT
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In article <485@athos.rutgers.edu> dpz@athos.rutgers.edu (David P. Zimmerman) writes:
>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 :-).
Not to me.  I always hated it when people call my computer a Trash-80, and
I still do.  I have never used that term in reference to my equipment, and
never shall. I'm proud of my ol' model I!  It's been running a BBS for the
past 4 years and hasn't had any major troubles.  It's a faithful word processor
and has helped me through countless term papers, etc.  Although I have caved
in and am getting an IBM compatible in the near future, I plan on still using
my TRS-80.  I'm not going to throw it out until it stops working.

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