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I'm not sure the OP meant it as negatively as it seems. The "trash 80" seems to be a common enough nickname for these that even I knew it, never having even se
by FullyFunctional 4y ago
I'm not sure the OP meant it as negatively as it seems. The "trash 80" seems to be a common enough nickname for these that even I knew it, never having even seen one until recently.
Adrian's Digital Basement has featured lot of videos on restoration of many TRS-80 versions. Seemed like a nice machine for its time.
- mkovach 4y agoYep, TRS = Trash. It was a nickname. They are pretty good computers. I still use my TRS Model 102 (portable computer, includes basic and a few decent apps). Tandy Radio Shack (TRS) make some decent computers. My first IBM compatible PC was a Tandy 1000. Used that through-out college. Good stuff that got stuck with a bad nickname.
- gp2000 4y agoIt really was a term of derision. Sure, some may have used it affectionately and even more might do so now, but by and large it wasn't used in kindness. To cite a reference, the first issue of "80 Microcomputing", a magazine dedicated to the TRS-80 line of computers. See the second paragraph of Wayne Green's editorial "80 Remarks" on page 8: https://archive.org/details/80-microcomputing-magazine-1980-01/page/n7/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/80-microcomputing-magazine-1980-...
- mkovach 4y agoWe'll agree to disagree then, but remember nothing is set in stone. That is an article from 1980. I spent 10 years working at Radio Shack, and the TRS was typically referred to as 'trash' but more people I spoke with. Of course then, plenty of people working for the company could have been opening trashing it in front of corporate.