Trash-80
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An early home computer made by RadioShack in the late 1970s
- noun
- Archaic
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Trash-80
- Many programmers got their start coding on a Trash-80 in the 1980s.
Examples
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His attic still has a working Trash-80 next to a stack of floppy disks.
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The Trash-80 was revolutionary for its time.
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Despite its nickname, the Trash-80 was groundbreaking for home computing at the time.
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Many enthusiasts still collect Trash-80s today.
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Many programmers got their start coding on a Trash-80 in the 1980s.
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His attic still has a working Trash-80 next to a stack of floppy disks.
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Despite its nickname, the Trash-80 was groundbreaking for home computing at the time.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Trash-80 is a joking name for the old computer model TRS-80 sold by RadioShack in the late 1970s. People turned the letters TRS into the word 'trash' (meaning 'rubbish') as a tease, so Trash-80 became a familiar, slightly rude way to talk about that early home computer.
