Museum Report

[Peter Cetinski]

Some of us in the TRS-80 community refer to it as the “T” word.  When said with an underlying affection and respect, it’s all good.  It’s a way of “owning/“ the term.  However, when said with derision or out of ignorance, its offensive.

> On Aug 18, 2018, at 9:28 PM, Tony Bogan <thebogans at mac.com> wrote:
> 
> I've been guilty of that many times in my life as my friends and I often referred to them as Trash 80s. We had them in high school in our computer lab and were not happy (tape drives) 
> 
> It's a habit I've tried to break since I became involved with VCF, so when I hear people say that at the museum I smile and say "I've heard that name before...." and then Segway into my "1977 triad of personal computing" and talk about the Apple II, PET and TRS 80 and how important those three machines were etc etc. 
> 
> Tony
> 
> (Recovering TRS 80 basher)
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Aug 18, 2018, at 7:28 PM, Peter Cetinski <pete at pski.net> wrote:
>> 
>> My son Alex and I were at the museum today.  The first couple of hours were quiet but then things picked up.  We had 4 or 5 families come through all with mild interest.  One guy was a dead ringer for Denzel Washington but I didn’t ask. Another laughingly referred to the TRS-80 as a Trash-80 and I held my tounge and did not respond.
>> 
>> Pete
>> 
>> Pete