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Trash-80

Trash-80 noun: a TRS-80 microcomputer.

Noun

Trash-80 (plural Trash-80s)

  1. (derogatory, slang) A TRS-80 microcomputer.
    • Radio Shack's "schlocky" image begins not with the name or the advertising or the "Trash-80" computers but at the store. I recently went to get some replacement pens for my TRS-80 PC-2 printer. The clerk asked, "What's a PC-2?" and "Why does it need pens?" With help like that, who needs competition?1984, InfoWorld, volume 6, number 37, page 6
    • It seems that the developers and users were much more attached to their beloved Trash-80s than anyone at Tandy.2007, Theresa M. Welsh, David Welsh, Priming the Pump: How TRS-80 Enthusiasts Helped Spark the PC Revolution

Forms of Trash-80

pluralTrash-80s

Questions about Trash-80

What does Trash-80 mean?
Trash-80 means a TRS-80 microcomputer.
What part of speech is Trash-80?
Trash-80 is a noun.
What is the plural of Trash-80?
The plural of Trash-80 is Trash-80s.

Words near Trash-80 in the dictionary

  1. trash talks
  2. trash television
  3. trash truck
  4. trash trucks
  5. trash TV
  6. Trash-80
  7. Trash-80s
  8. trash-bin
  9. trash-binned
  10. trash-binning
  11. trash-bins

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