[Coco] CoCo Discrimination

[Deny Wilson]

You mean Apple elitism didn't start with the Mac?

On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 3:41 PM Mark Anderson <rammdesign at msn.com> wrote:

> I have to say I'm shocked at the level of discrimination I receive when I
> wear my TRS-80 color computer Radio Shack black T-shirt in public, most
> notable, in bookstores.
>
> In the past six months, at two different bookstores, I've had an older
> couple and an older gentlemen both scoff and say "Trash 80" out loud at me
> with a smirk on two separate occasions.
>
> The first time, I let it go, but this last time I said "Don't say that
> sir.". He confronted me and said he had an Apple back in the day. I told
> him I was published in the Rainbow magazine at age 10 and he asked me if I
> still had a TRS-80. I said I had several.
>
> Just wanted to know if anyone else here has had similar stories....
>
> Mark
>
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