[Coco] CoCo Discrimination

[Jeff Whitehall]

Huh. I usually get complements on mine. Even when I wore it into the Apple
Store a couple of weeks ago...

On Wed, Jul 17, 2019, 7:02 PM rietveld rietveld <rietveldh at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> I always referred to it as 'Radio Scrap'.   When I was young I thought
> they mis‎spelled it when they wrote 'Shack'.   :)
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
>   Original Message
> From: EDDY SZCZERBINSKI
> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2019 8:00 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Reply To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] CoCo Discrimination
>
>
> I heard more the "Radio Scrap" comment than the "Trash 80" in my part of
> the world.
> But it never bothered me - talk about it good, talk about it bad, but talk
> about it is good !
>
>
> ________________________________
> De : Coco <coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com> de la part de Charles Allison
> via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Envoyé : mercredi 17 juillet 2019 18:47
> À : CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Cc : Charles Allison
> Objet : Re: [Coco] CoCo Discrimination
>
> It is the computer I learned on from the beginning. TRS-80 model 1,3,4 and
> coco 1,2,3. had one the first time from 1986 through 1995. Then recently
> bought a new to me COCO2 and love it still. Trash to treasure is right!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jul 17, 2019, at 17:43, Salvador Garcia via Coco <
> coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
> >
> > Yeah, I recall that nickname back in '78(ish). I never liked it. So, the
> TRS-80 wan't a super computer. It was still a feat on engineering to bring
> computing to people who couldn't pay $2000 for a computer. Apples in that
> day weren't much better or much worse. Salvador
> >    On Wednesday, July 17, 2019, 04:58:28 PM CDT, Charles Allison via
> Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
> >
> > I loved my CoCo and still do but that was the nickname at my High School
> when I was a kid.
> >
> > Chuck Allison
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On Jul 17, 2019, at 16:46, Deny Wilson <deny.wilson at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> 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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