bitty box

abuse (Or "calculator") /bit'ee boks/ A computer

sufficiently small, primitive, or incapable as to cause a

hacker acute claustrophobia at the thought of developing

software on or for it. The term is especially used of small,

obsolescent, single-tasking-only personal computers such

as the Atari 800, Osborne, Sinclair, VIC-20, TRS-80

or IBM PC, but the term is a general pejorative opposite of

"real computer" (see Get a real computer!).

See also mess-dos, toaster, toy.

(1994-11-29)