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Retr0bright en · NOUN

Etymology

From retro- + bright with 0 for o as in leetspeak. See retrocomputing.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A chemical mixture, mainly hydrogen peroxide, used to remove yellowing from ABS plastic computer and electronics cases.
   • If you want to try this method, you can find Retr0bright recipes and instructions online. 2020, Greg Farrell, Game Boy Modding: A Beginner's Guide to Game Boy Mods, Collecting, History, and More!, page 51:
   • retr0bright works well but the plastic does indeed need to be ABS. 2012 March 9, JC, “Re: Cleaning my routed STTNG - how to restore the ships?”, in rec.games.pinball (Usenet):
   • Keep me busy this weekend! In between blowing power supplies and running all my cases through a bath of retr0bright! Hah! 2009 April 15, capknight, “Re: Apple Power Supply Questions”, in comp.sys.apple2 (Usenet):

Retr0bright en · VERB

Etymology

From retro- + bright with 0 for o as in leetspeak. See retrocomputing.

Meanings

1. To remove yellowing from ABS plastic computer or electronics cases via this method.
   • This IIc is cleaning up really nice. Going to Retrobright it soon! 2017 June 28, cb meeks, “Re: Yet another IIc in my collection”, in comp.sys.apple2 (Usenet):
   • These are four different machines I've been restoring over time (cleaning, retrobrighting all the cases, new capacitors on cards and motherboards […] 2009 October 13, atfphot...@gmail.com, “Re: What's in your Apple?”, in comp.sys.apple2 (Usenet):
   • Do you need to retrobright your machine if it has some yellowing? 2021, Jamie Lendino, Faster Than Light: The Atari ST and the 16-Bit Revolution, page 270:

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