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ditto. Its starts off with a young ex-IBM executive trying to build the first IBM compatible machine and everything that goes with launching the new product. La
by devmunchies 8y ago
ditto. Its starts off with a young ex-IBM executive trying to build the first IBM compatible machine and everything that goes with launching the new product.
Later seasons go into things like server farms, early gaming, and social networking.
really underrated show.
- ticmasta 8y agoI really like the historical/tech story lines but the soap-opera interpersonal relationships wrecked it for me. The whole "broken imperfection" thing often goes to far and really detracts from the story.
- marshray 8y agoYou might like this documentary on the origins of National Semiconductor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCbRZGDV-ws https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCbRZGDV-ws
- jjeaff 8y agoI agree. It feels like it's trying to be a film festival movie about a tumultuous relationship and "complicated" hero/heroine that just has the beginning of the personal computer age as a backdrop.
- orarbel1 8y agoBased on the founding of Compaq
- marshray 8y agoIt also draws from the book 'Soul of a New Machine' about Data General's a few years before Compaq. The 'adventure addiction' scene, for example.