3 ms·It does go back to the compaq days when they clean room cloned the IBM PC.by sjg007 6y agoIt does go back to the compaq days when they clean room cloned the IBM PC.lytedev 6y agoThis reminds me of the TV show Halt and Catch Fire, which kind of portrays something similar!sjg007 6y agoThat show is a dramatization of that period in compaqs history.