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it sounds just like the plot to halt and catch fire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halt_and_Catch_Fire_(TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halt_and_Catch_F

it sounds just like the plot to halt and catch fire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halt_and_Catch_Fire_(TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halt_and_Catch_Fire_(TV_series...

wumms 5y ago
You're right: "In the first season of the TV series, Halt and Catch Fire, a fictional drama depicting the birth of the personal computer industry in the 1980s, the pivot of company Cardiff Electric resembles both the history of Corona Data Systems and Compaq." [0] (Corona Data Systems was co-founded by Robert Harp) [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corona_Data_Systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corona_Data_Systems
vimy 5y ago
I really hope Apple will make a folklore.org show in the style of Halt and Catch Fire.
- guerrilla 5y ago
  It's been done though with HCF, why would anyone but superfans want to see the same thing again?
  - Kye 5y ago
    It's not unusual for there to be many fictional treatments of the same history/source material.
    - apetresc 5y ago
      Sure, but when it's the fourth or fifth treatment about the relatively recent founding of a single company that is still dominant in the present day, and that treatment is sponsored by the company in question, it comes off as self-serving.
  - Zelphyr 5y ago
    I'd love to see a dramatization of the making of the Macintosh. I read Revolution In The Valley not too long ago and it's fascinating to read about the personalities of the people who created that machine. I think it would be a nice compliment to Halt and Catch Fire--a Mac version to their PC-Compatible show.
    - vimy 5y ago
      Exactly this. I would love to see the Japanese Sony engineer hiding in the closet from Steve Jobs.
- bitwize 5y ago
  I've been hoping for a Silicon Valley style dramedy series about the early days of open source. My headcasting for this has Donal Logue as Richard Stallman, Nick Offerman as Eric Raymond, and Cory Michael Smith as Linus.

it sounds just like the plot to halt and catch fire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halt_and_Catch_Fire_(TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halt_and_Catch_Fire_(TV_series...

wumms 5y ago

You're right: "In the first season of the TV series, Halt and Catch Fire, a fictional drama depicting the birth of the personal computer industry in the 1980s, the pivot of company Cardiff Electric resembles both the history of Corona Data Systems and Compaq." [0] (Corona Data Systems was co-founded by Robert Harp) [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corona_Data_Systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corona_Data_Systems

vimy 5y ago

I really hope Apple will make a folklore.org show in the style of Halt and Catch Fire.

guerrilla 5y ago
It's been done though with HCF, why would anyone but superfans want to see the same thing again?
- Kye 5y ago
  It's not unusual for there to be many fictional treatments of the same history/source material.
  - apetresc 5y ago
    Sure, but when it's the fourth or fifth treatment about the relatively recent founding of a single company that is still dominant in the present day, and that treatment is sponsored by the company in question, it comes off as self-serving.
- Zelphyr 5y ago
  I'd love to see a dramatization of the making of the Macintosh. I read Revolution In The Valley not too long ago and it's fascinating to read about the personalities of the people who created that machine. I think it would be a nice compliment to Halt and Catch Fire--a Mac version to their PC-Compatible show.
  - vimy 5y ago
    Exactly this. I would love to see the Japanese Sony engineer hiding in the closet from Steve Jobs.
bitwize 5y ago
I've been hoping for a Silicon Valley style dramedy series about the early days of open source. My headcasting for this has Donal Logue as Richard Stallman, Nick Offerman as Eric Raymond, and Cory Michael Smith as Linus.