Silicon Cowboys (2016)

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Genres & Description

Documentary History

6.8 / 10

Three friends dream up the Compaq portable computer at a Texas diner in 1981, and soon find themselves battling mighty IBM for PC supremacy. Their improbable journey altered the future of computing and shaped the world we now know.

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Zyriab

Can build a computer but can't safely pass on a pair of scissors... damn. - @Thursday, August 2, 2018 5:05 PM

CH67guy1

I took the original Compaq portable to college with me in August 1985. I mostly ran WordPerfect using function keys. After several years I passed it on to a friend of mine and he used it into the mid 1990s. He returned it to me when it finally failed to boot up. And of course I still have the computer today, but just as a conversation piece. Virtually bulletproof and extremely dependable machine. And heavy, too! - @Sunday, March 25, 2018 4:41 PM

Cyber Cat

I Kept on hearing Compaq when they said compact... Oh wait, they're dead now. - @Wednesday, May 24, 2017 6:51 PM

Alexej Savčin

What is name of the music on the beginning of video? Does anybody know? - @Sunday, April 30, 2017 2:17 PM

JonnyNice

Lol, these guys are actually taking credit for the iPhone... - @Thursday, April 20, 2017 11:24 AM

Dshim

glad to see non-apple related technology documentary looks interesting - @Wednesday, October 12, 2016 3:57 AM

Darwin Rada

And not... Not is a documentary of apple computer. - @Wednesday, October 5, 2016 12:27 AM

SAVEMARTHA

u can't get to Samsung without Apple ... - @Friday, September 23, 2016 9:18 AM

William Kimley

Looks like an Osborne to me. - @Saturday, September 17, 2016 12:29 AM

Captain S

Is this what AMC's halt and catch fire is based of? - @Tuesday, August 30, 2016 9:34 AM

LGR

Officially can't wait for this. - @Tuesday, August 30, 2016 7:30 AM

echolot

artists lead and hacks ask for a show of hands. - @Tuesday, August 30, 2016 5:45 AM

Jay Sheth

Waiting if the film includes the the HP-Compaq acquisition disaster! - @Tuesday, August 30, 2016 1:23 AM

Boy Aditya

need to watch this - @Tuesday, August 30, 2016 12:33 AM

Michael Moceri

Is halt and catch fire based on this - @Monday, August 29, 2016 11:30 PM

Tama Neko

This looks pretty interesting. - @Monday, August 29, 2016 11:01 PM