On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 11:44 AM, Geoffrey Oltmans via cctalk < [email protected]> wrote:
> I felt like Cardiff also had a resemblance to Tandy/Radio Shack as well, > since they were in the electronics business before getting into computers. > I thought this as well, with the appearance of an old Cardiff radio in one of the last episodes, and the mention of ham or shortwave radios early on. But the reverse engineering of the PC seemed like a direct reference to Compaq. Maybe Cardiff was a portmanteau of Compaq and Tandy, both having strong Texas roots. -Ed-
