Re: Halt and Catch Fire (TV series)

2017-10-18 Thread Ed Thierbach via cctalk 
On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 11:44 AM, Geoffrey Oltmans via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> 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-

Re: Halt and Catch Fire (TV series)

2017-10-17 Thread Geoffrey Oltmans via cctalk 
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.

On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 3:24 PM, tom sparks via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

> I have just finished watching [Halt and Catch Fire](
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halt_and_Catch_Fire_(TV_series))
> I've tried to Identify the companies the show represents
>
> early 1980-1985 (Season 1):
>
> * Cardiff Electric = [Compaq](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq)
> Joe MacMillan, Gordon Clark, Cameron Howe
>
> 1985-1989 (Season 2-3):
>
> * Muntiy = [PlayNET](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayNET) / [Quantum
> Link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Link) / [Habitat](
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat_(video_game))
>  Cameron Howe ( founder ), Donna Clark
> * MacMillan = [McAfee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McAfee)
> Joe MacMillan ( founder )
> *  Unknown? = [NSFNET Regional networks](https://en.wikipedia
> .org/wiki/National_Science_Foundation_Network#Regional_networks)
> Joe MacMillan ( founder )
> * Gordon Clark computers = [Dell](https://en.wikipedia.or
> g/wiki/History_of_Dell)
> Gordon Clark ( founder )
>
> 1990 -1995 (Season 4):
>
> * Comet = [Yahoo! Directory?](https://en.wikiped
> ia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_Directory)
> Gordon Clark ( founder ), Joe MacMillan
> * Rover = [AltaVista?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltaVista)
> Donna Clark ( intervestor )
>
>
> Issues I had was:
>
> * Hollywood hacking: [packet sniffer](https://en.wikipedia.
> org/wiki/Packet_analyzer) = bloodhound
> * Amiga computer: poor portrayal, looked like a DOS  computer
>
>

Re: Halt and Catch Fire (TV series)

2017-10-16 Thread Ed via cctalk 


In a message dated 10/16/2017 10:28:38 A.M. US Mountain Standard Tim,  
cctalk@classiccmp.org writes:


>  On Oct 16, 2017, at 2:18 AM, tom sparks via cctalk  
 wrote:
> 
> I have just finished  watching [Halt and Catch  
Fire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halt_and_Catch_Fire_(TV_series))
>  I've tried to Identify the companies the show represents
>  
>  
>  1990 -1995 (Season 4):
>  * Comet =  [Yahoo!  
Directory?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_Directory)
>   Gordon Clark ( founder ), Joe 

Jerry and David’s Guide to the WWW and  Yahoo! were mentioned on the show 
as competitors in one of the final  episodes.=
 
correctyahoo  was  on  the  netscape  tool bar  which Joe  figured 
doomed   comet.
 
Ed#

Re: Halt and Catch Fire (TV series)

2017-10-16 Thread Chris Elmquist via cctalk 
I saw a credit flash by at the end of the final episode with a name I
recognized,

Carl Ledbetter
Technical Consultant

Turns out, it _is_ the Carl LedBetter who headed up ETA for a while,

https://www.forbes.com/sites/cherylsnappconner/2014/05/29/lessons-in-tech-and-business-amcs-new-halt-and-catch-fire/#4d8261652339

http://pelionvp.com/team/carl-ledbetter/

-- 
Chris Elmquist

Re: Halt and Catch Fire (TV series)

2017-10-16 Thread Peter Cetinski via cctalk 

> On Oct 16, 2017, at 2:18 AM, tom sparks via cctalk  
> wrote:
> 
> I have just finished watching [Halt and Catch 
> Fire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halt_and_Catch_Fire_(TV_series))
> I've tried to Identify the companies the show represents
> 
>  
>  1990 -1995 (Season 4):
>  * Comet = [Yahoo! Directory?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_Directory)
>  Gordon Clark ( founder ), Joe 

Jerry and David’s Guide to the WWW and Yahoo! were mentioned on the show as 
competitors in one of the final episodes.

Halt and Catch Fire (TV series)

2017-10-16 Thread tom sparks via cctalk 
I have just finished watching [Halt and Catch 
Fire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halt_and_Catch_Fire_(TV_series))

I've tried to Identify the companies the show represents

 early 1980-1985 (Season 1):
* Cardiff Electric = [Compaq](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq)
 Joe MacMillan, Gordon Clark, Cameron Howe

1985-1989 (Season 2-3):
 * Muntiy = [PlayNET](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayNET) / [Quantum 
Link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Link) / 
[Habitat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat_(video_game))

Cameron Howe ( founder ), Donna Clark
* MacMillan = [McAfee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McAfee)
 Joe MacMillan ( founder )
 *  Unknown? = [NSFNET Regional 
networks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Science_Foundation_Network#Regional_networks)

 Joe MacMillan ( founder )
* Gordon Clark computers = 
[Dell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Dell)

 Gordon Clark ( founder )

 1990 -1995 (Season 4):
 * Comet = [Yahoo! 
Directory?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_Directory)

 Gordon Clark ( founder ), Joe MacMillan
 * Rover = [AltaVista?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltaVista)
Donna Clark ( intervestor )

 Issues I had was:
 * Hollywood hacking: [packet 
sniffer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packet_analyzer) = bloodhound

* Amiga computer: poor portrayal, looked like a DOS  computer

Halt and Catch Fire (TV series)

2017-10-15 Thread tom sparks via cctalk 
I have just finished watching [Halt and Catch 
Fire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halt_and_Catch_Fire_(TV_series))

I've tried to Identify the companies the show represents

early 1980-1985 (Season 1):

* Cardiff Electric = [Compaq](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq)
Joe MacMillan, Gordon Clark, Cameron Howe

1985-1989 (Season 2-3):

* Muntiy = [PlayNET](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayNET) / [Quantum 
Link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Link) / 
[Habitat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat_(video_game))

 Cameron Howe ( founder ), Donna Clark
* MacMillan = [McAfee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McAfee)
Joe MacMillan ( founder )
*  Unknown? = [NSFNET Regional 
networks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Science_Foundation_Network#Regional_networks)

Joe MacMillan ( founder )
* Gordon Clark computers = 
[Dell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Dell)

Gordon Clark ( founder )

1990 -1995 (Season 4):

* Comet = [Yahoo! 
Directory?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_Directory)

Gordon Clark ( founder ), Joe MacMillan
* Rover = [AltaVista?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltaVista)
Donna Clark ( intervestor )


Issues I had was:

* Hollywood hacking: [packet 
sniffer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packet_analyzer) = bloodhound

* Amiga computer: poor portrayal, looked like a DOS  computer