Name: Silicon Cowboys
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2016-09-16
Duration: 77 min
Rating: 6.8

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Launched in 1982 by three friends in a Houston diner, Compaq Computer set out to build a portable PC to take on IBM, the world’s most powerful tech company. Many had tried cloning the industry leader’s code, only to be trounced by IBM and its high-priced lawyers. Explore the remarkable David vs. Goliath story, and eventual demise, of Compaq, an unlikely upstart who altered the future of computing and helped shape the world as we know it today.

Theatrical

Sep 16, 2016

Director

Jason Cohen

Studio

Fancy Film Post Services, Zipper Bros Films, Campfire Studios

Keywords

based on novel or book texas david vs. goliath ibm 1980s 80s style computing compaq pc portable computer