Silicon Cowboys (2016)
1h 17m | PG-13
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.
Director: Jason Cohen
Studio: Fancy Film Post Services
Genre: Documentary
Video: 720p
Cast
Rod Canion
as Self
Bill Murto
as Self
Jim Harris
as Self
Bill Fargo
as Self
Hugh Barnes
as Self
Gary Stimac
as Self