NRUS
2016Documentary1h 17m

Silicon Cowboys

They risked their future to create ours...

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.

Information

StatusReleased
Original Languageen

Keywords

based on novel or booktexasdavid vs. goliathibm1980s80s stylecomputingcompaqpcportable computer

Production

Zipper Bros Films
Zipper Bros Films
Campfire Studios
Campfire Studios