Silicon Cowboys

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Rod Canion

Self

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Bill Murto

Self

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Jim Harris

Self

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Bill Fargo

Self

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Hugh Barnes

Self

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Gary Stimac

Self

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Steve Flannigan

Self

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Mike Swavely

Self

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Jason Cohen
Writing	Writer	Jason Cohen Steven Leckart
	Book	Rod Canion
Camera	Assistant Camera	Alvin G. Morris
	Digital Imaging Technician	Alvin G. Morris
Sound	Sound Mixer	Christopher Mullins
Department	Role	Name

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