Halt & Catch Fire

[Les Bell]

(11-30-2014 08:28 PM)John W Kercheval Wrote:  Can others out there identify with the new TV Series

"Halt & Catch Fire"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2543312/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

I love this show. we were on the vanguard back then. Love the nostalgia.

I was a computer journalist from 1975 onwards, right through the 80's, until it stopped being fun. I've lost track of all the computers I had over the years, starting with a Motorola 6800 evaluation kit, through various S-100 systems, a Lisa (yes, I had one too - plus all the development tools), a Kaypro II, IBM PC, Mac Plus (still have that one), Toshiba 5100, Compaq Portable 386, and lots of Thinkpads, plus lots of loaners and review machines - Apple II, various TRS-80's, VIC-20 and Commodore 64, etc.

The early days were a lot of fun, with lots of variety in processor architectures, buses, hardware designs, etc. The eventual emergence of Microsoft as a controlling influence on hardware vendors really took a lot of the fun out of it, and things have only started to become interesting again with the disruptive effects of smartphones, tablets and cloud computing.

"Halt & Catch Fire" hasn't made it to Australia yet, but I'll watch out for it!