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Content: 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.

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

77 minutes

Year:

2016

Directors:

Jason Cohen

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Production companies:

Fancy Film Post Services,

Zipper Bros Films,

Campfire Studios

Actors:

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Crews:

Director

Sound Mixer

Assistant Camera

Digital Imaging Technician

Writer