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Halt and Catch Fire - Season 1 Thread
Posted on 6/3/14 at 4:42 am
Posted on 6/3/14 at 4:42 am
AMC - Sundays 9 CST
IMDB
Caught the first episode, been looking forward to it.
Thought the pacing was good. Like the main character. Girl reminds me of a Jolie character from HACKERS type feel.
Should be interesting IMO.
IMDB
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Set in the early 1980s, series dramatizes the personal computing boom through the eyes of a visionary, an engineer and a prodigy whose innovations directly confront the corporate behemoths of the time. Their personal and professional partnership will be challenged by greed and ego while charting the changing culture in Texas' Silicon Prairie.
- Written by AMC
Caught the first episode, been looking forward to it.
Thought the pacing was good. Like the main character. Girl reminds me of a Jolie character from HACKERS type feel.
Should be interesting IMO.
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Posted on 6/3/14 at 6:41 am to Paedin
I enjoyed it. Will keep watching.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 8:43 am to Paedin
It was enough to make me want to see what happens next. The lead guy makes me feel like they are trying to rebrand Mad Men.
Posted on 6/7/14 at 9:03 pm to Paedin
Figured I'd give this the ol' bump after watching.
Started a little slow but I enjoyed it. I like the taking on the man feel to it.
Started a little slow but I enjoyed it. I like the taking on the man feel to it.
Posted on 6/7/14 at 9:18 pm to Paedin
I thought it was pretty good. Missed the very beginning and maybe a part or two afterwards. Didn't see any boobage though. And the one "scene" between the salesman guy and the blond girls was way meh.
Posted on 6/7/14 at 11:02 pm to BluegrassBelle
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Started a little slow but I enjoyed it.
Same, I thought it finished strong. I'm not sold on the main character yet. He comes across as a doosh, but I think he's got the right idea. Will definitely watch again.
Posted on 6/8/14 at 8:29 am to Paedin
Wrong board. Tech board.
Just kidding. But seriously. Think about the idea of a sexy charismatic alpha male as a computer guy. Why not? Cause there ain't such a universe.
Just kidding. But seriously. Think about the idea of a sexy charismatic alpha male as a computer guy. Why not? Cause there ain't such a universe.
Posted on 6/8/14 at 10:27 am to Sho Nuff
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Same, I thought it finished strong. I'm not sold on the main character yet. He comes across as a doosh, but I think he's got the right idea. Will definitely watch again.
I'm interested in seeing some of his backstory. I think people will automatically make ties to Mad Men and the "mysterious past" storyline but I don't think it's anything cliche at this point. shite has to get real to walk away from IBM money and go completely off the grid.
When Gordon asked him if he had a wife or kids and he said nothing at all, I took it like he was non-committal because he just might.
Posted on 6/8/14 at 10:11 pm to Paedin
That was a damn good episode. Can't wait to find out more about Joe as the show progresses. Hope AMC doesn't get money hungry and cancels it due to bad ratings. Despite the fact that Mad Men and Breaking Bad also started out slow.
Posted on 6/8/14 at 10:24 pm to geuaxtigers36
I really liked this episode. I used AMC Story Sync--- one of the facts posted was the first mobile phone in 1983 was $3,995 & only had 30 minutes talk time
This post was edited on 6/8/14 at 10:26 pm
Posted on 6/9/14 at 7:17 am to Paedin
Great show. Like the characters. Sometimes need to rewind when they are explaining some computer jargon. Still kind of confused what that binder of codes is.
Posted on 6/9/14 at 1:41 pm to RX94
Wow that's some dense stuff. So the I/O symbol on every computer stands for input/output? Interesting.
Posted on 6/9/14 at 1:50 pm to RX94
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In IBM PC compatible computers, the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS), also known as System BIOS, ROM BIOS or PC BIOS (/'b??.?s/), is a de facto standard defining a firmware interface.[1] The name originated from the Basic Input/Output System used in the CP/M operating system in 1975.[2][3] The BIOS software is built into the PC, and is the first software run by a PC when powered on.
The fundamental purposes of the BIOS are to initialize and test the system hardware components, and to load a bootloader or an operating system from a mass memory device. The BIOS additionally provides an abstraction layer for the hardware, i.e. a consistent way for application programs and operating systems to interact with the keyboard, display, and other input/output devices. Variations in the system hardware are hidden by the BIOS from programs that use BIOS services instead of directly accessing the hardware. Modern operating systems ignore the abstraction layer provided by the BIOS and access the hardware components directly.
The BIOS of the original IBM PC/XT had no interactive user interface. Error messages were displayed on the screen, or coded series of sounds were generated to signal errors. Options on the PC and XT were set by switches and jumpers on the main board and on peripheral cards. Modern Wintel-compatible computers provide a setup routine, accessed at system power-up by a particular key sequence. The user can configure hardware options using the keyboard and video display.
BIOS software is stored on a non-volatile ROM chip on the motherboard. It is specifically designed to work with each particular model of computer, interfacing with various devices that make up the complementary chipset of the system. In modern computer systems, the BIOS contents are stored on a flash memory chip so that the contents can be rewritten without removing the chip from the motherboard. This allows BIOS software to be easily upgraded to add new features or fix bugs, but can make the computer vulnerable to BIOS rootkits.
MS-DOS (PC DOS), which was the dominant PC operating system from the early 1980s until the mid 1990s, relied on BIOS services for disk, keyboard, and text display functions. MS Windows NT, Linux, and other protected mode operating systems in general do not use it after loading.
BIOS technology is in transitional process toward the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) since 2010.[4]
Posted on 6/9/14 at 1:57 pm to BluegrassBelle
Really? I got the sincere impression he was the son of an IBM bigwig or something like that.
Posted on 6/10/14 at 6:53 am to Paedin
I started watching last night with E1. I'm hooked. I want to see what happens.
Posted on 6/10/14 at 6:57 am to SoGaFan
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Really? I got the sincere impression he was the son of an IBM bigwig or something like that.
That is what I wqs thinking after this weeks episode
Posted on 6/10/14 at 7:17 am to SG_Geaux
Does IBM even make Personal Computers or lap tops or pads anymore?
I'm guessing they still make mainframes but I'm not even sure about that.
I'm guessing they still make mainframes but I'm not even sure about that.
Posted on 6/10/14 at 9:15 am to Methuselah
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Does IBM even make Personal Computers or lap tops or pads anymore?
They sold off all that to Lenovo a while back.
Posted on 6/10/14 at 9:28 am to Methuselah
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Does IBM even make Personal Computers or lap tops or pads anymore?
No. Why ?
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