I felt like Cardiff also had a resemblance to Tandy/Radio Shack as well, since they were in the electronics business before getting into computers.
On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 3:24 PM, tom sparks via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I have just finished watching [Halt and Catch Fire]( > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halt_and_Catch_Fire_(TV_series)) > I've tried to Identify the companies the show represents > > early 1980-1985 (Season 1): > > * Cardiff Electric = [Compaq](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq) > Joe MacMillan, Gordon Clark, Cameron Howe > > 1985-1989 (Season 2-3): > > * Muntiy = [PlayNET](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayNET) / [Quantum > Link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Link) / [Habitat]( > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat_(video_game)) > Cameron Howe ( founder ), Donna Clark > * MacMillan = [McAfee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McAfee) > Joe MacMillan ( founder ) > * Unknown? = [NSFNET Regional networks](https://en.wikipedia > .org/wiki/National_Science_Foundation_Network#Regional_networks) > Joe MacMillan ( founder ) > * Gordon Clark computers = [Dell](https://en.wikipedia.or > g/wiki/History_of_Dell) > Gordon Clark ( founder ) > > 1990 -1995 (Season 4): > > * Comet = [Yahoo! Directory?](https://en.wikiped > ia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_Directory) > Gordon Clark ( founder ), Joe MacMillan > * Rover = [AltaVista?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltaVista) > Donna Clark ( intervestor ) > > > Issues I had was: > > * Hollywood hacking: [packet sniffer](https://en.wikipedia. > org/wiki/Packet_analyzer) = bloodhound > * Amiga computer: poor portrayal, looked like a DOS computer > >
