Silicon Cowboys (2016)
- HD 1080
- Runtime: 77m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Jason Cohen
- Stars: Rod Canion, Bill Murto, Jim Harris, Bill Fargo, Hugh Barnes
- keywords: based on novel or book, texas, david vs. goliath, ibm, 1980s, 80s style, computing, compaq, pc, portable computer
- Production_studio: Fancy Film Post Services, Zipper Bros Films, Campfire Studios
- Slogan: They risked their future to create ours...
- providers: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Peacock Premium, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Peacock Premium Plus
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.
