[Info-vax] OT: Halt and Catch Fire

[seasoned_geek]

You should actually watch it when it is on AMC. Netflix is evil.

That is actually a really good show. I really like the very Starbuck looking blonde actress. Don't think they are the same person, but never checked the credits.

While the female character makes for interesting TV, I wonder just how many women were actually "in" at that level during the early days of PCs? I mean, we had the Admiral who gave us COBOL, but I don't remember hearing about too many other Uber chip head or Uber coders back in the day.

Yes, we had quite a few women working in IT back then, but, I'm talking about working at the 'Halt and Catch Fire' level.

You know they didn't name the show after the Itanic. If they did the show would be called 'Boot and Catch Fire' or 'Fried Green Silicon'.

Roland