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.org/wiki/History_of_Dell)
Gordon Clark ( founder )
1990 -1995 (Season 4):
* Comet = [Yahoo!
Directory?](https://en.wikipedia.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
