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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\u2019s most powerful tech company. Many had tried cloning the industry leader\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\u2019s most powerful tech company. Many…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7521],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-documentary","director-jason-cohen","stars-bill-fargo","stars-bill-murto","stars-gary-stimac","stars-hugh-barnes","stars-jim-harris","stars-rod-canion","stars-steve-flannigan","country-usa","release-year-37","quality-brrip"],"yoast_head":"\n