By Ken GagneJuly 11, 2014 06  Computerworld - Tech history is hot. From the origins of Facebook to Steve Jobs biopics, mainstream media is enthusiastically examining the origins of the computers and tech celebrities who revolutionized the world.

AMC is hoping to capitalize on that trend with its series Halt and Catch Fire, now midway through its first season. It's a period drama in the style of Mad Men, but instead of a New York ad agency in the 1960s, Halt and Catch Fire -- named for code that causes a CPU to grind to a halt -- is set at a Texas computer company in 1983.

 

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