1 00:00:03,087 --> 00:00:05,171 (keyboard keys clicking) 2 00:00:21,522 --> 00:00:25,692 - (pops) - (claws clicking) 3 00:00:31,448 --> 00:00:34,283 (engine roaring) 4 00:00:44,628 --> 00:00:47,380 - (crunches) - (tires screech) 5 00:00:50,134 --> 00:00:51,467 (engine stops) 6 00:01:03,897 --> 00:01:05,982 Professor: Today's discussion is postponed, 7 00:01:06,150 --> 00:01:08,484 as we have a very special guest. 8 00:01:08,652 --> 00:01:10,319 He's played an instrumental part 9 00:01:10,487 --> 00:01:12,739 in the world debut of the IBM PC, 10 00:01:12,906 --> 00:01:14,490 which is now on the verge of becoming 11 00:01:14,658 --> 00:01:17,702 the industry standard for corporate America. 12 00:01:17,870 --> 00:01:20,747 Please welcome Mr. Joseph MacMillan. 13 00:01:20,914 --> 00:01:25,001 (students applauding) 14 00:01:25,169 --> 00:01:28,045 Let me start by asking a question. 15 00:01:28,213 --> 00:01:31,007 How many of you desire to be computer engineers? 16 00:01:31,175 --> 00:01:32,425 Hmm. 17 00:01:32,593 --> 00:01:34,051 (music playing faintly) 18 00:01:34,219 --> 00:01:36,220 Oh... glad you could join us. 19 00:01:38,265 --> 00:01:40,016 MacMillan: Keep your hands up, keep your hands up. 20 00:01:40,184 --> 00:01:42,185 Now I'm going to list off several categories. 21 00:01:42,352 --> 00:01:44,437 When you hear a category you don't have hands-on experience in... 22 00:01:44,605 --> 00:01:46,189 - (music stops) ...put your hand down. 23 00:01:46,356 --> 00:01:47,940 Software design. 24 00:01:48,108 --> 00:01:50,526 Hardware/software integration. 25 00:01:50,694 --> 00:01:53,196 Circuit design. Microprocessing. 26 00:01:53,363 --> 00:01:57,200 Firmware design. Very large-scale integration. 27 00:01:57,367 --> 00:01:59,243 - (chuckles) - Something funny? 28 00:01:59,411 --> 00:02:01,704 I don't think you really know what that is. 29 00:02:01,872 --> 00:02:03,873 Why? 30 00:02:04,041 --> 00:02:05,833 Because nobody who knows what it is calls it that. 31 00:02:06,001 --> 00:02:08,419 "VLSI." How's that? 32 00:02:10,547 --> 00:02:12,757 Operating systems. 33 00:02:12,925 --> 00:02:16,969 P-ROM configuration and PLC design. 34 00:02:18,305 --> 00:02:22,600 Personal computer design. Very good. 35 00:02:22,768 --> 00:02:24,519 Now, tell me one thing that will be true 36 00:02:24,686 --> 00:02:26,103 about computers 10 years from now. 37 00:02:26,271 --> 00:02:29,148 Well, fully intelligent machines 38 00:02:29,316 --> 00:02:31,609 will simulate the actions of neurons more closely, replicate... 39 00:02:31,777 --> 00:02:35,154 Okay, thanks. You. 40 00:02:35,322 --> 00:02:39,617 Uh, computers will be connected together across one network 41 00:02:39,785 --> 00:02:41,077 with a standard protocol. 42 00:02:41,245 --> 00:02:44,247 - Like phone lines. - Obviously phone lines. 43 00:02:44,414 --> 00:02:47,750 - What's your name? - Cameron. 44 00:02:47,918 --> 00:02:49,752 Cameron Howe. 45 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:52,171 (music playing) 46 00:02:52,339 --> 00:02:54,298 So, you graduate this year. 47 00:02:54,466 --> 00:02:57,051 You land a job, become a programmer for what, 48 00:02:57,219 --> 00:03:00,388 what do you wanna do? Microcode? PCs? Video games? 49 00:03:00,556 --> 00:03:01,848 Do you need a quarter? 50 00:03:03,100 --> 00:03:05,101 - Got it. - Nice. 51 00:03:09,648 --> 00:03:12,733 I want to work for Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative 52 00:03:12,901 --> 00:03:14,360 and put missiles in space. 53 00:03:14,528 --> 00:03:16,946 Are you afraid to give me a straight answer? 54 00:03:17,114 --> 00:03:20,366 - (video game rumbles) - A straight answer? Uh, let's see. 55 00:03:20,534 --> 00:03:23,828 Everything I'm studying here is so totally 10 years ago 56 00:03:23,996 --> 00:03:26,122 that no one who matters pays attention to anything I do. 57 00:03:26,290 --> 00:03:28,207 - I'm paying attention. - Yeah, but do you matter? 58 00:03:28,375 --> 00:03:31,043 Hey, can we get two more? 59 00:03:31,211 --> 00:03:32,962 Would you know if I did? 60 00:03:33,130 --> 00:03:36,340 What is this anyway, some kind of job interview? 61 00:03:36,508 --> 00:03:39,135 Maybe, maybe not. Depends on you. 62 00:03:40,137 --> 00:03:42,305 (machine clattering) 63 00:03:42,472 --> 00:03:43,681 You still haven't answered my question. 64 00:03:43,849 --> 00:03:45,808 Does it even matter what I want to do? 65 00:03:45,976 --> 00:03:47,643 God, this is an industry built on people 66 00:03:47,811 --> 00:03:49,854 ripping off each other's boring-ass ideas. 67 00:03:50,022 --> 00:03:53,399 SCP rips off CP/M, Microsoft rips off SCP. 68 00:03:53,567 --> 00:03:54,901 Oh, IBM rips off everybody, right? 69 00:03:55,068 --> 00:03:56,360 You've got a lot of excuses. 70 00:03:56,528 --> 00:03:58,237 And you work for IBM. 71 00:03:58,405 --> 00:04:01,532 Hey, computers could be more. They should be. 72 00:04:01,700 --> 00:04:02,867 You build counting machines, 73 00:04:03,035 --> 00:04:05,494 the same thing you've done for the last 70 years. 74 00:04:05,662 --> 00:04:08,497 I don't work for IBM. 75 00:04:16,632 --> 00:04:18,299 (bangs) 76 00:04:22,679 --> 00:04:25,681 (moaning) 77 00:04:47,454 --> 00:04:48,829 Uh! 78 00:04:50,707 --> 00:04:52,124 (thumps) 79 00:04:52,292 --> 00:04:54,627 (panting) 80 00:05:08,558 --> 00:05:10,893 (grunting) 81 00:05:12,562 --> 00:05:15,731 This doesn't mean you get the job. 82 00:05:20,404 --> 00:05:22,905 Wow. 83 00:05:23,949 --> 00:05:26,367 You mean we're not in love? 84 00:05:34,418 --> 00:05:36,252 (theme music playing) 85 00:06:06,700 --> 00:06:08,409 - (keys jingle) - (lock clicks) 86 00:06:08,577 --> 00:06:10,578 Guard: Clark. 87 00:06:18,003 --> 00:06:21,922 - (two-way radio chatter) - (gate buzzes) 88 00:06:26,303 --> 00:06:27,762 Man on radio: Clear the gate. 89 00:06:34,686 --> 00:06:36,729 Ain't no jail cell can hold me. 90 00:06:38,482 --> 00:06:41,275 Come on. 91 00:06:45,155 --> 00:06:46,822 You didn't have to bring the kids. 92 00:06:46,990 --> 00:06:48,824 I think I did. 93 00:06:59,503 --> 00:07:02,922 Look, I had one too many drinks. 94 00:07:03,090 --> 00:07:05,174 It got away from me. 95 00:07:05,342 --> 00:07:09,011 It won't happen again. 96 00:07:09,179 --> 00:07:11,680 Sorry. 97 00:07:14,351 --> 00:07:17,019 You still have a job? 98 00:07:17,187 --> 00:07:19,688 Of course I do. 99 00:07:19,856 --> 00:07:22,608 They could care less about me anyway. 100 00:07:26,696 --> 00:07:28,697 Remember at the demo 101 00:07:28,865 --> 00:07:31,117 when we went to turn it on and it wouldn't turn on? 102 00:07:31,284 --> 00:07:33,536 Gordon... 103 00:07:33,703 --> 00:07:38,666 It's like, 1979 was good, but then 1980 came 104 00:07:38,834 --> 00:07:42,962 and it was like, whoa... 105 00:07:43,130 --> 00:07:46,632 what happened, you know? 106 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:50,719 What I know is that you need to be at work in four hours. 107 00:07:50,887 --> 00:07:53,305 Four. 108 00:07:54,891 --> 00:07:58,477 Then your dad... your dad said, 109 00:07:58,645 --> 00:08:01,063 "We can't lend you any more." 110 00:08:01,231 --> 00:08:03,732 And he wasn't being mean. 111 00:08:03,900 --> 00:08:07,486 He was just in his kitchen looking at me, 112 00:08:07,654 --> 00:08:11,740 and I said, "Okay, Gary." 113 00:08:11,908 --> 00:08:13,409 You're drunk, so the best thing 114 00:08:13,577 --> 00:08:16,912 you could do right now is to shut up. 115 00:08:20,750 --> 00:08:23,085 - (clicks) - I know what IBM is. 116 00:08:25,088 --> 00:08:26,255 I also know what IBM ain't, 117 00:08:26,423 --> 00:08:28,841 and everything that ain't IBM is cheaper, faster, and better, 118 00:08:29,009 --> 00:08:30,259 and that's what this company lives by. 119 00:08:30,427 --> 00:08:32,136 Well, John, that's what Hitachi thought. 120 00:08:32,304 --> 00:08:35,139 And Burroughs and NCR and Honeywell and Control Data. 121 00:08:35,307 --> 00:08:37,975 No, I know all the companies that IBM has crushed, 122 00:08:38,143 --> 00:08:39,977 and Cardiff Electric ain't one of 'em. It won't be. 123 00:08:40,145 --> 00:08:41,770 You sound pretty sure about that. 124 00:08:41,938 --> 00:08:44,273 (laughs) Look at you. 125 00:08:44,441 --> 00:08:48,194 Same suit, different tie. 126 00:08:48,361 --> 00:08:52,198 You know, Dallas is a long way from Armonk, New York, son. 127 00:08:52,365 --> 00:08:53,824 - That's no accident. - I couldn't agree with you more, 128 00:08:53,992 --> 00:08:56,619 but maybe I'm a guy who's done doing business like that. 129 00:08:56,786 --> 00:08:59,038 Maybe I see Cardiff Electric as a mid-major 130 00:08:59,206 --> 00:09:00,581 ready to take the jump 131 00:09:00,749 --> 00:09:02,249 and myself as the heavy hitter you need 132 00:09:02,417 --> 00:09:05,794 to legitimize your sales force, this company, this region. 133 00:09:05,962 --> 00:09:09,048 I just need someone to come in here and blow the balls off the numbers, Joe. 134 00:09:09,216 --> 00:09:12,426 I will tell you this... it's systems software, straight up. 135 00:09:12,594 --> 00:09:14,762 No application, no next-gen PC garbage. 136 00:09:14,930 --> 00:09:17,223 It ain't sexy, but it sure as hell makes us some serious money. 137 00:09:17,390 --> 00:09:19,725 - Then I'm your guy. - (scoffs) Don't know if I see it. 138 00:09:19,893 --> 00:09:21,977 You got East Coast corporate written all over ya. 139 00:09:22,145 --> 00:09:24,772 Don't like East Coast corporate. 140 00:09:24,940 --> 00:09:27,858 Hell, hotshot, you didn't bring in a damn resume. 141 00:09:31,655 --> 00:09:33,322 (briefcase latches click) 142 00:09:35,867 --> 00:09:36,867 And what is this? 143 00:09:37,035 --> 00:09:39,119 - What am I looking at? - My W-2. 144 00:09:39,287 --> 00:09:40,829 Box one is my last reported income at IBM. 145 00:09:40,997 --> 00:09:42,039 Whoo-hoo. 146 00:09:42,207 --> 00:09:45,251 It's also what 200% of quota looks like. 147 00:09:46,628 --> 00:09:48,212 The golden circle. 148 00:09:48,380 --> 00:09:52,424 I'll break numbers. I always do. 149 00:09:54,177 --> 00:09:56,428 (laughs) 150 00:09:56,596 --> 00:09:59,431 You answer to me. I'm SVP of sales, 151 00:09:59,599 --> 00:10:04,103 so you're dog shit around here until you close a deal. 152 00:10:04,271 --> 00:10:06,355 - Do you understand? - I do. 153 00:10:06,523 --> 00:10:09,858 "I do." Good. 154 00:10:10,026 --> 00:10:12,820 Well, we're married. 155 00:10:15,156 --> 00:10:17,324 You may now go break your numbers, darlin'. 156 00:10:44,227 --> 00:10:46,687 (sighs) 157 00:10:46,855 --> 00:10:49,148 Woman on radio: free and clear through Lewisville and Carrollton, 158 00:10:49,316 --> 00:10:50,357 but starting to slow down... 159 00:10:50,525 --> 00:10:52,943 (engine belt squeaking) 160 00:10:53,111 --> 00:10:54,862 Hey. 161 00:10:55,030 --> 00:10:57,114 (honks horn) 162 00:10:57,282 --> 00:10:59,033 A-16. 163 00:11:01,119 --> 00:11:04,496 Hey, that's me. That's my spot, A-16. 164 00:11:10,712 --> 00:11:13,088 Woman on radio: ...high from Love Field today is 86... 165 00:11:32,484 --> 00:11:34,360 (clicks) 166 00:11:38,156 --> 00:11:40,657 MacMillan: A-16! 167 00:11:40,825 --> 00:11:44,036 A-16. 168 00:11:44,204 --> 00:11:48,332 - You're my SE for this sales call. - Oh, fantastic. 169 00:11:48,500 --> 00:11:52,544 We'll take my car, it's closer. 170 00:11:52,712 --> 00:11:54,380 MacMillan: The truth is, our systems 171 00:11:54,547 --> 00:11:57,049 are outperforming every top seller in the market. 172 00:11:57,217 --> 00:11:59,009 - What about IBM? - IBM is IBM, 173 00:11:59,177 --> 00:12:00,761 but we're neck and neck and we're cheaper. 174 00:12:00,929 --> 00:12:03,972 Technically. The difference in cost is negligible. 175 00:12:04,140 --> 00:12:05,182 It just seems you guys at Cardiff 176 00:12:05,350 --> 00:12:07,142 think you've built yourselves a fancy race car 177 00:12:07,310 --> 00:12:08,644 that deserves an outrageous price tag. 178 00:12:08,812 --> 00:12:10,938 And we get no Big Blue guarantee. 179 00:12:11,106 --> 00:12:12,606 I don't think there is such a thing. 180 00:12:12,774 --> 00:12:14,650 Well, they had me fooled. 181 00:12:14,818 --> 00:12:16,902 - (man laughs) - Me, too. 182 00:12:19,406 --> 00:12:20,906 I worked there. 183 00:12:22,409 --> 00:12:24,034 I grew up there. 184 00:12:24,202 --> 00:12:27,788 And I was brought up to believe that the work we did, 185 00:12:27,956 --> 00:12:30,707 the things we built were the singular contribution to computers 186 00:12:30,875 --> 00:12:32,668 that history would remember. 187 00:12:32,836 --> 00:12:34,837 And I believed it for a long time. 188 00:12:35,004 --> 00:12:38,590 For a long time, it was true. 189 00:12:40,051 --> 00:12:43,637 Nobody ever got fired for buying an IBM, right? 190 00:12:44,889 --> 00:12:48,183 What a fearful way to do business. 191 00:12:48,351 --> 00:12:50,727 You've made just enough safe choices 192 00:12:50,895 --> 00:12:53,981 to stay alive, but not enough to matter. 193 00:12:54,149 --> 00:12:56,650 Is that what you want? 194 00:12:56,818 --> 00:12:59,695 You can be more. 195 00:12:59,863 --> 00:13:02,906 You want to be more, don't you? 196 00:13:04,909 --> 00:13:07,202 The window of opportunity is closing. 197 00:13:07,370 --> 00:13:10,038 This is your chance. 198 00:13:10,206 --> 00:13:12,624 This is not about not losing. 199 00:13:12,792 --> 00:13:17,463 This is about you finally having the confidence 200 00:13:17,630 --> 00:13:21,758 to walk out on the ledge and know that you're not going to fall. 201 00:13:23,803 --> 00:13:26,930 Are we still talking about systems software here? 202 00:13:27,098 --> 00:13:29,141 Amen, let's get this guy another drink. 203 00:13:29,309 --> 00:13:32,436 I'm not going to apologize for caring about your business, 204 00:13:32,604 --> 00:13:34,438 even if the people who work for you don't. 205 00:13:36,107 --> 00:13:38,734 I'll ask you one more time. 206 00:13:38,902 --> 00:13:42,029 Are you ready to be more? 207 00:13:55,293 --> 00:13:59,630 - There's also free install... - Gordon, please. 208 00:14:05,303 --> 00:14:07,638 I'll think about it. 209 00:14:18,858 --> 00:14:21,485 Look, it's better than a flat-out no. 210 00:14:24,822 --> 00:14:28,283 Hey, man, look, Applied Data hasn't bought jack-all from anyone in years. 211 00:14:28,451 --> 00:14:29,993 You did a solid job explaining the software, 212 00:14:30,161 --> 00:14:32,371 but I need you to do me one favor. 213 00:14:32,539 --> 00:14:33,580 Okay. 214 00:14:33,748 --> 00:14:35,958 Next time I move to close, this is what you do. 215 00:14:36,125 --> 00:14:40,170 - Okay, what? - You shut up! 216 00:14:42,382 --> 00:14:43,674 "Lodi" playing 217 00:14:43,841 --> 00:14:47,469 ♪ The man from the magazine ♪ 218 00:14:47,637 --> 00:14:48,929 ♪ Said I was on my way... ♪ 219 00:14:49,097 --> 00:14:51,807 - Hey. - Hey, Mom. 220 00:14:51,975 --> 00:14:53,684 Hey, you little monkeys. Give me my kisses. 221 00:14:54,686 --> 00:14:55,852 ♪ Ran out of songs to play... ♪ 222 00:14:56,854 --> 00:14:58,355 Thank you. Go play. 223 00:14:58,523 --> 00:15:02,442 ♪ Came into town, a one-night stand ♪ 224 00:15:02,610 --> 00:15:06,154 - ♪ Looks like my plans fell through... ♪ - It's soda. 225 00:15:06,322 --> 00:15:08,323 ♪ Oh, Lord ♪ 226 00:15:08,491 --> 00:15:11,451 ♪ Stuck in Lodi again... ♪ 227 00:15:13,663 --> 00:15:15,789 Daughter: Mom, Speak & Spell's not working. 228 00:15:15,957 --> 00:15:17,124 Well, what's wrong with it? 229 00:15:17,292 --> 00:15:19,543 - It won't turn on. - Joanie did it. 230 00:15:19,711 --> 00:15:22,296 Uh-uh, Haley did it. She was playing with her blocks... 231 00:15:22,463 --> 00:15:24,214 Let's see. 232 00:15:24,382 --> 00:15:28,051 ♪... had a dollar for every song I've sung... ♪ 233 00:15:28,219 --> 00:15:29,720 Joanie's Speak & Spell won't turn on. 234 00:15:29,887 --> 00:15:33,974 Joanie: Pressing "on" makes it go. 235 00:15:34,142 --> 00:15:36,143 Okay. 236 00:15:36,311 --> 00:15:39,146 - Are you gonna fix it? - I'm gonna try. 237 00:15:39,314 --> 00:15:41,857 Did it give you any good words? 238 00:15:42,025 --> 00:15:43,734 - Did it stump you at all? - (music stops) 239 00:15:43,901 --> 00:15:45,736 No. 240 00:15:45,903 --> 00:15:47,571 Okay. 241 00:15:47,739 --> 00:15:49,906 Joanie: She was throwing her blocks at it. 242 00:15:50,074 --> 00:15:52,576 Haley: But you did it. You were pressing "on." 243 00:15:52,744 --> 00:15:54,244 - I don't care who broke it. - That probably breaked it. 244 00:15:54,412 --> 00:15:56,204 I'm just gonna get it fixed, okay? 245 00:15:56,372 --> 00:16:00,584 (sighs) Okay, girls, other room, please. 246 00:16:00,752 --> 00:16:03,712 - (both grumble) - Please? Thank you. 247 00:16:19,312 --> 00:16:21,229 (sighs) 248 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:25,108 You want to take a look and see what's wrong with that? 249 00:16:25,276 --> 00:16:26,985 They make that where you work, not where I do. 250 00:16:27,153 --> 00:16:30,113 Okay, Gordon, do you want to maybe get me the salt? 251 00:16:30,281 --> 00:16:31,948 Maybe you could just reach into the cabinet 252 00:16:32,116 --> 00:16:33,158 about seven inches from your head, 253 00:16:33,326 --> 00:16:35,243 take out the salt, and put it in my hand 254 00:16:35,411 --> 00:16:36,453 so I can finish cooking this. 255 00:16:36,621 --> 00:16:39,539 Do you think you could at least get me the salt? 256 00:16:42,794 --> 00:16:45,045 Here's the salt. 257 00:16:46,673 --> 00:16:47,881 Thank you. 258 00:17:04,982 --> 00:17:06,900 (phones ringing) 259 00:17:07,068 --> 00:17:08,985 - (object slaps) - A-16. 260 00:17:10,905 --> 00:17:13,990 - What is this? - Page 33. 261 00:17:14,158 --> 00:17:16,743 - Man, if you think it's funny... - Page 33. 262 00:17:16,911 --> 00:17:18,870 I'm not in the mood, all right? 263 00:17:19,038 --> 00:17:21,665 Why don't you go blow-dry your hair some more or something? 264 00:17:21,833 --> 00:17:23,667 Don't you realize what you wrote? 265 00:17:26,337 --> 00:17:29,339 You wrote a treasure map. 266 00:17:30,758 --> 00:17:33,427 If you see him around, I wanna meet that guy. 267 00:17:33,594 --> 00:17:37,180 There's a project I want to discuss with him. 268 00:17:38,182 --> 00:17:39,474 Hey, hey. 269 00:17:41,561 --> 00:17:43,186 What are you doing? Why are you doing this? 270 00:17:43,354 --> 00:17:45,689 "This puts the future squarely in the hands 271 00:17:45,857 --> 00:17:47,899 of those who know computers not for what they are, 272 00:17:48,067 --> 00:17:51,194 but for everything they have the potential to be." 273 00:17:51,362 --> 00:17:52,612 What? 274 00:17:52,780 --> 00:17:54,197 You know who said that? 275 00:17:54,365 --> 00:17:56,366 No, no, I don't. 276 00:17:56,534 --> 00:17:58,160 You did. 277 00:17:59,412 --> 00:18:02,789 Page 36, closing paragraph. 278 00:18:02,957 --> 00:18:06,918 Computers aren't the thing. 279 00:18:07,086 --> 00:18:11,423 They're the thing that gets us to the thing. 280 00:18:38,618 --> 00:18:40,994 Over here on the circuit board, you've got the ROM chip. 281 00:18:41,162 --> 00:18:43,038 That's like the brain that remembers all the words... 282 00:18:43,206 --> 00:18:46,833 128 kilobits worth. That is a lot of words. 283 00:18:47,001 --> 00:18:49,586 (phone ringing) 284 00:18:49,754 --> 00:18:52,839 And then you've got your VFD display right here. 285 00:18:53,007 --> 00:18:55,175 That's the part that shows you the words. 286 00:18:55,343 --> 00:18:58,261 And the speech synthesizer chip right here, 287 00:18:58,429 --> 00:19:01,890 that is the extra-special one they make where Mommy works. 288 00:19:02,058 --> 00:19:04,226 I got it. 289 00:19:05,228 --> 00:19:07,229 (ringing continues) 290 00:19:07,396 --> 00:19:09,773 Hello? 291 00:19:09,941 --> 00:19:12,567 It's somebody named Joe MacMillan. 292 00:19:12,735 --> 00:19:14,444 We're headed out the door to a movie. 293 00:19:14,612 --> 00:19:15,695 - Can I have him call you back? - What does the special chip do? 294 00:19:15,863 --> 00:19:20,200 Oh, um, the chip makes it talk. 295 00:19:20,368 --> 00:19:21,952 You know, like you and me. 296 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:24,579 - Can you make it talk? - Not right now, kiddo. 297 00:19:24,747 --> 00:19:27,541 Hey, Joanie, why don't you go get ready for the movie, 'kay? 298 00:19:35,132 --> 00:19:38,134 He wanted to know if you thought about what he said. 299 00:19:38,302 --> 00:19:40,720 That article I wrote in "Byte." 300 00:19:40,888 --> 00:19:42,639 What about it? 301 00:19:42,807 --> 00:19:44,641 He had some ideas about it. 302 00:19:44,809 --> 00:19:47,769 Oh, yeah? What kind of ideas? 303 00:19:47,937 --> 00:19:49,312 I don't know. 304 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:51,022 It doesn't really matter. 305 00:19:54,652 --> 00:19:56,945 ...go home and watch the other two "Star Wars"? 306 00:19:57,113 --> 00:19:59,281 - You wanna do that tonight? - Hi, Joe MacMillan. 307 00:19:59,448 --> 00:20:01,908 We spoke on the phone earlier. 308 00:20:02,076 --> 00:20:03,326 (chuckles) 309 00:20:03,494 --> 00:20:05,078 Did you follow me here? 310 00:20:05,246 --> 00:20:06,663 Your husband is the best SE 311 00:20:06,831 --> 00:20:08,290 I've worked with at Cardiff Electric. 312 00:20:08,457 --> 00:20:10,417 Now, granted, I've only been there a week. 313 00:20:10,585 --> 00:20:12,878 Do you mind if I borrow Gordon for one second? 314 00:20:15,006 --> 00:20:17,257 - Donna: Come on. - Hey, I'll see you guys outside. 315 00:20:17,425 --> 00:20:19,926 Donna: Yeah, maybe, if Daddy lets us. 316 00:20:20,094 --> 00:20:21,803 (chuckles) 317 00:20:21,971 --> 00:20:24,264 Reverse engineer an IBM PC with me. 318 00:20:24,432 --> 00:20:27,309 What? Why? What would be the point? 319 00:20:27,476 --> 00:20:28,810 Because I want to build a machine 320 00:20:28,978 --> 00:20:31,104 that nobody else has the balls to build. 321 00:20:32,148 --> 00:20:35,692 Wow, you're serious. 322 00:20:35,860 --> 00:20:37,861 Look, that's a terrible idea. 323 00:20:38,029 --> 00:20:41,615 - Why? - For such a multitude of reasons 324 00:20:41,782 --> 00:20:45,201 that I... because it's illegal. 325 00:20:45,369 --> 00:20:48,997 Worst-case scenario, IBM sues us into the ground. 326 00:20:49,165 --> 00:20:52,000 Uh, Cardiff finds out, then both of us would be on the street. 327 00:20:52,168 --> 00:20:55,670 Apple, IBM, they have the market sewn up. 328 00:20:55,838 --> 00:21:00,383 Plus, you got Commodore, Tandy, Texas Instruments. 329 00:21:00,551 --> 00:21:04,763 I'm sorry, but you missed it. We all did. 330 00:21:06,557 --> 00:21:09,601 Gordon, wait, wait. 331 00:21:09,769 --> 00:21:11,561 That's why we do it as Cardiff Electric. 332 00:21:11,729 --> 00:21:12,938 Scale up instantly. 333 00:21:13,105 --> 00:21:14,356 Are you out of your mind? 334 00:21:14,523 --> 00:21:16,733 Buzzards like Bosworth and Cardiff would never go for something... 335 00:21:16,901 --> 00:21:18,777 - So we force their hand. - Force their hand? 336 00:21:18,945 --> 00:21:20,654 How are you gonna force their hand? 337 00:21:20,821 --> 00:21:22,864 Let me worry about that part. 338 00:21:25,076 --> 00:21:26,076 Haley, Joanie: Dad! 339 00:21:26,243 --> 00:21:28,495 - Come on, Dad! - Hurry! 340 00:21:31,749 --> 00:21:33,416 Do you have a family, Joe? 341 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:37,921 That's what I thought. 342 00:21:38,089 --> 00:21:40,382 Look, thanks, but no thanks. 343 00:21:45,721 --> 00:21:48,515 (car horn honks) 344 00:21:53,437 --> 00:21:56,064 So, that was Joe MacMillan, huh? 345 00:22:00,569 --> 00:22:02,946 He stalked our family to the movies, Gordon. 346 00:22:03,114 --> 00:22:04,781 Could you please acknowledge how crazy that is? 347 00:22:04,949 --> 00:22:06,783 He's just keyed up about something. 348 00:22:06,951 --> 00:22:08,618 What does he want? 349 00:22:10,037 --> 00:22:12,288 He wants to build a computer. 350 00:22:12,456 --> 00:22:16,334 And what does that have to do with you? 351 00:22:20,506 --> 00:22:22,340 Gordon? 352 00:22:22,508 --> 00:22:25,051 Gordon, we can't do this again. You know we can't. 353 00:22:25,219 --> 00:22:26,636 Look, I know, okay? I know. 354 00:22:26,804 --> 00:22:29,014 Do you know? Because I just had to spread the payments 355 00:22:29,181 --> 00:22:30,223 - for Joanie's next dental visit over three credit cards. 356 00:22:30,391 --> 00:22:32,308 - Oh, my God, Donna. 357 00:22:36,188 --> 00:22:39,190 It's just literally a mistake that we can't afford to make again. 358 00:22:39,358 --> 00:22:42,235 Look, the Symphonic was a good idea. 359 00:22:42,403 --> 00:22:44,487 I know you still think so. 360 00:22:44,655 --> 00:22:46,990 - What's a Symphonic? - Donna: It's a silly computer 361 00:22:47,158 --> 00:22:48,992 Mommy and Daddy built that didn't work. 362 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:51,870 The Symphonic... 363 00:22:52,038 --> 00:22:55,874 was the best thing your dad ever did. 364 00:23:01,922 --> 00:23:03,882 "Complicated Game" plays 365 00:23:04,050 --> 00:23:07,427 (engine starts) 366 00:23:07,595 --> 00:23:10,472 ♪ It's always been the same ♪ 367 00:23:10,639 --> 00:23:13,349 ♪ It's just a complicated game ♪ 368 00:23:13,517 --> 00:23:15,226 - ♪ Yeah ♪ - (clattering) 369 00:23:18,856 --> 00:23:23,234 ♪ A little girl asked me should she part her hair upon the left ♪ 370 00:23:23,402 --> 00:23:25,820 ♪ No ♪ 371 00:23:25,988 --> 00:23:30,492 ♪ A little girl asked me should she part her hair upon the right ♪ 372 00:23:30,659 --> 00:23:33,119 ♪ No ♪ 373 00:23:33,287 --> 00:23:36,164 ♪ I said, "It really doesn't matter where you part your hair ♪ 374 00:23:36,332 --> 00:23:38,249 ♪ Someone else will come along and move it ♪ 375 00:23:38,417 --> 00:23:41,795 ♪ And it's always been the same ♪ 376 00:23:41,962 --> 00:23:45,465 ♪ It's just a complicated game" ♪ 377 00:23:49,178 --> 00:23:51,221 ♪ It's just a complicated game... ♪ 378 00:23:51,388 --> 00:23:53,681 (sizzling) 379 00:23:56,727 --> 00:23:58,436 (shatters) 380 00:23:58,604 --> 00:24:03,441 ♪ A little boy asks me should he put his vote upon the left... ♪ 381 00:24:03,609 --> 00:24:05,777 (cracks) 382 00:24:05,945 --> 00:24:10,365 ♪ A little boy asks me should he put his vote upon the right ♪ 383 00:24:12,910 --> 00:24:15,912 ♪ I said, "It really doesn't matter where you put your vote ♪ 384 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:18,248 ♪ 'Cause someone else will come along and move it ♪ 385 00:24:18,415 --> 00:24:21,751 ♪ And it's always been the same ♪ 386 00:24:21,919 --> 00:24:25,255 ♪ It's just a complicated game." ♪ 387 00:24:36,767 --> 00:24:39,018 Do you have any idea how expensive this thing was? 388 00:24:39,186 --> 00:24:42,438 Donna took the kids to see her brother for the three-day weekend. 389 00:24:42,606 --> 00:24:44,941 I faked a fever, so... 390 00:24:45,109 --> 00:24:47,443 let's turn this thing inside out. 391 00:24:52,158 --> 00:24:54,450 (engine roars) 392 00:24:57,746 --> 00:24:59,289 Gordon: A personal computer, like any other computer, 393 00:24:59,456 --> 00:25:03,168 is just a nothing box full of electronic switches and hardware. 394 00:25:03,335 --> 00:25:05,795 You know, the IBM, the Altair, the Apple II... 395 00:25:05,963 --> 00:25:07,672 it's all the same junk. 396 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:10,341 Anyone can buy all this stuff off the shelf right now. 397 00:25:10,509 --> 00:25:12,468 It's called "open architecture." 398 00:25:12,636 --> 00:25:16,681 I mean, IBM, they basically don't own anything inside the machine. 399 00:25:16,849 --> 00:25:18,099 Except the chip. 400 00:25:18,267 --> 00:25:19,851 Yeah, well, except what's on the chip. 401 00:25:20,019 --> 00:25:21,561 The BIOS is on one of these chips, 402 00:25:21,729 --> 00:25:23,605 we just don't know which one. 403 00:25:23,772 --> 00:25:27,650 The ROM BIOS is the only part of the machine IBM actually designed. 404 00:25:27,818 --> 00:25:31,696 I mean, it is the program, it is the magic. 405 00:25:31,864 --> 00:25:33,656 Bad news is they copyrighted it 406 00:25:33,824 --> 00:25:35,658 and they own how it works. 407 00:25:35,826 --> 00:25:39,412 The good news is there's a way around that, sort of. 408 00:25:39,580 --> 00:25:42,916 - Reverse engineering. - Right, grab me the oscilloscope. 409 00:25:43,083 --> 00:25:46,419 And a pen and paper. We need to record these pin voltages. 410 00:25:46,587 --> 00:25:48,671 (pops) 411 00:25:48,839 --> 00:25:52,133 I am a little rusty at this. 412 00:25:52,301 --> 00:25:54,594 (puffing) 413 00:25:54,762 --> 00:25:56,054 Yeah. 414 00:25:56,222 --> 00:25:59,557 - Plus five? - Yeah. 415 00:25:59,725 --> 00:26:01,309 - Zero? - Mm-hmm. 416 00:26:01,477 --> 00:26:04,187 - Zero. - Mm-hmm. 417 00:26:04,355 --> 00:26:05,521 - Plus five. - Yeah. 418 00:26:05,689 --> 00:26:06,689 - Zero. - Mm-hmm. 419 00:26:06,857 --> 00:26:08,024 - Plus five. - No. 420 00:26:08,192 --> 00:26:09,359 - Zero. - Yeah. 421 00:26:09,526 --> 00:26:10,693 - Plus five? Zero. - Yeah. 422 00:26:10,861 --> 00:26:12,654 - Minus five? - Yeah, yeah. 423 00:26:12,821 --> 00:26:13,863 - Zero. - Yeah. 424 00:26:14,031 --> 00:26:15,031 - Minus five. - Yeah. 425 00:26:15,199 --> 00:26:17,992 - Zero. - (sighs) 426 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:20,370 - Yeah. - Plus five? 427 00:26:22,790 --> 00:26:25,166 (sizzling) 428 00:26:37,888 --> 00:26:40,181 That's it. Let's get to work. 429 00:26:41,517 --> 00:26:44,227 All right, write these numbers down. 430 00:26:44,395 --> 00:26:45,687 2-8-0-0... 431 00:26:45,854 --> 00:26:48,439 1-3-1-6... 432 00:26:48,607 --> 00:26:50,275 0-4-5-6... 433 00:26:50,442 --> 00:26:52,277 Wait, wait, wait, what am I doing here? 434 00:26:52,444 --> 00:26:55,196 We're writing down the contents of the addresses, all right? 435 00:26:55,364 --> 00:26:58,241 So each group of four lights represents a hex digit. 436 00:26:58,409 --> 00:26:59,742 I understand hexadecimal code. 437 00:26:59,910 --> 00:27:02,370 How are you getting this from that? 438 00:27:02,538 --> 00:27:05,081 This first line, that's a B. 439 00:27:05,249 --> 00:27:08,543 Two on, one off, one on. 440 00:27:08,711 --> 00:27:10,378 Okay, second line here, E. 441 00:27:10,546 --> 00:27:13,089 - Three on, one off... - Oh, I get it, I get it. 442 00:27:13,257 --> 00:27:15,425 How many of these addresses do we need to transcribe? 443 00:27:16,802 --> 00:27:19,721 65,536. 444 00:27:22,641 --> 00:27:24,142 E-4-2-1. 445 00:27:24,310 --> 00:27:29,188 8-0... C-4... C-2-7-2... 446 00:27:29,356 --> 00:27:30,565 3-8-7-9... 447 00:27:30,733 --> 00:27:32,692 C-9-1-0... 448 00:27:32,860 --> 00:27:34,819 4-C... 449 00:27:34,987 --> 00:27:37,280 1-9-2-1... 450 00:27:37,448 --> 00:27:41,451 (reciting continues) 451 00:27:47,207 --> 00:27:50,626 ...6-C-9-4. 452 00:27:56,216 --> 00:27:58,217 All right, fire up the monitor. 453 00:27:58,385 --> 00:28:00,762 - I'm gonna go put on some coffee. - Are we done? 454 00:28:00,929 --> 00:28:04,974 (gulps) With this part. 455 00:28:05,142 --> 00:28:07,852 - (footsteps fade) - (sighs) 456 00:28:13,150 --> 00:28:15,234 All right... ahem... 457 00:28:15,402 --> 00:28:18,071 let's see if we got it right. 458 00:28:18,238 --> 00:28:19,489 - (clicks) - (pops) 459 00:28:29,583 --> 00:28:30,792 (clicks) 460 00:28:32,669 --> 00:28:35,004 (whirring) 461 00:28:35,172 --> 00:28:38,007 There's a prompt. That's a good sign. 462 00:28:38,175 --> 00:28:40,510 (keyboard keys clicking) 463 00:28:48,644 --> 00:28:50,311 You found a needle in a haystack. 464 00:28:50,479 --> 00:28:52,021 Now, hold on. Let's fire up the printer. 465 00:28:52,189 --> 00:28:54,690 We still have a lot to do. 466 00:28:54,858 --> 00:28:58,111 (whirring, beeping) 467 00:29:13,460 --> 00:29:16,546 The IBM PC-ROM BIOS. 468 00:29:16,713 --> 00:29:18,881 That's the assembly language code. 469 00:29:26,557 --> 00:29:27,890 Now we do our own chip. 470 00:29:28,058 --> 00:29:29,809 Well, I mean... 471 00:29:29,977 --> 00:29:32,103 I told you. 472 00:29:32,271 --> 00:29:33,729 It's a treasure map. 473 00:29:33,897 --> 00:29:36,065 Yeah, maybe, but look... 474 00:29:36,233 --> 00:29:37,900 (laughs) 475 00:29:38,068 --> 00:29:40,695 Oh, this definitely calls for a toast... 476 00:29:40,863 --> 00:29:42,572 (rattling) 477 00:29:45,993 --> 00:29:47,618 Gordon: Oh, shit. 478 00:29:51,248 --> 00:29:53,749 I-I thought you weren't gonna be back till Monday. 479 00:29:53,917 --> 00:29:56,836 It is Monday. 480 00:29:57,004 --> 00:29:59,422 Haley's sick. I figured she caught whatever you had, 481 00:29:59,590 --> 00:30:02,633 but looking at you now, I can tell that you're not sick at all. 482 00:30:04,595 --> 00:30:07,513 Would you please tell me that you didn't buy all this? 483 00:30:07,681 --> 00:30:10,516 - Maybe I can help explain... - I'd like to speak to my husband... 484 00:30:10,684 --> 00:30:11,934 privately. 485 00:30:22,362 --> 00:30:24,697 - Gordon: Honey, just let me explain... - I really don't understand. 486 00:30:24,865 --> 00:30:26,157 - Let me just defend myself here. - Why would you lie to me? 487 00:30:26,325 --> 00:30:27,617 Hold on, I did not lie to you 488 00:30:27,784 --> 00:30:29,452 - about anything. - You did, you lied. 489 00:30:29,620 --> 00:30:31,287 - No, I did not lie to you. - Gordon, this is going backwards. 490 00:30:31,455 --> 00:30:32,830 This right here, this is what I want to do with my life! 491 00:30:32,998 --> 00:30:36,125 Yes, but don't you realize what you're risking? 492 00:30:36,293 --> 00:30:38,461 Don't you realize what you have now? 493 00:30:41,131 --> 00:30:43,466 Well, it's not enough. 494 00:30:43,634 --> 00:30:46,177 Okay? I'm sorry, it's not enough. 495 00:30:49,556 --> 00:30:52,391 Okay. 496 00:30:52,559 --> 00:30:55,144 Well, it always has been enough for me. 497 00:30:55,312 --> 00:30:56,812 Come on, Donna, don't be like that. 498 00:30:56,980 --> 00:30:58,397 But I guess I never had the burden of believing 499 00:30:58,565 --> 00:31:01,108 that I was some misunderstood genius. 500 00:31:03,111 --> 00:31:04,529 (car door closes) 501 00:31:07,324 --> 00:31:09,450 Donna: Let's put you to bed. 502 00:31:09,618 --> 00:31:12,286 - John? - Nope. 503 00:31:12,454 --> 00:31:14,372 I'm sorry, but I think you'll wanna take this. 504 00:31:14,540 --> 00:31:15,831 Mama makin' pork chops tonight. 505 00:31:15,999 --> 00:31:17,875 It's IBM. 506 00:31:27,177 --> 00:31:29,262 (button clicks) 507 00:31:29,429 --> 00:31:31,472 Bosworth here. 508 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:34,225 John, it's Dale Butler, 509 00:31:34,393 --> 00:31:36,686 Senior Vice President of Sales, North America. 510 00:31:38,939 --> 00:31:41,482 What can I do you for, Dale? 511 00:31:43,193 --> 00:31:46,070 - You got one of my boys down there. - Why, yes, we do. 512 00:31:46,238 --> 00:31:47,738 MacMillan. Uh-huh. 513 00:31:47,906 --> 00:31:50,116 Interesting fella. 514 00:31:50,284 --> 00:31:51,450 (Dale chuckles) 515 00:31:51,618 --> 00:31:53,578 I guess I can say it's good to know he's alive. 516 00:31:53,745 --> 00:31:55,621 How so? 517 00:31:55,789 --> 00:31:59,041 Joe walked out the front door of our offices last March. 518 00:31:59,209 --> 00:32:00,710 And? 519 00:32:00,877 --> 00:32:02,378 And he never came back. 520 00:32:07,718 --> 00:32:10,052 You lost me, Dale. 521 00:32:10,220 --> 00:32:12,346 No one has seen or heard from Joe MacMillan 522 00:32:12,514 --> 00:32:14,015 in more than a year. 523 00:32:14,182 --> 00:32:15,600 We even filed police reports. 524 00:32:15,767 --> 00:32:17,560 Up until we caught wind he was working for you, 525 00:32:17,728 --> 00:32:21,564 we believed the worst, but here we are. 526 00:32:21,732 --> 00:32:23,691 He's damaged goods, John. 527 00:32:23,859 --> 00:32:27,028 I wish I could've warned you, but now it might be too late. 528 00:32:27,195 --> 00:32:30,031 How so? 529 00:32:30,198 --> 00:32:33,743 I'm here with Rebecca Taylor, our in-house legal counsel. 530 00:32:36,121 --> 00:32:40,416 Hi, John. We've got a problem. 531 00:32:54,264 --> 00:32:56,182 - You two... sit down. - (door closes) 532 00:32:58,935 --> 00:33:00,102 This here is Nathan Cardiff. 533 00:33:00,270 --> 00:33:02,021 He owns the company you destroyed. 534 00:33:02,189 --> 00:33:04,065 We just got done with a two-and-a-half-hour jaw 535 00:33:04,232 --> 00:33:05,483 with IBM's legal team, 536 00:33:05,651 --> 00:33:07,193 including your old boss, Dale Butler. 537 00:33:07,361 --> 00:33:08,611 Oh, yeah? How's he doing? 538 00:33:10,781 --> 00:33:12,615 Oh, he's doing pretty splendid, 539 00:33:12,783 --> 00:33:15,534 given the fact that Big Blue is gonna liquidate this company 540 00:33:15,702 --> 00:33:18,579 to the tune of several dozen million dollars in legal damages 541 00:33:18,747 --> 00:33:21,248 because two idiot children in our employ 542 00:33:21,416 --> 00:33:23,459 decided to rip off their flagship product. 543 00:33:23,627 --> 00:33:25,211 Sir, that wasn't the idea. 544 00:33:25,379 --> 00:33:26,754 We did this solely on our own. 545 00:33:26,922 --> 00:33:28,422 It turns out that doesn't matter... 546 00:33:28,590 --> 00:33:31,342 and, believe me, we tried to feed you to the wolves, boys. 547 00:33:31,510 --> 00:33:33,427 But because MacMillan here worked at IBM 548 00:33:33,595 --> 00:33:35,846 and you two were in our employ at the time of your little project, 549 00:33:36,014 --> 00:33:38,641 that project is ours now, for better or worse. 550 00:33:38,809 --> 00:33:40,309 Worse, in this case. 551 00:33:40,477 --> 00:33:43,187 Butler and that woman Taylor are headed down here tomorrow. 552 00:33:43,355 --> 00:33:46,232 Sir, how the hell did IBM find out about this? 553 00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:48,234 I told them. 554 00:33:50,404 --> 00:33:52,446 Hey! Hey! 555 00:33:52,614 --> 00:33:54,865 That's how you force their hand? You call IBM? 556 00:33:55,033 --> 00:33:56,242 Just let everybody cool off. 557 00:33:56,410 --> 00:33:58,869 This is exactly what my wife... Joe, look at me. 558 00:33:59,037 --> 00:34:03,666 I'm not like you, okay? I have a wife, kids, a mortgage, okay? 559 00:34:03,834 --> 00:34:05,918 I was fine until you threw that stupid article in my face 560 00:34:06,086 --> 00:34:07,128 and gave me some... 561 00:34:07,295 --> 00:34:08,838 What? What did I give you, Gordon? 562 00:34:09,005 --> 00:34:12,299 - Oh, go to hell, Joe. - Good! Get angry, get angry! 563 00:34:12,467 --> 00:34:14,593 Feel something, like you did in that garage, 564 00:34:14,761 --> 00:34:17,638 because this is the only way we get what we want. 565 00:34:17,806 --> 00:34:20,349 - There is no "we," Joe. - There is now. 566 00:34:20,517 --> 00:34:23,352 I was at COMDEX two years ago. 567 00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:27,815 I saw the Symphonic demo. It was ahead of its time. 568 00:34:27,983 --> 00:34:31,110 That was then, this is now... and a year from now, 569 00:34:31,278 --> 00:34:33,529 you're gonna thank me. You're a builder, Gordon. 570 00:34:33,697 --> 00:34:36,282 No, I'm not, okay? Not anymore. 571 00:34:36,450 --> 00:34:38,492 All right? Get that through your head. 572 00:34:46,376 --> 00:34:48,210 Hey. 573 00:34:50,881 --> 00:34:53,299 - Yeah. - Yes. 574 00:34:55,552 --> 00:34:57,553 I figured you needed a break. 575 00:34:57,721 --> 00:34:59,346 Joanie: Daddy, you fixed it! 576 00:34:59,514 --> 00:35:01,557 Yeah, well, turn it on. 577 00:35:01,725 --> 00:35:05,144 (toy beeps) Hello, Joanie. 578 00:35:05,312 --> 00:35:07,646 How'd you get it to say my name? 579 00:35:07,814 --> 00:35:11,150 Well, I programmed it. Now spell something for me. 580 00:35:11,318 --> 00:35:13,235 (both giggle) 581 00:35:13,403 --> 00:35:17,364 Electronic voice: D-A-D-D-Y. 582 00:35:17,532 --> 00:35:19,408 What's that spell? 583 00:35:25,123 --> 00:35:27,166 (dishes clatter) 584 00:35:27,334 --> 00:35:30,836 Look, I've been awful. 585 00:35:31,004 --> 00:35:33,589 I'm sorry. 586 00:35:35,467 --> 00:35:37,593 I know you think you need this. 587 00:35:37,761 --> 00:35:41,138 And whatever it is, I'm pretty sure I can't stop you. 588 00:35:41,306 --> 00:35:45,434 Yeah, I know. I've already stopped, okay? 589 00:35:45,602 --> 00:35:48,187 Computers, my job... 590 00:35:48,355 --> 00:35:51,148 none of that matters. 591 00:35:51,316 --> 00:35:53,651 Not without you. 592 00:36:08,375 --> 00:36:10,042 Build it. 593 00:36:11,628 --> 00:36:14,463 Whatever it is you're dreaming of, build it. 594 00:36:14,631 --> 00:36:18,384 I know you can make it great. 595 00:36:22,389 --> 00:36:25,057 But here's the deal. 596 00:36:25,225 --> 00:36:27,852 You wanna partner with Joe MacMillan... 597 00:36:30,647 --> 00:36:33,315 then you partner with me and this family. 598 00:36:33,483 --> 00:36:35,776 Yeah. 599 00:36:35,944 --> 00:36:37,444 Deal. 600 00:36:45,036 --> 00:36:46,912 Why can't we fire these peckerheads? 601 00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:48,455 Because then you'll lose this lawsuit. 602 00:36:48,623 --> 00:36:50,040 Fire them, shelve their work, 603 00:36:50,208 --> 00:36:51,542 you're essentially admitting guilt. 604 00:36:51,710 --> 00:36:53,794 Okay, so what's the solution, Barry? 605 00:36:53,962 --> 00:36:55,337 We legitimize the project. 606 00:36:55,505 --> 00:36:57,339 - What? - Go the other way. 607 00:36:57,507 --> 00:36:59,341 We say Cardiff Electric as a company 608 00:36:59,509 --> 00:37:00,926 has been pursuing PC development all along. 609 00:37:01,094 --> 00:37:02,887 I don't see how the hell that'd solve any... 610 00:37:03,054 --> 00:37:04,388 You take Clark's findings on the BIOS chip, 611 00:37:04,556 --> 00:37:06,640 you tell an engineer to build a unit that operates and performs 612 00:37:06,808 --> 00:37:09,351 in exactly the same way, but you don't tell him how to do it. 613 00:37:09,519 --> 00:37:11,061 Hell, I don't think we have one engineer 614 00:37:11,229 --> 00:37:13,022 capable of building a BIOS from scratch 615 00:37:13,189 --> 00:37:14,690 other than "Sonny Bono" over here. 616 00:37:14,858 --> 00:37:17,484 And we can't use him or any other engineer we currently employ. 617 00:37:17,652 --> 00:37:18,861 So we have to hire? 618 00:37:19,029 --> 00:37:21,697 Yes, someone who doesn't know us or IBM 619 00:37:21,865 --> 00:37:23,699 and certainly hasn't seen the contents of this binder. 620 00:37:23,867 --> 00:37:25,868 Essentially, all the law stipulates 621 00:37:26,036 --> 00:37:28,495 is that he can't be hands-on in the actual chip creation. 622 00:37:28,663 --> 00:37:30,831 - And we can't fire them. - Barry: No, not right now. 623 00:37:30,999 --> 00:37:34,543 So we get out of this by actually building a PC clone? 624 00:37:34,711 --> 00:37:37,671 This is your brilliant idea to save our hides, Barry? 625 00:37:37,839 --> 00:37:39,840 For God's sake, man! 626 00:37:40,008 --> 00:37:42,176 No. 627 00:37:42,344 --> 00:37:45,429 Actually, it was MacMillan's. 628 00:37:52,562 --> 00:37:54,897 You son of a bitch. 629 00:37:55,065 --> 00:37:56,649 Now, why didn't you tell me about this yesterday? 630 00:37:56,816 --> 00:37:59,109 I needed you to exhaust your options 631 00:37:59,277 --> 00:38:00,861 so that you would take this one seriously. 632 00:38:01,029 --> 00:38:03,614 Do you know how many futures you're toying with here, son? 633 00:38:03,782 --> 00:38:05,574 Selling systems software, 634 00:38:05,742 --> 00:38:07,826 I probably would've made you a couple hundred thousand... 635 00:38:07,994 --> 00:38:10,913 (screams) You listen to me, boy! You listen to me! 636 00:38:12,999 --> 00:38:16,418 I admire your tenacity, 637 00:38:16,586 --> 00:38:20,923 but I draw the line at you claiming that you did me a favor. 638 00:38:24,427 --> 00:38:26,512 Don't screw this up. 639 00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:28,097 'Cause in Texas, 640 00:38:28,264 --> 00:38:30,432 you put a man's livelihood on the line and you don't follow through, 641 00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:32,935 there's not gonna be another new job 642 00:38:33,103 --> 00:38:35,312 'cause ain't nobody gonna be able to find where you're buried. 643 00:38:36,898 --> 00:38:39,233 You've got something to say, Gordon? 644 00:38:40,318 --> 00:38:42,236 No. No, sir. 645 00:38:42,404 --> 00:38:43,821 Bosworth: Where are we gonna find this new engineer? 646 00:38:43,989 --> 00:38:46,240 We needed him yesterday. IBM legal's here first thing tomorrow. 647 00:38:46,408 --> 00:38:49,159 - I need time to vet a candidate. - Barry: We don't have time. 648 00:38:49,327 --> 00:38:51,036 You think IBM is just sitting around on their asses? 649 00:38:51,204 --> 00:38:53,038 Who do we have right now, huh? 650 00:38:53,206 --> 00:38:56,041 Who do we have right now? (slams desk) 651 00:39:01,214 --> 00:39:03,382 "Wanna Be Manor" plays 652 00:39:03,550 --> 00:39:05,300 ♪ I ended up at the Wannabe Manor ♪ 653 00:39:05,468 --> 00:39:07,136 ♪ Wannabe Manor, what a place to be ♪ 654 00:39:07,303 --> 00:39:10,389 ♪ Wannabe Manor, is not for me... ♪ 655 00:39:10,557 --> 00:39:11,724 (bangs) 656 00:39:13,435 --> 00:39:15,144 ♪ I walked in the door, pee on the floor ♪ 657 00:39:15,311 --> 00:39:16,895 ♪ Looked on the floor, spotted a whore ♪ 658 00:39:17,063 --> 00:39:18,731 ♪ Drugs and filth are all around ♪ 659 00:39:18,898 --> 00:39:21,358 ♪ No clean dishes can be found ♪ 660 00:39:21,526 --> 00:39:23,110 ♪ If you thought your nightmares were scary ♪ 661 00:39:23,278 --> 00:39:24,945 ♪ Wait till you meet the ho called Jeri... ♪ 662 00:39:25,113 --> 00:39:27,489 Next game. 663 00:39:27,657 --> 00:39:28,991 (game buzzes) 664 00:39:29,159 --> 00:39:30,534 (quarter clatters) 665 00:39:30,702 --> 00:39:33,078 What the hell? You've been on for over an hour. 666 00:39:33,246 --> 00:39:35,122 Hey. 667 00:39:35,290 --> 00:39:36,665 Hey. 668 00:39:36,833 --> 00:39:38,000 Get your hands off me, man. 669 00:39:38,168 --> 00:39:40,461 We're getting complaints. 670 00:39:41,671 --> 00:39:43,964 Unbelievable. You're gone. 671 00:39:44,132 --> 00:39:45,883 Go! 672 00:39:46,051 --> 00:39:48,093 Later, spooky bitch. 673 00:39:50,096 --> 00:39:53,348 - Arcade employee: Hey! - What? 674 00:39:53,516 --> 00:39:56,852 - That's enough! - Put me down! 675 00:39:57,020 --> 00:39:58,771 - Come on! - Let go of me! 676 00:39:58,938 --> 00:40:00,272 Go! 677 00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:01,607 (yells) 678 00:40:03,526 --> 00:40:05,652 - Fascist! - (coins clatter) 679 00:40:08,364 --> 00:40:09,698 God. 680 00:40:12,202 --> 00:40:14,536 Oh, Jesus. 681 00:40:16,372 --> 00:40:18,207 No. 682 00:40:20,043 --> 00:40:21,543 What? 683 00:40:22,712 --> 00:40:24,755 Great. 684 00:40:27,634 --> 00:40:30,302 (patrons chattering) 685 00:40:33,473 --> 00:40:34,890 You know I screwed him, right? 686 00:40:35,058 --> 00:40:37,726 Let's be adult about this. 687 00:40:37,894 --> 00:40:39,478 You love talking down to me, don't you? 688 00:40:39,646 --> 00:40:41,105 Look, there are a thousand other engineers we can get. 689 00:40:41,272 --> 00:40:44,108 Preferably one you haven't bedded down with. 690 00:40:44,275 --> 00:40:46,610 Who are you again? 691 00:40:46,778 --> 00:40:49,113 I'm the guy who figured out the boot code in four days. 692 00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:50,572 - What have you done? - You heard him... 693 00:40:50,740 --> 00:40:53,158 a thousand other engineers. 694 00:40:53,326 --> 00:40:54,576 No. 695 00:40:54,744 --> 00:40:56,995 You need me, otherwise you wouldn't be here. 696 00:40:57,163 --> 00:40:58,413 What do you want? 697 00:40:58,581 --> 00:41:02,126 I want you to go dangle your little opportunity in someone else's face. 698 00:41:02,293 --> 00:41:03,502 Then why are you still here? 699 00:41:03,670 --> 00:41:05,838 I wanted to see what I was so wrong about the first time. 700 00:41:06,005 --> 00:41:07,131 I regret that happened. 701 00:41:07,298 --> 00:41:09,925 I'm sorry you feel bad for hurting my feelings, 702 00:41:10,093 --> 00:41:11,301 but don't worry, you didn't. 703 00:41:11,469 --> 00:41:13,554 It wasn't supposed to be personal. I was scouting you. 704 00:41:13,721 --> 00:41:16,807 Scouting you for this exact moment. 705 00:41:16,975 --> 00:41:18,225 - Humph. - No, wait. 706 00:41:20,103 --> 00:41:23,313 This is too important to get wrong. 707 00:41:23,481 --> 00:41:24,898 "No one who matters pays attention," right? 708 00:41:25,066 --> 00:41:26,108 Okay, stop selling me. 709 00:41:26,276 --> 00:41:28,318 I don't need you. 710 00:41:28,486 --> 00:41:29,611 You think I don't see it? 711 00:41:29,779 --> 00:41:31,155 This takes off, I write my own ticket, 712 00:41:31,322 --> 00:41:34,449 but if it goes wrong, I'm a college dropout 713 00:41:34,617 --> 00:41:36,827 repairing VCRs for $3.25 an hour, 714 00:41:36,995 --> 00:41:39,121 so forgive me for weighing my options. 715 00:41:39,289 --> 00:41:41,165 See? 716 00:41:41,332 --> 00:41:43,333 Now you're thinking like a professional. 717 00:41:46,713 --> 00:41:48,964 How much money would you give me? 718 00:41:49,132 --> 00:41:53,135 Junior engineer, no experience... 20 grand. 719 00:41:54,637 --> 00:41:55,679 Double it. 720 00:41:55,847 --> 00:41:59,600 - My wife makes 15 at TI. - Well, then I feel sorry for her. 721 00:42:03,104 --> 00:42:04,605 So? 722 00:42:05,857 --> 00:42:07,691 What's it gonna be, Joe? 723 00:42:10,695 --> 00:42:12,821 "The Magnificent Seven" playing 724 00:42:24,417 --> 00:42:26,001 ♪ You lot! What? ♪ 725 00:42:26,169 --> 00:42:28,378 ♪ Don't stop, give it all you got ♪ 726 00:42:28,546 --> 00:42:30,214 ♪ You lot! What? ♪ 727 00:42:30,381 --> 00:42:32,507 ♪ Don't stop, yeah! ♪ 728 00:42:32,675 --> 00:42:34,468 ♪ You lot! What? ♪ 729 00:42:34,636 --> 00:42:36,678 ♪ Don't stop, yeah! ♪ 730 00:42:36,846 --> 00:42:38,680 ♪ Working for a rise, better my station ♪ 731 00:42:38,848 --> 00:42:40,515 ♪ Take my baby to sophistication ♪ 732 00:42:40,683 --> 00:42:42,392 ♪ She's seen the ads, she thinks it's nice ♪ 733 00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:44,686 ♪ Better work hard, I seen the price ♪ 734 00:42:44,854 --> 00:42:46,897 ♪ Never mind that, it's time for the bus ♪ 735 00:42:47,065 --> 00:42:49,191 ♪ We got to work and you're one of us ♪ 736 00:42:49,359 --> 00:42:51,235 ♪ Clocks go slow in a place of work ♪ 737 00:42:51,402 --> 00:42:53,987 ♪ Minutes drag and the hours jerk... ♪ 738 00:42:54,155 --> 00:42:55,656 Answer honestly. 739 00:42:55,823 --> 00:42:57,241 This is for legal record. 740 00:42:57,408 --> 00:43:00,702 False answers put you at risk of perjury, you understand? 741 00:43:02,789 --> 00:43:04,748 I'm sorry, you have to answer "yes" or "I do." 742 00:43:04,916 --> 00:43:07,042 Cameron: Oh, yes, I do. 743 00:43:11,047 --> 00:43:13,882 Barry: Have you ever attempted to disassemble or deconstruct 744 00:43:14,050 --> 00:43:17,052 any product manufactured by International Business Machines, 745 00:43:17,220 --> 00:43:19,137 more commonly known as IBM? 746 00:43:22,892 --> 00:43:25,394 Uh, no, I have not. 747 00:43:25,561 --> 00:43:27,771 Barry: Have you ever attempted to reverse engineer 748 00:43:27,939 --> 00:43:30,732 any product or equipment made by IBM? 749 00:43:32,068 --> 00:43:33,735 No, I have not. 750 00:43:33,903 --> 00:43:35,737 Barry: Have you ever attempted to reverse engineer 751 00:43:35,905 --> 00:43:38,907 any microchips, microcode, or any computer hardware 752 00:43:39,075 --> 00:43:42,202 while under the employ of a business or corporation? 753 00:43:42,370 --> 00:43:44,162 No, I have not. 754 00:43:46,749 --> 00:43:48,583 Bosworth: Well, welcome... 755 00:43:48,751 --> 00:43:50,752 to the tiniest, 756 00:43:50,920 --> 00:43:54,589 leakiest lifeboat... 757 00:43:54,757 --> 00:43:56,967 you ever tried to paddle to shore in. 758 00:43:59,053 --> 00:44:01,596 I had some numbers run, looks like this PC business 759 00:44:01,764 --> 00:44:03,515 is gonna cost us upwards of a couple million dollars 760 00:44:03,683 --> 00:44:05,600 just to get in the door. 761 00:44:05,768 --> 00:44:07,519 So, in order to reach that perfect world 762 00:44:07,687 --> 00:44:09,021 where we actually start selling things 763 00:44:09,188 --> 00:44:10,439 rather than running from the bogeyman, 764 00:44:10,606 --> 00:44:14,526 there will be some rules. One, no bullshit. 765 00:44:14,694 --> 00:44:17,362 - Sorry, what constitutes bull... - Whatever I damn say it is. 766 00:44:17,530 --> 00:44:18,780 Two, 767 00:44:18,948 --> 00:44:22,159 hours are now from when this meeting is done until when you die. 768 00:44:22,327 --> 00:44:26,955 And three, I know I can't fire any of you yet, 769 00:44:27,123 --> 00:44:29,124 but that also means you can't leave, 770 00:44:29,292 --> 00:44:30,625 so if I need to stomp on one of y'all's heads 771 00:44:30,793 --> 00:44:32,502 to feel better about my morning shave, 772 00:44:32,670 --> 00:44:36,798 whoa, you're gonna have to find a way to deal with that. 773 00:44:36,966 --> 00:44:39,468 Do you understand? 774 00:44:42,472 --> 00:44:44,639 So, who's my boss or whatever? 775 00:44:44,807 --> 00:44:46,016 Both: Me. 776 00:44:46,184 --> 00:44:47,476 (door opens) 777 00:44:47,643 --> 00:44:49,478 IBM is here. 778 00:44:51,272 --> 00:44:52,856 Listen, keep your stories straight. 779 00:44:53,024 --> 00:44:55,692 You're gonna be reciting them all day. 780 00:44:55,860 --> 00:44:57,611 Joe, one more thing. 781 00:45:01,657 --> 00:45:03,950 According to IBM, you've been on the side of a milk carton 782 00:45:04,118 --> 00:45:06,203 for about a year. 783 00:45:06,371 --> 00:45:09,956 Yeah, I hired you. I didn't check your references, 784 00:45:10,124 --> 00:45:14,711 so whatever this is, son, I'm on the hook for it. 785 00:45:14,879 --> 00:45:17,047 You understand? 786 00:45:17,215 --> 00:45:18,548 Yeah. 787 00:45:22,512 --> 00:45:26,139 I've worked here for 22 years. 788 00:45:26,307 --> 00:45:29,518 I helped build this company into what it is. 789 00:45:31,229 --> 00:45:35,065 And you backed me into a corner in my own home? 790 00:45:36,359 --> 00:45:41,029 I'm never... I'm never gonna forget that. 791 00:45:42,573 --> 00:45:44,574 Never. 792 00:45:45,993 --> 00:45:48,328 I'm gonna root through your closets, boy. 793 00:45:48,496 --> 00:45:52,124 Oh, I'm gonna pull every loose thread. 794 00:46:15,314 --> 00:46:16,440 - How are you? Dale. - Good to see ya. 795 00:46:16,607 --> 00:46:17,649 Good to see you. 796 00:46:17,817 --> 00:46:20,694 John Bosworth, Miss Taylor. We spoke on the phone. 797 00:46:20,862 --> 00:46:22,279 This way. 798 00:46:30,288 --> 00:46:32,622 Holy shit. 799 00:46:36,502 --> 00:46:39,129 What are you trying to prove with all this? 800 00:47:08,910 --> 00:47:11,411 (theme music playing)