Did/Does anyone here watch Halt and Catch Fire on AMC? They have it in
re-runs in the early morning hours again.

One thing I have always wondered... they always start with Season 2. I
don't think they have shown re-runs of Season 1 since when it was
originally aired. I have often wondered why not. It was my favorite
season because it is the one where they try to come up with the first
portable computer. The other seasons are interesting as you watch them try
to chase the bleeding edge for other tech, but I always liked that one the most.

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Re: Halt and Catch Fire
By: Dumas Walker to ALL on Mon Apr 08 2019 05:19 pm

This is a great show. The reason they probably do not show Season 1 is because it is on Netflix, and it may be a licensing issue.

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This is a great show. The reason they probably do not show Season 1 is because
it is on Netflix, and it may be a licensing issue.

Ahhh-ha! I don't have Netflix so I did not know.

SyFy was re-running The Expanse right up until the day that Amazon Prime
took it over a month or so ago. They got up to about midway through Season
3. I was really hoping they'd finish that season (the most-recent one)
before they had to cut it off. :(

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Re: Halt and Catch Fire
By: Dumas Walker to KMELILLO on Tue Apr 09 2019 06:49 pm

SyFy was re-running The Expanse right up until the day that Amazon Prime took it over a month or so ago. They got up to about midway through Season 3. I was really hoping they'd finish that season (the most-recent one) before they had to cut it off. :(

The best season. Got a friend with a Plex server and like 20TB of storage, I re-watched a few episodes in preparation for s04. Can't wait.
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Re: Halt and Catch Fire
By: Dumas Walker to KMELILLO on Tue Apr 09 2019 06:49 pm

This is a great show. The reason they probably do not show Season 1 is bec >it is on Netflix, and it may be a licensing issue.

Ahhh-ha! I don't have Netflix so I did not know.

SyFy was re-running The Expanse right up until the day that Amazon Prime took it over a month or so ago. They got up to about midway through Season 3. I was really hoping they'd finish that season (the most-recent one) before they had to cut it off. :(

I enjoyed watching the Expanse. My co-worker read the books, and would give insight on things he felt important that was missing from the TV series.

Back to Halt and Catch Fire, I feel blessed in growing up in a time to see ear ly computer hardware evolve by leaps and bounds in the 80's and 90's. For awhile I was heavy into gaming, and CPU speeds were increasing so fast it was almost like an arms race with some gamers to have the fastest PC's.

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Re: Halt and Catch Fire
By: Android8675 to Dumas Walker on Wed Apr 10 2019 07:43 am

The best season. Got a friend with a Plex server and like 20TB of storage, I re-watched a few episodes in preparation for s04. Can't wait.

Friends with Plex servers are great. Or so my friends tell me about my 42TB server ;)

The only reason it's not bigger is that I'm out of space to add more hard drives to my server case.

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Re: Halt and Catch Fire
By: DaiTengu to Android8675 on Wed Apr 10 2019 01:12 pm

Friends with Plex servers are great. Or so my friends tell me about my 42TB server ;)

The only reason it's not bigger is that I'm out of space to add more hard drives to my server case.

I run a Plex server at home, and I have some movies and TV shows on it, but I haven't had the desire to load it up with a ton of stuff. The more it has, the more things you have to scroll through when selecting something to watch. And after watching a movie with Plex or watching a whole run of a TV show, I've removed some of them to save space and keep it uncluttered.

I find it interesting, the ways we watch movies these days. Optical discs and players seem to be on the decline, but I still think the disc formats are one of the easiest ways to watch movies, especially if you're renting. You just have to put in the disc and play it, and take it out when you're done. Online streaming services (such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc.) might not have the movie you want to watch, and there are sometimes issues with streaming. As far as purchasing movies, sometimes I wonder what will replace optical discs if/when optical discs finally die out. I wonder if movies will eventually be sold on USB flash drives, or if you'll just get a code to download it from online (and then, will it include any extras like they often have on DVD/blu-ray discs?). And if movies & TV shows all become download-only in the future, we'll probably have to buy external hard drives/flahs drives to back up our collection onto. It still seems a little more conveinent to just buy them on disc format and keep the discs around.

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SyFy was re-running The Expanse right up until the day that Amazon Prime >DW> took it over a month or so ago. They got up to about midway through Season >DW> 3. I was really hoping they'd finish that season (the most-recent one) >DW> before they had to cut it off. :(

The best season. Got a friend with a Plex server and like 20TB of storage, I re-watched a few episodes in preparation for s04. Can't wait.

I shall be waiting for S04 on DVD. :)

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I enjoyed watching the Expanse. My co-worker read the books, and would give >insight on things he felt important that was missing from the TV series.

I have a former co-worker who has said it is close to the books... not
exactly, but a lot closer than most TV adaptations get. He loves them both.

Back to Halt and Catch Fire, I feel blessed in growing up in a time to see ear >ly computer hardware evolve by leaps and bounds in the 80's and 90's. For >awhile I was heavy into gaming, and CPU speeds were increasing so fast it was >almost like an arms race with some gamers to have the fastest PC's.

I also remember most of that. We started with a TI99-4A (there is a slash
in there somewhere but I cannot remember where!), then an XT. My first PC
that was just mine was a 386/DX-40. After that, I did not really keep up
with the latest and greatest... had hand-me-down and surplus Pentiums...
until I got into SBCs.

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Re: Halt and Catch Fire
By: Nightfox to DaiTengu on Wed Apr 10 2019 03:12 pm

I run a Plex server at home, and I have some movies and TV shows on it, but I haven't had the desire to load it up with a ton of stuff. The more it has, the more things you have to scroll through when selecting something to watch. And after watching a movie with Plex or watching a whole run of a TV show, I've removed some of them to save space and keep it uncluttered.

I pay for YoutubeTV and have subscriptions to Amazon Prime, Hulu, Netflix and CBS All Access. I still download a lot of TV shows and watch them off Plex because it's simply easier. (Not having commercials is a definite plus). I don't feel bad about it, because I'm technically paying for it.

I find it interesting, the ways we watch movies these days. Optical discs and players seem to be on the decline, but I still think the disc formats are one of the easiest ways to watch movies, especially if you're renting. You just have to put in the disc and play it, and take it out when you're done. Online streaming services (such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc.) might not have the movie you want to watch, and there are sometimes issues with streaming. As far as purchasing movies, sometimes I wonder what will replace optical discs if/when optical discs finally die out. I wonder if movies will eventually be sold on USB flash drives, or if you'll just get a code to download it from online (and then, will it include any extras like they often have on DVD/blu-ray discs?). And if movies & TV shows all become download-only in the future, we'll probably have to buy external hard drives/flahs drives to back up our collection onto. It still seems a little more conveinent to just buy them on disc format and keep the discs around.

I only buy movies that I want the extras for. Honestly though, I've lost most of my taste for watching movies, other than the popular sci-fi and comic-book franchise films. I much prefer TV nowdays.

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Re: Halt and Catch Fire
By: DaiTengu to Nightfox on Thu Apr 11 2019 12:50 am

I only buy movies that I want the extras for. Honestly though, I've lost most of my taste for watching movies, other than the popular sci-fi and comic-book franchise films. I much prefer TV nowdays.

I've tended to like both. Though, there have been times when I heard about something that I thought was a movie but found out it's a TV show, and I would have rather watched something that ended in a couple hours rather than watching a (longer-running) TV series about it. :)

Nightfox

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Re: Halt and Catch Fire
By: Dumas Walker to MOONDOG on Wed Apr 10 2019 07:37 pm

I also remember most of that. We started with a TI99-4A (there is a slash in there somewhere but I cannot remember where!), then an XT. My first PC

Hahahaha, I had a TI-99/4a... Great little computer and then progressed up to XT, AT, blah, blah, blah... :)

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I pay for YoutubeTV and have subscriptions to Amazon Prime, Hulu, Netflix and >CBS All Access. I still download a lot of TV shows and watch them off Plex >because it's simply easier. (Not having commercials is a definite plus). I >don't feel bad about it, because I'm technically paying for it.

Where do you download them from? The serivce(s) you are paying for allows downloads, or from elsewhere?

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Re: Halt and Catch Fire
By: Dumas Walker to DAITENGU on Thu Apr 11 2019 05:22 pm

I pay for YoutubeTV and have subscriptions to Amazon Prime, Hulu,
Netflix and CBS All Access. I still download a lot of TV shows and

Where do you download them from? The serivce(s) you are paying for allows downloads, or from elsewhere?

Yea?? Where do you download them from?

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Re: Halt and Catch Fire
By: Heliarc to All on Fri Apr 12 2019 08:15 am

Where do you download them from? The serivce(s) you are paying for
allows downloads, or from elsewhere?

Yea?? Where do you download them from?

You quoted someone's message but addressed your reply to "All". Was that intended?

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Re: Halt and Catch Fire
By: Heliarc to All on Fri Apr 12 2019 08:15 am

Re: Halt and Catch Fire
By: Dumas Walker to DAITENGU on Thu Apr 11 2019 05:22 pm

I pay for YoutubeTV and have subscriptions to Amazon Prime, Hulu,
Netflix and CBS All Access. I still download a lot of TV shows and

Where do you download them from? The serivce(s) you are paying for allows downloads, or from elsewhere?

Yea?? Where do you download them from?

the internet toobs

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Hahahaha, I had a TI-99/4a... Great little computer and then progressed up to >XT, AT, blah, blah, blah... :)

I still have mine. About 10 years ago, I bought an old expansion system
for it. I have used it a few times, but one of the cards (and the main
reason I bought it) went bad shortlly after. It still works, but only
really provides a floppy and some extras for any cart games I might want to
use (I don't own any that require it, though! <GRIN>).

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Re: Halt and Catch Fire
By: Dumas Walker to DAITENGU on Thu Apr 11 2019 05:22 pm

I pay for YoutubeTV and have subscriptions to Amazon Prime, Hulu,
Netflix and CBS All Access. I still download a lot of TV shows and
watch them off Plex because it's simply easier. (Not having commercials
is a definite plus). I don't feel bad about it, because I'm
technically paying for it.

Where do you download them from? The serivce(s) you are paying for allows downloads, or from elsewhere?

Newsgroup providers and sometimes torrents. I pay about $15 a month for unlimited downloads from a couple newsgroup providers, and a few bucks a year here and there for access to Newsgroup indexers.

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Re: Halt and Catch Fire
By: Nightfox to Heliarc on Fri Apr 12 2019 02:13 pm

Where do you download them from? The serivce(s) you are paying for
allows downloads, or from elsewhere?

Yea?? Where do you download them from?

You quoted someone's message but addressed your reply to "All". Was that intended?

I don't know? It could have been all. I've been know to do worse. ;-)

Was the question answered?

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Moondog wrote to Dumas Walker <=-

Back to Halt and Catch Fire, I feel blessed in growing up in a time to
see ear ly computer hardware evolve by leaps and bounds in the 80's and 90's. For awhile I was heavy into gaming, and CPU speeds were
increasing so fast it was almost like an arms race with some gamers to have the fastest PC's.

I work in IT, and most places want to keep systems in use and on the
books for at least 3 years. When I worked at a gaming company, we were
swapping out motherboards and video cards every 6 months for some of
the producers and programmers.

We had a couple of very popular games, and my QA manager was a barter
king. We'd trade copies of our games for office licenses, a site
license for WinZip, and I don't think we paid for a video card the
entire time I was there.




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Re: Re: Halt and Catch Fire
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Moondog on Fri Apr 12 2019 09:36 am

Moondog wrote to Dumas Walker <=-

Back to Halt and Catch Fire, I feel blessed in growing up in a time to see ear ly computer hardware evolve by leaps and bounds in the 80's and 90's. For awhile I was heavy into gaming, and CPU speeds were increasing so fast it was almost like an arms race with some gamers to have the fastest PC's.

I work in IT, and most places want to keep systems in use and on the
books for at least 3 years. When I worked at a gaming company, we were swapping out motherboards and video cards every 6 months for some of
the producers and programmers.

We had a couple of very popular games, and my QA manager was a barter
king. We'd trade copies of our games for office licenses, a site
license for WinZip, and I don't think we paid for a video card the
entire time I was there.

... Don't stress one thing more than another

I also work in IT, and the three year life cycle is the what is desired but
not always adhered to with regards to financial resources. This may be an issue of not buying new systems, or it may be the budget does not allow for
the extra time and manpower needed to refresh their inventory. What I hated was when there was little or no planning done to handle the replacement of legacy software that hasn't been test or is known not to work properly with a new OS or hardware. At one site we deployed several small form factor
desktops since space was a premium and most users did not need the internal slots, but when they did need card expansion, it was for ancient SCSI controlled scanners or the peripheral and software combination needed actual serial or parallel ports.

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Re: Halt and Catch Fire
By: Dumas Walker to DREAM MASTER on Fri Apr 12 2019 08:37 pm

I still have mine. About 10 years ago, I bought an old expansion system
for it. I have used it a few times, but one of the cards (and the main reason I bought it) went bad shortlly after. It still works, but only really provides a floppy and some extras for any cart games I might want to use (I don't own any that require it, though! <GRIN>).

Wow. I had an expansion system, GRAM cracker, and all the goodies. It was a fun system for its time and some of the games were excellent for what the system provided. When I got my first 80 column display, that was heaven. :)

btw, if you look hard enough, you can find an emulator and download site for old TI-99 games.

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