Halt and Catch Fire Syllabus

Class 6 - Pre-web internet history

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RFC as koan

Emulator as koan

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Episodes: - S2E3 “The Way In”, S2E4 “Play with Friends”, S2E5 “Extract and Defend”

As Mutiny grows, the significance of communcating online plays a bigger and bigger role in the success of the company – through playing games and also through online chat. As emphasized in previous episodes, users are thrilled to have a place to talk to other people, favored over all other features provided by modem connections.

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