In the tech world, visions clash, ideas ignite, and friendships fray. Halt and Catch Fire is a rollercoaster ride through the dawn of the digital age, where innovation is king, and risks can bring both glory and ruin.
Halt and Catch Fire is named after a real computer machine code instruction, HCF, that would cause the computer's central processing unit to stop working.
The main characters of Halt and Catch Fire, Joe MacMillan, Cameron Howe, and Gordon Clark, are inspired by real-life tech innovators, symbolizing the pioneering spirits of Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and a blend of various 1980s computer revolution figures.