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Season 2, Episode 4: SoftBank, Fortress and the Vision Fund

Acquired

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Halt and Catch Fire

iReporter David Bianculli recalls the mid-nineties when Softbank bought zif davis, publisher of pc week and a whole bunch of other stuff. He also buys comdec, an organization called comdex, which was like peter show in its heydey. In those days, that was where you went to check out all the new stuff on computers. And this is the midnight s he's starting to see the internet is coming too.

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