Rebirth of the Tech Madman

Waseda University, located in Shinjuku District, Tokyo, is a well-known private university, and its ranking naturally cannot be compared with the seven national universities that were remodeled by the Imperial University of Japan after World War II.

In fact, the so-called various university rankings are nothing more than quantifiable indicators such as the number of paper citations in academic rankings, the proportion of foreign teachers, etc., and accordingly there is room for manipulation.

Especially for science and engineering disciplines responsible for scientific research tasks, as long as sufficient investment is ensured and academic achievements are eager for quick success, it will not be too difficult to compare to the sky.

However, Waseda University has no advantages in science and engineering, nor can it receive huge financial support like public universities. In addition, it is difficult to add soft power factors to the university rankings with specific quantitative figures. Its position is at a disadvantage. Inevitably.

Tang Huan has to consider every move in official affairs, and he can't turn a blind eye to certain factors like ordinary people.

In his opinion, when choosing a university in Japan to communicate and interact with him, the consideration of ranking is secondary, but mainly depends on the performance of school spirit, history, and social contribution, and Waseda University, which is inclusive, is almost the only one. chosen.

In addition to the Philosophical Confucianism Training and Certification Center, Tang Huan also cooperates with Waseda University to study localization issues such as Japanese input method and Japanese font. After all, it is closer to the cultural category, and Japanese talents have the most say of.

The current president of Waseda University, Shimizu, is an engineering scholar. He sincerely welcomed Tang Huan's IT cooperation project and accompanied him throughout the process.

At a ceremony for donating the second-generation Fangyuan computer. Tang Huan was once asked about it. The current generation of Fangyuan computers on the market. Basically, they are compatible machines produced by third-party manufacturers in Japan, so does it mean that the second-generation Fangyuan Computer will also adopt this licensing model in the future?

You don't have to wait for the future, it's now. Tang Huan, who had already made up his mind, gave the clearest answer so far.

Among the entourage, there were professional reporters from the Japanese financial circles, who immediately realized that this should be quite shocking news. So he immediately wrote an article and sent it back to the newspaper. The general idea of ​​the content was that the latest generation of Fangyuan personal computer products will be authorized by third-party manufacturers to produce, and Japanese consumers are expected to obtain further benefits.

Tang Huan, who released his plans to the outside world in an orderly manner, wandered around Waseda University without panic, sitting firmly on the Diaoyu Terrace and waiting for feedback from the outside world.

The development of Japanese fonts is a creation of both technology and art, and many people devote themselves to it for a sense of accomplishment.

But compared to the Western alphabet,

The Eastern writing system is obviously too complicated, and it is difficult to achieve success alone, so many small groups have emerged. I never get tired of wanting to make the fonts I designed appear in the computer.

After looking at several sets of font schemes. Tang Huan couldn't help but nodded in front of Secretary Shimizu, admiring Waseda University's profound cultural background and the extraordinary creativity of the students, and sponsored the research and development activities of these interest groups in his own name, and added that in case There is a set of fonts that have been successfully commercialized, and the income from copyright fees has nothing to do with themselves.

If every university in Japan can reach Waseda University's affinity with Yuanyuan Computer, then Tang Huan can conclude with complete confidence that the -9801 personal computer's natural advantages in local human harmony will disappear. .

One of the members of the font interest group surprised Tang Huan. The other party turned out to be Haruki Murakami, a famous novelist decades later in the original time and space.

In a conventional sense, Haruki Murakami was not a well-behaved person during his studies. This kind of incongruity seems to have completely changed since he got married in 1971.

It was precisely because Haruki Murakami had to take a year off from Waseda University because he got married while he was in college that it took him seven years to complete his college credits.

After marriage, Haruki Murakami and his wife worked in a record store during the day and a coffee shop at night. Three years later, they opened a jazz cafe peter cat named after Murakami's pet, selling coffee during the day and turning it into a bar at night.

It can be said that during this period, Haruki Murakami was studying, while observing all living beings through the operation of a jazz shop, and accumulated enough rich social experience.

Haruki Murakami wrote his first novel Listening to the Wind's Song in 1979, and submitted his work to the literary magazine Group Portrait for the first time in the literary competition for new writers. As a result, he won the 1979 Group Portrait Newcomer Award in one fell swoop.

With this good start, the well-known Haruki Murakami sold his long-run jazz shop this year and became a professional writer. He is currently writing his third work.

Murakami is really versatile. Tang Huan looked at the other party with interest.

In fact, I have started to use a personal computer for my writing now. It is a Fangyuan computer with a very powerful typesetting function. Haruki Murakami, who is not good at words, replied succinctly.

Hearing this, Tang Huan gave a thumbs up in admiration, because at this stage, users who can take the initiative to accept the tool of personal computers are basically different, at least they need to get used to typing Japanese on the keyboard. for a while.

In fact, Haruki Murakami's main purpose of coming to Waseda University this time was to go to the library to look up materials.

Fortunately, there was no air raid during the Pacific War, so unlike other libraries in Japan, the library of Waseda University is very well preserved, such as Dust Tribulation and other precious documents and historical materials that cannot be found elsewhere. It's all here.

Zheru was helping Waseda University to establish a new library computer management system. Tang Huan's next stop was to inspect the results of the stage, so he simply took Haruki Murakami along the way and chatted while walking.

In the original time and space, Haruki Murakami has been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature since 2009, and has been shortlisted for 6 consecutive years since then, but he has always been in the role of accompanying runner, which has to be said to be an interesting thing.

Many people associate Haruki Murakami with Norwegian Wood. Based on this alone, it is impossible for Tang Huan to continue to pay attention after the coincidence.

Compared with other Japanese counterparts. Haruki Murakami's style is not very Japanese. But a very American novelist.

Japan is a hierarchical, step-by-step society. Haruki Murakami has a mentality of escaping from this, even including politics, war, and the huge state apparatus.

All in all, Haruki Murakami is a special Japanese, and Tang Huan also confirmed this through simple getting along with him.

You know, Japan's economy is in full swing and its national strength is at its peak, so it dares to challenge the American boss. It is time to enjoy the dividends and glory from top to bottom, and Haruki Murakami seems a bit different.

When parting, Tang Huan said with a smile: Murakami, I appreciate your novels very much. If you are willing to accept, I would like to subsidize your study tour in the United States for free, so as to write better works.

Haruki Murakami was stunned by the pie that fell from the sky, and he didn't know how to answer for a long time.

In the original time and space, Haruki Murakami was not only a Japanese novelist, but also an American literary translator. He admired Fitzgerald, Raymond Chandler and Raymond Carver, three American writers, for their writing style in the early days—that is, in recent years. also affected by it.

If there is an opportunity to travel to the United States, Haruki Murakami will naturally wish for it.

I forgot to explain, you can bring your wife to the United States. Tang Huan took a business card from his entourage and put it in Haruki Murakami's hand, If you think about it, call the phone number above.

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The news that Tang Huan deliberately let out at Waseda University was immediately caught by those Japanese companies that have been paying attention to the personal computer industry.

The next morning, Sony's Akio Morita was the first to contact to confirm the matter.

At this time, Tang Huan was ready to leave for the United States.

That's true. If Sony is interested, then go to the United States to discuss. I think you will also attend dex, and I really don't have much time to stay in Japan. Tang Huan replied sincerely, but it was a bit tantalizing suspected.

There is also a reason for Tang Huan's procrastination.

The personal computer-9801 is still in the prototype stage, Tang Huan does not need to rush to the challenge, first make a good posture and see how to deal with it.

If the situation is optimistic, then we can tighten our grip on the authorization of compatible machines, otherwise we can spread the hero post, a cloud-piercing arrow, and all the brothers and sisters will come to see us.

Moreover, this time buffer can also allow the software department, which is responsible for recovering the losses, to further prepare.

More importantly, the move to open the authorization of the second-generation Fangyuan computer compatible machine involves a large number of patented technologies, and it will take a lot of time for the US Department of Justice to carefully consider it.

Compared with the transitional design of a large Fangyuan computer, Tang Huan planned the architecture of the second-generation Fangyuan computer according to the industry standard goals, including the design of the isa bus, ports, north-south bridge chips, memory sticks, expansion slots, etc. All leave room for future upgrades.

Adding all these things together, it is the so-called personal computer standard.

In the original time and space, Big Blue launched the ibm-, which made the concept of personal computers popular among the people and became popular all over the world.

But in fact, ibm is a profit-seeking company in the final analysis. It developed its own personal computer just to make money in this field.

Don't forget, the background of the birth of ibm- is that the personal computer is recognized as a low-end device, and the development cycle of the chess plan is too short, resulting in a patchwork of technology...

These technical limitations are not a big problem when ibm- and Apple and other peers coexist, but when ibm- dominates the world and drives out other personal computers with different architectures, almost leaving only Apple computers, it gradually becomes a limitation A stumbling block to the development of the entire personal computer industry.

One of the most obvious examples is that when Intel launched the microprocessor Intel 80286 with memory protection function, the conditions for a multitasking operating system were already met, but IBM and Microsoft, which control the entire personal computer industry, have never been able to make achievements.

This is the original sin of monopoly. Anyway, no matter what you do, you can make a lot of money every day, so why bother with that.

Therefore, since the ibm-standard was born, there have been many flaws. It can be said that the blue giant led everyone in a wrong direction from the starting line.

However, Tang Huan's standard embodied in the second-generation Fangyuan computer has thrown his competitors out by several blocks.

This superiority gap is reflected in multiple technical levels, perhaps from the perspective of the motherboard and hard disk MBR that users come into contact with before installing the operating system, it can best explain the problem.

That's true. If Sony is interested, then go to the United States to discuss. I think you will also attend dex, and I really don't have much time to stay in Japan. Tang Huan replied sincerely, but it was a bit tantalizing suspected.

There is also a reason for Tang Huan's procrastination.

The personal computer-9801 is still in the prototype stage, Tang Huan does not need to rush to the challenge, first make a good posture and see how to deal with it.

If the situation is optimistic, then we can tighten our grip on the authorization of compatible machines, otherwise we can spread the hero post, a cloud-piercing arrow, and all the brothers and sisters will come to see us.

Moreover, this time buffer can also allow the software department, which is responsible for recovering the losses, to further prepare.

More importantly, the move to open the authorization of the second-generation Fangyuan computer compatible machine involves a large number of patented technologies, and it will take a lot of time for the US Department of Justice to carefully consider it.

Compared with the transitional design of a large Fangyuan computer, Tang Huan planned the architecture of the second-generation Fangyuan computer according to the industry standard goals, including the design of the isa bus, ports, north-south bridge chips, memory sticks, expansion slots, etc. All leave room for future upgrades.

Adding all these things together, it is the so-called personal computer standard.

In the original time and space, Big Blue launched the ibm-, which made the concept of personal computers popular among the people and became popular all over the world.

But in fact, ibm is a profit-seeking company in the final analysis. It developed its own personal computer just to make money in this field.

Don't forget, the background of the birth of ibm- is that the personal computer is recognized as a low-end device, and the development cycle of the chess plan is too short, resulting in a patchwork of technology...

These technical limitations are not a big problem when other peers such as ibm- and Apple coexist.

But when ibm-dominated the rivers and lakes and drove out other personal computers with different architectures to the point where only Apple Computer was left, it gradually became a stumbling block restricting the development of the entire personal computer industry. (to be continued..)

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