Rebirth of the Tech Madman

It seems that the community property is painting the walls and the network is cut off. Fortunately, I have already gained experience and found an emergency solution without going to an Internet cafe.

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These days, Tang Huan has collected the recent situation of Next Company, but it was the first time he heard about Canon's capital injection, but after thinking about it, he was relieved.

Just like in the original time and space, Jobs never paid a visit to China in his life, so that he failed to give the fans who praised him a chance to smell him, but he frequently visited another country in Asia-Japan.

At this stage, Jobs is still a frequent visitor to Japan, and the development of the next project has received important support from the Japanese industry.

According to the design, in the external memory system solution of next computer, in addition to the hard disk, there is also a device called magneto-optical disk to replace the floppy disk with small capacity and slow read and write speed, and the cd with large capacity but also large volume -rom.

The technical realization principle of magneto-optical discs is the Kerr effect, that is, an effect in which a substance changes its refractive index in response to an external electric field. Many Japanese companies, including Canon and Sony, are actively researching in this field.

Tang Huan, who is familiar with the technology development roadmap, of course knows the application concept of magneto-optical disks, so he has little interest and no motivation to get involved in this field.

Sony is so active in the research and development of magneto-optical discs, because consumer electronics products such as walkmans are one of its main businesses, but CD players have obvious shortcomings-the equipment is too large, and It cannot be erased and written, and the magneto-optical walkman can solve this problem to a large extent.

In the original time and space, Sony did succeed in this direction, and finally launched the popular md player, until it was defeated by mp3 players.

However, the scope of application of magneto-optical disks is quite limited, mainly concentrated in Japan.

Of course, the magneto-optical disc at this stage is still a new and vibrant thing. The magneto-optical disk computer storage solution provided by Canon met Jobs's demanding requirements on the next computer's chassis size, and then became the standard storage device for the next computer.

Naturally, Canon, who was fooled by the bright background of Next Company, hoped to become the only supplier of magneto-optical disk storage equipment for Next Computer, and there was no safer way than becoming a shareholder of Next Company.

It can only be said that Japan is too rich now, and Canon doesn’t mind being fooled into spending 100 million U.S. dollars to gamble on a future.

Regarding Tang Huan's obvious tease, Jobs nodded calmly, It must be admitted that having your name on the shareholder list of Next Company will indeed bring some unique conveniences.

Tang Huan slowly put away his smile, picked up the cup in front of him calmly, and took a shallow sip. Gein Jobs wouldn't be so eloquent about giving credit to others. If something goes wrong, there must be a demon. Next, this guy must have something difficult to pass up.

Sure enough, I just heard Jobs continue: I'm going to hold a press conference for the next computer, do you have time to attend?

Should be no problem. Tang Huan nodded.

I heard that Zheru's latest version of the graphical user interface operating system - is also going to be released in the first half of the year? Jobs demanded boldly: Why don't you leave the first half of the year for the next computer and wait until the second half of the year to release it. Since If you like the number '8' so much, why not schedule the release on August 8, or even start at 8:08:8 on that day. This suggestion I give you is definitely creative, right?

Seeing Jobs' inexplicably complacent look, Tang Huan shook his head, and said angrily, This bad idea is also called creative? Do you really think that among my many subordinates, no one thought of doing it at this point in time? Positive article?

It's just that I feel that if we deliberately pursue many coincidences at this point in time,

In the end, it would be inevitable to give up the basics and chase the waste, and there would be no practical benefits other than wasting people and money, so he refused.

It doesn't matter. Jobs waved his hand impatiently, Then do you agree or not? The press conferences of Next Computer and the press conferences are different from each other, so as not to waste their respective publicity resources.

Tang Huan raised his brows: You have to let me see exactly what the next computer has been developed before we can talk about the press conference. Otherwise, wouldn't it be too bad to give way to a crappy product? It's worth it.

Joke, my next will be a crappy product? Jobs snorted, Anyway, it's almost done, we can go and have a look now.

Next, like EA, is located in Redwood City in the San Francisco Bay Area. Not far from here in Cupertino.

Tang Huan glanced at the time and found that there was still plenty of time, so he ordered his assistant to call for friends and go to visit together.

Although the prospect of next computer may not be very good, Tang Huan believes that it can definitely exert the catfish effect and inspire his subordinates in a certain way.

Seeing this scene, Jobs, who was powerless to stop him, could only say angrily: Go, go, go, let's use it as a preview of the press conference.

Tang Huan patted Jobs on the shoulder with a smile, and comforted him, They have always been strict with their mouths, and they won't let your press conference lose its sense of mystery.

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Despite the fact that Next Company doesn't have much sales revenue, its office is not only not shabby, but so luxurious that it can only be described as as expected of a modern technology company. Even the carrot juice for entertaining guests, Both are the most expensive Odwalla cards.

Seeing the surprised expressions of many people, Jobs said proudly: We are in Redwood City with EA, but there is also an advantage, that is, we can always find the latest games in our entertainment room.

The corner of Tang Huan's mouth twitched, and he really wanted to say, Currently, Next Company is still in its inception period, so extravagant ostentation is simply burning money for fooling around.

The engineers of the next team are very excited to show their masterpieces to Tang Huan and others. This product that keeps skipping tickets has finally revealed its true colors.

Many of the people led by Jobs came from Apple, so following their technical accumulation and habits, the cpu they chose for the next computer was still the Motorola series of microprocessors.

Originally, next also wanted to catch up with the fashion and get on the current vigorous risc luxury car. Unfortunately, the progress of Motorola's risc microprocessor mc88000 was not smooth, and finally it could only return to the mc68000 series cpu.

Motorola does not hold on to its own intel80386 like Intel, and does not release the license of the second supplier. The second supplier of mc68000 can be said to be everywhere, especially in Japan, where many companies can manufacture mc68000 compatible microprocessors by themselves.

It is conceivable that Tang Huan's monopoly of high-end MC68000 by relying on his own high-end fab was inevitably broken. After process optimization, the mc68000 with lower power consumption and faster operating frequency has become popular.

The microprocessor used by the next computer is the mc68030 with a running frequency of 25mhz.

In terms of memory capacity, Jobs' next computer is finally generous, with configurations ranging from 8mb to 64mb.

The hard disk is also indispensable, and a 40mb hard disk is specially used as a swap partition disk to support the virtual memory function of the operating system nextstep. In addition, you can also choose a hard drive with a capacity of 330mb or 660mb for data access, and this accessory will cost at least another $2,500.

For workstations, there is only one hard disk with a capacity of 40mb as standard, and it is also used as a swap partition disk for the operating system. The user's daily data access needs are bound to be greatly restricted.

The solution given by next computer is a magneto-optical disk, which is equipped with a magneto-optical disk with a capacity of up to 256mb provided by Canon as a standard storage device.

Tang Huan took a look at the demonstration. The read and write speed of the magneto-optical disk is indeed ideal, but there is also a problem, the response is a bit slow. For example, when the device starts to work, it seems to test the patience of the user.

The next computer also supports Ethernet, which is nothing unusual, after all, the network function has now become a standard configuration.

Tang Huan's gaze stayed on the black 17-inch Next computer monitor, and he didn't leave for a long time.

In addition to a resolution of 1120×832 pixels, this monitor also integrates a mono microphone, a mono speaker, a dual-channel rca terminal, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and a keyboard socket.

It can be seen that the next computer has put a lot of effort into multimedia support.

Seeing Tang Huan staring at the gracefully curved monitor stand, Jobs demonstrated it proudly, This monitor can adjust the tilt angle, and I have applied for a patent for it.

Tang Huan gave his thumbs up sincerely. He can only guide his own products technically, and he really doesn't have the heart to manage such a detailed place.

Overall, with an absolutely perfect cube, a main chassis that's exactly a foot long on each side, a 90-degree corner, and a creative display, the next computer is gorgeous and full of the art that Jobs loved Breath, can definitely impress first-timers in appearance.

However, in terms of actual functions, the next computer can only be said to be average - even if Jobs deliberately reserved in the demonstration, he could not escape Tang Huan's eyes.

Has the price of the next computer been fixed? Tang Huan asked casually.

Jobs glanced at his subordinates and said in a low voice: These people are keen to launch a mass product with a price of no more than $4,000, but I will announce it on the day of the press conference, and the price will be $6,500.

If it's this price, it's really not expensive. After all, it's a workstation product, and it's full of creativity. Tang Huan nodded.

Just in his heart, Tang Huan believed that the $6,500 that Jobs said was still fooling users.

Not to mention that the indispensable printer will be expensive, but the innovative use of magneto-optical disks in the next computer alone forces users to configure an additional hard disk, and even consider whether it is possible to install a floppy disk.

Because the current storage system solution of next computer can only share data through the network, like a floppy disk to freely share data between users-no way.

Such a simple question, the next project team should not fail to notice, but if they insist on this, it can only be said that this group of people was abducted by Jobs and it is also inexplicable.

Finally, Jobs brought up the topic again, How about my next, is it worth making way for the release time?

It has to be said that although Jobs has always been arrogant, he is also very realistic. He knew that the fledgling Next, no matter how good it is, would definitely not be able to compete with Fangyuan Computer and the combination that had formed a real system, so he came to Tang Huan for coordination in a whimsical way.

I can agree to your proposal. After Tang Huan gave a clear answer, he changed the topic, However, you also have to promise me one condition, that is, to be serious and kind to the cooperation between nextstep and ibm personal computer platform. Be enthusiastic.

Jobs' complexion changed, and he asked, What do you mean, do you look down on my next?

I didn't mean that, but I had other considerations. Tang Huan turned around blankly, and continued to visit with his hands behind his back.

Jobs thought for a while, then chased after him with a smile, I see, you are really insidious. You want my nextstep to destroy the alliance between the IBM personal computer camp and the Microsoft operating system. I heard that although Gates I tried my best to lobby, but the macro language of Zheru office software still didn't adopt Microsoft's basic. Is your relationship deadlocked because of this?

Tang Huan said noncommittally, Whatever you think, anyway, next will not suffer.

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After visiting Jobs' next, Tang Huan attended the signing ceremony of Seagate's acquisition of the hard disk business of Data Control Company, and when facing reporters' questions, he talked about the latest technological achievement of Zheru R\u0026D Center - giant magnetoresistance effect The discovery and application in hard disk technology.

As early as 1980, IBM launched a hard disk product with a capacity of up to 1.26gb and a price of 40,000 US dollars. It has the size of a refrigerator and weighs 249 kilograms.

The discovery and application of the giant magnetoresistance effect can achieve a higher unit storage density, and provide a capacity of more than 1g in a 5.25-inch hard drive or even a 3.5-inch hard drive.