Rebirth of the Tech Madman

Seeing Tang Huan left, Robert thought he had retired because of discouragement, so he smiled complacently, "According to the current sales momentum, Woz's can retire in six months."

If Tang Huan heard this ignorant judgment, he would have to spit on his face.

Don’t look at Woz’s originality, but in the past life it was sold until the 1990s, and in the years before it was successfully developed and marketed, Apple’s main source of income depended on it. This is a veritable evergreen tree. , Its ability to absorb gold can be described as a long stream.

Robert's arrogance will undoubtedly deepen the conflict between Woz's project team and other departments.

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Tang Huan, who was on the outside, left Apple while thinking about the cause of the current situation in his heart.

This should be because I had cheated to get 7% of Apple’s shares abruptly, and squeezed into Apple’s board of directors, and planted the seeds of dissatisfaction in the hearts of some shareholders who thought they were at a loss. I have to take advantage of this opportunity to plan to put him together.

Originally, with the rapid growth of philosophers, the actual value seemed to surpass Apple's achievements. These barriers would disappear naturally, but changes in the times would always disturb the sensitive nerves of businessmen.

Philosopher took out 20% of the shares in exchange, of which Markkula, Jobs, and Woz each took up 3%, and the remaining 11% fell under the name of Apple. This ingenious The connection immediately made Tang Huan a faintly detached position in Apple.

Judging from the current point of view, the three founders of Apple apparently benefited from this transaction. But if Apple's interests in philosophers have been distributed, even the right to speak has been dispersed. If Apple currently has 20% of the right to speak in philosophers, it would be a wonderful thing.

After the three founders of Apple made personal gains, they also formed a group with Tang Huan on Apple's side, so that other people had no right to speak at all.

The chaos and disorder that Apple has exposed has also made some shareholders worry. And hope to make changes, but the premise is to change Apple's existing power structure.

With such a complicated relationship, Tang Huan undoubtedly became the best breakthrough.

After returning to Zheru, Tang Huan had sorted out the problems in many ways, and he went directly to the Apple third-generation computer software development project team that had been withdrawn from Apple a long time ago. I intend to learn about the situation from the technicians working on the front line.

As a result, he found that all the third-generation Apple computers used for debugging had been opened to the main box, exposing the circuit board inside to the air. The scene was messy.

"Aren't you afraid of electronic radiation? It's such an exaggeration, you know, what you develop is software, not hardware." Tang Huan smiled and joked about the subordinates who had been abandoned by Apple to deal with the scene.

"We found that the heat dissipation of these computers is too poor, and often the program crashes when the program runs for more than half of the time, and it is a last resort." These employees began to complain, and even worried, "Such a product. Will users buy it? Think? It doesn't work."

"That's Apple's business, we don't need to worry about it." Tang Huanyun replied calmly, and then asked. "Which part of the project are you working on?"

"Now there are functional modules that are compatible with the data files of Apple's second-generation machine." The person in charge took the development log. "Then enter the next development cycle and add new functions."

It seems that you can't become a robot without thinking about it. You can't become a talent without torturing. These people are progressing well, and Tang Huan looks a little different.

"You will stop when the current work in your hands is finished. I have other arrangements." Tang Huan casually ordered. He returned the development log to the other party, and inadvertently scanned the computer magazine on the desk that I didn't know which employee bought it. On its cover is Apple's third-generation machine.

His heart moved slightly, and he didn't know how the professional media evaluated it. So after asking whose name, he picked it up and looked at it, and found that it was full of spurning.

It adopts the 8-bit CPU produced by the second supplier k-2mhz6502a, and its design goal is to become a successor model for commercial use.

The underlying system software includes an improved operating system that provides a directory-level file system, and supports simulation + features, as well as a new compiler, which is also provided for more powerful programming.

Other features include: 80-column uppercase and lowercase letters display support, nine-square-grid number keys, real-time date clock support, 6-digit digital-analog conversion audio, 16-color image display capability.

In terms of peripherals, it has a built-in 140kb5.25-inch floppy drive and supports up to 3 external floppy drives.

One of the most important performance indicators, the memory capacity, is 128kb, which can be up to 256kb through technical support, or even 512kb with the help of special technical means.

To be honest, it is an excellent 8-bit microcomputer.

But don’t forget that Apple is now the leader in the personal computer industry. Its new products will naturally be carefully studied under a magnifying glass by technology enthusiasts and even competitors in the same industry. The only end is the same as the situation on the desk next to Tang Huan. He was dismissed and wanted to make a slice for research. These people have a clearer and deeper understanding of the possible advantages and disadvantages than Apple itself.

The same is true of the facts. While the magazines are inexhaustible, various opinions are also reasonable and well-founded. In Tang Huan’s view, there are so many smart people in this world, and they are all very good at complaining. For example, the three major issues in hardware have been pointed out one by one.

For example, the most obvious point is that there is no cooling fan installed. This is of course the design required by Jobs in pursuit of quietness. It can support so many functions. The complexity of the circuit can be imagined. The large amount of heat generated during its work cannot be passed through. When the heat sink is passed out, the magazine editor even jokingly claims that eggs can be spread on the metal case.

Under the influence of this problem, because Jobs strictly limited the size of the main box, the current immature ‘thin wire’ wiring technology used by the circuit board has also begun to expose its shortcomings. Because the gap between the lines is quite narrow. When various chips are "squeezed" on the circuit board and soldered in large quantities, the solder will drip between the circuits that should not be connected, causing a serious short circuit in the high temperature environment generated by continuous work.

In addition, in order to support the new functions, a real-time clock chip manufactured by National Semiconductor is used, but problems have repeatedly appeared on some computers. Although it is not a common phenomenon, it has been sprayed more severely.

When Tang Huan saw this, he secretly admired that the media here in the United States is indeed professional enough, and it has hit the key point every time.

Compared with these hardware defects, the complaints in the magazine and the claimed compatibility of functions have not actually been achieved, but it seems not so glaring.

Sometimes, the power of the media is terrifying.

In the original time and space, compared with the previous version of XP, Microsoft's operating system has made a lot of improvements, but it is too greedy to chew, not to mention the high requirements for hardware resources, and there are frequent problems. As a result, the media sings badly. , And finally ended in embarrassment.

But in fact, the later version of the operating system is not based on it, and users also enjoy the various conveniences it brings.

It is estimated that Apple is still blindly optimistic. I hope that Robert can relax a little bit, and don't make too much strides.

In the past life, about 14,000 of these defective batches were sold, and Apple finally had to replace them for free for users.

When the improved model that repaired all the defects was put on the market in 1983 ~www.wuxiaspot.com~, the planned "please let me introduce myself" campaign still could not restore the infamous decline, and at that time the 16th as well as Compatible computers became so popular that they had lost the need to exist, and were soon stopped by Apple and ended miserably.

Robert, you can jump right now. The more you sell, the worse Apple will be. And you, and the shareholders of your faction, the more disgraced and the loss of the right to speak, you will eventually have to Relying on brother's software and Woz's to save the field and decorate the stock market.

Thinking of this, Tang Huan couldn't help but smile, and the engineer who bought the magazine saw his boss and technology idol flipping happily, and he was also happy, and asked: "Boss, these problems mentioned in the magazine , How serious is it?"

"It's estimated that we can see the results next month." Tang Huan smiled playfully, "That's why I let you stop temporarily. I don't want your excellent labor results to be wasted."

With Tang Huan's face-to-face affirmation and praise, these hard-working engineers suddenly felt full of motivation. (To be continued)

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