Happy time is always short-lived, and just when he was crazy about playing with his brother for a long time, Dr. Yu returned to China.

I haven't seen him for a month, Dr. Yu looks a lot thinner, but he is more energetic, not as unlucky and decrepit as when he first met him for a long time.

I've been playing Da Li's adaptation of Pacman for a long time, and no matter how good the game is, it can't withstand the day and night, and the enthusiasm aroused by boredom in the early days quickly faded without a trace, and I can't wait to leave this place early to find something to do.

When Dr. Yu appeared in front of him, it was like seeing a relative for a long time, if it weren't for the doctor holding a big box, he would have pounced on it for a long time.

"Hurry, help. Dr. Yu seemed to be unable to hold on, and called for a long time.

"Good fellow, it's really heavy. The long-term man was weak and weak, and grabbed the side of the box with both hands, "What is this thing, and you still moved it all the way over?"

"It's not what you kid wants!appleII!" Dr. Yu put down the box and said angrily, "I can't figure it out, there are many microcomputers on the market, why do you choose the Mac platform? This thing has almost no advantages except for being cheap and compact?"

"Cheap is the biggest advantage!" "Of course, Chang Chang won't tell him that he knows that this thing will definitely be popular, "In this day and age, is there anything cooler than owning a computer for only $1,000? ”

"I can't see why people are crazy about it, it takes a certain level of skill to operate a computer, not everyone can do it, I still think there is a future for home computers. Dr. Yu wiped his sweat and shook his head.

Cao Changjiu couldn't wait to open the box, but was stunned to find that in addition to the APPLEII he was familiar with, there was actually a Dongdong that looked like a game console, "What is this, is it the legendary Atari 2600?" Chang Chang took out a pack of cassettes from the box again, and asked Dr. Yu suspiciously.

The Atari 2600 is the earliest game console that Cao has heard of for a long time, and now it is only 79 years old, and there is no reason for the red and white machine to come out.

"It's a little bit of a brainstorm, the famous VideoBrain microcomputer!" Dr. Yu had some thoughts about thinking of his work as a game console for a long time, and began to consider whether to use a monitor or a console to knock him on the head.

"Is this a microcomputer you made?" he wiped his eyes for a long time, "Well, it's very personal, your creativity can be described as earth-shattering, but can you tell me what these cassettes are all about?"

"That's software, there's teaching, there's backgammon, there's basic, and so on. ”

"Do you use cartridges to store programs?"

"Who said you can't use cartridges to store programs?

"It's good, it's powerful. He muttered for a long time, "I finally know why your company's computer can't be sold, the software is small, and it can't be changed, even if you buy it home, I don't know what this thing can be used for, I really can't figure out how you thought of making such a thing at that time." ”

"We don't want to do that either!" Dr. Yu smiled wryly, "when we were developing this machine, the floppy disk drive had not yet been invented, so we had to use this stupid method. Our idea is that since it is for home use, it must be as simple as possible to operate, so we used this method. ”

"Yo, and the power adapter, it seems that you were very ambitious at the time, and you planned to go out into the world. Cao Changjiu found another good thing, and quipped, "It's really unreasonable for this kind of commodity not to be servant, say it's a computer, you can't do anything, you can't write a program and there is no place to put it, and it's gone as soon as the power is off." Let's say it's a game console, this TMD is too expensive, and there is no software yet. ”

Dr. Yu stabbed the sore spot, didn't squeak, just packed up his things depressedly.

I quickly assembled this VideoBrain for a long time and started it.,It's really as Dr. Yu said.,The operation is very simple.,Insert the cassette up.,Just press the start button.,It's a bit of a little overlord game console.,I can't help but want to find the handle for a long time.。

The graphics are good, and I have long been amazed that the software interface of this humble computer can be called a beautiful picture compared to contemporary computers, not a character interface.

This reminded Chang Chang of the game console, and after playing for a while, he couldn't help but ask Dr. Yu again: "Doctor, it's a pity that you don't make this thing into a game console, it's no difference at all?"

"While playing, have you ever seen such an expensive game console? We do technology, and it is too low-grade to make game consoles!" Dr. Yu seems to have a little bit of technical reserve, and he can't save that face, "Besides, Atari is in full swing, dominating the home game console market all over the world, and we can't squeeze into it at all." ”

Atari was founded in the 70s by the great Bushner, and the early computer programmers were geniuses, often programming some wits and using the "analysis" and "judgment" abilities designed in advance by computer software to compete with others.

Bu Da Niu is also one of them, the games he made in the early days were extremely difficult, completely programmer-level works, obscure, and the consequences were very serious, so naturally he was a mess and almost fell asleep on the road.

Just as the bull was in the midst of the bull's downfall, a prophet came to him, and the prophet poured beer and expounded his philosophy: "The more you underestimate the intelligence of Americans, the more you will make dollars." ”

Truth, Bu Da Niu is like an initiation, immediately from the ideological level of the rise, borrowed a sum of money, and designed the famous "Ping Pong" arcade, the picture is simple and rough, but it is an instant hit, all over the United States bars.

And Bu Da Niu also swept away the bad luck, opened the Atari company, and made a lot of money.

It's just that Dr. Yu is a little puzzled: "Atari just launched a game console with replaceable cartridges this year, how do you know?"

"Ahh ”

"I really can't understand you, well, what are you doing?" Dr. Yu saw that Cao Changjiu actually tried to disassemble the computer, and hurriedly stopped it.

"Don't worry, professional habits, I'll look at the internal structure. Cao Chang's hands are fast, and he has already unloaded the machine in a while, "Well, sure enough, how the software I said is so beautiful, it turns out that you actually added a graphics chip, it's not simple." ”

"Of course, our market positioning is home computers, and how can we do it if the picture is not pretty. Dr. Yu was proud.

"Very good," he admired for a long time, "a little modification is an epoch-making game console, doctor, you are really a genius." ”

Cao Changjiu released game consoles and occupied families all over the world, and his saliva was about to flow.