The PC finally exercised its influence, and the January 3, 1983 issue of Time magazine named the PC "Man of the Year" for the first time, writing that "Sometimes it is not one person but a process that is most influential in the year, and it is generally accepted by society as a whole that this process will change all other processes." ...... As a result, Time magazine selected PC as the Person of the Year in 1982. ”

In the spring of 1983, IBM finally made a big move, and the upgraded version of the PC, PC-xt, was officially launched, although there were no other major changes, but the memory was increased, and a 10M hard disk was added.

This is an important improvement for Esrich, and although it is a little slower, it can be regarded as a successful counterattack to the modified machines on the market.

With the foundation laid by the PC, the new model of the PC-XT immediately became a sales force with little advertising, and the market response was very good, proving that people's desire for hard drives was proven.

The launch of IBM's new machine strengthened its control over the market, and IBM was really invincible all over the world in those days.

"Uncle Yu, IBM has released a new microcomputer, when will our chips come out?" Cao Changjiu was harassed by Miyamoto every day, and made a great promise to Nintendo, and had to urge Dr. Yu every day in order to fulfill it.

Dr. Yu didn't raise his head, he was reviewing the drawings: "What's the hurry, it's being debugged now, and I believe that it will be ready for trial production in a few months." ”

Dr. Yu is also a hard worker, and he has no time to spare all day.

"Can I not be in a hurry?" Cao Changjiu continued to complain, "Intel released 286 last year, and I believe that IBM will be able to release computers based on it in a while, and we are running out of time." ”

"Don't worry, 286 is just a sample, do you think a large chip is so fast in mass production?" Dr. Yu poured a cup of coffee to refresh himself, "I know about Intel, and it seems that it is impossible to mass produce it this year." ”

Cao Changchang had to admire Dr. Yu's vision, the 286 was indeed successfully mass-produced in 1983, and the microcomputer based on it came out later.

It's just that as soon as PC-XT appeared, it swept the market a little bit, and the processor that I had poured my heart and soul into could not be produced for a long time, and even the Nintendo supply contract that had been negotiated could not be fulfilled.

"I said you can't do something serious. Dr. Yu was very unhappy with Cao Changjiu, who was walking back and forth, "I'm more anxious than you, you see these things you've done, it's a start everywhere, it's not enviable, and you don't care." ”

Cao Changjiu, who was going back and forth, finally stopped, but sat down in front of Dr. Yu's computer again and began to play.

"I can't say that, that's all I can do. Cao Changjiu sighed, "There is a specialization in the art industry, such as switches, I can only develop them with a group of people, as for the things I sell, where can I manage so much." And now that my eyebrows are burning, I feel that there are all kinds of things that can be mixed in, and the software in the United States, the games in Japan, and even the microcomputer market in Europe are simply untapped virgin land. ”

"People's hearts are insufficient!" Dr. Yu despised this guy, "It's great that ordinary people can make achievements in one of the fields you mentioned, and you really want to eat it all." ”

"I just want to take it all in, and what I'm talking about can be called the information industry. "These are all closely related, and I also know that only by specializing in one can we become bigger, better and stronger, but that also needs social support." If I were an American, it would be easy to do it, just specialize in software, which is the easiest, and let someone else do the rest, unfortunately I am not. ”

Dr. Yu stopped writing: "In the end, you still want to rely on the power of one person to take root in this huge industry in China, the courage is commendable, but unfortunately the road is difficult to walk." ”

"Now that you're on the road, you can't help but go. Long smiled bitterly, "I can only pursue the first, I won't give up if I don't go dark." ”

"It's really tiring to follow your train of thought, I knew I would go back to the United States. Dr. Yu also laughed.

"Without Uncle Yu's hard work, how can I have my leisure, haha"

Jokes aside, Dr. Yu and Chang Chang still worked hard in the end, otherwise they would really lose their money. The entire chip factory construction funds used up all of Dr. Yu's belongings, and they had to rely on various companies to fill in the accounts. Cao Changjiu only then knew the reason why Microsoft stood firm in various competitions, and it turned out that the advantage of monopolizing the operating system was this, which could provide a steady stream of funds.

Cao Changjiu is very glad about his decision, if he hadn't given up the hardware directly in the first step, but chose software to accumulate money, he still doesn't know what it looks like, and it is estimated that he will have to run to death if he runs for money.

Although it is like running water, it is still relatively healthy to have software to support the company's finances. I went to the new factory for a long time to take a look, and the beauty in my heart was that the feeling was different in the super clean room, and there was no boundary when the sun shone in, and it was said that because there was no dust, it could not form a pillar of light.

Squatting on the side of the road, he bought a flatbread for a long time and gnawed it slowly, looking at the busy crowd outside the factory.

Squatting on the side of the road and munching on cakes to watch the construction site was a sudden idea for him, and he had heard his teacher talk about this kind of thing before.

The teacher in my memory once went to the sea to do business, and was catching up with the real estate development boom in Hainan, so he borrowed all his money to build a house. According to the teacher, the money in his hand at that time was only enough for two flatbreads a day, and there was nothing else to do every day was to watch the construction site, and the feeling of watching the construction site get up day by day was like watching his children grow up, which was hope.

For a long time, I have slowly experienced the feeling of this kind of cake man, which is really amazing.

When he came back from the construction site, he was in a good mood for a long time, and even Miyamoto's dead face looked so sunny, and he even had the urge to talk to him for a long time.

Miyamoto was very unimpressed with this moody guy, and it was really boring to ask and answer.

Forget it, I still do my own thing, sort out the documents for a long time, pick some and start browsing.

In this era without the Internet, for a long time, we can only rely on the company's financial resources to collect some information, including various industry trends. He doesn't have to worry about other things in the company, but the general direction must be mastered by himself.

Well, the technology of the Americans has advanced again, and LAN cards have begun to be sold. After brewing a cup of strong tea for a long time, I marked the news.

Although I have known these things for a long time, it is necessary to keep an eye on them.

LAN was very popular in the early eighties, and as long as a slightly larger company bought a computer, it would always be networked to the Internet, so that it could be of maximum use.

In my memory, it seems that Microsoft has suffered this big loss, and DOS did not support LAN in the early days, so the operating system was almost turned over.

Novell, a small company that has won a place with its networked operating system, is really unclear if it weren't for the popularity of Windows, and it's really unclear whether it can develop into another Microsoft.

After taking a long sip of strong tea, I felt the need to start the development of the network module of the godson system. Although the network card is still a big guy now, and the price is ridiculously expensive, with the process of chipping, the price reduction is very fast.

After continuing to turn the pages for a long time, he discovered a new continent - Compaq actually came out with a portable computer.

It's a public case again, IBM, Compaq, and Toshiba are fighting, and they all say that they are the inventors of notebooks, and they can't figure it out now.

I didn't think about it for a long time, this thing is too demanding, and it definitely can't be made in China, and it's enough to drink a pot of liquid crystal or something.

Ask Miyamoto, and the answer is true.

"What are the Americans, Toshiba came out with laptops last year!"

Sure enough, things that involve national self-esteem can't be anything else.

But even if this happens, as soon as the 32-bit processor comes out, you don't have to use mine, and I snickered in my heart for a long time.

"Miyamoto-kun, what kind of games have you all made to be marketed, and you can play with them. ”

"Trade secrets!"

Damn, it's so dragged, please eat in vain.

But even if you don't talk about it for a long time, you know that there are only a few Nintendo's first games.

Gossip man: "Congratulations!"

Esrich: "Where does the joy come from?"

"Brother Esrich didn't know that in view of the booming PC market, the head office was going to set up a branch office to manage the PC business. As for the president of this branch, if you don't do it properly, who can do it?"

"There's such a thing!" Esrich was surprised, he just wanted to be recognized by the headquarters.

"According to the exact information, in order to make the branch run perfectly, the headquarters decided to drop a large number of middle management to assist you in your work. The gossip man drooled.

"......" Esrich suddenly felt that something was wrong, what did this mean?

The PC branch now has a scale of 10,000 people, and the core staff is less than 100. It is precisely because of its independence and freedom from the bureaucracy of IBM headquarters that PC has been so successful.

Now it looks like HQ is going to take back control, Esrich thought to himself.

With a PC, Essridge became an overnight success, and Apple's Steve Jobs recruited him, but Essridge didn't want to leave Florida because his daughter was in middle school.

With the establishment of a large branch and the appointment of Esrich as president, the group in Boca Leton quietly changed, and was no longer an aggregate of people who loved the computer business, but more inclined to the opinion of the headquarters.

Although Esrich has become the president, he is not as free as he used to be, and the head office has to agree to make decisions. The first order from IBM headquarters was to develop a simplified model, and the reason was that since the PC was a simplified version of the mainframe computer and sold so well, shouldn't the simplified model of the PC also be successful in the home market?

Based on this logic, after PC-XT, IBM is preparing to release a new model - PCjr, the Chinese name should be Peanut, designed by Esrich's assistant Bill Sirius (Esrich is already the president and will not do it himself).

The idea of headquarters was tempting — to design a small simplified machine that could be upgraded to a PC (even a castrated version) and sell it through supermarkets like Wal-Mart, making it a complete household appliance for every American.

This is just a move by IBM in a market segment, because IBM has an absolute dominance in the mid-to-high-end market, but Apple relies on the old-fashioned apple-II to enter homes and schools in large numbers, and IBM wants to defeat Apple in one fell swoop.

"I think it's a feat!" Bill Cirlith spatted as he showed off his design, "the head office sent me to take on this mission, you see this machine is small enough to be taken away in a suitcase, the keyboard is wireless, and it is completely free from the shackles of cables......"

Esrich frowned and listened to Siris brag about B, this guy is from the head office, and he dreams of getting promoted and making a fortune, but this machine design is really fucking creative.

"Don't you think this keyboard is a bit small?" Esrich's hands trembled, and the keyboard was too small for him to handle.

"It's a sacrifice that has to be made for the sake of volume. "Besides, I don't think it's small. ”

"......" Esrich was speechless, but ......

"Forget the rest, how did you come up with the idea of redesigning the system? It's not compatible with the PC!"

Sirius smirked: "That's what makes me smart, don't you see the compatible machines on the market now? Because of your open strategy, these shameless plagiarists can make a lot of dollars without a little effort." Redesign is all about putting an end to this problem. ”

Esrich felt that the end of the world had come, and he couldn't have imagined that the guys at the headquarters would be so ignorant and isolated themselves from the people.

But since this is the idea of the headquarters, let him toss it, Esrich thought to himself, he already had the next step in mind.

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Hang on......