Speaking of computers that have just come out in recent years.

Those who know how to marvel at them are the future, and those who don't understand only think that this thing is useless, and when Su Mu first came into contact with the computer at Du Zhong's house, he also thought it was very boring, more like a typewriter with a screen.

The dot-com bubble has already appeared once, just when the concept of the Internet was just emerging, and many people made money from it, and IBM in the sixties created a large number of wealthy people.

In 1967, IBM's market value was $192.3 billion, and the GDP of the United States at that time was only $830 billion.

There is still a bubble, and compared with traditional industries, investors are willing to bet on the future of these emerging companies, and the profits of traditional companies are obvious, and generally do not fluctuate much, so most of the IT companies that have recently landed on the Nasdaq stock exchange have skyrocketed in market value, and there are many companies that have doubled or even doubled the estimated value of IPOs.

Now the profits of those companies cannot be proportional to the high market capitalization, such as Apple, after the prospect is not optimistic, resulting in a rapid decline in market value recently, just like a crazy gamble, the vast majority of shareholders "blindfolded" into the gamble, some do not even know what the Internet is.

The funny thing is that many people really make a lot of money because of it, and there are many examples of making money.

Don't look at the company's high market value, in fact, the sales volume is not good, Charlie, who is in his twenties, took out all his savings and opened a store on Dune Road that operates IBM computers, the location is a bit out of the way, and he may not be able to sell a computer all day, mainly because there are too many businesses selling computers in Silicon Valley.

At this time, he saw the two teenagers, parked their bicycles in front of the store, got up from their chairs, and asked with a smile: "Do you want to buy a computer?" The latest IBM-PC/XT5160 microcomputer, you don't have to wait, you can take it away with payment. ”

Su Mu was originally going to go to the larger store next to him, but after hearing the voice, he looked at the boss Charlie, walked into the store and looked around, and replied, "Can you increase the configuration?"

As soon as I heard it, I knew that I was knowledgeable, and recently many people came into the store, played for free and left, which made Charlie very distressed.

The smile on his face suddenly became brighter, and he said loudly: "As long as you have money, I can help you get a supercomputer, but it is enough to use general IBM products in normal times, and if I am sure to increase the configuration, I have to customize it from the company." ”

"You know, these are delicate machines that can be easily broken...... Of course, that is in the case of disassembling the shell, and it is not easy to have problems no matter how much you use it. ”

Realizing that he had said the wrong thing, Mr. Charlie, the shopkeeper, hurriedly added.

Su Mu nodded, there are only a few computers on the market, he is quite clear about the data, and he has a brief understanding of it in advance.

The IBM-PC/XT5160 microcomputer at hand is not "tiny" at all, considering that the world's first computer is big enough to have a house, it is suitable to say that it is a "microcomputer", this is the world's first x86 architecture computer - IBM-PC5150 upgraded version, and it is also the world's first personal computer with built-in hard disk.

He continued to ask: "Is there a configuration list, I want to increase its performance, I brought money today, if I can negotiate I'll pay the deposit later, it's okay to wait for a few days, sir." ”

"This computer can meet your needs perfectly, I will help you connect to the Internet, you try it first, it is really amazing!"

It's too troublesome to increase the configuration, and the profit won't be high, so Charlie tried to persuade Su Mu to buy these computers in the store, and introduced: "Intel 8088 CPU, 640k memory, 256k onboard, plus 256k expansion board, plus 128k expansion board, 10M-MFM hard disk, original CGA graphics card, resolution of 640x200 characters, 16 colors graphics 320x200." There are also two 5.25-inch 360k floppy drives, and the software can be equipped with Matlab, Premiere, or Visual-Baisc, how about it, isn't that cool?"

Seeing that Su Mu didn't speak, thinking that he was not satisfied, thinking that the trouble point could at least be sold, Boss Charlie gritted his teeth and said, "If you want to increase the configuration, I will help you customize one, it will arrive in about three days, OK?"

In the first two years, computers were a seller's market, and many people had money but it was difficult to buy them, but recently there are more people selling computers, and it has gradually turned into a buyer's market.

As he spoke, he plugged in the telephone line, and the words "Phone-Computer" appeared on the computer, and then he turned the dial dial on the telephone and called the operator, whose modem was very large and made a screeching noise, and this was the way of surfing the Internet in 1984.

Finally, Micronet, an early "home" interface for fast televised telephone consultation systems, began in 1979 with the use of this visual data technology that connected the TV to a dedicated terminal to receive network information through a telephone line.

At present, this is the most advanced Internet technology, it can provide about 1200bits per second download speed, slow to terrible, Su Mu does not feel that there is anything wrong, at present, it is like this, compared with the 1982 second-hand computer used in the training class, the one in front of him is already very "advanced", the screen flashed, staring for a while, Daniel's eyes couldn't stand it, watery.

In the face of such an eye-hurting screen, it's no wonder that Su Mu has been a little short-sighted recently, and he occasionally feels like he is flashing when he looks at things.

said to Charlie's boss: "The processor and memory need to be replaced with higher performance, and the hard disk should be replaced with at least 20M, how much does it cost to configure such a computer?"

After entering the password, Boss Charlie motioned to Su Mu to try it first, and replied: "I'll go find the price list, rest assured, I will definitely give you the best price, and I will also send a computer desk and provide door-to-door delivery service." As for the installation, if you live not far away, I can help you install it, but it won't be until the evening, and you can see it, and I'm the only one in the store, and I can't leave it. ”

"I live near here, sir. On the computer screen in front of Su Mu, there are only lines and lines of letters, Apple uses a graphical desktop operating system, while the vast majority of systems do not, and even Microsoft does not use a graphical desktop, and they all rely on input instructions to operate.

Pressing the key, pausing for a while to respond, unable to give feedback in real time, this era of computers just appeared, the development speed is very slow, cumbersome operation methods, so that it is destined to not be popularized on a large scale.

He is quite entangled now, on the one hand, he wants to start a company quickly, but he is also worried about money, for fear that others will seize the opportunity.

I thought that maybe after the supermarket opened, I would be able to make money.

Maybe you can start a business first, stick with it and get through this difficult period, and if you can, maybe you can get venture capital......