Chapter 35: The Test

Nick talked to Takahashi about the problems he encountered and the three solutions he came up with, focusing on the third one that he thought was the most feasible.

Takahashi is also quite concerned about this, and from the beginning of his establishment of Wanhe, he has paid great attention to the reputation of Wanhu among players.

The update and iteration of electronic products is as inevitable as the law of nature, but too fast update and iteration will indeed cause various problems.

The upgrade package plan, although it doesn't seem to be as conscientious as the new one. However, there are now at least three million old Tetris models in the world.

Although Wanhu has abundant funds, he does not have the ability to trade in all three million old Tetris handhelds. Even if there is no problem with funding, there is also a problem with production capacity.

This move of the upgrade package represents even more significance than the actual meaning. The launch of the upgrade package by 10,000 households means that they have not forgotten the old users and gives them psychological comfort.

If you want to say how many people will change this upgrade package, Takahashi thought about it in his heart, and it was probably only one out of ten.

The vast majority of users buy Tetris handheld for gaming, and there are enthusiasts who love to disassemble and do things, but only a small fraction.

Takahashi inquired about some matters of the North American branch, and gave Nick a high evaluation, so he said that the headquarters would urge the Chinese branch to develop upgrade packages and mass produce them as soon as possible.

Nick put down the phone, and although Takahashi's English accent was quite thick, he could still understand it. He had heard a lot of rumors about Takahashi in Wanhu China, and knew that he was just a peasant boy a few years ago. In a short period of time, he became famous in the game industry, and he established 10,000 households without speaking, and even mastered two foreign languages.

Although Nick is not ashamed of himself, he also has some feelings.

However, although Takahashi said that the design and production of the upgrade package would be arranged as soon as possible, Xiao Neller himself had promised to reply within a week, but he couldn't wait.

So, Nick once again dialed the special line of Wanhu China, transferred to the research institute, asked for a circuit diagram of the Tetris handheld, and asked the researcher to draw the steps he wanted to take to expand the functionality.

It's easy for an institute to draw a diagram. However, it also takes a lot of effort to make an outsider who knows a little more about electronic circuits than a monkey figure out how to modify it so that it will not be damaged by misoperation.

Nick waited patiently for the fax machine to spit out the "Tetris handheld upgrade diagram that monkeys can understand", then he took out his own screwdriver and disassembled all the new and old Tetris handhelds that had been prepared.

The electronic products of this era are not as refined as they were in the future. What is the all-metal one-piece body, anodizing coloring process, and screw hiding process, all of which are basically plastic bodies.

Advanced gadgets like personal computers are basically milky white bodies.

And like the "Tetris" handheld, although it is an electronic product, but it is more inclined to the attributes of toys, the color is also like a children's toy with colorful eye-catching colors, although the large plastic body and the exaggerated color scheme look a bit cheap.

But in this era, the level of appearance design is all like this, coupled with the solid use of materials in China, it is not disappointing.

Although it is necessary to guard against the appearance of the "Tetris" handheld, the "Tetris" handheld itself does not have a tamper-proof design.

Just like most electronic products in this era, they are easy to disassemble, except for a few buckles designed for the body to be more solid.

The machine can be easily disassembled by unscrewing.

Although Nick was not an engineering student, he did not study the design of circuits. But the internal circuitry of the Tetris handheld looks very comfortable.

There were no annoying flying wires at all, and according to the "Monkey Can Understand Tetris Handheld Upgrade Diagram", Nick easily found the location of the LED lights installed on the old machine and the reserved place for the online module.

In fact, Tetris handheld was designed with a lot of foresight, leaving room for many new features. And the cost of these reserved positions when etching the circuit board is also minimal.

On the contrary, when the machine function is updated, there is no need to re-make the plate and adjust the production line, so that the cost of money and time can be saved more.

Even in the case of custom-made housings from the outside world, there is a corresponding installation position on the inside of the housing.

Nick has now taken the two machines apart and all he wants to do is port the multiplayer module from the latest Tetris handheld to the old Tetris handheld.

According to the schematic diagram of the modification, first plug in the cables, and then use a knife to slowly cut the reserved position of the plastic shell.

Because the plastic shell is really thick, the place where Nick's hand is struggling with the wallpaper knife is red. His head was also covered with fine beads of sweat.

Modifying a small Tetris handheld is more laborious than carrying heavy objects to the 20th floor.

Finally cut the position, the connection interface was able to be put in, and Nick reassembled all the parts and screwed on.

It started up smoothly and the game was playable.

However, when he took out another online version of Tetris handheld to connect to the Internet, he found that although the online cables were connected together, there was no way to connect to the Internet.

Nick sweated more on his head, and he "hummed" and opened the "Tetris" handheld he had just installed, and compared it with the "Tetris handheld upgrade diagram that monkeys can understand", and found that there was nothing wrong.

He unplugged all the cables again, reassembled them according to the instructions, and inserted the red wire into the mouth with "R" written on the motherboard, and the green wire into the mouth with "L" written on it.

This time, he had a long heart, and instead of putting the machine back on, he turned on the test connection in a separate state, so that even if it still didn't work, he didn't have to disassemble the machine.

However, it still doesn't work......

What went wrong?

After thinking about it, Nick even plugged the red and green wires in reverse, wondering if he was red-green blind.

But even if it's plugged in the other way around, it won't work.

As a last resort, he dialed the phone number of 10,000 households in China.

The researcher over there listened to Nick's account and pointed out the answer in just three seconds, "You didn't turn on the connection function in the software." ”

Nick turned the fax machine back on, and the document behind "Tetris handheld upgrade diagram that monkeys can understand" slowly spit it out.

According to the schematic diagram,After breaking the boot slider of the "Tetris" handheld,Press in turn"Up, down, left, left, right, pauseAABB",Only then enter the design menu,Looking at the large particle dot matrix screen, it has been simplified,Outsiders can't figure out what the function of the menu is,According to the new fax content,Open the online function。

The test was successful......

"Whew!" Nick let out a long breath, not knowing if he was exhaling for the success of the modification or for being smarter than a monkey.

It was already dark outside the window, and the operator who got off work looked up and saw the lights in the general manager's room, and sighed with emotion about the efforts of the general manager.