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Chapter 184 CQCQ

Lin Hong has always been a character who does what he says, and on the night he got the communication protocol, he made the prototype of the software. He named it "CQCQ" www.biquge.info after the term "CQ" in the radio station. And according to the rules of software version control, he positioned the current version as v0.01.

Of course, at the beginning, the function was still very simple, only point-to-point communication, this kind of software is more useful in the LAN, because the number of computers in the LAN is limited, as long as all the possible IP is searched (usually ping), if you find that there is a computer online, so you try to send a message to connect, once there is a response, it means that the same software is also started on this computer.

However, for the Internet as a whole, this feature is a bit more difficult to do. You have to know the IP address of the other party, otherwise so many IPs in the world, scan them in order, and I don't know how long it will take to scan to find the same computer that is online and running the same software.

However, the next day, when Lin Hong enthusiastically told Arthur and Matthew the news, they were not very interested.

"That's xaric good, the function can also meet our needs, there is no need to develop another one, right?" Matthew said.

"Well, I don't think it's necessary to develop separately." Arthur also felt that the software was more useful.

"This ......" Lin Hong was full of enthusiasm as if he had suddenly been poured from head to foot by a basin of cold water, "There is no such software under DOS, right?" I don't usually have a good time communicating with you online. ”

"Why don't you buy another Apple computer?" Matthew suggested.

"......" Lin Hong was speechless, "It's not necessary, right?" That's a good one, and I think IBM-PC compatible machines are becoming more and more popular now, and that's the trend in the future. ”

Lin Hong is no longer a computer rookie, and he has a certain understanding of the computer industry.

Although Apple continues to launch more powerful and cooler computers, but because of its conservative closed strategy, the original personal computer hegemony is gradually being shaken by other companies, especially after the rise of the 80386 series of PCs, Apple computers have almost completely lost their original mainstream status, and have become niche computers.

Lin Hong also learned that Wozniak, Apple's most important technician before, had faded out of Apple at this time and started his own company, because he did not agree with Apple's too closed and conservative strategy. At heart, he is still a hacker, he likes to open up and toss machines, just like the Apple-II he designed, which has up to eight expansion slots for hackers, and the chassis is also deliberately designed to be opened at will.

However, the later Apple-III, and the latest Macintosh system, removed all the original open functions, Jobs did not allow users to modify the computers designed by Apple at will, and he was not compatible with the most popular IBM-PC compatible machines, and the hardware and software were self-contained, which caused Apple to compete in the field of personal PCs and other companies to lose their advantages.

This is understandable, after all, on one side there are major computer software and hardware alliance camps, including IBM, Microsoft, Compaq, HP, Dell and other giants, while on the other side there is only Apple.

Seeing that Lin Hong was troubled by not being able to communicate with everyone, Arthur proposed a solution.

"BBS has a similar feature integrated into it, and I'm going to install that function in front of me so that we can chat internally through tel."

"This ...... All right. ”

Lin Hong's interest was a little low, after all, what he did could not be recognized by others, which was already a very depressing thing.

However, Lin Hong is a little unwilling to give up the development of this software, after all, this is his first web-based software in the real sense, and he also ambitiously told the author of the IRC protocol that he wants to develop such a software, not only cross-platform, but also more user-friendly and more powerful than these popular chat software.

After returning home in the evening, Lin Hong didn't go to the Internet to find other people to try out his simple version, and after thinking about it, he called Phyllis.

Phyllis was originally taking a bubble bath in the bathroom, and the phone was placed next to the bathtub, and when she saw the phone ringing, she glanced back, and suddenly saw that it was Lin Hong calling, and immediately stood up directly, and then immediately connected the phone.

"Hey, Uncle Stone?"

Receiving a call from Uncle Stone made her very happy. A few days ago, she took the initiative to call Lin Hong, and it was more than half an hour to call, and she put the phone next to her when she took a shower, just to continue to talk to Uncle Shi on the phone, but she didn't expect him to call today.

"Hello, Phyllis, are you free?"

"Absolutely!" Phyllis hurriedly said, "I just finished taking a shower...... Ahh ”

As she spoke, she suddenly sneezed and quickly lay down again.

"What's wrong with you? Caught a cold? ”

"No, it's just a little itchy nose just now. You go on, I'll listen. ”

"That...... Do you have a computer in your room? ”

"Yes! I have a laptop, what's wrong? ”

"If it's convenient for you, can you test a piece of software for me?"

“……”

"Hey, Phyllis, are you still there?"

"Well, yes, give me five minutes, and I'll call you in five minutes!"

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Because of the computer cracking, the SAM Association quickly became famous in the United States, although many technical associations or groups later announced that they had also found other ways to crack the calculator and successfully achieved the crack, but in the technical circle, everyone usually only takes the first place, if you are the second or third place, you will not get much attention at all.

In addition, those associations or organizations are simply unable to achieve the powerful wireless transmission function of the SAM Association, many associations have gradually given up the idea of wanting to compete with the SAM Association after trying, and the technicians in their organizations who are interested in calculators have thrown themselves into the arms of SAM, soaking in the SAM Association BBS every day, sharing their own creations, and enjoying the results of others' contributions.

Since the SAM Association did not recruit any more members in Latin schools and did not hold any activities at all, the SAM Association was the most mysterious in everyone's eyes, but its influence did not decrease because of this, but gradually increased with the increase in the number of games or software that could be run on the computer.

The SAM Society's fundraising and sponsorship program went very smoothly, and not only the students of the Latin School were very generous to the Society, but also people from other places who benefited from the convenience of computer cracking also donated to the SAM Association.

Within the first week of the fundraising plan, they had already recovered the funds advanced to the association and had a slight surplus.

At this time, Matthew paused his fundraising plan and began to look for sponsoring companies in the business district. His plan is to add the sponsor's logo ad to the latest crack, so that the cracked calculator will have one to three seconds of advertising display time after launching.

At the beginning, Lin Hong and Arthur expressed different opinions on this plan, believing that it might bring a bad experience to users, and that it might be strongly resisted and opposed by everyone.

But in the end, Matthew's survey from BBS showed that although there were people who opposed it, it was very few, only a very small number of people. And these people also expressed their understanding after the SAM Association issued a statement explaining the specific reasons.

After all, the SAM Association is a non-profit organization, and in order to survive, it must have a certain source of income. Since there is no fundraising, it is understandable to look for sponsorship, which is very common in the United States.

For example, if a magazine wants to print a magazine but has no funds, it usually goes to some sponsors and promises to place a certain amount of advertising in return. Sponsorship fees are a drop in the bucket compared to the cost of advertising in newspapers, television, or outdoor media, and they often get good results.

Matthewla's ability to sponsor is obviously very unusual, and he has already raised $10,000 in sponsorship fees for the first time he goes out.

There were two sponsors, one was The Coca-Cola Company, which provided a sponsorship fee of $3,000.

The other one is Apple, and the supervisor in charge of receiving Matthew immediately asked someone to understand the situation after hearing Matthew's promotional speech, and as a result, his subordinates gave the SAM Association a very high evaluation, so he took a supervisor and directly wrote a check for 7,000 US dollars to Matthew, only asking that when the display was turned on, the Apple logo should be displayed before Coca-Cola, and it was a little longer than their time.

In the end, Matthew settled on a total of three seconds of advertising time, with Apple's logo showing two seconds and Coca-Cola showing one second.

So, under Matthew's strong recommendation, Lin Hong, who was busy improving instant messaging software, temporarily put down what he was doing and began to develop a cracking upgrade program.

Since it is an upgrade program, it is natural to have new functions, but in the simple system of calculators, it is not easy to do a little more tricks.

And knowing that there will be ads in the latest update, you have to make everyone feel that enjoying the new features is more worthwhile than seeing ads.

So, how do you get there?

So, that night, seven members of the SAM Association held an online meeting, considering that there were several members who did not use Apple computers (mainly Lin Hong), Arthur hurried to install the group chat function on the BBS during the day, so Lin Hong had the opportunity to participate in the online meeting of the SAM Association on his own computer.

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