Blizzard's game development is probably the smoothest company.

The vast majority of Blizzard's business is limited to the hardware of the computer system.

Because of the limitations of the system, the games are very simple now, although the maximum capacity of the cartridge can reach 16KB, which is 128Kb (converted to 1:8, B and b), however, the games made by Blizzard are rarely more than 8KB.

I have to say that today's programmers are fundamentally different from those of more than ten years later.

In fact, Catherine's C language and programming have completely changed the electronics industry at this time.

Let's take DEC as an example. The PDP-8 computer they developed has a memory size of 4KB, and if you want to enter a program, the keyboard is simply a floating cloud.

-- You have to use a punched slip of paper or a card to have the computer read the holes before you can write down the numbers.

In Catherine's opinion, such a computer is not called a computer at all, and it is almost the same as being called a pit dad.

This is why Catherine's personal computer was so popular as soon as it came out, and the slow speed of programming and input instructions in the punch way was simply outrageous.

It seems to work to pass off a typewriter as a keyboard, but it's definitely not as good as Catherine's computer for the individual user, even if it's just a big literary star.

When Blizzard was just founded, the programmers who were recruited were still at a loss.

They hold their own small boxes, which are coded to make paper tapes and cards.

A programmer with dozens of codes is already good, but a programmer with hundreds of codes is very few.

They thought they would be able to show off their coding skills, but after coming here, they suddenly found that the coding slips in their hands could be thrown away.

Using a piece of paper as an input device to a computer? Absolutely not!

Then, Catherine did something that stunned the programmers even more, and that was that she wrote a booklet of the source code of the C language and a series of other things that needed to be paid attention to, and then gave it to them to use.

This left programmers at a bit of a loss.

In fact, it was only in 1981 that the world's first software patent application was approved. Until then, the source code of the software should be copyrighted. In other words, it is not legal to use someone else's code directly. Although much of the source code was included in the gift at that time, there would be legal trouble if the source code or the generated program were to be sold.

Those programmers had copyrighted software coding in their hands, thinking they could dominate the world, but when they arrived at Blizzard, they found that things were completely different from what they had imagined!

In fact, after the software was patented, "Zeng" created a large number of software giants, such as Microsoft, which took advantage of this.

However, in the process of protecting software patents, there have been cases of overkill. There was once a C compiler manufacturer that patented the names of library functions, and other companies had to prefix the names of the functions they provided.

The vast majority of Blizzard's zuò games are based on C and assembly language.

Although such games are hardly comparable to the likes of Super Mario, they are highly playable.

Especially games like Snake and Tetris.

After playing a few games that were quite popular on the Xiaobawang platform, Catherine started thinking about other things.

"Sanders, I think we should have another department dedicated to developing software." Catherine said.

Sanders nodded, it seemed necessary.

"But where to put this department? Blizzard seems a little out of place. ”

Catherine nodded.

"Let's put Apple underneath. We're not just going to develop software this time, we're going to develop something else. ”

Catherine smiled mysteriously.

"Another?"

"Yes, we need an operating system. It's not a simple program like a Microsoft computer, but a real software platform that allows all of our programs to run on top of it. Through this platform, we call the system resources, and then run the programs we need, and this platform will become the foundation of a qiē. ”,

Sanders barely understood.

"The programmers here have basically adapted to C and assembly language programming. We can take a batch of past development software out of Blizzard, and I guess that's perfectly fine. ”

It's true that programmers outside still need to adapt, but programmers who have been in Blizzard for several years no longer have that concern.

Catherine did not have any advantages in traditional industries, because the United States was one of the hegemons in the world. And their speed of technological development is one of the world's leading.

Catherine was completely unconfident in this.

But in today's sophisticated, especially in the electronics industry, Catherine's role is truly extraordinary.

Because she can help the technicians point the way in the big direction, so that they can avoid detours, and Catherine can also use her knowledge of the field of electronics to tell them some of the problems they may encounter.

"By the way, what is our operating system called?"

Catherine stopped suddenly.

DOS？

It's too cheesy, isn't it?

Since it is its own operating system, it doesn't have a name that pulls the wind, how can it be?! How can it be called "Disk Operating System" (DOS)?

"Before we made the Z80, we had a CPU project that had been abandoned called FanHan, how about calling this?"

Some pinyin feeling, Catherine shook her head. It's not at all nice to hear a name like that.

Called Windows?

Catherine definitely didn't do it.

It's good to call anything, only this pit daddy can't do it.

Unix？ Linux？

No, it's a bit cheesy.

Red Dragon?

It sounds cool, but it's definitely not appropriate

"Uh...... As...... Called Phoenix? ”

Phoenix, Phoenix, immortal bird.

Compared to the pejorative meaning of "dragon", this word seems to be good.

"Our operating system is called Phoenix!"

Catherine laughed.

Phoenix, the name sounds really good, and the meaning is also very good, it gives people a mysterious atmosphere, but it is not too stylish.

"That's a good name."

Sanders nodded as well.

……

Part of the content of this chapter is to the eunuch Fan of 10,000 years. Father-in-law salutes.

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