Unconsciously, the footsteps of May are far away, and June is also quietly approaching.

The villa purchased by Catherine and her companions was already bustling with activity.

And at the door of the villa, the bodyguards are guarding here.

In total, there were two groups of bodyguards.

One team is Catherine's umbrella staff, while the other is Jenny's bodyguards.

Jenny's grandfather was a director of UTC, the United Technologies Corporation, and a small stake in Raytheon, and he was a veritable arms dealer.

UTC is a powerful company, and Apollo 11 was able to fly without the support of UTC.

The bodyguards are all strong. What's more, they all wore guns with them, but the guns were hidden in their clothes.

It is precisely because of these bodyguards with guns that Catherine and her sisters are not afraid of trouble when they often go out. After all, this is the United States in the 60s.

At the moment, Catherine's friends were discussing something. Surprisingly, Elsa is here at the moment.

It's just that everyone is wearing strange clothes.

For example, Elsa, who has a pair of white cat ears on her head, gloves in the shape of cat's paws on her hands, bizarre shoes on her feet, and a straight tail behind her, which is really cute at first glance.

Ada, on the other hand, was dressed in a much hotter outfit - it was a bunny girl outfit.

"What is Catherine's best gear?"

Lisa seemed to be thinking.

"Cow? No, Kate's boobs aren't enough, and pretending to be a cow doesn't look like ...... at all" Lisa looked at her breasts, maybe she could do it?

"Kate has long legs, maybe a good horse?" Ida laughed.

"But Catherine doesn't seem to like horses?"

Lily seemed to think of Catherine's struggles on her first horseback ride.

At this time, Lily was wearing a spotted outfit, and at first glance, she looked like a cute dog.

"Hehe, just because I don't like it, we must put it on for her~"

Lisa smiled.

"But will Kate like it?"

Jenny was a little suspicious.

At this time, Jenny was wearing a ballet costume with two wings on her back, just like an elegant and lovely swan.

"But I think it's good...... By the way, Elsa, what do you think? ”

"Ah...... ...... Belch? Elsa was a little overwhelmed.

In fact, she was completely dragged over by them.

- Catherine's friends, preparing to give Catherine a unique birthday.

However, because of the secrecy, Catherine knew nothing about it.

In fact, because of the appearance of the Z80, Catherine is "scolding Fang Xuan".

Because of the emergence of Z80, it also means that the Microsoft II computer, as well as the preparation of XBOX, have entered the countdown stage!

Catherine first decided to release the XBOX and let the technicians work on it.

A CPU alone is not enough, but if it is used in a game console, a display processing device is also necessary.

A PPU that can display 64 colors, with a total of 4KB of video memory, can display 2 layers of scrolls and 5 pages, of which 2 background pages each occupy 1KB of video memory. The display device can display 32 colors at the same time - it's not that Catherine doesn't display 64 colors, but it's because the cost is too high.

IN FACT, CATHERINE DIDN'T THINK ABOUT MAKING MONEY WITH XBOX CONSOLES EITHER, AT LEAST NOT IN THE EARLY DAYS OF RELEASE.

Of course, as the production technology of the assembly line matures, the cost will only get lower and lower in the future.

And now, Catherine is thinking about using games like Super Mario to make money!

You know, the FC consoles in history have sold a total of 60 million units, and Super Mario has sold an even more terrifying 70 million copies!

Although FC also includes games such as the original Little Overlord, Super Mario also has countless pirated copies.

Catherine thinks about games, not only "Super Mario", but also games such as Contra, but "Super Mario" is Catherine's main game.

At the time of FC, a number of classic games emerged. Because at this time, the power of the console performance table is limited, so more game producers are focusing on the playability of the game.

Civilian products should start cheaper, and the cheaper the better.

WHEN THE FIRST XBOX CONSOLE APPEARED, IT WAS LATE MAY.

However, the cost of $250 can definitely kill people.

Even so, if a game is popular, it can't be stopped. ,

At that time, when FC was listed in Taiwan, Taiwanese people could hardly afford to buy games, so they came up with a trick to rent out the game console for 1 Taiwan dollar and 1 hour.

Catherine doesn't know if this method will work in the United States, but it shows that when the game is popular, there is really no way to stop it.

But it's not the most troublesome, it's the game cartridge that gives Catherine the most headache.

Although Catherine had considered this problem, the plan Sanders came up with gave Catherine a headache.

XBOX GAMES ARE STORED AS READ-ONLY ROMS ON GAME CARDS THAT CAN BE PLUGGED INTO THE SLOT ON THE CONSOLE.

The capacity is 24K for LA series, 40K for LB series, 48K for LC series, 64K for LD series, and other media with higher storage capacity, but they are still under development for the time being. There are also some game cartridges that come with batteries to save your progress, which isn't realistic for the time being.

The simplest LA series cassette costs more than $100, which is still the cost of being pushed down to the limit.

Cassette in the form of a ROM, which was vetoed by Catherine.

If you can't make a plan, you will have another plan.

Catherine suddenly thought of something too cheap to be cheaper - tape!

Why can't you use guò tape to achieve your goals?!

You know, there have been ever game cartridges in history that have been used as a medium for cassette tapes!

NOWADAYS, TAPE IS ABOUT 100BPI. BPI is how many bytes are stored on each inch of tape. If you calculate it in this way, the capacity of a cassette tape can reach almost 48KB, and if it is larger, the tape will have to increase in size, which is not suitable.

What's more, games like Super Mario, which happens to be so much (the original text without simulation information is 32KB, and now Mario all contain emulator code. ）

In this way, their storage cost is at least reduced by 90% compared to the cassette!

Although tape would require about 2 KB of additional memory to read the content, and the speed would be slowed down when switching levels, this is not a problem at all. You know, the reading time required for disc games later, that's called a tragedy!

And the tape technology is now relatively mature, and you can use it yourself!

It's just that in this case, invisibly, the cost of the main engine is increased, and as Catherine predicted, civilian products will start cheaper.

If the assembly line production is fully realized, the initial cost is about 320 US dollars, and when the process is proficient, it may continue to drop to 300 US dollars or even lower.

The ex-factory price was set at $320, which is considered to be a penny not taken, and if taxes are included, it is actually a loss.

As for the retail price, Catherine decided to set it at $349.

IT'S JUST THAT THE LAUNCH OF XBOX HAS BEEN POSTPONED BECAUSE OF THIS.

So, in May 1965, Apple Computer decisively jumped the ticket......

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