As a world-famous super-software genius and neighbor of Stanford University, Zhang Zhonghua found an opportunity to visit Dr. Douglas Engelbart when he was in the Stanford Industrial Park.

Not many people have heard of Dr. Douglas Engelbart when it comes to it, or not many people in the world have heard of it except for computer hardware insiders.

But Dr. Douglas Engelbart invented something that almost everyone has heard of, and even almost everyone has used, and that is the computer peripherals that many people can't live without every day - the mouse.

The world's first mouse was born at Stanford University in California, Ugly Country at the end of 1968, and the inventor of the world's first mouse was Dr. Douglas Engelbart of Ugly State Stanford University.

Dr. Douglas Engelbart invented the mouse to make it easier to operate a computer, using a mouse instead of the cumbersome instructions of the keyboard.

Dr. Douglas Engelbart's first mouse was a simple wooden box, which worked by a small ball mounted at its bottom to drive the pivot to rotate, and a rheostat to change the resistance to generate a displacement signal, and the signal was processed by a computer so that the cursor on the screen could be moved.

It's similar to the mouse with a rolling ball used in the hot summer of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

At the same time, Dr. Douglas Engelbart proposed the concept of a "graphical user interface" for the first time in the world.

After Zhang Zhonghua saw the mouse, he realized that the mouse had appeared so early, but it was not used, and at the same time, Zhang Zhonghua felt that Dr. Douglas Engelbart was really amazing.

The mouse seems simple, but it is super difficult to implement, and I don't know how much knowledge is involved, anyway, Zhang Zhonghua doesn't understand.

However, even if the mouse is used now, it can only be used on industrial machines, and the configuration of small so-called personal computers is too low to bring the mouse at all.

When dragging the mouse, the rolling ball is driven to rotate, and the rolling ball drives the roller to rotate again, and the grating signal sensor installed at the end of the roller column collects the grating signal.

The photoelectric pulse signal generated by the sensor reflects the displacement change of the mouse in the vertical and horizontal directions, and then controls the movement of the cursor arrow on the screen through the processing and conversion of the computer program.

The computer uses a mouse first to install a special program, but the current storage space is not rich, so there is still room to support the mouse as a peripheral, not to mention that although the mouse has been invented, there is no sensitivity at all.

After meeting Zhang Zhonghua, Dr. Douglas Engelbart introduced the concept of "graphical user interface" to Zhang Zhonghua in detail, and hoped to be supported in the UNIX system in the future.

Although Zhang Zhonghua has long known what this is, and even knows more about this "graphical user interface" than Dr. Douglas Engelbart himself, he still listens to it with relish, after all, in his previous life, he could only see the characters in the textbooks to introduce himself in person, which is still very cool.

After Dr. Douglas Engelbart finished his introduction, Zhang Zhonghua also readily expressed his support for his idea, and believed that this is the future of computers, and donated $1 million to him to support his research.

No matter what hardware or software research and development is to burn money, not to mention that the mouse involves optics and electronics, which are currently the most cutting-edge technology, and it is even more expensive to develop it.

In 1979, Steve Jobs, the founder of the future Apple Inc., was invited to watch Alto and the software that was implemented on the system.

Jobs was struck by the computer technology he saw, including the mouse input device and the graphical user interface used by the operating system.

Inspired to return to Apple, Steve Jobs copied the idea and added these features to his own Apple computer system to develop a new type of home computer.

In 1983, Apple officially launched the LISA computer, which was Apple's first computer that could be operated with a mouse, and at the same time, it also promoted the mouse to the majority of computer users, so that the majority of users realized the role of the mouse.

In 1984, Lisa's upgraded product, Matosh, came out, which was a milestone for Apple and a milestone in the history of computer development around the world.

Steve Jobs copied Xerox's graphical user interface, and Microsoft's Bill Gates copied Steve Jobs' Apple system, and the two shameful thieves shamelessly blamed each other, and finally the two companies succeeded in becoming a pair of bitter enemies.

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhonghua couldn't help laughing, the two of you are called half a catty and eight taels, you are a typical eldest brother, not to mention the second brother, but both of you will have to pay licensing fees for YH software in the future.

UNIX systems will definitely be the first to introduce graphical user interface systems, and it will be easy for existing large industrial computers to support this, but it will need to wait for storage development to go further.

After all, even if the storage space of the industrial computer is very limited, sacrificing the computer's only CPU performance and poor storage space to achieve a chicken rib function for the sake of easy operation is simply a return to the pearl.

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And the computer association of the ugly country will definitely not agree with Zhang Zhonghua to do this, of course, Zhang Zhonghua himself only has the right to suggest, he just thinks about it.

Although Dr. Douglas Engelbart was the first to invent the epoch-making invention of the mouse, he only patented the display system X-Y position indicator, not the idea of the mouse.

Dr. Douglas Engelbart obviously did not anticipate the future market prospects of the mouse, if each mouse is made to collect a patent fee, the future of the world will be billions of mice, there are tens of millions of mice that need to be replaced because of damage every year, this huge patent fee makes Zhang Zhonghua swallow his saliva involuntarily, and it is a huge gold mine.

From the original mouse, mechanical mouse, optical mouse to the touch mouse behind, the development of mouse technology has gone through a long journey to achieve positive results, but no matter what the principle of your work is, you have to pay royalties.

In the next few decades, there will be a variety of mice, such as Logitech's special gaming mice are also up to hundreds of dollars, of course, there are also game mice that cost a few dollars a lot and have special free shipping, the huge number and variety are unimaginable.

However, Zhang Zhonghua thought about the current computer conditions, the mouse is impossible to develop faster, and the current mouse is useless to use, it can be said that it is the chicken rib of the chicken rib, no wonder there is no patent.

Dr. Douglas Engelbart couldn't have imagined the future of the mouse, and of course no one could have imagined that Zhang Zhonghua would not have been able to imagine it if he hadn't been reborn.

The current resolution of the screen monitor restricts the development of the mouse, and the mouse can play with a hammer if the resolution is too low. And the most expensive is the chip, a mouse also needs to be equipped with several chips, and the cost of the mouse may be hundreds of dollars.

Nowadays, the mouse is not unappreciated, it is completely more than worth the loss, and programmers are more accustomed to using the keyboard to enter command statements.

Well, the advent of the mouse is also a big step forward for computers.

However, the mouse is thousands of times more convenient for CAD software, and if you can move the mouse when using CAD software to draw, then it is faster and easier.

On the weekend, Zhang Zhonghua returned to New York from San Francisco to rest, and I have to say that the transportation in Chouguo is still very convenient.

Zhang Zhonghua now travels back and forth to New York almost once a month.

"I don't know when I'll be able to go back to Sijiu City, I really want to go back to Sijiu City."

After eating that day, Lou Xiao'e sighed deeply, and then said to Zhang Zhonghua.

"Now the international situation is complicated, there are many issues to consider, and the problems we need to face are internal problems, and one day we will start to take off again in the hot summer and stand on top of the world again."

Zhang Zhonghua comforted.

"Hopefully, as Napoleon said, Huaxia is a sleeping lion that will shock the world when it awakens."

Lou Xiao'e said expectantly.

Now the mainstream of the world is the ugly country and the hairy bear to compete for hegemony, and Yan Xia is in the center is an important weight that affects the balance of the scale, so both sides do not want to push Yan Xia to the opposite side, giving Yan Xia plenty of time, of course, only after 1980, the world will deeply realize that the awakened lion is terrible.

The speed of infrastructure madness and Pengcheng will shock the world, who would have thought that a small fishing village would develop into an international metropolis in the future, it is really a little unimaginable.

Now there are almost ten years left before 1980, and the next ten years belong to the era of Dongying's take-off, and of course, it is also the golden age of Zhang Zhonghua's Jade Emperor Group's take-off.

Automobiles and home appliances have also entered a time of rapid development, and this period of time is also a tragedy The ugly country was beaten by the major consortia of his own son Dongying, and there are still some expectations when I think about it.

How to follow Dongying's take-off to make money from the ugly country, how to make Dongying's money after following the ugly country without talking about martial arts, and how to smoothly eat at both ends to earn money at both ends is what Zhang Zhonghua needs to consider.

After resting in the villa for two days, Zhang Zhonghua went to Dr. Wang An's company to visit Dr. Wang An, and the two chatted for more than three hours.

Dr. Wang An did not complain about the cooperation between Zhang Zhonghua and IBM, after all, the software leaves IBM's computer and has no fun at all, and it is not easy for Yanxia people to mix in ugly countries.

On the contrary, he was very happy that Zhang Zhonghua made $1.5 billion by selling a piece of software to IBM. Dr. Wang An was very emotional, he didn't expect Zhang Zhonghua to sell a piece of software for $1.5 billion, thinking that Dr. Wang An's patent was hacked by IBM back then.

The limited storage conditions led to the explosion of compression software in the market, and Dr. Wang An was only very envious, and encouraged the UNIX system and C language developed by Zhang Zhonghua.

After all, in the ugly country, there are only two people in the computer field who have taken the shot.

Zhang Zhonghua also has a general understanding of Dr. Wang An's personality, and the scientific research experts are too serious, and some of them are sharp.

Bill Gates once said that if Wang An Computer Company could complete his second strategic turn, there might not be today's Microsoft in the world, and he Bill Gates would not become a hero of the personal computer era, "I may have become a mathematician or a lawyer somewhere."

Zhang Zhonghua was very disdainful when he thought of this sentence, Wang An Computer Company was doomed to failure, because the grudge between Dr. Wang An and IBM was too deep to be resolved, and he and IBM could only live one, but now they are in an ugly country, and they can only live IBM.

Zhang Zhonghua also persuaded Dr. Wang An to let go of this grievance, after all, they are all businessmen, as long as the bottom line is not involved, interests come first, but unfortunately Dr. Wang An just smiled and didn't say anything.

Jobs was expelled from Apple that year, and Jobs not only ate back to the grass, but also accepted the aid of Microsoft's Bill Gates after returning to Apple, and Jobs looked down on Bill Gates very much.

While IBM and other companies were committed to developing personal computers, Wang An did not listen to the advice of his subordinates and refused to develop such products. When the computer industry is developing in a more open, industrialized and standardized direction, Wang An insists on his old proprietary production line.

At this time, Wang An's products not only failed to catch up with the new trend of developing highly compatible personal computers, but also lost the original valuable features and performance of Wang An's computers.

Wang An Computer Company can also be said to be ruined on the personal feud between Dr. Wang An and IBM, if it is compatible with IBM products, tens of thousands of employees develop personal computers, where are Apple, Microsoft, Dell, Campanile or anything.

What Bill Gates is really thankful for is not that Wang An Computer Company has not transformed, but that it should be thanked for the antitrust law of US imperialism.

IBM has more than 100,000 employees, and developing an operating system is the easiest thing to do, so why not outsource it?

IBM is already mired in antitrust lawsuits, and if the software and hardware are developed together, there will be endless lawsuits every day, and IBM will be split up sooner or later.

Zhang Zhonghua remembered the ending of Wang An's computer company and was very embarrassed, such a large company will file for bankruptcy in the future, which is really a trick.

However, in the end, Wang An Computer Company was acquired by 2 billion US dollars, and Dr. Wang An's unpopular son Wang Lie also became a rich second generation, which is also a good ending, or he will acquire Wang An Computer Company in the future.

Zhang Zhonghua sighed deeply on the sofa in the villa, the cultivation of the next generation is too important, and the family heritage in Europe and the United States is profound. Rich for three generations? I'm afraid that as long as the earth is not destroyed in the future, those families will continue to be rich.

Zhang Zhonghua is still young, and he doesn't need to think about the cultivation of the next generation in a short time.