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Chapter 177 pip-boy1008

Time entered September, and an African country named Botswana was established.

September 1st.

Microsoft's Model II computer goes on sale a month ahead of schedule.

Once on the market, this computer became a hit.

Although Catherine's profit margin is limited, she can definitely make money in software.

Of course, the current computer market is not too big yet. Catherine is now adopting the strategy of cheap software, which basically means that she is not making money. After all, expanding the market is the most important thing now.

Moreover, Catherine is now creating traffic and driving up the entire industry. It is equivalent to a trickle of news. It is all clear stream water, not turbid stagnant water.

Living water is a symbol of vitality.

Of all computers, the most popular is the neutered business version.

When Catherine launched the first-generation Microsoft computer, she had already launched a printer that could be used by the computer. Now after using the second-generation computer, this real computer can provide a more superior word processing environment for printing.

The information is more complete, which is why computers are so popular.

As the saying goes, it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality.

Those companies that have already tasted the benefits of using computers to process text, and have enjoyed more efficient and simpler work, have welcomed Catherine's software.

Moreover, Catherine has paid great attention to the use of the mouse from the beginning, and she especially strengthened the use of the mouse in the article.

In the document operation interface, users can use the mouse to select article content to copy and paste, which greatly enhances the efficiency of word processing.

Also released during the same period was the Dazzling TV, which had a completely flat screen and superior display effects. These are things that have almost never appeared in this era. For ordinary people, the temptation of TV is more than

Computers are bigger.

"feel good."

Catherine looked at the 7-inch small screen in front of her and nodded with satisfaction.

Because it is installed in a car, Pip-Boy does not have a mouse. It has a simplified keyboard without a numeric keypad. This keyboard is a ** style, which is very convenient.

In addition to this, there are several small buttons next to the screen. These buttons can switch data, turn on or off warning sounds and other functions. After all, who can put their hands on the keyboard and type comfortably in the car?

Catherine tried using this debugged version.

There are several rows of data in it, but because they are not connected to the car, all "errors" are displayed.

The so-called debugging means troubleshooting. Fixing loopholes sometimes even takes longer than writing a program.

Seeing Catherine using the computer quietly, Ken stood nervously in front of her.

"Ken, if I set up a working group, would you be willing to serve as the research leader of this group? I need a group dedicated to developing the gates system."

"Oh...oh, I do, I very much do." He nodded desperately.

"I hope you can continue your efforts... By the way, for your 8-core version, please also write an operating system. I will hire an artillery expert. I need you to write a fire control system and balance system."

“Okay, no problem at all”

Ken promised, with thick dark circles on his face. It looked like he had really spent a lot of effort writing this system.

"This is the first task of your team. I will give you enough authority. You can choose 7 researchers as your subordinates.

Catherine named this car version Pip-Boy 1000. Then, she originally wanted to name her eight-core version Pip-Boy 1001, but she thought about it and finally confirmed the name of this version of Pip-Boy as pip-

boy1008.

Pip-Boy 1000 can support the most basic communication. If conditions permit, wireless data transmission is not impossible. It can also be linked with a car phone to achieve one-touch calling, which is perfect for use in cars.

Although the one with the best functions is Pip-Boy 1008, it is obviously impossible for this version to be used on cars, but if it is used on tanks or airplanes, it is just right.

For this purpose, Catherine specially invited an artillery expert to cooperate with Ken's team and verify the feasibility of this equipment.

The progress of VCD is very smooth, and the products that can be commercially produced will only take two or three months.

Catherine feels at ease in this aspect, so her main experience is still with Pip-Boy.

If Pip-Boy is successful, it means that the next batch of Pentagon's budget will arrive soon.

The finished product of Pip-Boy 1000 was finally completed in mid-September.

This matter was quickly reported to the Quality Supervision and Management Office, and Catherine also wrote a report on the application of Pip-Boy 1008, describing the application of this software in the military.

Soon, the office notified Catherine that the Pentagon wanted to see her...

Catherine can no longer remember how many times she has been to the Pentagon.

After many visits, the Pentagon has nothing new for Catherine.

This place is actually just like that.

"Good morning, gentlemen and ladies."

Different from before, this time, Catherine was not accompanied by Sanders. She was completely alone, but she was very confident.

Catherine's finished Pip-Boy 1008 was also moved to the Pentagon because the product was not too big.

Since we want to demonstrate, it is best to use real objects to illustrate things.

Catherine noticed that most of the people who came for this meeting were wearing military uniforms, and it looked like they were all soldiers.

"...With the help of radar, pip-boy1008 can determine the target position, predict target movement, compensate for environmental offsets and calculate shooting parameters."

Catherine's first words deeply attracted these generals.

"Just placing this equipment on an aircraft or tank can greatly improve the accuracy of the design. Especially the balancing device. With the help of the balancing device, the hit rate of automatic artillery and automatic machine guns can be increased by at least 5%.

If you are exercising, it can increase by at least 10 to 15%.”

"And this is just a conservative estimate..." Catherine added.

"But will this system be complicated? How long will it take for soldiers to master it?"

A general asked a most practical question.

"The computer is controlled using the command line, but during combat, it is obviously impossible for us to do that. Therefore, this joystick plays a functional role. Most of the buttons on it are function keys

, as long as we press these buttons, we can achieve the functions we need."

Catherine has actually considered this issue - to reduce the cost of learning as much as possible, so that the soldiers can master it quickly.

After all, in a war, the easier weapons are for soldiers to master, the greater their chance of survival.

No matter how powerful the weapon is, it is still a tragedy if the soldiers cannot use it.

Catherine imagined that it would be best if it only took a few weeks for a soldier to learn to master the system.

If Catherine's equipment increases the training cost of a tanker to the training cost of a fighter pilot; and increases the training cost of an aircraft pilot to the training cost of a captain; then even if this product is accepted, it can only be used for a very small number of purposes.

A large-scale elite force - in this case, it would be a great disadvantage for the orders that may appear...

And ease of operation is a must for the battlefield.

First, soldiers should be able to press the right button when they are nervous, instead of turning firing of shells into ejection.

Second, we need to make sure that one button can solve the problem in most cases.

The number of key tree layers does not exceed the third key. Pressing the wrong key and starting over again may be the difference between life and death.

Not every pilot is named Kira Yamato, and not everyone is an adjuster. Gundam Eggman's hidden system does not exist either.

"Moreover, the stability of the system is also very good. There will never be a situation where it is hit by a shell and becomes unusable - of course, the prerequisite for ensuring this is that the core of the computer will not be hit. Pip Boy 1008 adopts

It is an 8-core computer. We are working hard to solve the problem of how the remaining cores can still maintain system operation when some cores lose function."

This last sentence is of course an overstatement, because doing so requires very high technical requirements.

The generals looked very satisfied.

In the original world, there was one of the most successful operating systems in business - wind.

But such a product is really a tainted product for programmers of this era.

For programmers in this era, it is difficult for them to tolerate problems with their own programs and operating systems. This is the persistence of programmers.

To put it in one sentence, "the team in this era is relatively pure, but in the future, when the capitalist roaders sneak in, the team will deteriorate."

In a team without "capitalist roaders", blue screen situations similar to those of wind will almost never occur. This is because programmers who strive for excellence will not allow such problems to appear in their products.

The report meeting went smoothly. When Catherine returned to California, she immediately began to increase her investment in research on Pip-Boy.

She believes that her products will definitely be favored.

But what Catherine didn't expect was that her Pip-Boy would be so popular...

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