Blooming America

Chapter 226 ARK Developer Conference (Part 2)

Then, Catherine showed these people a conceptual picture of the CD.

This kind of CD is not the same as the D CD. Although the inside is a disc, the outside is sealed with a plastic case. When inserting the CD-ROM drive, just insert it directly with the plastic case.

"Due to technical reasons, our current maximum capacity is 70MB. This is because our equipment is not accurate enough, and there will be some errors when pressing the plate. Therefore, our products will adopt this technology. But we will adopt better in the future. In this way, our CD-ROM capacity will reach 210MB."

In history, the first CD capacity that appeared was 600-750MB. Relatively speaking, Catherine's technology was too inadequate. This was the price of "giving birth".

But even so, the advantages of current optical discs are far from comparable to those of cassettes. This can be known from programmers who shine in front of them.

Using CD as a medium, the cost of the product is very low, the lowest is only 1-2 US dollars, which is an advantage compared to the expensive cassettes of dozens of dollars... and the advantage is huge. For game developers, this is almost already Cut their costs by more than 70%.

"By the way, can you tell us about the new graphics operating system? What impact will this have on our software development?"

Someone asked suddenly.

Catherine nodded:

"The new generation of Phoenix-Stargate system will be a graphics operating system. We will develop a simplified version and a colorful version of this graphics system. The simplified version requires a minimum of 128KB of memory, while the colorful version will require 512KB. Memory. In the graphics operating system, we will fully support the previous software system. As for the graphics software development system, we will open it to everyone in the future. However, this system is still under development, so we can’t change it for the time being. The platform is provided to everyone. Our Stargate system will also support audio playback. However, due to cost considerations, we will not develop audio equipment... However, we will open the audio output interface on the motherboard."

Although she supports it, Catherine herself is not a fan of music, so Catherine has not developed any outstanding products in this regard.

But the speaker didn’t mean it, he listened to his heart, and soon, someone saw a business opportunity from this...

After introducing some basic conditions of the system, the next thing Catherine had to do was to standardize the computer's general interface, and standardize and standardize all computer interfaces.

For the many third parties, Catherine needs to regulate the market rules and provide and standardize standards as much as possible, so that her company's ability to resist risks can be improved.

This is also one of the purposes of Catherine's meeting this time.

For example, for audio equipment, Catherine is going to stipulate that all speakers, headphones, etc., of electronic equipment, all use 3.5mm jacks.

This kind of jack is the most convenient. Because the analog signal is used, the theoretical transmission speed is unlimited, because it is only a wave that propagates, and the only limitation depends on the resolution of the audio device.

Therefore, such a jack has nothing to do with the same for 30 years.

As for the cassette equipment, while improving the equipment, and backward compatible.

Of course, Catherine did not consider compatibility all the time. In her thoughts, her machine can only be compatible with two generations at most, and further down, Catherine did not consider continuing to be compatible with the device.

After all, technology is always developing, and what should be discarded, or it needs to be discarded continuously.

Then, it was Catherine's turn.

A picture of an interface appeared on the projection screen.

"This interface, we call it universal-al-BUS (Universal Serial Bus)... USB for short."

At least...the shape is the same as the USB interface.

Computer storage capacity is limited now, so such a USB interface seems to be just right.

"USB interface, the transmission rate can reach per second. The maximum output current can reach 500mA."

Although Catherine said so, everyone seemed a little puzzled.

If there is no benefit at all, it is impossible for a product to be recommended.

"Our new generation of mice and mouse devices will adopt this interface as the standard. Not only that, our interface can also realize the Internet of computers and so on."

The price of the photoelectric converter is still very high now. Even if the fiber is connected to the home, there are still very few people who can afford it. If this is the case, Catherine might as well consider it as an additional device.

Isn’t it great to use USB for power and USB for transmission?

Although the transmission speed of USB can only be reached, it is enough for current network applications.

"USB will exist as the most convenient interface, which is a trend in the future."

Catherine said: "The USB interface can be plug and play and can be used as a computer expansion component. The price of the cassette is very high. If the cassette is used as a component, the cost will increase, and some small businesses and individual users will be discouraged. "

Indeed, many products now use cassettes as expansion interfaces, but in this case, the cost will be very high, but using USB, it is different.

At this moment, they seemed to understand the power of Catherine's interface.

Cost is king

"Successful" Catherine knew that this standard could be implemented.

"I think, this kind of USB interface can provide a fixed device? The USB interface, will it be so easy to unplug, so in case you accidentally... uh..."

The representative of Fairchild Corporation shrugged.

"Well, there is no problem with this."

Catherine nodded.

Catherine respects the opinions of third parties.

Nowadays, computer interfaces are very irregular, which is very detrimental to the development of computers.

In fact, some things, even if they are successful in the future, have become problematic products in the present. This is also one of the reasons that prompted Catherine to introduce new standards.

For example, the 2 ports of mouse and keyboard. This interface is a product of Catherine's copy of "history".

In "history" 2 is one of the common interfaces on earlier computers, used for mouse, keyboard and other devices. In general, the mouse of port 2 is green and the keyboard is purple.

Catherine also used this interface at the beginning, but what makes people laugh or cry is that some people always break the pin of the 2 interface-the reason is that some enthusiasts have to disassemble and assemble the computer dozens of times a day.

Computers today are still a novelty. Many people who buy computers find computers interesting. And Catherine's microcomputer is beyond the scope of modern people's cognition, so many people like to disassemble and assemble the mainframe of the computer.

In the original history, 2 originally meant "Perl-System-2"-that is, "Personal System 2", a personal computer introduced by IBM in the 1980s.

Like Catherine, when I started, the standard was open, and then computers got hot sales. But this completely open standard makes IBM feel that its profits have been lost. Therefore, IBM designed 2 such computers with the purpose of redefining the standard and no longer adopting an open standard approach. On this computer, IBM uses a new type of bus, the new 2 operating system.

2 The keyboard and mouse interface used on the computer is the later 2 interface, which can also be said to be one of its few legacy.

Because the standard was not open, 2 computers failed in the market. Only 2 ports are still in use.

IBM's short-term cause of its failure, so Catherine chose to tie a third party to her warship from the beginning, and it is precisely because of this that Catherine's personal computer has made Catherine feel surprised. Success.

But after talking about this matter, Catherine's meeting is not over yet, she has one more idea-the website.

"We at ARK are going to build a large-scale website. Using the Internet, we can put our products on it for display..."

Catherine talked freely.

There is no problem to build a website alone, but if you build a website for these companies one by one... then you really don't have that effort.

So Catherine's idea is to bring these manufacturers together.

"We are going to build a large-scale website. All of our products can be put into the website, and then as long as you log in to the Internet, you can view our products, and then you can order according to the products they see... "

Catherine said so.

The Internet has not yet developed, but this concept has been hyped up. After all, the federal government has invested a lot of money. This news is mentioned by Angel News Channel from time to time. For Catherine, it is also a hidden advertisment.

Anyone who follows Catherine’s Angel News Channel will basically know the Internet and will follow this news.

No one doubts whether the Internet can cover the United States-it is only a matter of time. In fact, in California and nearby, where a university network has been implemented, there are already many universities hoping to join this network.

Everyone is very optimistic about the Internet, so they are very interested in Catherine's proposal.

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