The origin of the star lotus world

Chapter 1973 Text

Chapter 1909

The author wants to talk about some things that happened 20 years ago. Some of the items described have a sense of the times. As time goes by, those items have become monuments of the times. They were widely used at that time and were used by many people.

Time in the mortal world passes quickly. When I was a student, I was very busy every day and had a lot of knowledge to learn. It has been a long time since then, and some things are no longer vivid in my mind, but I still remember some scenes and events.

When the author was in middle school, some people would use Aimu Pi San, some listened to music and storytelling, and some learned foreign language pronunciation. Some music is very good and can please the body and mind. In the past, there were many enduring pop music, and storytelling, crosstalk, sketches, audio books, etc. There are well-known works circulating, and there are treasures in every field. Even if you listen and appreciate them now, you will feel that some works are classic and excellent, and of great quality. At that time, you used a computer to download files from the Internet, and then used the computer to import them into a walkman, connected them with a data cable, and after the Pi San was connected to the computer port, it would be recognized by the computer system as a mobile storage device equivalent to a USB flash drive, and some files could be copied or cut to the mobile device.

The Walkman I used back then had a silver body and a blue backlit LCD screen that could read some text. The machine had a simple system that could listen to audio, record, search for files in the device, and read e-books. If you downloaded professional audio, there would be text displayed, which was helpful for listening to foreign languages ​​and practicing singing. When I was in high school, I used that device for a few years, often listening to foreign languages ​​and music, and it was an item I carried with me all the time. I replaced several wired headphones one after another, and I felt that the nylon headphone rope was relatively stronger than the traditional injection-molded elastic material. At that time, mid-range headphones cost 70 or 80 yuan, and branded headphones cost 100 or 200 yuan.

At that time, some devices had the function of listening to radio broadcasts, and they were compatible with portable radios. At that time, there were also miniature radios with headphones that cost dozens of yuan. I had bought them before, and they were powered by AA batteries. However, they were cheap, the quality was not very good, and the usage time was not that long. The Pi 3 devices used at that time were equipped with rechargeable batteries, which were also the size of two AA batteries. The batteries were placed in the charging slot to charge, and the battery capacity was relatively small.

Before the popularity of Walkman, some people listened to music on small CD players. Later, even smaller music players were developed, but they were only transitional products. They were still CD players, small and light, and some could also store data. These devices belonged to different eras.

For those who learn foreign languages, they use a walkman, wear wired headphones, and listen to foreign language audio repeatedly to increase the listening and reading environment of spoken language. Some people listen to foreign language audio and pronounce it softly. After speaking more, they dare to speak foreign languages, instead of being unable to speak foreign languages. They can understand some foreign languages, but find it difficult to speak them fluently.

At that time, some people showed off their machines with 256 megabytes, 512 megabytes, and felt that they were ahead of the curve. For similar products, the larger the capacity, the more expensive it was, and the price difference could be hundreds or thousands. There was a price gap. Some electronic products with different capacities today also have a lot of price differences. Mobile phones of the same period had similar capacities. The capacity standards for storage data in those years were not very developed. The capacity configuration of many mobile phones at that time might have been lower, with 32 megabytes and 64 megabytes being the majority. Only after the camera function was added did the capacity of mobile phones gradually upgrade. Since the computer capacity at that time was only a dozen or dozens of megabytes, the storage capacity of other digital products was relatively much lower.

In those years, software functions were limited, game resolutions were low, and many materials were reused, so they took up very little capacity and memory. At that time, there were semi-intelligent color-screen mobile phones that cost several thousand yuan. They could connect to the Internet, and the functions of taking pictures and watching movies were gradually upgraded. Many of the small games in those years were also very playable. Now you can use simulators to run those mobile games. Although many of them have declined, there are still some classic games that players will remember. Later, with the advent of smartphones, it only took a dozen years for the various functions and technologies that go with smartphones to develop and progress by leaps and bounds. Nowadays, you only need a smartphone to accomplish many things.

In recent years, technology has developed rapidly. The low-end version of today's new smartphones has a capacity of 128 MHz, the mid-end version has a capacity of 256 MHz, and the high-end version has a capacity of 512 MHz, not to mention the ultra-large capacity of the top-end. The standard of capacity storage is comparable to the capacity configuration of mid-range computers. Even some new thin and light computers are still using 256 MHz or 512 MHz solid-state hard drives, and do not use larger capacity mechanical hard drives. The computer system is only a few dozen MHz, so it is enough to reserve a few dozen or a hundred MHz of capacity for the system disk. The solid-state hard drive has a fast read and write speed, but it is not as stable and long-lasting as the mechanical hard drive, and the storage medium used is different. If the mechanical hard drive is well preserved, it can store data for many years.

According to the introduction information of the new product release, new computers adapted to artificial intelligence have been released. It is hard to say how much capacity is needed, how high the chip speed and basic memory are. Anyway, new computers adapted to artificial intelligence have become a reason for shopping, which is the same functional innovation as new mobile phones with artificial intelligence assistant programs. The new generation of computer systems has also been promoted. It is said that some computer systems will stop service in the second half of next year, and there will be no system updates and maintenance. Let users choose to install the next generation of computer systems, which may be better adapted to some intelligent programs. Artificial intelligence programs are likely to have certain requirements for capacity. If there is a downloaded and stored version of the database material library, the data is very complex and it is estimated that the capacity occupied will not be small.

As more and more data is generated, the demand for capacity will continue to grow, just like taking photos or recording videos with a resolution of 4000 x 2400 on a mobile phone, which takes up a lot of capacity. Some photos of tens of megabytes are equivalent to the total capacity of dozens or hundreds of photos in the past. The total capacity of multiple photos with a resolution of 4000 x 2400 is more than the capacity of a 128 megabyte Walkman in the past. One file is 1,024 megabytes, and one file is 1,024 files. In other words, in 20 years, the common capacity configuration of smartphones has increased by a thousand times. I am afraid that it is more than that. The configuration of machine capacity has been increased by an order of magnitude. This shows that not only space technology uses rockets, but also the technology of some common scientific and technological products, such as computers and smartphones, has also been developing and advancing at the speed of rockets.

Decades ago, the capacity of electronic products was measured in kepis and bytes. One megabyte is 1,024 kepis, and one kepi is 1,024 bytes. In the past, the capacity of floppy disks was only a few megabytes, but people used them for many years.

In recent years, some smart phones have pursued the ultimate cost-effectiveness, and the price of mobile phones with 16-bit memory and one-replacement capacity has been reduced to 2,000 yuan or less. The chips used are not bad. If you need a machine with large memory and large capacity, it is a good choice. The cost of storage cards is not high. The original price of a high-quality storage card with one-replacement capacity is still around 1,000 yuan. You can buy it for 700 or 800 yuan during promotional activities. The prices of some brands can be lower. Some electronic products are rising in price, but the prices will fall again. Some brands still price high-capacity machines at 10,000 or 20,000 yuan, and they are still thinking about raising prices. Some brands' top-end products also cost more than 8,000 yuan, which is far beyond the manufacturing cost. With the launch of new models, some products will be reduced in price again and again. A few days ago, I saw an advertising soft article. The original price of a folding screen small-screen mobile phone was 7,000 or 8,000 yuan, but it has dropped to less than 2,000 yuan. According to online comments, new products may be purchased at half the price in just one or two years. Some products set the price of new products very high, but some people are happy to use the latest products and think that it doesn't matter if they spend more money.

The entry-level version of this year's new mobile phones already has 128, 256 memory capacity is not much. If the chat software is used too frequently, with a lot of contacts and chat groups, the capacity of that software can be as much as 60, 70, or even more than 100. It is simply not enough to use it with a low-capacity mobile phone. If you transfer the data from the original mobile phone, it will not be enough. Some software dares to use such a large capacity. It is said that the capacity of some software has increased by more than 500 times compared with the first generation of products, and it will continue to upgrade and expand without scruples. It may require more memory usage and have many additional functions. I hope there will be a simple version. Some people do not need so many additional functions. The upgrade and optimization of software should take into account the needs of consumers and have reasonable changes.

This year, the author uses a white-porcelain mobile phone with 12-bit memory and 512-bit capacity. This memory capacity is a mid-range mobile phone this year. If I buy a new mobile phone in the future, I may pay attention to the version with a higher capacity. If I consider the price, I will choose a version with a different memory capacity. After all, the smaller the capacity, the cheaper the price. Each downgrade can save 200 to 300 yuan. This price is suitable for affordable models. But some big-name products are not like this. For example, the small-screen tablet computer that my family bought for more than 3,000 yuan only has a capacity of 64. With this configuration, it can't store much large-capacity data. It can be used as a screen to surf the Internet. The same chip and memory, the 256-bit version is close to 5,000 yuan. The difference is so big, it can be more than 1,000 yuan. The first-generation version of some mobile phones is not 3,000 or 4,000 yuan, but 18,000 or 10,000 or 20,000 yuan. It is so expensive.

  Use products that suit you. Don’t envy how good the products others use are, as they may not be suitable for you.