Siheyuan: The Era of Core Generation

Chapter 172 You Must Have an Operating System

Zhao Ye's computer, to be honest, should be called a workstation.

why?This is not only because of his big size, but because Zhao Ye is using this device as the central host.To this end, Zhao Ye also equipped it with a set of hard drives and magnetic tapes.

The capacity of hard drives these days is not ideal. If you want to store a large amount of data, tape is the best choice.

As for the floppy, that's a must.But that space is smaller and can only be used to store data that needs to be moved.

Zhao Ye and the others were all present, and just as they were about to organize everyone to resume the trade union, the door was pushed open.

It was none other than Director Yang, Political Commissar Luo, and Professor Ci and his team.

"Zhao Ye, I heard that you didn't come home during the Chinese New Year?" Director Yang was still waiting for Zhao Ye to give him New Year's greetings this Spring Festival, but he waited and waited for no one.Before he had time to get angry, Ding Qiunan came to visit instead of him the next day.

Only at this time did Director Yang know that Zhao Ye did not return home during the Chinese New Year.I have been doing research in the laboratory all the time.

To be honest, Director Yang was very moved.My apprentice is talented, capable, and has such a spirit of enduring hardships. His future achievements must be limitless.

But thinking of the bad things he did in the past, he hurriedly added a hello and an exclamation point after his name.The purpose is to keep myself suspicious and vigilant about him at all times, so that I can't let him do anything out of the ordinary again.

"Master, teacher, you are here too! Come in quickly." Zhao Ye stood up and greeted hurriedly.

"Isn't it just a new year? I'm here to visit everyone." After speaking, Director Yang stood on the rostrum.Immediately delivered a passionate New Year speech.

Although it's a bit late, but this is the time to start this year. If the factory manager hadn't said a few words, everyone would have thought about it. Is the factory manager going to be replaced?

Factory Manager Yang was talking on the top, and Professor Ci was pulling Zhao Ye down to make small talk.

"Zhao Ye, I see there is a computer over there, is it new?" Professor Ci's eyes were very good, and he saw the workstation in the corner at a glance.

"What did you say? That's right. Some improvements have been made on the basis of Dawn No. [-]. Generally speaking, it should be regarded as a workstation." Zhao Ye thought of a more reliable word and explained.

"Workstation? How do you say this?" Professor Ci became even more excited when he heard it.

"This workstation, as the name suggests, is a site to support everyone's work." Zhao Ye did not elaborate too much, mainly because at this time, it is not appropriate to talk too much.Because this workstation is still unusable, it still lacks the most important thing, the operating system.

The hardware configuration of Zhao Ye's workstation is also "miserable", with an eight-bit processor, 32MB of memory, a 256MB hard disk, and a 1GB tape storage.However, the floppy disk reader uses an upgraded version that supports double-sided reading and writing.The storage space of the floppy disk has also been upgraded to 128KB.

However, the biggest feature of this workstation is its graphics card. With independent display storage and independent processing chipset, it can process the resolution of the screen to 800*600. Although it is not high, at least use this for drawing and Programming is enough.

Therefore, the most important issue at present is how to make this workstation run smoothly and maximize its work efficiency.This inevitably involves another important field of computer, software.

The development of software is inseparable from hardware, this is an iron law.Of course, the application of computers is also inseparable from software, which is also an iron law.

When the on-site work was over, Zhao Ye found an excuse and dragged Professor Ci and Director Yang to his office.

"Yezi, what new ideas do you have? You're still being mysterious. I saw you flirting with Professor Ci on stage." As soon as he entered the door, Director Yang sat down without hesitation. Zhao Ye's seat.

"Master, I'm telling Professor Ci about my new workstation." Zhao Ye didn't hide it, and it's impossible to hide this kind of thing, and there is no need to hide it.

"Workstation? What is a workstation?" Factory Manager Yang was baffled. He instinctively felt that the workstation Zhao Ye mentioned would not be the same as the workstation he understood.

"Master, Professor Ci, the so-called workstation is a special type of computer based on the network. This kind of computer is mainly used to deal with some special problems, and the configuration tends to be professional. For example, I am working on it now. The workstation that came out is actually a computer specially developed for software development and drawing design.”

Zhao Ye's explanation made both of them understand, co-authoring this kid doesn't go home during Chinese New Year, so he "secretly" made a new model here.

"Yezi, you did this job. You made a new model, why did you hide it? You should let us know about such a good thing." Director Yang couldn't sit still, What is their joint factory?That is specialized in the production of computers.Now that a new model has been developed in the factory, I, the factory manager, don't even know about it. Isn't this a joke?
"Master, master, don't worry, this workstation has not been completed yet." Zhao Ye stopped the master who got up and was about to go out, invited him to his seat, and then continued to explain: "Master, teacher, The workstation I am currently designing is mainly for our researchers to make drawings."

"Is it for drawing? Do you still use a computer for drawing?" Director Yang asked doubtfully.

"Director Yang, it also depends on what kind of drawing is being drawn. If it's a few parts or a few houses, of course it's fine to use paper. But if it's designing complex things like chips, it's actually more efficient to use a computer. After Professor Ci finished speaking, he turned his head and said to Zhao Ye: "In fact, we have had the idea of ​​using computer graphics for a long time, but our current technology is very immature, especially in terms of display. The best display card and the clearest imported TVs can’t reach the definition needed for drawing. So, I had to give up this idea in the end.”

"Teacher, of course it won't work with a TV. How can it be possible to draw accurate blueprints with that kind of resolution?" Zhao Ye shook his head. He wasn't laughing at anyone, but felt that many people had similar ideas in science. , It's just that some people thought of it and didn't do it.

"By the way, you said that this new computer of yours has not been completed yet, what stage is it in?" Professor Ci asked.

"At present, there are three aspects. One is that the operating system has not been finalized. The second is the development language and environment of application software. The other is to develop professional drawing software." Zhao Ye explained the problems he is currently facing. In the final analysis, it is still a software problem.

"Software? What is software?" Director Yang was even more confused. This was the first time he had heard this word.

"Software is relative to the hardware we produce and manufacture. Hardware, as the name implies, is something we can see and touch. Such as chassis, keyboard, processor, etc. etc. Software is what we can see See, the intangible things, specifically, are the data loaded into the computer. These data can help us realize some specific functions on the computer. For example, our input and output systems, on their respective circuit boards, are all There is a register, and the data stored in it can be regarded as a kind of software.”

Zhao Ye explained very carefully. He needs the support of his master, so he must let his master, who is the director of this factory, understand the matter clearly.

"Oh, now that you say that, I understand a little bit." Factory Manager Yang nodded half-understanding. In his mind, the software is some data stored on the floppy disk by these researchers.It's just that some are files that he can understand, and some are programs that he can't understand.Well, maybe that's what it looks like?

In fact, Director Yang's understanding is not bad. After all, he is also the leader of the electronics factory, and he still has some common sense that he usually hears and sees.

"Then we are looking for someone to write this kind of software right now?" Professor Ci looked eager to try, he really wanted to see what Zhao Ye made.

"Yes, teacher, we need manpower now, a lot of manpower." Zhao Ye finally stated his purpose. He needs people, a lot of people, at least a hundred people.

These hundred or ten people will be divided into several groups in the future, and each will carry out different tasks.

For the operating system, this is actually not the most difficult.The hardware facilities of computers in this year and month are very bad, so don't even think about a large operating system. An operating system like DOS can fully meet the current needs.

However, Zhao Ye, a "future man", has long been fed up with the bitterness of DOS and the sweetness of the visual operating system, so how could he still be "reversing the wheel of history"?This operating system, Zhao Ye has already made up his mind, it must be visualized.

The interface can be infinitely simple, bottomless and low, and it doesn't even matter if it takes up a little more resources.But make sure of two things.First, use Chinese.Second, it is simple and easy to understand.

These two points are the basis for promoting this kind of workstation in the future.

Professor Ci was in Zhao Ye's room and directly called the office of the president of Capital University.This is a big deal and must be reported to the principal.

Factory Manager Yang was also not idle. He had already gone out while Professor Ci was making a phone call, and asked someone to move the workstation that Zhao Ye made to the large conference room of the joint factory.

Soon, several important leaders came from the two universities. Zhao Ye's goal was achieved, and it was time to prove his ideas to the leaders.

(End of this chapter)