Rebirth 79: I opened a bank in the United States

Chapter 601 Hugely slow transmission speed
"If the information I know is correct, the computer at Yale University that is capable of remote communication should be the System 370 that I am currently in charge of."

"I'm curious, how do you guys know about it? And BIT"

The visitor walked into Carter's dormitory without haste. Although the question was a bit blunt, the old professor had a peaceful smile on his face.From the looks of it, it doesn't look like someone who came to Xingshi to ask for a crime
"Whoa~ look what I saw. A Guarneri violin You don't look like a computer nerd because you're here"

The old professor looked around the room, and pointed to the desks of Carter and Carter, which had no woolen electronic products except a telephone.

"Obviously, you are not the ones who can't afford a computer. In fact, I asked the administrator of the computer room, and you almost never go there. Miss Sally doesn't know you at all."

"Sorry, you are"

"Huh? Didn't I introduce myself clearly? My name is Gordon Freeman."

"I know your name, it's just"

"BIT was established last year by myself and Mr. Faqi from New York University."

Carter: .
Rick: .
Hearing this answer, the two looked at each other, Rick got up silently, walked out of the dormitory, and left space for Carter
"Forget it sir, let me answer your question first, professor. How did I know the existence of BIT, this is a secret."

"So what did you answer?"

"I have answered your doubts, sir. I learned from a secret and unspeakable source of information that there is a network called BIT in Yale University."

"Damn it, what you're doing is just like the FBI gang."

After complaining about Carter, Freeman was not angry, but guessed with interest:

"It's wrong with ATT, it's not important. I'm curious, what is your purpose of looking for it? You should be able to tell me about this, right?"

"Well, if I say, I don't know what the purpose of looking for it is, will you believe it?"

Carter spread his hands, Freeman's question was on point
Knowing the future application of the Internet is one thing, but now, in this primitive stage of the Internet, what can I do, and where can I use it? Carter really doesn't know.
But maybe it was curiosity, or maybe it was for the so-called historical witness. With such a big gold mine around him, if he didn't find it out and watch it under his nose, Carter would feel uncomfortable.

simple discomfort
"Wait, you just said, ATT? They... have broadband now?"

"Broadband?"

The appearance of a new term made Professor Freeman frowned, and looked at Carter with searching eyes.

"It's just a line for transmitting signals"

"Like a telephone line?"

"That's right."

Carter nodded:
"But the transmission efficiency and rate are far higher than telephone lines!"

As soon as Freeman mentioned the telephone line, Carter suddenly thought of the era of dial-up Internet access in his memory.Both.
"I haven't seen the kind of thing you mentioned. Is it a new product of ATT? The signal transmission line that our BIT is now using is the traditional telephone line. To be honest, the speed and efficiency."

Freeman suddenly looked at Carter and suggested:

"Why don't we change places, and I'll take you to see the BIT you've been looking for!"

"Is this convenient?"

He asked politely, but Carter's body was not polite at all.

Standing up, changing shoes, and opening the door all in one go, this arrogant and upright performance amused the old professor:
"What's the inconvenience? The original intention of BIT was to facilitate academic exchanges. And academic research, just rely on us, so what if we do it for a lifetime? The future belongs to you young people after all."

Chatting about various topics along the way, Carter followed Freeman to a place in the School of Applied Engineering. Carter didn't know whether to call it the computer room or the laboratory.
A puzzle was solved: why all the graduate students told themselves that the strange computer was not found.
Gein, this System 370 connected to the BIT network
What a big computer!
There are not too many messy lines connected to a large computer. When it is free, who will count how many lines it has?Even if this S370 has an extra wire, it will not attract the attention of others at all, okay? !

And that line is a telephone line
"This is the computer you are looking for. Through IBM's remote spooling communication subsystem, it can complete the transfer of spooled files, commands and messages between devices that are compatible with HASP. Through ATT's Telephone lines, currently the furthest it can send a spooled file, or message, to a computer managed by Professor Blank at the University of California."

"What's the delivery speed?"

Carter was surprised that this so-called BIT network could exchange information across the United States in just one year, and asked quickly.

"Not so good. In terms of timeliness, it is much slower than the phone. But its existence makes us much more efficient in many communications. After all, the phone cannot transmit the content of the file! Sometimes it may be a paragraph The code may be a very important document. It is impossible for me to share my code with other professors on the phone, nor can I retell the entire document on the phone, and I have to ask them to memorize it completely .”

Freeman explained with a smile while patting the dark cabinet next to him:

"But this big guy is different. Although the transmission speed is a little slower than that of the telephone. But in the exchange of documents and documents, it is much faster than the traditional mail by horse and horse! Suppose I want to send this article now , share it with Professor Blank in California, not counting my input time, it only takes about six hours, and Professor Blank can check this article on his computer at any time!"

Carter flipped through the article that Freeman used as an example. Naturally, Carter couldn't understand the content.

But the page number, Carter saw
It takes six hours to send a ten-page article? !

"Oh my god, isn't this too slow?!"

Carter couldn't help sighing, this speed is even slower than the dial-up Internet access back then
"That's not too slow, boy! If it's sent to Professor Faqi at New York University, then it only takes about five minutes! This is faster than my phone, you know, five minutes, I can't Can't finish reading this article!"

"Still slow! Too slow! This speed should be faster!"

Carter shook his head. As far as the size of this thing is concerned, even if it is replaced by the document quality of later generations, the size is only about a few hundred KB. It takes so long for such a small thing to be passed on.
"Hey, that's not right. The transfer time from New Haven to New York is five minutes. How can it take six hours to get to California?!"

(End of this chapter)