Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 123
"What the fuck???"

"You said they only come to the company once a week?"

Looking at the Apple employees in front of him, Ethan showed surprise on his face.

The young man with thinning hair was afraid of nodding, and explained in a low voice: "Mr. Jones, things are not what you think. Mr. Jobs and Mr. Wozniak just don't like working in the company, but they will still Have precise control over everything in the company.”

"They will come to the company every Monday afternoon with the work results of the previous week to explain, let us implement their ideas, and ask us about the problems in the work. Of course, if there is an emergency during working hours , and they will come to solve it immediately.”

'...'

Ethan was speechless.

To be honest, he didn't hear any love and dedication from the Apple employee in front of him.

'Will you solve urgent problems immediately during working hours? '

'Isn't this what it should be? '

'Tackling work once a week? '

'Oh-how these two guys live more comfortably than me! '

These facts made Ethan a little uncomfortable.

He struggled there for a long time, afraid that asking for help would disturb the work of Jobs and Woz, but it never occurred to him that these two masters were not working at all?
This is too nonsense!

Thinking of this, Ethan became a little angry, and rushed directly to Jobs' home. When he went in through the open window, he even found that Jobs was practicing calligraphy on the ground with his hips pouted!

Not only that, when he found Ethan coming, he also warmly greeted Ethan to come and see——

"Ethan? Why are you here?"

"Quick, quick, how about my handwriting?"

Hearing these words, Ethan's eyes darkened.

He came to Jobs and asked him why he was so lax as the head of the company.

This question made Jobs stunned for a moment, and then he realized that Ethan was here to ask the teacher for a crime!But he didn't mean to be afraid, but smiled and said:
"Oh Ethan, aren't we learning from you?"

"When Stephen and I found that the company's solidified environment restricted our thinking, and the work mode of going to work on time and leaving work on time made us lose the motivation to think when we were off work, we decided, like you, to put work into life."

"Although we don't go to the company every day, as long as we are still breathing, we will work, and this way of working wherever we go has given us countless inspirations!"

'Good guy!Do you still blame me for co-authoring you not going to work? '

Ethan never imagined that Jobs could shift the responsibility for not going to work to himself.

But he really couldn't refute it.

Who told him that he hasn't worked in the company for a day so far?

He squeezed his nose and admitted that it was obviously not Ethan's character. After looking at Jobs for a moment, he asked again: "You said this method gave you countless inspirations?"

"Then can you let me see your inspiration?"

Ethan admitted that he wanted to pierce Jobs' pretense of not going to work, but Jobs nodded his head immediately before his words fell.

"of course can!"

He got up from the ground neatly, led Ethan into the room, pointed to the brand new machine on the table, and said, "This is our inspiration."

With Jobs' finger, Ethan saw a white machine.It was a trapezoidal electronic device with a small and exquisite body. The smooth casing made it look no different from the current household appliances, but the raised keyboard on the slope told his identity to outsiders.

Not only that, but on the top of the machine, there is a square screen that can be held in both hands.

On the right side of the screen, there are two small rectangular boxes.

Although Jobs did not reveal the identity of this product, Ethan could call out its name at a glance, because this machine is similar to the computers of later generations.

"APPLE 2?" Ethan asked.

"Yeah!" Jobs nodded, "Ethan, you are right! It is APPLE 2!"

"I said that we want to make a home computer, so I asked the people in the company to design a computer with a shape similar to household appliances according to my requirements! When a machine with this shape appears in front of the public, I think it should be Nobody doubts its difficulty anymore, right?"

"After all, there are only 26 letters left for the current usage threshold!"

Speaking of this, Jobs's face also raised excitement.

"More importantly, Stephen also realized the idea of ​​the game!"

Jobs opened the drawer, took out a stack of papers, and waved at Ethan.

"Here are six games. As long as our users enter the code into the computer according to the above tutorial, they can successfully play them on the computer."

"Even the longest code is only [-] lines, and that is "Snake". The shortest code is only [-] lines, which is "Pong". I believe that with this simple design, As long as users have a little patience, they can enjoy the joy of computers!"

With the continuous introduction of Jobs, the expression on Ethan's face also changed drastically.

From the original bluntness to joy, from a happy smile to an unexpected surprise.

If these things were their inspiration, Ethan admits—

Whether these guys go to the company or not is actually the same, right?
"Oh Steve, you're right."

"Genius can never be limited!"

"Hahaha——" Ethan's change of words caused Jobs to narrow his eyes with a smile.

At the same time, he also handed a game card to Ethan.

"Do you want to give it a try?"

Although Ethan still had business to do when he came here today, when the finished APPLE 2 appeared in front of him, he knew that that fat little Woz must have time to help him.

Then in this case...

It's not a bad idea to experience APPLE 2.

Nodding with a smile, it was a promise.

Jobs immediately bent down and turned on the computer.

As the power light turns on, the Integer BASIC programming language built into the ROM starts running automatically, and then a colorful image appears on the screen.

It is an apple with colorful stripes, and it is a classic logo that has been passed down for generations.

This pattern also brought back memories of Ethan.

He glanced over at Jobs.

The long-haired figure seemed to have touched success.

Although Ethan doesn't understand technology, with the help of the game manual written by Woz, he found the programming instructions in only half a minute.And after tapping the code in the manual, when he pressed the Enter key representing startup, the display screen with forty lines and twenty columns suddenly appeared the words "Pong". Classic interface...

A white vertical line divides the screen into two, and two finger-sized horizontal plates are arranged at both ends.

Tap the blank space, and a white ball immediately starts from the center line and marches bravely to the left.

After hitting the left horizontal board, it changed direction instantly as if it had been hit.

Then he rushed to the right and galloped away.

However, when Ethan subconsciously used WASD to control the horizontal pad, he found that no matter how he pressed it, the horizontal pad on the screen did not respond.

Ever since, he could only watch the ball fly over and out of bounds.

"Is this a bug?" Ethan asked in confusion.

At this time, Jobs smiled and took out a pair of joysticks from the drawer.

Next, he pointed to the jack on the side of the iPhone 2.

Under his operation, Apple directly became a game console.

Such a change made Ethan's eyes widen!
Jobs sat down on the table, smiled and said: "Ethan, I don't know if you remember, I once told you that Apple doesn't make games. But when designing this machine, I still asked Stephen to shake the game. The function of the rod is added..."

"It's not because the keyboard can't play games, but I think it's a bit of a loss to directly give up the home game console market to Mi Luohua. I don't know what your composition of the fate game is, but I know that if I add a joystick function to APPLE 2, maybe when needed, we can appear in front of the public as a home computer and a home game console..."

"At the beginning, when I made this decision, I was very nervous."

"Because it might mess up your plans."

"but now……"

"Like it?"

Jobs patted the APPLE 2 beside him.

At the same time, he raised an eyebrow at Ethan.

And Ethan, who witnessed all this with his own eyes, felt a huge surprise!

Apple 2 can instantly become a game console?
Oh! Sxxt!

With such a thing, who dares to say that he is one step slower than Ethan Jones?
With this thing, who dares to say that Ethan Jones doesn't have a console project?

"MFxxk!"

Ethan, who was wrapped in joy, yelled, "This special is a surprise!"

"Oh Steve, this design of yours is really awesome!"

"Hahaha——" Ethan's reaction made Jobs laugh out loud.

"I know I know, I know I'm a genius!"

After having fun, he also told Ethan about the machine's shortcomings.

Although the Apple 2 can instantly transform from a home computer to a home game console, it cannot be as cheap as a home game console because of its configuration.For example, the cost of 4K memory is more than 100 US dollars, and the cost of their own color display is as high as more than 200 US dollars. When the cost remains high, the price of the entire machine will also rise.

According to Jobs' idea, $290 and eight is profitable.

Ethan has no opinion on this point.

Because he will always do home consoles.

Now, all that's missing is time.

Apple 2 can help him temporarily solve the embarrassment of not having a product before launching the console.

Although Ethan knew that the price of $290 would discourage countless gamers, what they were selling was not the game itself, but a gimmick for making the game.

After "Star Wars" is launched on the pulse of the times, they can buy a draft, saying that the production machine of "Star Wars" video game is the latest Apple 2, and in order to help more people experience and play games For the joy, Apple will give away the BASIC programming code of classic games for free, and Ethan Jones is also looking forward to someone turning from a player to a producer.

Ethan believes that when he publicly expressed his desire to have more people achieve the same success as himself, those children in America will definitely look forward to APPLE 2!

No way, whoever makes America popular is the winner education!

All the children feel that they are the chosen one!
When "Pac-Man" was released before, there were many loose orders in the sale of APPLE 1!
And the future—

Apple may really become a learning machine!
　Note: ① In reality, the Apple 2 is equipped with a joystick, and the price at that time seems to be 39 US dollars.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)