Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 50 A group of lovely people

On the surface, Nolan Bushnell's peddling of Atari has nothing to do with Ethan Jones, but in fact, the involvement is very large.

For example, when Atari is in the hands of Nolan Bushnell, Ethan Jones can use the tiger skin as a banner to pretend to be a tiger in the name of Stanford, but wait for Atari to fall into Disney or MCA After being embraced by her, this little trick of bullying others is useless.

There is no need to say much about the former, no matter what era Disney is, it is a representative of fierceness.

Beneath that friendly exterior was a bloodthirsty capital crocodile.

The latter is actually not a good thing. Founded in 1924, MCA is also a current media giant.

Universal, one of the eight major Hollywood companies, is his subsidiary.

In the face of this fact, Ethan felt that after the cooperation with "Snake Game" expired, he had to withdraw.

Even if arcade machines will be made in the future, it cannot be in an alliance with Atari, which is committed to the giant.

Because these guys are masters who cannibalize people without spit out bones.

Who knows what they'll do.

In other words, he even had a suspicion that after the "Snake Game" contract expired, he might not be able to leave.

If those guys really bought Atari, it's impossible to leave "Snake Game" behind, right?
Everyone is not a fool, who can't see the value of "Snake Game"!

No matter what, he will pester him to continue to renew the contract!
"Oh! How could such a thing happen suddenly?"

Ethan was annoyed.

He just wanted to act as a hunter and stare at 6502, why did someone want to steal his home as soon as he turned around?

Of course, even though he complained, Ethan didn't forget the business.

After quickly finishing the work at hand, he came to the phone and dialed the number given by Woz.

Then, he heard a sweet female voice, this is the staff of the manual switching station.

After understanding Ethan's needs, it was convenient for him to transfer his call to MOS company.

The beeping sound was a long wait, but when it was picked up five or six seconds later, it sounded the sound of redemption.

"Hello, MOS Technology, how can I help you?" A deep male voice entered Ethan's ears.

"Excuse me, is this Mr. Chuck Paddle?" Ethan looked at the business card in his hand.

On the blue and white piece of paper, a brief introduction was written——

MOS Technical Engineer - Chuck Peddle
Ethan's inquiry received an affirmative answer from the other side.

"Yes, I am Chuck, Chuck Paddle, may I ask who you are?"

"Hello, I'm Steve Wozniak's friend, Steve Wozniak, you know? It's the...fat guy you met in San Francisco earlier."

Ethan's words paused, but there was an excited voice on the other end of the phone——

"Ooh! I know! I know! Woz! That dude who works at HP, right?"

"I have the impression, I have the impression, he bought two MOS 6502 from me!"

"Did you call me today to mean he used the 6502? It works, right?"

"Did he praise our chip? Did he find any other problems?"

"Oh - pardon my faux pas because I'm so excited right now! I'd really like to know your feedback on 6502!"

The burning voice made Ethan laugh.

The guy on the other end of the phone seems a little cute, right?
Although the two were far apart, Ethan could clearly feel that the guy who was answering the phone was like a primary school student waiting for his grades after an exam. His face was full of hope, eager to get the teacher's praise and praise.

And this eagerness made Ethan clear his throat and said, "Oh, Mr. Paddle, please don't worry."

"As you said, I did come here for 6502, and my friend used your product, which is very good."

"He even said many times that when the 6502's performance and low price collide, the world may change."

Ethan followed Woz's prompt and sent a positive feedback to the person opposite.

But after listening to his words, the other end of the phone suddenly stopped.

This situation made Ethan very strange. After waiting for a few seconds, he saw that the other side was still quiet, so he called out.

"Mr. Petr? Mr. Petr?"

The cautious voice showed Ethan's doubts.

The tone was slightly soft, but there was a burst of sobbing.

"Cough cough cough... I'm sorry... this gentleman, I'm a little excited."

'? 'This response surprised Ethan a little.

But in the next second, the other party told the truth.

"Oh—thank you, thank you for your likes, and thank you for your trust."

"Actually, before Woz contacted me, many friends called to inquire about 6502, but after hearing the price, they all thought we were liars. Only Woz, your friend, only he believed us!"

"Thank you so much for trying! Thank you so much for your help! You proved us not to be liars! Oh - this is so exciting! Woohoo - finally someone believes in us -"

"If I'm not still on the phone, I even want to share this joy with my colleagues!"

Hearing this response, Ethan raised his eyebrows.

Well, he finally understood why Woz wanted him to be more sincere.

These guys are really...

So funny.

Thinking of this, Ethan smiled and said, "Oh, Mr. Pai Duo, can I ask you a question?"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

"Is this your company's phone number?"

"Ahem—yes—"

"Okay, you can call all your friends over if you don't mind."

Before Ethan finished speaking, doubts appeared on the other end of the phone, "What? Mister, I don't understand what you mean."

"I said, you can call your engineers over, and I'll tell them that your product works great."

Ethan's repetition made Chuck Paido on the opposite side ecstatic.

After screaming, Ethan only heard a muffled bang, thud, and then a burst of hurried footsteps disappeared from near to far.

After waiting for about 2 minutes, the roar suddenly appeared from far and near.

However, the voice came and went quickly.

After the noise, there was silence.

Then came the question, "Hello? This gentleman... oh! I'm sorry I forgot to ask your name...that...Steve Wozniak's friend, are you still there?"

"I'm here, you can call me Ethan."

"Okay! Ethan, my colleagues are here."

"Then ask them to answer the phone."

Ethan's invitation brought endless excitement.

"Hello Ethan! I'm Bill Mensch, the architect of the 6502! Do you really think the 6502 is very useful?"

"Yeah~ The personal computer we made is already running, it's great!"

"Oh! Ethan! I'm Rod Ogier! Do you really like 6502?"

"Of course! We love it, love the performance, love the price!"

"It's my turn! It's my turn! I'm Ray Hilt, hello Ethan, I want to know how many chips you need to call this time? Or, can I know which company you are from? ?We can provide you with 6502, if you think 42 dollars is too expensive, we can also give you a price of 25 dollars per piece! Because you are the first to buy our products!"

'? ? ? '

Tell the truth!

When the words of an active discount appeared, Ethan Jones was really confused!

what is this?

How can there be such a businessman!

You are the seller!
Why take the initiative to discount?

Ethan opened his mouth, at this moment, he really didn't know what to say.

He admitted that the capacity of his brain could no longer bear the surprises created by the other party.

And the people on the other end of the phone seemed to know that they were too excited, and after a few reprimands, Chuck Paido's voice came out again, "I'm sorry, Ethan, we were too excited, we may have scared you, Please forgive me."

"However, it is true that our 6502 price can be lower, as low as $25."

"As for why this is so... My colleague just said that, first of all, thank you for your trust and choice, and secondly, when we made this chip, we never thought about making money."

"We just want to promote computers."

'...'

Ethan was shocked!

He never expected that what the old professor said in his previous life was actually true!

This group of people really did this with ideals in mind!
Fuck!Do business not make money?What kind of spirit is this?
Ethan only felt that his head was a little down.

It took a while for the stutterer to confirm with the other party before he accepted this fact.

And when he found out that the sincerity that Woz said could have such a harvest, Ethan didn't hesitate any longer, and directly stated his intentions, "Uh... everyone, I know you can all hear me. the sound of."

"First of all, I really like your 6502. I just called to learn about this chip."

"Secondly, my real purpose is not to buy 6502, but to know whether you are willing to authorize me."

"Production authorization, research and development authorization."

This remark caused the two ends of the phone to fall into a strange dead silence.

After a few seconds, Chuck Paido spoke.

"Ethan, are you serious?"

"of course."

"Oh... this won't work."

"Huh? Why?"

Ethan was puzzled, this was different from what was written in the script!

On the other end of the phone, Chuck Paido smiled wryly: "Ethan, I think you may not have gotten to know us carefully before you called, or...uh...maybe there are not many people now. Know the problem of our MOS."

"Our central microprocessor is developed based on 6800."

"You heard me right, our 6502 is based on the 6800, Motorola's 6800."

"Until this problem is solved, we can't actually give you authorization."

"Because we don't have a patent right now."

　Note: ① Chuck Pedro, the patent owner of 6502. ②This chapter may seem a little fake, but this group of people is like this in reality.At the beginning, they priced at $42. Later, at the San Francisco Electronics Show, someone said that $25 was suitable for the public, and they immediately changed the price.Then in 76, when Atari asked them to buy a CPU, Atari said that they would not lose money on a $12 CPU, so Chuck Paido directly changed it to $12 a piece.Of course, in fact, the price of 12 dollars a piece of MOS is also profitable. Chuck Pai Duo was interviewed by the American Computer History Museum in Mountain View in 14 and said that the production cost of 6502 in 1975 was one board with two cores and four cores. Dollar.A single 6502 costs only two dollars to produce.

　　PS, to answer the previous two questions, the first question said that the price of Apple 2 is 1298, I substituted it in when I wrote this paragraph, thinking about Jobs above, he said that 6502 can give Apple a low price advantage, I completely forgot the Apple 2.The second question, about Atari’s sale to Warner, in reality it was sold to Warner, and the specific process is like this. When Nolan went to court in 75, he wanted to find a backer, and he looked for Disney. Disney Nolan felt that the price was too low, and then heard the rumors that MCA made an offer. Nolan was not satisfied with the prices of both of them. In 76, when Nolan found out that 6502 wanted to be a home console, Huali entered, and the price was higher. And promised to let Nolan continue to be CEO, Nolan sold it directly.

　　
　
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