Rebirth 86: I use games to kick open the door to the world.

Chapter 9 Computer Room

In later generations, computers have already become people's daily electronic equipment. Things like electrostatic protection are actually quite redundant. Only those that truly face high-level servers, top-level supercomputers and other equipment require a clean enough environment.

But people today still have a natural admiration for computers, which is an admiration for new technologies, new technologies, and new industries.

In his previous life, Zuo Zhen had heard from some older seniors that he had to wear an electrostatic suit when entering the computer room, and he was armed as if he was prepared to deal with a biological crisis.

At that time, Zuo Zhen felt that this was really making a fuss out of a molehill.

But when he actually encountered this kind of environment, Zuo Zhen's attitude changed significantly.

The computer itself really doesn't matter.

But the awe of science and technology arises spontaneously.

It's just... computers are still too backward!
Game consoles have eight-bit processors, and computers are only 16-bit, so they can only use very little information to express text, tables, and other information.

As for the image, it can barely be processed, but the pixels are also frighteningly low, and it's still black and white.

It is even more ridiculous to want to use this kind of computer to complete tasks such as video.

It is estimated that it will take a big jump in computer performance in the 90s before things can change.

If you want to use this kind of computer to make a game, you need to use a lot of resources, even a few bytes of content.

People who make games in this era are considered masters of space compression. They can make a game with only a few tens of KB of content rich in content and still be fun at the same time.

Zuo Zhen is willing to call them space artists.

The floor of the computer room is a hollow anti-static floor that has been raised one level. When you step on it, you will hear a hollow sound. The entire computer room covers an area of ​​more than 500 square meters, and there are one hundred computers placed in it.

The performance of these [-] computers is still very different.

Zuo Zhen even saw an ancient typewriter-type computer. It was amazing that this thing could do addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

It would be great if these things could be gathered together to create an electronic museum in the future.

"Hello classmate, why did you come to the computer room? Are you looking for someone?"

Just as Zuo Zhen was looking at these computers with disgust, a young man came over.

This man is thin and wears square-framed glasses. He may look about the same age as Zuozhen, but his hair volume is somewhat inconsistent with his age. His hairline is already much higher than his forehead. He is wearing something unusual. Yue looked at Zuo Zhen with an expression on his face.

He is a sophomore majoring in computer science. He was discussing the latest computer knowledge with several classmates in front of a computer in the computer room.

Normally, the computer room is not open to the public, and the people who can come in are basically people who know each other.

Zuo Zhen's entry aroused everyone's curiosity, because Zuo Zhen and the others had never seen him before. Obviously, he could not be a computer major, and judging from his age, he was not a teacher.

So he, a sophomore, came over and wanted to ask Zuo Zhen what he was doing.

If an outsider like this comes in, he should be looking for someone, but he just doesn’t know who to look for.

But when he came over, he saw the disgusted look Zuo Zhen showed just now. Although Zuo Zhen was not targeting anyone, he still felt very unhappy.

They all entered the computer room with a sense of awe.

Even when they come into this room, they have to deliberately lower their voices, as if they are worried that this may affect the performance of the computer. Although they know that computers are not that delicate, they are already used to treating computers like this.

Now he suddenly saw a stranger coming in who seemed to dislike the place very much, and he felt very unhappy.

Things that I am in awe of are disgusting in the eyes of others, so it is strange to be happy about them.It seems that this is a person who doesn't understand computers at all, let alone the impact computers have had on the world.

If necessary, he can personally speak out and tell the person in front of him the history of computer development and future prospects.

Of course these are things his teacher taught them.

Hearing someone calling him, Zuo Zhen turned to look at the person: "Oh, I'm not here to find anyone, I'm here to use the computer."

"Use a computer?" The student was stunned.

Zuo Zhen didn't notice the displeased look on the man's face just now. He was still looking around, trying to find a computer that seemed to have good enough performance.

Of course, the performance of a computer cannot be determined by its appearance alone, but a computer with good performance should be very conspicuous in this computer room.

Then soon Zuo Zhen's eyes lit up and he saw two computers placed separately in the center of the room. Zuo Zhen quickly walked over.

The performance gap between computers is huge. Although they are all antique machines in Zuo Zhen's eyes, better performance makes it easier to create games by yourself.

"Hey, classmate, wait a minute." The student was a little anxious. Seeing Zuo Zhen preparing to walk to the center and making a loud sound, he wanted to stop Zuo Zhen.

"You can't just use the computers here."

"I have the teacher's permission here. If you have permission, you can use any computer here, right?"

"This... is correct." The student glanced at the permission Zuo Zhen took out and was speechless.

The teacher agreed, and he didn't seem to insist on stopping Zuo Zhen.

At this moment, several people also came over.

They are the sophomore's classmates and seniors.

They saw that the sophomore student did not stop Zuo Zhen, so they came over one after another to find out what happened. Then the sophomore student explained it to several people.

"Do you have the teacher's permission? Why do people who are not computer majors also have the teacher's permission? He..."

These people really want to know whether Zuo Zhen can use a computer.

But at this time, Zuo Zhen had already sat in front of one of the computers in the center, and skillfully found the power switch of the computer to start it.

Computers in the 80s do not just press the start button and wait for the system to run like later generations. When starting the computer, the computer also needs to perform a self-test program. The computer will automatically check whether the computer hardware is running normally before proceeding to the next step. hint.

The next prompt is to ask the user to put the system floppy disk into the computer. At this time, the entire computer startup process is completed and the computer enters the system.

But this system is only a text interface, not completely graphically presented like later generations.

Fortunately, Zuo Zhen was also a computer enthusiast in his previous life. He had some exposure to these antique computers and was basically familiar with the operating logic.

In fact, as long as you understand this thing, it won't be much trouble.

But a few people not far away looking here were a little surprised.

The computer major in the school has just been opened, and there are actually only a few people who know about computers nowadays. But Zuo Zhen, as a non-computer major student, seems to know it very well, and can even be called proficient in it. He seems to have done it countless times. Same.

This also brought an abrupt end to what these people wanted to say before.

(End of this chapter)