Author: Fortunately I didn't go

Ethan was a little confused when he heard the continuous questions.

He scratched his head with frowning, wondering why his sister was suddenly so excited.

But after looking at Evelyn, Ethan instantly realized it.

He found that he seemed to have forgotten something.

Forgot that Evelyn was an engineering student, an engineering student who could touch computers at Stanford.

Yes, in Ethan's opinion, the only product 6502 can make Evelyn jump.

After all, no one who can learn computers in this era does not want to own computers.

The emergence of cheap CPUs means that these skilled guys can achieve their dreams with their hands.

And he discovered this product, but did not buy it?

Oh—he was indeed a little inadequate.

When I thought of this, Ethan smiled again and said, "Okay, Okay, this is my problem. I forgot to order it for you after discovering the cheap and easy-to-use chip. I am very sorry for this."

"I'll call now and ask them to mail it."

Ethan didn't want to make a quibble and directly admitted his mistake.

But his honesty made Evelyn raise her eyebrows.

"Ethan!" the girl said in surprise: "Don't you understand what I mean?"

‘?’

Ethan's mouth opened slightly, a little confused.

He admitted that he had made a mistake and was ready to make up for it. Why was Evelyn still unhappy?

And the confused look made Evelyn raise her hand angrily, and poked his chest with her right index finger.

"Are you a fool?"

"This is not a question of whether to buy a chip or not, it is a question of whether to help!"

"You mentioned the MOS company, Chuck Pador, the inventor of 6502, and they need help! Legal help!"

"Why don't you tell me about such a big thing as soon as you come back?"

‘!!!’

Ethan blinked when his sister's questioning was heard.

And his surprise made Evelyn's eyes ignite, and her tone was raised up.

"Oh my God! You won't have any idea of ​​help, right?"

"Chuck Pido and the others are doing something very great! They want to bring this product to all families! For this reason, they are even willing to be enemies of Motorola! In this case, when they are in trouble

At that time, do you have no idea of ​​helping?"

"I thought you told me about this because I wanted me to go to Barbara and help them with consultation!"

"But you-"

"You, you think I just want 6502?"

Evelyn's words were a little stuttering.

That's angry.

Looking at the hands waving out of thin air and the excited figure, Ethan opened his mouth and couldn't hold it back for a long time.

Because he felt that he understood Evelyn's meaning and understood Evelyn's thoughts. Or, he peeked from Evelyn with a spirit, a spirit called knowledge sharing and technology sharing

.

In fact, the spirit of sharing is not a product of the Internet era. Before the arrival of the Internet, this selfless concept had been popularized in the scientific research circle.

For example, Jonas Salk, who invented the polio vaccine and killed polio.

But in order to save the person, he gave up his patent application.

Sometimes, ordinary people really cannot understand what these big shots are thinking.

But the world is indeed more brilliant because of the existence of these people.

"Okay, Okay, I think I understand what you mean."

Ethan sighed, chuckled, nodded, "Well, I admit, my mind is indeed full of business ideas."

"As you think, I really didn't want to help them, because I feel that according to their philosophy, even if I help them, I will not be able to get the exclusive authorization of 6502."

"You may look down on me, but... I don't think there is any need to lie to you in this kind of thing."

"Yes, I'm so utilitarian."

Ethan's candor made Evelyn stunned for two seconds.

As the self-deprecating appeared, her eyes softened.

Her body softened and leaned back, and the comfortable sofa calmed her voice, "Ethan, you still don't understand what I mean."

"Um?"

"I don't mean to blame you."

"Is that?" Ethan didn't believe it.

"Of course." Evelyn laughed and said, "Because I know that all R&D requires money. If the things developed with money don't get the rewards they deserve, then what about the costly projects like scientific research?

How can I continue to do it?"

This question made Ethan relax, his eyes narrowed, and he said, "What do you mean?"

"I mean it's simple," Evelyn said. "We may not be so noble, we may not be able to make selfless dedication, but when others want to give, we should support it, and when they are in trouble, we

You should try your best to help."

"You may think my idea is very naive, because helping others change the world will not make you famous."

"But...I want to tell you that while you help others, you are also helping yourself."

Evelyn's ideal words made Ethan purse his lips.

He didn't know how to respond.

And just as he organized the language, Evelyn said again: "Do you think my thoughts are ridiculous?"

"No." Ethan shook his head decisively, saying, "Everyone has his own beliefs, this is their freedom."

"You still misunderstood." Evelyn shook her head and said, "Let's put it another way, do you want to know why I have such a thought?"

This question really interests Ethan, "Of course, if you're willing to say it."

"Oh-I have nothing to say to you-as long as you don't mind me being verbose-" Evelyn sighed with a smile: "In fact, a year ago, or a year and a half ago, mine

The idea is the same as yours.”

"If this matter has nothing to do with me and cannot bring me benefits, why should I interfere?"

"But a year and a half ago, something happened that completely changed my mind."

"Do you know the WAN? It's the telephone network, a network composed of telephone communication."

"It's all used in the army."

"This thing may have been a good invention at its beginning, but in this era, it is outdated, for example, it is very slow and easy to be destroyed. Therefore, in order to ensure constant communication in war, ARPA

I want to develop a network that can withstand destruction capabilities under nuclear deterrence."

"As for why there is such a demand, I don't think I need to say this thing anymore?"

"Su Weiai." Ethan interrupted.

"Yeah~" Evelyn nodded with a smile.

At the same time, she continued: "With the research of scientists, Apa.com appeared."

“This is an ARPA-led project that connects computers together for data transfer.”

"I don't know if you can understand this kind of thing, because it's confidential and rarely reported by the media. I can only tell you that Apa.com is very magical. It can break down a piece of information composed of letters into a data packet,

They are sent to where people want it to go and then assembled on the other end for efficient data transfer.”

"It was officially put into use in 1969. At the beginning, there were four nodes at the University of California, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, the University of Utah and Stanford."

"And because the four nodes are also easily destroyed, in the following years, schools and institutions such as MIT, Harvard, Carnegie, NASA joined."

"Although this addition makes data transmission seem more secure, at the same time, there is also a problem, that is, Apa.com was originally designed as an isomorphic environment, and each computer only has the same network components and language or is compatible with each other.

Only when the data is transmitted can it be transmitted.”

"It is obviously impossible to get the computer language of schools and institutions to agree on, and the computer language of each computer."

"So, in order to ensure that data can be transmitted normally, ARPA can only find a way to solve the data transmission in different machines and languages."
To be continued...