Mouse, keyboard and game are just tricks. Alex's purpose is not to just create a game for people to play. He has a higher and farther goal, and he wants to create the world's first graphic interface.

The so-called graphical interface is to use graphical operations to realistic computer interfaces. Because it requires the use of a mouse to click button patterns, the operation is very intuitive and convenient, so he made the mouse first.

Graphical user interface is simply called GUI. Computer operations using GUI must be more user-friendly and more acceptable, reducing the cognitive burden on users, and further optimizing product performance.

In this era, computers still use command methods to manipulate, which is not intuitive and practical. Alex firmly believes that the emergence of GUI will definitely change all this.

Historically, GUI first appeared on personal computers, and it was first invented and researched by Xerox in 1981, and then stolen by Apple, and finally improved by Microsoft. This big innovation allowed Apple and Microsoft to gain huge benefits, and it was a major killer for Microsoft to grow into an operating system giant.

There is a reason why GUIs appear on personal computers. In the era when there are no personal computers and only computers, the people who operate computers are professionals. These people have relevant knowledge and after years of professional training, for them, the operation of instructions is as simple as eating and drinking water.

But for ordinary people, it is unlikely to let them learn computer operation instructions and other things. It is precisely because of this that people have urgent needs for GUI.

Alex was not worried that the GUI he created would be neglected. He believed that people were lazy. When there was a bridge, people would no longer insist on swimming over the river, and would not cross the river through the bridge.

This GUI is based on the operating system developed by Seymour Clay. It is a shell and the core has not been changed. People who operate computers like to use instructions, so they can choose to use instructions interfaces. If you like to use the mouse, then use the GUI. There is no conflict between the two, just like the DOS system in the WIN system.

To run the GUI system, it is necessary to be powerful in computers. Alex doesn't know whether the GUI can run on the "Clay Type I". He is worried that after he proposed this idea, he will not be able to achieve it. Then he will lose the opportunity. In order to keep it confidential, he decided to keep it a secret.

The "Clay Type I" is the first computer that truly uses integrated circuits. The "first generation" of Alex is just a simple prototype and does not exert the performance of integrated circuits.

Since there has never been a computer using integrated circuits on a large scale, neither Alex nor Seymour could be sure how fast the computer would be. They just wanted to be as fast as possible. To be conservative, the initial setting of the computing speed was 10 million times per second.

At that time, this speed was already amazing, at least three times faster than the "first generation". Alex believes that such computing speed is enough to run the GUI, but it only requires a lot of resources. If the computer computing speed is reduced too much, it may be flashy, so there is no need to take out the GUI.

In the spiritual space, Seymour doll was busy writing GUI modules under Alex's instructions. Because Alex had limited energy, he could only work for 6 hours a day. If he exceeded this time, he would feel dizzy and tinnitus.

Now, Alex has gradually gained a new understanding of his own abilities. The doll is actually the spiritual body that Alex himself split, but it uses the personality from other people. In essence, the doll is still his fantasy. With just one thought, it can make the doll go to ashes, or like him and worship him.

This is only true when he intervenes. Usually, the behavioral consciousness displayed by the puppet is independent. As long as Alex gives instructions, the puppet will work hard in that direction.

With the efforts of Seymour dolls, a "Clay Type I" computer has been built in the spiritual space. This computer has only been completed part of it and has not been fully built.

At the beginning, Alex also thought about creating a giant like the Galaxy Computer. However, he immediately discovered that he did not understand the so-called Galaxy Superstar computer at all. He could not realize the things he didn't understand in his spiritual space.

The things in the spiritual space were all things he had seen and touched with his own eyes. Only in this way can he be built in the spiritual space, otherwise he would not be able to make them out.

"Is this necessary to understand the inner laws of matter like alchemy, then break down the basic matter, and then construct it into objects?"

So he settled on the second best and authorized the Seymour doll to give it some manufacturing capabilities. Soon, a "Clay Type I" computer was slowly built.

At the same time, Alex also discovered a problem, that is, there are more and more things in the spiritual space, and there is almost no place to place them. Originally, he could erase the extra things. But when he thought that if he needed them in the future, he would have to spend energy to build them, so it would be better to find a place to save them first.

Now, a computer has occupied one-third of the space in this spiritual cabin. It seems even more crowded and there is almost no place to stay.

"Is there any way to expand the space size?"

Faced with such a problem, Alex was completely confused, and he had thought about expanding the space. But he found that things were not that simple.

Alex could only maintain the things in the hut. Once he left the hut, the things that came out virtually would become nothing again after he fell asleep.

After studying for a long time, he couldn't find a way to solve this problem. In the end, he could only put it aside and focus on the GUI.

The GUI written by Seymour doll was designed based on the experience of Alex in later generations. In order to save resources, this GUI is unlikely to be compared with operating systems such as the WIN series and the XP series.

However, the desktop, menu, icon, window and other settings are still adopted. It can also support the replacement of four background colors, and the four color distributions are black, white, blue, and orange.

When the "Clay Type I" computer was basically fine, the one in the mental space had been built. So Alex excitedly asked the Seymour doll to run the GUI on this computer to see if it could run.

The result is that it can run, but it occupies too much resources, so that the machine can be stuck one by one.

"It seems that computers in this era still cannot use GUI!"

Alex can only accept this result in the end and will not take out the GUI, a big killer, and then talk about it later. After all, this thing is too advanced. If it is leaked and IBM will find out, it may make the other party ready.

This small setback is not a failure for Alex. At most, it did not achieve the expected effect, and the GUI can still be used in the future. By that time, it will definitely surprise everyone.

Even without a GUI, Alex believes that the emergence of mouse and floppy drive is enough. With these two things, even if IBM has a wide network of contacts, it is impossible for others to abandon the "Clay Type I" computer and go to buy an IBM360 computer.

The "first generation" computer of CPT has hit IBM hard. After many people bought IBM's computers, they found that they were not as useful as the "first generation". So they turned around and purchased another "first generation" computer. With the current computer market share, CPT has exceeded IBM's share.

IBM just started to show off its skills in the computer field, but was hit hard by the "first generation" computer created by Alex. It is still possible that IBM can develop into a blue giant in later generations. As for CPT, Alex firmly believes that as long as there is no problem with the general direction, it will always be one of the best companies in the world.

This is true. Watson, the boss of IBM, is already thinking about CPT. He is thinking all day and night about how to defeat CPT. As soon as Alex joined the "Clay Type I" research and development, Watson was anxious as an ant on the pot. He couldn't sleep for several weeks, and even if he fell asleep, he was always nightmares.

"This problem must be solved!" Watson little said to himself.

Alex himself did not think there was anything scary about him, but when others gathered his affairs bit by bit and pieced them together, people deeply felt his power. Especially Watson, he found someone to investigate Alex specifically, which made him feel that his IQ was insufficient.

Nowadays, Alex has become a heart-wrenching problem for him. Whenever there is news about Alex in the newspaper, he will always study it carefully and try to find some clues from it.

At this time, the Oscars ceremony ended, and news came that Alex did not win the Best Director Award. This disappointed many people. There were many different opinions about the reason why Alex did not win the award.

Some people say that because Alex did not attend the Golden Globes, the Oscar Committee was a little worried, afraid that he would not attend the Oscars ceremony, and the result was that he did not give the award to him.

Some people also say that Alex is too young and the Oscar Committee is worried that after giving him this award, Alex will not have the motivation to work hard.

Some people also say that no one in the world can win the best director with the first movie. It is already considered Alex is very lucky to win the Golden Globe Award. If he can still win the Oscar, it will make others unable to survive.

Alex also heard about these comments, and he laughed it off after hearing them. His biggest purpose in making movies was to make money. Now that it has been perfectly achieved, he would not be disappointed because he did not win the award. If he really wanted to win the award, he would have asked DreamWorks people to actively engage in activities and create momentum, so he would not hide in this laboratory for research and development.

Alex is very clear about what he wants. He will not expect things that are not in the original plan. Only in this way can he move forward step by step towards his goal.
Chapter completed!