Rebirth of America, this is my time

Although Ethan Jones was not a member of the technology industry in his previous life, and his understanding of the technology industry was limited to the autobiographies written by various big names, their autobiographies actually mentioned the reasons for the emergence of personal computers and the popularity of personal computers. fundamental.

The former is the birth of the central microprocessor.

The latter is the low price of personal computers.

So, when Steve Wozniak talked about finding cheap chips, Ethan Jones already had Apple in mind.

Because if he remembered correctly, Apple achieved success from the beginning by relying on the attribute of high quality and low price.

As for other content, for example, how does Apple reduce costs? How did Apple gain market share through price war?

If Ethan could recite this thing by heart, would he still be sitting here now?

I've been busy for a long time, okay?

However, none of this matters anymore.

When Steve Wozniak said that he had found a CPU for $42 a piece, Ethan immediately cheered up. When Steve Jobs asked about the situation, Ethan even raised his eyebrows. ears.

The little fat man didn't hide it, and directly revealed his discovery.

"Oh Steve, it's actually quite a coincidence."

"You know, when I discovered that the design of the Altair personal computer had not reached the level of my high school practice work, an idea came to my mind, an idea to re-present past inventions."

"So, after last month's party, I redesigned the personal computer in my mind. When designing, I also carefully read the prices and parameters of central microprocessors on the market."

"When I found out that the Intel 8080 and the Motorola 6800 cost the same, $360, but the performance of the Motorola 6800 was a little better, I decided to use the Motorola 6800 as the core of the computer."

“But just as I was drawing the circuit diagram and preparing to make it, my colleague suddenly told me that there was a company over in Wisconsin selling cheap central microprocessors, and the retail price of their products was $42 per unit. "

Hearing this, Steve Jobs' eyes widened immediately, "WTF?"

"This news is so amazing!"

Steve Wozniak, who witnessed all this, pouted and said, "Shocked, right?"

"certainly!"

Jobs waved his hands. He tried his best to lower his voice, but could not suppress his excitement. "What is the concept of a chip for forty-two dollars? When Motorola and Intel sold chips for three hundred and sixty dollars, this price was simply Heaven!"

"Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!"

The little fat man nodded vigorously and said, "I was just as excited as you were!"

“If it weren’t for the distance between California and Wisconsin, I would have rushed to see the chip that night!”

"It was precisely because of the distance that I could only ask my colleagues for their contact information."

"At first, I hoped that they would send a central microprocessor, but when I learned that they would come to San Francisco to promote their products at the beginning of this month, I decided to meet with them."

"Then……"

“I felt like I was seeing God!”

Wozniak waved his hands and said: "Although it has been several weeks, I am still very excited. I can't describe my mood at the time, but I know that this is what I am looking for!"

“As soon as I got it, I couldn’t wait to solder it onto my circuit board!”

"And these past few days, I have been busy modifying the circuit diagrams!"

"So... today, when I was called over by those people, I was very annoyed!"

"Because they're really wasting my time!"

Speaking of which, Steve Wozniak looked unhappy again.

And Steve Jobs was extremely excited, "Oh Stephen! Does that mean you can make something right away?"

Jobs screamed, "We're going to have our own computer soon?"

"If today's accidents don't happen again, I think I can finish it in the next few days." Wozniak nodded seriously.

"Oh! This is really a surprise!"

Jobs waved his fist and said, "Dxmn! This is the best news I heard today!"

The next second, he became angry again, "Sxxt! Steven Levy and these people are really sons of bitches! They are really wasting your time, no! They are the executioners! They are murdering you Precious life!"

"Oh! Brother! Let's eat quickly! I will go back with you later! I want to witness that exciting moment! I, Steven Jobs, can also have a microcomputer! Hahahaha!"

Having said this, Steve Jobs also turned to look at Ethan and invited him warmly: "Ethan, do you have time? Come and have a look? Really! I can guarantee that Stephen's technology will definitely make you great." Eye-opening!”

Before he finished speaking, he realized something was wrong again, turned his head to look at Steve Wozniak, and asked: "Oh Steve, I'm sorry, I'm a little excited now, what I actually wanted to say just now is, You shouldn’t mind showing off your skills in front of Ethan, right?”

"Of course!" The little fat man straightened his nose and smiled at Ethan: "You can come if you have time."

"Steve told me about you before. He said you are a good friend and very generous. Unlike those Grandet guys, you know who should share the joy with you."

"Oh, thank you." Ethan knew that Wozniak was talking about the one thousand yuan reward he gave Jobs.

"That's just normal cooperation." He emphasized.

"But you did help Steve." The little fat man shrugged, "He is very happy, and so am I."

"Okay, okay, don't emphasize this kind of thing anymore, I will be embarrassed if I keep saying this." Ethan nodded: "I have time, and I am honored to be invited by you."

Of course Ethan is interested!

After listening to Wozniak's description of the cheap chip, he knew that this must be the moment when Apple was born.

When a moment like this happens that will leave a mark in the history of technology, it is truly a blessing to be able to witness it.

Under the impact of this surprise, the three of them hurriedly finished their lunch and then came to Palo Alto.

At this moment, Wozniak is an engineer at HP, so he makes his home here.

And when the little fat guy Steve Wozniak invited Ethan and Jobs into his home, he showed with excitement that he had obtained a cheap central microprocessor, which was like a black package one-third the size of a memory stick in later generations. The chip appeared in front of Ethan.

There are two rows of symmetrical pins on both sides of the chip, and in the center of the chip is white printed text.

Three vertical bars, a round cake, and three horizontal bars are the logo of the chip manufacturer.

The string of numbers 6502 is the name of the chip.

To be honest, this is a moment in history.

But when Ethan saw what the chip looked like clearly, he was stunned as if struck by lightning. He couldn't believe his eyes at all!

Because at this moment, he suddenly realized that he seemed to have seen this chip before!

The time should be in the last life!

At that time, the place where this chip existed should be in the teacher's PPT in class!

As for its name?

If Ethan remembers correctly, its name is the printed word on the chip——

MOS 6502!

Note: ① If you check the information, you will find that the description in the article is inconsistent with the Du Niang Encyclopedia. According to Du Niang's Woz encyclopedia, Woz discovered 6502 at the Western Electronics Show in June 1975, so it is impossible for Ethan not to know about 6502, but this is wrong. There are documentary records of the Electronics Show in the digital archives of the University of California Library. 6502 was indeed officially released at the Electronics Show, but the Electronics Show was held from September 16th to September 19th, so according to the documentary records, There is nothing wrong with the narration in the article. ②Woz made APPLE1 on June 29, 1975, before the official release of 6502. ③Why did Woz get the chip before 6502 was officially released? This is the same as mentioned in the article. Before 6502 was officially released, a small advertisement was placed in a Wisconsin magazine. Because it was so cheap, others thought they might be scammers, but Woz was not short of money, so he bought it directly. After using it, he found that the special code on this thing was actually real.