Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 46 MOS 6502
Although Ethan Jones in his previous life was not a member of the technology circle, his understanding of the technology circle only stayed in the autobiographies written by various bigwigs, but their autobiographies actually mentioned the reasons for the emergence of personal computers and the reasons for their popularity. fundamental.

The former, that is the birth of the central microprocessor.

The latter, is the low price of personal computers.

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

Because if he remembers correctly, Apple was successful with the attribute of high quality and low price from the beginning.

As for other content, for example, how does Apple reduce costs?How does Apple harvest the market by virtue of price wars?
If Ethan could recite this thing backwards, would he still be sitting here now?

I've been busy flying for a long time, okay!
However, none of this matters anymore.

When Steve Wozniak said that he found a $42 CPU, Ethan cheered up immediately, and when Steve Jobs asked about the situation, Ethan pricked up his ears .

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

"Oh Steve, that actually sounds like a coincidence."

"You know, when I found out that the design of the Altair personal computer hadn't reached the level of my high school hands-on work, an idea came to my mind, an idea to redisplay past inventions."

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

"When I found out that the price of the Intel 8080 and the Motorola 6800 were the same at $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 when I drew the circuit diagram and was ready to make it, my colleague suddenly told me that there was a company in Wisconsin that was selling cheap central microprocessors, and the retail price of their products was $42 per piece."

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

"This news is too amazing!"

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

"Of course!"

Jobs waved his hands, trying to lower his voice, but he couldn't restrain his excitement, "What is the concept of a $42 chip? When Motorola and Intel sell chips for $360, this price is simply heaven!"

"Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!"

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

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

"Because of the distance, I can 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 earlier this month, I decided to meet them."

"Then……"

"I felt like I saw 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 that time, but I know, this is what I am looking for!"

"Once I got it, I couldn't wait to solder it to my circuit board!"

"In the past few days, I have been busy revising the circuit diagram!"

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

"Because they're really wasting my time!"

Speaking of this, Steve Wozniak showed dissatisfaction again.

And Steve Jobs was very excited, "Oh Stephen! So you can make something right away?"

Jobs screamed, "Are we going to have our own computer soon?"

"If today's accident doesn't happen again, I think I can finish it in a few days." Wozniak nodded seriously.

"Oh! What a surprise!"

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

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

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

Speaking of this, Steve Jobs also turned his head to look at Ethan, and warmly invited: "Ethan, do you have time? Go and have a look? Really! I can guarantee that Stephen's technology will definitely make you big Open your eyes!"

Before the words fell, 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 don't mind showing off your skills in front of Ethan, do you?"

"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, and he said you were a good friend, very generous, and unlike those Grandet guys, you knew who to share your joy with."

"Oh thank you." Ethan knew that Wozniak was talking about giving Jobs 1000 yuan.

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

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

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

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

When such a moment in the history of technology occurs, it is indeed a blessing to be able to witness it first-hand.

Under the impact of this kind of surprise, the three of them finished their lunch in a hurry, and then came to Palo Alto.

Wozniak is now an engineer at Hewlett-Packard, so he made his home here.

And when Steve Wozniak, a fat man, invited Ethan and Jobs into his home, he showed excitement that after he got a cheap central microprocessor, it looked like a black package that was one-third the size of a memory stick in later generations. The chip appeared in front of Ethan.

On both sides of the chip, there are two rows of symmetrical pins, and in the center of the chip, there are white printed characters.

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 to witness history.

But when Ethan saw the appearance of the chip clearly, he was stunned on the spot like a lightning strike, and 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 PPT of the teacher 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 different from Du Niangpedia.Du Niang's Woz Encyclopedia wrote that Woz discovered 1975 at the Western Electronics Show in June 6, so it is impossible for Ethan not to know 6502, but this is wrong.In the digital archives of the University of California Library, there are records of the Electronics Fair. 6502 was indeed officially released at the Electronics Fair, but the Electronics Fair was held from September 6502 to September 9, so according to the records of the literature, The narrative is fine. ② Woz made APPLE16 on June 9, 19, before the official release of 1. ③Why did Woz get the chip without the official release of 75? This is the same as what is said in the article. Before the official release of 6, a small-scale advertisement was placed in a magazine in Wisconsin.Because it was too cheap, others thought they might be scammers, but Woz was not short of money, so he bought it directly, and after using it, he found that the special code of this thing turned out to be real.

　　
　
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