Rebirth of America, this is my time

“What the fuck???”

You said they only come to the company once a week?

Looking at the Apple employees in front of him, Ethan's face showed surprise.

The young man with thinning hair was afraid to nod his head and explained in a low voice: Mr. Jones, things are not what you think. Mr. Jobs and Mr. Wozniak just don't like working in the company, but they will still do it. Accurately control everything in the company.”

They will come to the company every Monday afternoon to explain their work results of the previous week, so that we can implement their ideas and learn from us about the problems that exist at work. Of course, if there is an emergency during working hours , they will come over immediately to solve it.

‘…’

Ethan was speechless.

To be honest, he didn't hear anything about dedication and dedication from the Apple employee in front of him.

‘If you encounter an emergency problem during working hours, will you solve it immediately? ’

‘Isn’t this what it should be? ’

‘Tackling work once a week? ’

'Oh - how come these two guys are more comfortable than me! ’

These facts made Ethan feel a little uncomfortable.

He struggled there for a long time, fearing that asking for help would disturb Jobs and Woz's work, but unexpectedly, these two men were not working at all?

This is too nonsense!

Thinking of this, Ethan became a little angry and rushed directly to Jobs' house. When he climbed in through the open window, he even found that Jobs was practicing calligraphy on the ground with his butt raised!

Not only that, when he found out about Ethan's arrival, he also warmly invited Ethan to come over and take a look——

Ethan? Why are you here?

Quick, quick, quick, look at how I write my handwriting.

These words made Ethan's eyes darken.

He came to Steve Jobs and asked him why he, as the head of the company, could be so undisciplined.

This question stunned Jobs for a moment, and then he realized that Ethan was here to ask questions! But he didn't mean to be afraid, but smiled and said:

“Oh Ethan, aren’t we learning from you?”

When Stephen and I discovered that the company's fixed environment restricted our thinking, and that the work pattern of coming to work on time and leaving work on time made us lose the motivation to think when we were off work, we decided, like you, to put work into Integrate into life.”

Although we don't go to the company every day, as long as we are breathing, we will work, and this way of working wherever we go has given us countless inspirations!

‘Good guy! Do you still blame me for not going to work? ’

Ethan never expected that Jobs would be able to blame himself for not going to work.

But he really couldn't refute this.

Who told him that he has never worked a day in the company so far?

And holding his nose and admitting, it was obviously not Ethan's character. After looking at Jobs for a moment, he asked again: You said this method gave you countless inspirations?

Then can you let me see your inspiration?

Ethan admitted that he was angry because he just wanted to expose Jobs's pretense of not going to work, but unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, Jobs nodded immediately.

sure!

He climbed up from the ground neatly, took Ethan into the room, pointed at the brand-new machine on the table, and said, This is our inspiration.

With Jobs' slight finger, Ethan saw a white machine. It was a trapezoidal electronic device with a small and exquisite body. The smooth casing made it look no different from current household appliances, but the beveled and raised keyboard told outsiders its identity.

Not only that, there is a square screen above the machine that can be held in both hands.

On the right side of the screen, there are two small rectangular boxes.

Although Jobs did not reveal the identity of this product, Ethan could call out its name at a glance, because this machine looks almost the same as later computers.

APPLE 2? Ethan asked.

Yeah! Jobs nodded and said, Ethan, you're right! It's APPLE 2!

I said we were going to make a home computer, so I asked people in the company to design a computer with a shape similar to that of a household appliance according to my requirements! When a machine with this shape appears in front of the public, I think it should be No one will doubt how easy it is to use anymore, right?

After all, the current threshold for use is only twenty-six letters!

Speaking of this, Jobs's face also lit up with excitement.

“More importantly, Stephen also realized the idea of ​​the game!”

Jobs opened the drawer, took out a stack of paper, and raised it at Ethan.

There are six games here. As long as our users follow the tutorial above and enter the code into the computer, they can successfully play them on the computer.

Even the longest code is only eighty lines, and that's Snake, and the shortest code is only fifty lines, and that's Pong. I believe that with this simple design, As long as users have a little patience, they can enjoy the happiness brought by computers!”

As Jobs continued to introduce, the expression on Ethan's face also changed dramatically.

From the original stiffness to happiness, from a happy smile to an unexpected surprise.

If these things were their inspiration, then Ethan admitted——

It doesn't matter whether these guys go to work in the company, right?

Oh Steve, you're right.

Genius cannot be limited!

Hahaha—— Jobs narrowed his eyes after hearing Ethan's change of words.

At the same time, he also handed a game card to Ethan.

Want to give it a try?

Although Ethan had some business to do when he came over today, when the finished APPLE 2 appeared in front of him, he knew that the fat little Woz guy must have time to help him.

In this case...

It’s not a bad idea to try APPLE 2.

He smiled and nodded, which was regarded as agreement.

Jobs immediately bent down and turned on the computer.

As the power light turns on, the Integer BASIC programming language built into the ROM automatically runs, and then a colorful image appears on the screen.

It is an apple with colorful stripes, and it is a classic logo that has been passed down for generations.

This pattern also brought back memories for Ethan.

He turned his head and glanced at Jobs.

The figure with flowing long hair seemed to have touched success.

Although Ethan didn't understand technology, with the help of the game manual written by Woz, it only took him half a minute to find the programming instructions. After tapping the code in the manual, when he pressed the Enter key that represented startup, the word Pong suddenly appeared on the display screen with forty rows and twenty columns. Classic interface...

A white vertical line divides the screen into two, and two finger-sized horizontal panels line the two ends.

Tap the space, and a small white ball will immediately start from the center line and head towards the left.

After hitting the left horizontal board, it changed direction instantly as if it had been hit.

Then he rushed to the right and galloped away.

However, when Ethan subconsciously used WASD to control the horizontal panel, he found that no matter how he pressed it, the horizontal panel on the screen did not respond.

Ever since, he could only watch helplessly as the ball flew out of bounds.

Is this a BUG? This situation made Ethan ask in confusion.

At this time, Jobs smiled and took out a pair of game joysticks from the drawer.

Then, he pointed to the jack on the side of the Apple 2.

Under his operation, Apple turned directly into a game console.

Such a change made Ethan's eyes widen!

Jobs sat down on the table and smiled: Ethan, I don't know if you remember, I once told you that Apple does not make games. But when designing this machine, I still asked Stephen to shake the game The function of the rod has been added...

It's not because the keyboard can't play games, but I think it's a bit of a loss to directly give the home game console market to Milohua. I don't know what your conception of the Destiny game is, but I know that if I add a joystick function to APPLE 2, then maybe when needed, we can appear in front of the public as a home computer and a home game console...

At first, when I made this decision, I was very nervous.

Because this approach may disrupt your plans.

but now……

Like it?

Jobs patted the APPLE 2 next to him.

At the same time, he raised his eyebrows at Ethan.

And Ethan, who witnessed all this with his own eyes, felt a huge surprise!

Can the iPhone 2 be turned into a game console instantly?

Oh! Sxxt!

With this thing out there, who with the special code dares to say that Ethan Jones is one step behind him?

With this thing going on, who can dare to say that Ethan Jones doesn’t have a console project?

MFxxk!

Ethan, who was wrapped in joy, shouted, This special code is a surprise!

Oh Steve, this design of yours is really awesome!

Hahaha—— Ethan's reaction made Jobs laugh.

I know, I know, I know I'm a genius!

After having fun, he also told Ethan the shortcomings of the machine.

Although the Apple 2 can instantly transform from a home computer to a home game console, due to its configuration, it cannot be as cheap as a home game console. For example, the cost of 4K memory is more than one hundred US dollars, and the cost of their own color monitor is as high as more than two hundred US dollars. When the cost remains high, the price of the entire machine will also rise.

According to Jobs's idea, one thousand two hundred and ninety-eight dollars was profitable.

Ethan has no problem with this.

Because he will always make a home console.

Now, all that's missing is time.

Apple 2 can help him temporarily solve the embarrassment of not having a product before launching the console.

Although Ethan knew that the price of US$1,298 would prohibit countless game enthusiasts, what they were selling was not the game itself, but the gimmick for making the game.

After Star Wars is launched according to the pulse of the times, they can buy out the draft and state that the production machine of the Star Wars video game is the latest APPLE 2, in order to help more people experience and play games. For his happiness, Apple will give away the BASIC programming code of classic games for free, and he, Ethan Jones, is also looking forward to someone turning from a player into a producer.

Ethan believes that when he publicly expresses his desire for more people to achieve the same success as him, those children in America will definitely be full of expectations for APPLE 2!

No way, who made America popular is Winner Education!

All the children have a special feeling that they are the chosen one!

When Pac-Man was released before, there were many loose orders in the sales of APPLE 1!

And the future——

Apple may really become a learning machine!

Note: ① In reality, the Apple 2 was equipped with a game joystick, and the price at that time seemed to be thirty-nine dollars.