Siheyuan: I eat melons while doing scientific research

Chapter 1104 A Lot of Big Jobs

Looking at the confident Gao Zhendong, the comrades remembered that he was also a top expert in materials science. No wonder he said that he still needed to make preparations. It seemed that he was preparing this kind of material.

As for control, with a single-chip microcomputer, everything has a foundation. When necessary, it is even acceptable to add a C6132 motherboard for this purpose.

But Gao Zhendong didn't explain much. He still had some tricks up his sleeve in this matter. Magnetic resistance... hehe...

Gao Zhendong was grinning like a fool in his heart. Since Mr. Buddha had already paid, it would be ok for him to take back some more.

"This thing will be very expensive, right?" said a comrade.

Gao Zhendong nodded: "Yes, it must be very expensive in the early days, but this kind of thing is only used in places like the high-speed computers in the computing center, so it's not a big problem. Ordinary comrades should just use floppy disks for the time being."

Once the production reaches a certain level and they are even sold out, we can equip our comrades with more.

You have to know that Citigroup's hard drive at this time is sold for tens of thousands of Citibank coins, that is, 1 currency unit of Citibank can be exchanged for 0.88867 grams of gold. Thinking of this crazy exchange rate, Gao Zhendong couldn't help but complain about Citigroup's unit system in his heart.

This thing is very expensive, but don't be unwilling. Where can you find hard drives these days? These are the hard drives of the future, take it or leave it.

Anyway, others don’t know, so Gao Zhendong is sure that he will make a profit every time he sells it to the Gauls and the Russians.

Gao Zhendong's words reminded Chief Engineer Chi of another incident during his trip.

"Chief Engineer Gao, when you mentioned the high-speed computers in the computing center, I remembered something. Comrades generally reported that when the new C6132 machines are not running large-scale computing applications, most of the computing power is basically idle. It always feels like a waste. It can't be used up. It can't be used up at all. Can we do something to solve this problem?"

Ah, I thought of the same thing. Although it is absolutely nonsense to say that the computing power can never be used up, computers of the C6132 level do have idle computing power when working.

Gao Zhendong laughed: "Well, it just so happens that I also want to talk to you about this. Tell me your thoughts first."

Chief Engineer Chi nodded and said, "Well, I have thought about it. I remember that the operating system you developed can naturally slice time and divide it into multiple tasks. I am thinking about whether we can modify the operating system to make full use of this multi-tasking. Comrades only need to use a low-speed computer such as C6108, and use the current high-speed network equipment to connect to the high-speed computer, and control the high-speed computer to serve multiple comrades at the same time."

"Hahaha, this is a good idea. I had this idea when I wrote the operating system, so I designed this architecture. However, you took a small step."

"Too small steps?" Chief Engineer Chi was a little puzzled. I thought my steps were already very big.

"Yes, why not even use C6108? Comrades, we only have a monitor and keyboard. A monitor and keyboard can be used as a terminal. The network equipment can be used to transmit the keyboard input and the monitor output between the host and the terminal. In this way, let alone C6108, even a single-chip microcomputer can solve the problem, and even a customized digital circuit chip can solve the problem. It is much cheaper. Moreover, the communication equipment does not necessarily need to use LAN equipment at this time. Low-cost, medium-speed, medium-distance industrial communication equipment will do. Of course, the premise is that it is mainly used for text applications."

If designed properly, 485 can also be used in this place.

As soon as Gao Zhendong said this, the comrades suddenly felt that the world had become wider.

Damn, Chief Engineer Gao's idea is brilliant! If we do this, it won't cost much, but all comrades can use computers. If necessary, we can even use the C6132 high-speed computer exclusively for a certain period of time by allocating resources. And by the way, everyone can also use the new type of magnetic resistance hard disk that Chief Engineer Gao mentioned.

In this way, the dilemma of both computing speed and reading and writing speed is solved.

"Chief Engineer Gao, your idea is brilliant!" Comrades from the Computing Institute praised him one after another. Really, this brain is incomparable.

Gao Zhendong did not refuse the praise from his comrades. This method was a good one in itself and there was no need to be modest.

"So how do you want to do this? I can give you two suggestions, A and B, and you can choose one."

Two options?

"Chief Engineer Gao, please go ahead." Chief Engineer Chi unconsciously used honorifics again.

"A, I write it directly and you debug it, B, I give the requirements and you write it."

Chief Engineer Chi did not hesitate and answered hurriedly: "BBBBB..."

This is a rare opportunity for them.

"Chief Engineer Gao, I have carefully analyzed the code of your current operating system. In fact, the foundation has been laid very well. We are confident and capable of writing this multi-user network operating system. Especially with your guidance on the requirements, we understand the direction, and this confidence is even stronger." Chief Engineer Chi patted his chest loudly. Gao Zhendong nodded: "Okay, then it's settled. As for the problem of the underlying network protocol, you don't have to worry about it. There are comrades working on it. You just need to do a good job of the terminal application protocol."

For him, with the assistance of the computing office, he doesn't have to spend so much time.

Moreover, the compilation of such large-scale system software is a good exercise for the team of the Institute of Computing. Through this task, a large number of operating system talents can be produced, and it is even possible that some of them will be more capable than themselves in the future.

Speaking of this, Gao Zhendong remembered another large system software.

"Also, I have another suggestion. I would like to add network functionality to the database system."

"Database system plus network function?" This is another big job! Chief Engineer Chi was very excited.

"Yes, in this way, within a certain range, we only need to use one high-performance, large-capacity computer as a database server, and all machines can use the database! And it is also very convenient for data collection, transmission, management, and use."

Chief Engineer Chi couldn't help but applaud the prospect Gao Zhendong mentioned: "Yes, in this way, not only can everyone use the database, but the data merging will be completed naturally during the use process, and there is no need for the current database file merging operation."

Even with high-speed networks now available, it is still very troublesome to merge data using a stand-alone database. Not only do you need to merge multiple files, but it is also prone to errors.

"Well, that's fine as long as you're willing. As I said before, you don't have to worry about the underlying network protocol. The comrades at Beijing University of Technology are working on it. You just need to consider the working protocol of the database itself at the application layer based on the multi-layer network model. If you have no objection to this, we can do it according to the model of the multi-user network operating system just now."

"Okay, okay! Chief Engineer Gao, let's do this."

Both Director Li and Chief Engineer Chi felt very sorry that we didn't get the job on network protocols. We were the direct team when Chief Engineer Gao started out, so how come the main part of such a big job was picked up by Beijing University of Technology?

I didn't expect that Chief Engineer Gao has so many big jobs here.

"You are familiar with several comrades who are engaged in software in the Technical Department of our Third Factory. I will send them over to work with you." Gao Zhendong made arrangements. The several younger students he asked from the teacher played a big role in the Third Factory. Naturally, they would be used in such a big job.

One of them was sent to Beijing University of Technology to coordinate the network protocol work. There are two left, just right, one for a network operating system and the other for a network database.

"Okay, these comrades have cooperated with us more than once, so they are very familiar with the process. Hahaha." Chief Engineer Chi nodded repeatedly. It seemed that Chief Engineer Gao attached great importance to this matter, and since he could not come himself, he sent all his capable people over.

On second thought, this is nonsense. These are some of the most important basic tasks in computer application. If he doesn't pay attention to them, then what else can he pay attention to?
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In the northwest of Gansu Province, a launch tower stands tall at the place where the War Drum missile test has been launched many times.

A rocket was firmly held in the middle by several iron frames, and the white arrow body was very conspicuous.

Around the rocket, comrades wearing chemical protective suits and gas masks came and went. The flow of people was orderly, busy but not chaotic.

After all, this thing is an improvement on the War Drum-3500 missile with a range of kilometers, and everyone is very familiar with the basic process.

However, the head of this rocket is equipped with nothing except counterweights.

"The joint training rocket is finally standing up. Next, you will conduct comprehensive joint training."

A comrade in charge of rocket installation smiled and said that the official rocket was still being assembled in the factory, and this training rocket was used to train the comrades in the launch center to practice the entire process from rocket assembly, refueling, inspection to launch.

Another comrade smiled and said, "Don't worry, we have fired similar missiles more than once. The comrades who are now being deployed were trained here. If you want to build rockets, you have to rely on you, but if you want to fire rockets, you have to rely on us."

They are full of confidence here, but in another factory building, other comrades feel a little regretful when looking at the satellite that is placed in the middle of the factory building and is undergoing testing under strict protection.

"It's a pity that, for the sake of progress, the function of this satellite is a bit simple. Apart from some test equipment, it has no other functions."

A comrade looked at the shining satellite and exclaimed, "This is a very beautiful satellite." Perhaps due to the convergent evolution of technology, this satellite is similar to what Gao Zhendong knew, a polyhedron that is close to a sphere.

However, what is different from what Gao Zhendong knew is that in addition to the functions he knew, this satellite also carries some equipment for data testing for subsequent satellites.

(End of this chapter)