Chapter 637 Upgrading the Storage

Several comrades from Jiaozhi looked at the endless stream of convoys with excitement.

"With so much material and equipment provided by our big brother from the north, our military expansion plan can proceed smoothly."

"Yes, these equipments were acquired not long ago. In order to support us, they were directly taken from the troops."

“It’s new and good, and it doesn’t require any additional training. You can use it right away.”

"In addition to these equipment, they are also preparing to provide a batch of the latest models of rifle grenades and other supplies to enhance the firepower of the infantry."

"..."

Well, at this time, they still admitted their mistakes and had a clear mind. But in ten or twenty years, it will not be the same.

All I can say about them is that when evaluating an individual, don't mix in impressions of the ethnic group, and vice versa.

The exceptions are the Zan San and the South Koreans, one can blow and the other can steal, it's a collective nature.

Zang San: All mine are awesome.

South Korea: All the awesome things are mine.

By the way, they also have a common hobby that is very embarrassing to talk about.
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In South Jiaozhi, the American people and the locals are exchanging information.

"There is intelligence proving that support materials from the northern superpower are continuously flowing into the northern half, and even into the hands of the guerrillas here. I think you should take action on this." This was the request of the people of Southern Jiaozhi.

"Oh, my friend, we cannot and will not raise any objection to normal trade exchanges." What a joke, can you just take action on this kind of thing? You haven't been beaten before, but I have.

"We have evidence. We have obtained some instruction manuals for the guerrilla weapons. They are written in Chinese characters of the northern great power."

"My friend, as one of the five great good men, their language is one of the world's universal working languages. It is not surprising that it appears anywhere." Don't seek death, don't you understand this?
Unfortunately, the people of Jiaozhi probably don't quite understand this truth. Regardless of north or south, the difference is nothing more than the difference between twenty years ago and twenty years later.

"If that's the case, then the instructions should be in traditional Chinese characters, not simplified Chinese!"

At this time, the people on the other side still took on the position of the five great good men. It must be said that in order to drag the Americans into the water, the people of South Jiaozhi were still smart.

"This may be because your intelligence sources are insufficient. According to our intelligence, due to some special technical reasons, some of the documents of the Five Great Benefactors do use simplified Chinese characters. Well, let's stop here. I don't want to talk about it anymore."

This special technical reason comes from the Gallic chickens. The DJS-59 and operating system they imported have a Chinese character editing environment, although the diehards on the other side of the strait will never use simplified Chinese characters, and traditional Chinese characters are inconvenient.

But the Gallic chickens don't care about that. They want me to edit some necessary informal foreign affairs documents on the computer, print them out on the printer, and then copy them again? Goodbye. Do you want love?
Given that the people on the other side of the Strait are not as virtuous as the others, it is undoubtedly too difficult for them to change this situation. Sometimes, they even have to cater to this phenomenon and are forced by the Gallic rooster.

The most ridiculous thing is that because of the existence of the Gallic Foreign Affairs Consulate, this situation has only spread to the Americans and John Bull to a very limited extent.

Although the total amount is small, it cannot be said that there is none.

How to say it? There is a saying that goes, the world is just a huge makeshift team. Don't imagine these places to be too serious and rule-based. For example, there are so many abstract operations in John Bull.

For the American people in South Jiaozhi, there are many things they understand, but they cannot speak them out casually.

As for further action, are you full because you ate too much pineapple and banana?

Pets can act like spoiled brats to their owners, but they dare not act like spoiled brats. This incident was soon put to rest.

Things will be the same as they should be.
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The unpredictable changes in the world have little to do with Gao Zhendong directly. He was looking at the thing in front of him, which was about the same size as the computer case in his previous life, waiting for the data to be loaded.

He is debugging the usage of CPU and RAM in the operating system.

Loading is very slow. In theory, the storage organization of the tape is three-dimensional.

When a flat magnetic tape is rolled into a roll, the spatial distribution of its data storage is naturally upgraded from the two-dimensional dimension of the magnetic tape to the three-dimensional dimension.

This is also the reason why tapes are still the preferred device for large-capacity backup even in later generations.

With the same technology and cost, the capacity of tape is much larger than that of hard disk.

High-capacity hard disks all have multi-platter structures, which actually means stacking the platters to convert the two-dimensional storage of the platters into a three-dimensional distribution to a certain extent.

As for magnetic tapes, the capacity is indeed large, but the speed is also slow, because the tape drive cannot directly access the three-dimensional structure. It must use the tape reel mechanism to unfold the three-dimensional into two-dimensional.

At this time, what is slow is not the reading speed, but the tape travel speed of the reel mechanism.

Another problem with tape drives is that they cannot read randomly.

However, the storage of the tape drive at this time was not even three-dimensional, but actually two-dimensional, and then it was expanded into one dimension, a line, through the tape winding mechanism.

Because music tapes do not store different data in the width direction of the tape! However, the defects of two-dimensional one-dimensional and three-dimensional two-dimensional are the same.

If the original computer program capacity, memory capacity and other environmental conditions determine that the speed of the tape can keep up with the application needs and is barely sufficient, then with Gao Zhendong's efforts and the emergence of large software such as operating systems, after a period of time, this issue may become another hurdle restricting computer performance.

No, this matter needs to be resolved.

Originally, there was no demand and no technical conditions, but now, these conditions seem to have been basically met.

The tape was still rustling as Gao Zhendong picked up the phone and made two calls.

Two hours later, Chief Engineer Chi from the Operation Institute came to Gao Zhendong with his men.

In theory, Guangyang Factory could have gotten involved in this matter, but Gao Zhendong thought about it and gave up. They were too far away and couldn't make it in time. Besides, they had a lot of work to do in producing several models of photoelectric encoders, and they were also developing photoelectric encoders of other specifications, which was also a lot of work.

The computing institute is used to it. Whenever Gao Zhendong makes a phone call, a leader at least at the level of Chief Engineer Chi will lead a team over.

It is not necessary to do this to show the importance of Gao Zhendong. There is no need to say this or show it specifically. The main reason is that if you are not a leader of this level, you may not understand Gao Zhendong's technology, you may not be able to decide on the cooperation to be provided next, and you may not understand how to allocate internal work if you are at a low level.

Work is not just hard work, it also includes many other things.

Also arriving at about the same time were comrades from the Beijing Watch Factory under the 11th Ministry of Machine Building, also led by the chief engineer, and several technical backbones.

The Jingcheng Watch Factory was established in the late 50s and is a precision instrument company of the same batch as the Haihekou Watch Factory.

However, unlike the Institute of Calculation, the comrades at the Beijing Watch Factory were completely stunned when they received the phone call from the Ministry of Machine Building.

Go to the third branch of the Third Steel Rolling Mill in Beijing to look for someone?

Is there any important work over there that needs cooperation?
Is it computer related?

These things sound unrelated: the Third Rolling Mill and the Beijing Watch Factory, the Third Rolling Mill and computers, the watch factory and computers. Anyway, when these things are put together, it always feels like something is wrong.

It doesn't make sense!

But the ministry’s words were very clear.

"Fully cooperate!"

“This is a great opportunity for you to step into the cutting-edge technology field!”

"Those who have money should contribute money, and those who have strength should contribute strength!"

"Send out your best comrades and make sure to fulfill the other party's requirements!"

"..."

So it probably means paying the money?
Having said that, the Beijing Watch Factory still sent its chief engineer to lead the team here. This way, I provide the manpower and money, and he can make the final decision on minor matters.

Unlike the familiar faces in the computing office, the comrades from the Beijing Watch Factory had a sense of novelty and trepidation. They went through layers of inspection before entering the reception room of the third branch factory.

Hearing their arrival, Gao Zhendong picked up the phone and made an internal call before coming out to meet them.

As soon as Chief Engineer Chi saw Gao Zhendong, he asked cheerfully, "Professor Gao, what good things can you take care of?"

To Chief Engineer Chi, Gao Zhendong's rank as Chief Engineer is not high, but the title of professor puts him on the same level as himself, so this title is more appropriate.

Gao Zhendong smiled and said, "Comrades, please sit down and wait for a moment. Our comrades from the Third Factory will also come over. We need your help to solve this problem together."

Not long after, a group of senior technicians including Master Yi Zhonghai and his apprentice, who received a notification from Gao Zhendong, also rushed here.

Seeing that everyone was present, Gao Zhendong did not say much and went straight to the point: "Comrades, the reason why we asked you to come here today is because there is a new computer peripheral device that needs to be studied."

As soon as these words were spoken, the Institute of Computing was the first to be happy. As expected, every time Chief Engineer Gao took the initiative to invite them, there was always something good. This was really embarrassing.

The comrades in the third factory are eager to try. Chief Engineer Gao's new equipment is not only impressive, but also has substance. The old masters who were originally engaged in pure machinery and processing have now become experts in related professions.

Especially Yi Zhonghai, who has been involved in the production since the JP-59 keyboard, has been invited by sister factories to be worshipped as a Bodhisattva many times during the production conversion of these equipment. Many old technicians are envious of him.

For level eight workers, ordinary things no longer arouse their interest, and even their wages have reached the ceiling.

But face is something that is needed at all times. When it comes to realizing one's self-worth, the last thing one needs is fame.

(End of this chapter)