For people in the new millennium, the 20th century, which is completely gone, is a silent, bleak and bizarre era.
After all, the emergence of the mobile Internet has given ordinary people access to information flow and a colorful world anytime and anywhere, making people feel like they are living in a global village.
But in fact, the development of science and technology in the 20th century was very rapid. On the contrary, science and technology stagnated in the first two decades of the 21st century, and scientists were just tinkering with the original technology.
The emergence of computers has changed human life, so interconnected computers are equivalent to changing the world.
As early as the 1970s, the concept of local area network appeared. By the 1990s, it matured rapidly.
Xiao Jinlang recruited a group of industrial consultants over fifty years old to help plan the industrial route.
The gray-haired old men greatly stimulated Zhou Qingfeng. He wanted to build a younger and more energetic technical team.
Anyway, I have plenty of money, so why not spend it to recruit people?
Now that all the people we spent a lot of money to recruit are here, we have to give them the best equipment.
As the saying goes, 'a good horse deserves a good saddle'. No matter what the technician's original job is, a mobile phone and a computer are standard equipment.
but......
The mobile phone is easy to talk to.
Due to the large-scale use of 'Shengguang Machinery', the mobile communication equipment imported by Tianyang Post and Telecommunications Bureau at a large expense has greatly diluted the cost.
The Internet access fee for one number was originally five to six thousand yuan, but Zhou Qingfeng was given a special price of three thousand yuan.
But the computer is having some trouble.
At present, personal computers are still in the popularization stage, and networking is a trendy application.
Zhou Qingfeng purchased ten tons of electronic waste every week, and after specifying that he wanted to scrap computers, he discovered that what he got this time was a bit too complicated.
The 19-inch monitor is bulky but elegant, and it looks classy.
There are six to seven hundred chassis, all with the latest 486 mainstream configuration. There are also more than twenty unknown-brand servers, routers, hubs and used network cables.
These things are a bit difficult to do.
The server market in the 1990s was particularly chaotic, with different chips and systems used. Many manufacturers were eliminated in the subsequent years, and it was difficult to find information.
Zhou Qingfeng is okay with 486, but he is really helpless with other brand equipment.
Ordinarily, it doesn't matter if it is used as a single machine. But 486 is already a high-end product. It can be connected to a network but not connected, which always feels like a waste.
More importantly, Zhou Qingfeng wanted to use the information center to strengthen company management so that he would not be entangled in a bunch of trivial matters every day. This required the intervention of professionals.
When Shiwei was called, there were already five or six researchers from different units in the auditorium on the first floor of the Mechanical and Electrical Building of the Yeyuan.
These people are all in their thirties and forties, at the peak of their energy and experience. All of them graduated from prestigious domestic universities and have been living in the third tier for more than ten years. Now is the time for them to play their role.
Shiwei usually uses mainframe computers, both domestic and imported. He is relatively familiar with the Unix system, and his real interest is in high-end applications of large data calculations. However, when he walked into the auditorium of the mechanical and electrical building, his heart was still pounding.
An empty space was cleared in the auditorium, which was filled with "electronic waste" that Zhou Qingfeng had transported by truck.
‘486’, everything is ‘486’.
The computing power of this thing is comparable to that of mainframes from ten years ago.
A computer costs tens of thousands of dollars. How can hundreds of these ‘486s’ piled up like rubbish cost tens of millions? How can tens of millions of dollars be wasted like this?
Zhou Qingfeng has acquired too many things recently and cannot repair them.
Electronic products are not easy to break. Unless they are sold for money, he is too lazy to repair the equipment he uses at home.
Anyway, there is just a little extra dust, but it can still run after being powered on.
If there are several machines that cannot run.
If it cannot run away, put it aside first and repair it when you have time.
Therefore, the computer hosts in front of Schweic were piled all over the floor as if they were being sold at a bankrupt internet cafe. Some of the computer cases were flat and the casings were damaged, as if they were scrap metal.
Shiwei and others were captured as coolies, and when they saw the 'scrap metal' all over the ground... no, the high-tech crystals all over the ground, they felt heartbroken.
Schweic hurriedly called his lover, and then several other people seemed to suddenly realize that they were also calling friends, attracting thirty or forty people to clean up the mess together.
Schweic moved several computer cases, opened the cover and saw that they were full of dust. If he blew it casually, it would sting his eyes and nose. But after he wiped the dust and looked carefully, he sighed: "They are all good things. They are wasted. Really."
What a waste."
The ‘486’ class CPU is beyond the era.
In the past, '386' could generally only use DOS, but '486' could run a window interface.
For Schweich, who often performs calculations, the computing power of any computer is precious and cannot be wasted.
Zhou Qingfeng originally wanted to take command and issue some tasks.
But the people who arrived, Schweich, were all attracted by the computers all over the floor, and didn't pay much attention to President Zhou. The President scratched his head, wisely shut his mouth, and walked away.
Schweich and others didn't need to give any instructions at all.
Dozens of people worked together and worked most of the night to clear out more than 200 cases. They connected the cases to monitors and powered on one by one to test. Ninety-five percent of the computers could still start normally.
When it was counted that two hundred 486s were still usable, continuous cheers erupted in the auditorium where the 'junk' was piled. Everyone felt an inexplicable joy of finding a treasure and a full sense of accomplishment.
This is really a treasure!
Even if you consider it cheaper, a fully equipped 486 costs 30,000 yuan, which is equivalent to picking out 6 million from the garbage heap.
Six million is enough to start a small scientific research project, so it's not a small amount of money.
People who were unfamiliar with each other celebrated with each other. Although the dirty "e-waste" made their heads and faces covered with ashes, everyone was still very happy.
It wasn't until this moment that Shiwei remembered why he came to the Mechanical and Electrical Building?
"Hey...where is Mr. Zhou?"
Everyone looked around and realized that they had done such a beautiful thing, but no leader came out to praise them.
Schweic scratched his head and thought about it carefully. It seemed that he really didn't see 'Mr. Zhou'. Anyway, he was attracted by this pile of 'garbage' when he entered the auditorium.
"Did Mr. Zhou smuggle these personal computers in?"
"It should be. Maybe through special channels."
"Our mission is to clean up these contraband?"
"It's not bad. The '486' is the best personal computer now. Many scientific research institutions don't have such good equipment."
How valuable is a computer? Many colleges spend huge sums of money to buy it but are reluctant to use it for fear of wearing it out.
This is the first time I have seen Zhou Qingfeng throw it on the ground so casually.
Now that we have cleared out 200 units, we can't just leave them on the ground, right?
After everyone was excited, they didn't know what to do next. They looked around and wanted to find a leader to ask for instructions. Computers worth millions should be assigned special personnel to guard them.
Although it was already late at night, Shiwei still took out the mobile phone he carried with him. Without thinking much, he dialed Zhou Qingfeng's number back.
After beeping for a while, a lazy voice said, "Hello...?"
"Is it Mr. Zhou?" Schweic was a little worried, "We have cleaned out half of those personal computers. Should we send someone to guard them next?"
"Oh..., so fast?"
The lazy voice was a bit unexpected.
"I hope you can clean up those computers and use servers to form an internal LAN. You are a historian, right? I will leave this task to you, okay?"
Men can’t say no!
Looking at the piles of computer cases still piled in the corner, the joy of picking up trash seems to be contagious.
Schweic suddenly felt the lofty ambition to accept orders in critical situations, "Of course. Leave this matter to me."