Chapter 823: Lao Maozi asked for a high price, Gao Zhendong paid back the money on the spot
Since a computer is needed, Lao Maozi's expensive, bulky, high failure rate, high operation and maintenance cost, and extremely poor deployment capability tube computer is naturally not the best choice.
At this time, the DJS-60D, which is small and exquisite, has basically sufficient computing power, and is not so expensive in terms of purchase price and operation and maintenance cost, has entered their eyes. You old fools want DJS-61 and C6108, that’s what you want We are more pragmatic when it comes to things, as long as it is almost enough.
Any equipment has production capacity issues. It is not like it will be a few decades later. Production capacity will explode at any time. A thousand birds in the forest is worse than a bird in the hand. They all understand this truth.
In addition to these, computer peripherals are also what they are very interested in.
In addition to tape drives, printers, modems and other devices that have gradually become "traditional" peripherals, a brand new peripheral has aroused their great interest.
That is the replacement of magnetic storage, the tape drive's gravedigger in the mobile storage market, the most common and popular mobile storage device in the past thirty years, the disk drive that will appear very frequently in future science fiction movies, and the magnetic disk.
With a capacity of 135kByte, a disc size of 15cm, and an extremely compact disk drive that is not much different from a cassette tape drive, anyone who knows a little bit about computers knows what this means.
Magnetic core memory with this capacity generally needs to be installed in a cabinet. Not to mention how high the price is, the deployment cost is already very unbearable.
Of course, Westerners now have another option, which is the hard drive made by Big Blue, which is used to support mainframes. Moreover, the hard drive at this time is actually a mobile storage device because its hard drive platters can be replaced. .
As for size and price...guess why this thing is specifically designed to be used with mainframes?
Using size to describe it may be a bit distorted, but it may be more vivid to use another very common thing in life as an example - the hard drive of this era, even the latest one, has a drive about the same size as a washing machine!
"This 15cm disk can store 135kB of data? Oh my god, am I dreaming?" Gao Zhendong's original plan was 90kB, but the workers and masters of the third factory felt that this density was too low during the research process. It was too wasteful. Gao Zhendong increased the number of tracks from 20 to 30, and the storage capacity increased from 90kB to 135kB.
"Have you noticed, the price of this kind of disc is very cheap."
"This drive makes Citigroup Blue's hard drives look useless!"
Big Blue's first hard drive was the 350RAMAC released in 1956. It was a non-removable storage device consisting of 50 24-inch platters with a capacity of 5MByte, which is about the capacity of 40 floppy disks. The price was as high as 35,000 Citi coins, and it was a Breton There were no Citicoins when the forest system was dismantled, and 1 Citicoin could be exchanged for a fixed 0.88867 grams of gold.
"Citizen's 350RAMAC, even a 24-inch disk does not have as much capacity as his 5-inch disk."
"It's not surprising. The 350 was produced in 1956. In front of it, it seems as old as the last century."
"Big Blue's latest product, 1311, has six disks to achieve 2.6M storage, which is slightly higher density than this floppy disk."
"You are wrong my friend, 1311 is a 14-inch disk. It can only be said that the storage capacity of a single disk is higher than that of this floppy disk drive, but the density is not, because the area of a 1311 disk is about 8 times the area of this floppy disk. Times, six 14-inch disks are theoretically equivalent to more than 45 such 5-inch disks.”
"It's hard to imagine how Easterners achieve such density of storage."
"I don't care how the Orientals implement it, I only care if I can buy it. Random storage, high-density capacity, easy to carry, cheap price, my friends, there is nothing more suitable for use on ordinary small computers than this product , even the Big Blue hard drive used on mainframes is in front of it. There are not many advantages. If there are advantages, it is that the capacity that can be accessed at the same time is larger, and the speed may be a little faster. But for general applications, these advantages are meaningless, after all, in the face of its price. , everything seems less important.”
There are no junk products, only junk prices, not to mention that products like floppy disk drives are not junk, but are the embodiment of the latest technology.
On this matter, unlike Lao Maozi and the Economic Assistance Association countries, the Gauls on the side have more ideas.
On the evening of the first day of the exhibition, at the "Foreign Trade Exhibition Immediate Coordination Meeting" led by the Ministry of Foreign Commerce and jointly participated by multiple ministries and commissions, the situation of the exhibition on the first day was summarized and reported, as well as some things that needed to be dealt with and discussed.
It was the first time for this kind of exhibition to be held, and everyone was unsure, but the response work must be done well, so this instant coordination meeting came into being. If there are problems, don't be afraid, we will coordinate and solve them quickly. In order for the participants to have sufficient decision-making power and not to delay the work by asking for instructions, the level of the participants should not be low.
There is no doubt that Gao Zhendong was also present at the meeting for such an important matter.
The person who was making a speech to report the situation at this time was a comrade from the Ministry of Foreign Commerce: "Judging from the situation on the first day, the situation is very gratifying. Each exhibition area has received a large number of intended inquiries, and some products have planned production capacity for export. The quota has been taken up. ”
Most of these things are used domestically, so export quotas are limited. Now it seems that the quotas for some products are not enough. "To be honest, even window decorations and New Year pictures can be sold. This is something we really didn't expect. At this point, I am very grateful to Comrade Zhendong for his suggestion." The leader of the Ministry of Foreign Commerce smiled very happily.
The people in the 11th Engine Department looked at the intended order in hand and were troubled: "Oh, looking at the current situation, the single-cylinder diesel engine may not be enough, there are too many, it can't be eaten, it can't be eaten at all."
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"Don't worry, we still focus on domestic construction. We will sell whatever quota you give us. Of course, if you can squeeze out a little more production capacity, that's not impossible." The leader of the Ministry of Foreign Commerce laughed.
"Let's go back and figure this out. We can still squeeze it in more or less. You can start by increasing the existing quota by 30% to start the work." The normal production capacity will definitely not reach the actual production capacity limit. Yes, in this regard, the 11th Machinery Department can still think of a way.
Comrades from the foreign affairs department held a few pieces of paper: "Comrades, our big brother in the north is angry, hahaha. Today they protested against our discriminatory sales and strongly demanded the latest C6108 and C6110 chips. They even demanded, No matter what our production capacity is, they demand a 40% share.”
The chief engineer of the National Defense Work Committee laughed: "Hey, they are quite generous. They know that the 40-60 is open and leave us a big head, right?" This kind of request is outrageous. It is like buying something and becoming a shareholder.
Comrades in the foreign affairs department also know that this matter is outrageous, but they have to do their work. There are really many things they have to consider.
"But isn't it inappropriate to live without money? After all, we are all one family." To be honest, although Suizong is abstract, it is far inferior to the later Xunzong. Compared with the latter's extreme bureaucracy, the former is more or less an ideal ism.
The National Defense Work Committee is also aware of this situation. No matter how big the internal conflicts are, they are still on the same front: "We can only consider selling products such as DJS-61, C6108, and C6110 on a case-by-case basis."
It’s not that you don’t want to buy it, but you don’t want to let it go. You have to tell us roughly what you want to do, and we will only sell it if we think it is necessary. This matter cannot even be decided by the established export licensing approval agency. The decision-making power lies at a deeper, higher and more professional level.
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"One matter at a time? Is it a bit harsh?" asked a comrade from the Foreign Affairs Department.
Regarding this issue, the Ministry of Foreign Commerce has no input at all. This thing is too high-level, not a mass product, and somewhat beyond their scope of work.
At this point, the Defense Working Committee turned to ask Gao Zhendong: "Comrade Zhendong, what do you think?"
The National Defense Working Committee first opened up the possibility of selling, and then asked Gao Zhendong for his opinion. In this way, the core responsibility of whether to sell or not does not lie with Gao Zhendong, and the National Defense Working Committee will also protect people.
Gao Zhendong had some thoughts: "On this matter, I agree with the opinion of the National Defense Working Committee that it should be discussed on a case-by-case basis. As for the grievances of the northern comrades, it can actually be easily resolved. Just give them a more popular alternative."
"A more popular alternative?" Other leading comrades don't quite understand.
Gao Zhendong said: "Sell the microcontroller to them. This kind of chip is highly integrated, but it can meet most of their application requirements. At the same time, its performance is low enough to meet our technical output control requirements. It's a win-win situation. At the same time, One discussion can solve their necessary problems in high-end applications, and the combination of the two parties will be enough.”
We can’t just think about how we can choke others. Objectively speaking, there are more places where people can choke us at this stage. We still need to be mutually beneficial, otherwise no one will play with you.
Gao Zhendong could guess why Lao Maozi wanted C6108, so he gave this youth version a substitute.
After all, Lao Maozi is on the front line in Europe, so he should help if he can. Microcontrollers, a component that can improve their capabilities at the tactical level and general application level, but does not fundamentally solve their problems, are really suitable. But that's it.
The leader of the National Defense Working Committee quickly understood Gao Zhendong’s idea and couldn’t help but exclaimed: “Okay, this suggestion is good. It can take into account the ideas and demands of all aspects without causing great trouble to ourselves.”< br>
The comrades in the foreign affairs department also understood: "Well, this is a good suggestion. They ask for an exorbitant price, and we will pay back the money on the spot."
The Ministry of Foreign Commerce was also overjoyed: "Then this matter is settled. You just need to give us the guidelines. How to sell it at a good price? The next step is for us and the foreign affairs department to work."
(End of chapter)