ByteShop.
One of the only computer stores in the US at this time.
Xu Nanxing came here just for Apple's first computer, Apple-1, which was consigned here by Steve Jobs.
In 1946, the world's first general-purpose computer was born at the University of Pennsylvania in the United States.
This computer uses a total of vacuum tubes, occupies an area of 170 square meters, and weighs 30 tons. It is a veritable behemoth.
With the advent of the first computer, countries around the world began to innovate and research computers.
For example, in 1965, the Chinese Academy of Sciences successfully developed China's first large-scale transistor computer at its Institute of Computing Technology.
The improved version of the latter computer played an important role in the trial development of my country's two bombs and was hailed by the country as a "meritorious machine."
Since then, computers in the world have been constantly updated and replaced. The computers that appeared later have not only become smaller and smaller, but also have become more and more powerful!
In the 1970s, the concept of personal computers began to emerge.
A personal computer is a computer device for personal use that is smaller, more portable, and easier to use than a mainframe computer.
In 1975, Bill Gates and his partners founded Microsoft, a company that specializes in developing application software for computers.
When Xu Nanxing came to the United States, there were already many models of personal computers available on the market.
In 1973, Xerox Corporation of the United States developed the first personal computer in human history - the Alto computer, which is also the ancestor of the PC.
Users of this computer include many American universities, the White House, and both houses of Congress.
The user range is very wide.
In 1976, Jobs and his friends founded Apple in his parents' garage.
It also launched Apple's first product, the Apple-1 computer.
I heard that this computer was assembled by Jobs and his friends in his parents' garage by soldering.
In April 1976, Jobs and his colleague tried to sell the Apple-1 computer they had made to ByteShop, the only computer store at the time.
Since the Apple 1 computer was still a DIY product at that time, buyers had to solder the chip to the circuit board themselves, find the keyboard and display themselves, and assemble it themselves before it could be used normally.
So the store owner told the two guys that they needed to fully assemble their computers before he would purchase 50 Apple-1 computers from them.
On April 11, Jobs and his team sold the first Apple-1 computer for $666.
Therefore, after Xu Nanxing learned about this story, he flew to the United States in early April!
This is Apple’s first computer!
It's very memorable!
I heard that Jobs and his team only sold about 60 units back then. With such a small number, you can imagine its commemorative value.
Of course, the most important thing is that Xu Nanxing discovered that an Apple-1 computer once set an auction record of 900,000 US dollars.
Apple-1
How could she miss such a collectible computer!
When they arrived at the computer store, Li Shiqi and the others discovered that this was a place selling only computers, and their interest immediately waned.
There is no way around it. Computers in this era are mostly used for work, and entertainment software has not been developed at all.
There are no entertainment functions like listening to music, watching movies, and playing games, so of course they have no interest in it.
Xu Nanxing even has the idea of starting a software application company to develop applications with these entertainment functions.
However, all of these require a large reserve of talents related to computer applications. This is different from the era in later generations when there were a lot of computer college students. In this era, as long as you know a little about computers, you are really popular. Such talents basically choose to work in Silicon Valley in the United States.
Even if Xu Nanxing wanted to snatch it, he couldn't win!
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