Chapter 102 A Different Tetris and Pager

A week later, Grigory excitedly found Seryozha early in the morning with a five-inch floppy disk.

Here, let me show you something nice. While talking, Grigory turned on Seryozha's computer, waited until the program started, plugged in the floppy disk, and after entering a series of instructions, a familiar object appeared in front of Seryozha.

Tetris Seryozha cried out in disbelief. where did you find it

This little thing doesn’t bother me. There are some basic compiler introductions in the manual, so I just made one. I tried it and it was fun. Are you going to call it Tetris? That’s a good name too, Grigo Li said with a smile.

You can really do it, but it's a little more complicated. It would be better if you can reduce a few graphics, Seryosha suggested while playing. Grigory's Tetris has a few more shapes than the original version, making it more difficult to play.

Shouldn't the game be as complicated as possible?" Grigory asked puzzled.

It's not that if it's too difficult, it won't be so attractive, Seryozha said while playing.

All right, I have to go back to school, leave the floppy disk to you, tell me if there is anything interesting, I can make it, and Grigory is ready to leave after finishing speaking, Sergei keeps sending him to the outside. After saying goodbye to Grigory, Seryozha went back to his game. It was not until the Voronezh Institute of Communication Sciences called in the afternoon that Seryozha reluctantly stopped.

The Voronezh Institute of Communication Sciences called to inform Seryozha that their prototype pager had been produced, and asked when Seryozha would be free to take a look. Seryozha was overjoyed when he heard that, and hurriedly took a leave of absence with Professor Sobchak and left Leningrad, taking the fastest train to Voronezh.

Voronezh is located in the south of Moscow, and the straight-line distance from Moscow is about the same as Gorky City, but Gorky City is located in the east of Moscow. The situation of Voronezh City is similar to that of Gorky City. The whole city is located in the Don River Basin and is also a large river port city. Similarly, Voronezh is also the capital of Voronezh Oblast and an important industrial city, but cars are not produced here. The jet aircraft production line of the Kav Design Bureau is located here.

In the recent period of time, Seryozha has traveled back and forth on this route for countless times. Although it took almost two days to spend on the road each time, Seryozha gained something every time. The cooperation with the Voronezh Institute of Communication Sciences has always been very pleasant. Although the researchers also know that they are using their working hours to help Sergei Sha with private work, but the money Sergei gives is much higher than the salary, and no one can do it. Abandoning such a large sum of extra income, although in Seryozha's view the money is not worth mentioning at all.

But when Seryozha saw the prototype made by the engineers of the institute, he really didn't know what to say. This thing was so different from what Seryozha had imagined. First of all, Seryozha's first impression was that this thing is a bit too big, it looks like a calculator with an antenna, the upper part is an LCD screen, the lower part is a keyboard, and the keyboard above actually lists all the Russian letters and numbers, Seryozha really doesn't know what to do with these things

Can you tell me what the keyboard on it is for? Seryozha asked a little unhappy.

These are used for sending messages. Sorry, we slightly changed the text display function you proposed, and added the function of sending messages to this pager. The person in charge replied with some talk.

Oh, can you demonstrate it to me? Seriosha asked curiously. He felt that maybe he had made a mistake and that they had inadvertently created some new functions that are not available now.

So under the cover-up and explanation of the engineers of the Voronezh Institute of Communication Sciences, Seryozha finally understood what they had created.

Wow, this thing can actually send text messages, it's amazing. Xie Liaosha said with sincere emotion,

He finally understood why this thing was made so big. It turned out that he could not only receive messages, but also send messages. It is exactly the same as the text message function of the future mobile phone.

So your opinion is that the other party still asked with some trepidation.

You guys are doing a great job. I want to know if there is an English version. Seryozha then asked.

We made an English version, but the keyboard is slightly different. English has fewer letters than our Russian one, so it is actually easier to implement. The person in charge breathed a sigh of relief and began to introduce their newly developed mobile phone and car. The volume of the phone is indeed much smaller, and the call quality has also improved. But generally speaking, it was the pager that shocked Seryozha the most.

I want to know if we can make some improvements on the pager, such as adding a few casual games, Sergesha said while taking out the Grigory handed over from his briefcase. The disk was handed over to the engineer, and after Seryozha finished demonstrating on the computer here, the other party nodded affirmatively.

It should not be a big problem, but it may increase our storage overhead, which may increase the cost of the user. The engineer thought about it carefully and then replied.

How much is our current cost? Sergey Sha asked.

About 90 US dollars, mainly because some things must be imported. The engineer replied with some emotion that no one could afford things at this price in the Soviet Union.

Sergesha felt that Americans should be able to accept this thing, and this was the initial price. With the increase in production, the cost should still decrease.

Can you produce a batch for me first, the quantity is about 100 units, the English version is required, and a set of supporting operating equipment is required. The faster time is, the better Xie Liaosha asked impatiently. He felt that this thing could be sold. In short, no matter what, first occupy the market and earn the money.

That's no problem, of course, but the cost is about hundreds of thousands of dollars, your engineer said with some doubts. This is not a small amount of money, not everyone pays.

Is money a problem? I will prepare the funds in place immediately. You just need to concentrate on R&D and production. I will take care of the rest. Seryozha promised. To be continued. .