Chapter 133 The Internet World in 1995 Was so Exciting!
Tang Xinyi smiled and said: "Afan is in the sunglasses business. But just now he told me that he wanted to go to the Silicon Valley Bay Area and Stanford University to investigate the INTERNET industry, and he suddenly became interested in Internet investment!"
After hearing this, Huijuan smiled and said: "Haha, sunglasses and the Internet, the two industries seem to have nothing to do with each other, the gap is a bit big! Afan, your interests are really wide..."
Hearing about the Internet aroused the strong interest of Lin Junfeng next to Huijuan, and asked: "Afan, I am currently studying computer engineering at the NUS School of Computer Science, but I have some superficial research on the Internet. Why are you interested in the Internet? ? "Is this your major in college?"
Li Xiaofan replied: "Junfeng, it's like this. Recently, I read some of the latest reports about the Internet. After going to the National Library in the community to check some information, I feel that the Internet industry may grow explosively in the future. If we By seizing this opportunity and trend, the probability of successful investment in the future may be very high..."
"Afan, you agree with me! Since I recently came into contact with the Internet, I also have an intuition that the Internet will develop very, very fast in the future, and it may one day change the way each of us live. Even the business model! But I am a student after all, so I just think about it..."
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The two boys suddenly had a common topic. After chatting enthusiastically on the Internet, there was nothing wrong with the two women next to them.
Xinyi smiled and said: "Junfeng, just now I wanted to contact Huijuan to borrow a NUS library card from you, and Afan wanted to go to your NUS library to check out some Internet information. Now, in my opinion, Afan Maybe you don’t even need to go to the library, I can just ask you for any information you want!”
"No problem, I have a lot of information in this area! Afan, just make a list of what information you want and give it to me!"
"That's great! Junfeng, can your college have access to the Internet now?"
"We can't access the dormitory, but we can access the Internet in the computer room of our college..."
"Can I go take a look now?"
"Okay, no problem!"
When we first arrived at Clarke Quay, we didn't even finish a cocktail. We were about to go back to the NUS campus? Huijuan felt a little resentful in her heart and didn't want to go back to the campus so early. But seeing how Li Xiaofan and Lin Junfeng were talking so speculatively. One was her boyfriend and the other was her best friend's new boyfriend. Although she was a little unhappy in her heart, she had to give up.
So Tang Xinyi drove the four of them directly to the School of Computer Science at the National University of Singapore (NUS).
The School of Computing at the National University of Singapore originated from the Computer Science Department of the Faculty of Science, Nanyang University, Singapore in 1975.
Nanyang University in Singapore is the first overseas Chinese university in history, and it was also the only Chinese university in Southeast Asia and even overseas.
In the 1950s, a group of Chinese intellectuals from Southeast Asia launched an initiative to establish Nanyang University in Singapore. At that time, Nanyang University’s donors included not only wealthy businessmen such as Tan Liu Sye and Lee Kong Chian, but also countless Chinese workers and citizens in Nanyang. The grassroots in various industries such as rickshaw pullers, dancers, etc. can be said to range from wealthy businessmen to traffickers and pawns. At that time, nearly 1,800 tricycle drivers performed a "charity ride" for Nanyang University, and Singapore Paramount Ballroom dancers performed a "charity dance" for Nanyang University. Everyone's efforts and contributions to a common overseas Chinese university dream became a favorite story in Nanyang.
Unfortunately, due to various reasons, in April 1980, Nanyang University of Singapore merged with the then University of Singapore to form the new "National University of Singapore". Chinese education was abandoned and English education was fully adopted.
Today, the School of Computing at the National University of Singapore is also a relatively high-ranking computer school in the world, with first-class hardware and software.
It was already past ten o'clock in the evening when the four of them entered the computer room of the School of Computing at the National University of Singapore. At this time, there were not many people in the computer room, and many computers were vacant.
Lin Junfeng turned on one of the IBM486 computers.
After opening it, Li Xiaofan found that the Windows 3.2 operating system had been installed inside.
After seeing the interface display, Li Xiaofan asked: "Is this a win3.2 system?"
Lin Junfeng introduced: "Well, it is too troublesome to install this system. You must first install the MS-DOS system before you can install Windows 3.2... However, this win3.2 is very easy to use. You can play audio and video on it, and you can also play it." You can use Netscape browser to browse all kinds of interesting websites in various countries, and you can also send and receive emails, which is really convenient..."
He continued: "At present, this kind of commercial application scenario of the Internet has gradually emerged. Look, now I open the American Hut Online website, American Internet users can order pizza directly on it... Now on this WXYC website, we can also listen to WXYC 89.3FM FM radio from the University of North Carolina in the United States online..."
WXYC 89.3FM is a non-commercial student radio station at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In November 1994, WXYC became the first radio station in the world to broadcast signals through the Internet. It played almost all popular rock music at the time.
At that time, there was a live broadcast of a garage rock band called Severe Tire Damage on the Internet. This is a rock band composed of engineers from Xerox, Digital Equipment Corporation and Apple. Although the Internet speed was too slow at the time, the live broadcast was finally turned into a video playback...
Lin Junfeng also showed them the electronic bulletin board system on the Internet, that is, BBS. There is also Book Stacks Unlimited, the first online bookstore to sell books through BBS. In addition to selling books through BBS, the founder Charles also built his own website. Li Xiaofan estimated that this might be the world's first real e-commerce website...
Junfeng also showed a personal webpage of a reporter named Justin Hall on the Internet. He created Links From Underground, which mainly records his personal life and shares websites he thinks are interesting. Li Xiaofan thought to himself: This might be the earliest blogger in the world...
Lin Junfeng's introduction not only opened Tang Xinyi's eyes, but also made Li Xiaofan feel very fresh.
This was the first time that Li Xiaofan had come into contact with Windows 3.2. In addition to the DOS system, the first Windows system he had come into contact with in his previous life was Windows 3.2. There were many books about it in Xinhua Bookstores in China, but he had basically never come into contact with Windows 3.2.
He found that the current Windows 3.2 could not only play audio and video, but also had screen savers and fax functions, which really opened his eyes and was very unexpected!
It turned out that the Internet world in 1995 was so exciting!
"Junfeng, can I use this Netscape Navigator browser to surf the Internet?"