"What is a USB drive?" Huang Yiming murmured curiously, then opened the package, took out the various parts inside, and found the manual. He finally figured out what the USB drive was.
"This is actually a brand-new storage device!! It's so much smaller than a mechanical hard drive! And it has 16MB, which is equivalent to the capacity of 12 3.5-inch floppy disks! "Huang Yiming couldn't help but exclaim after reading the manual of the USB drive.
At the same time, as a professional in the computer industry, Huang Yiming immediately realized the importance of this USB drive.
Thinking of this, Huang Yiming immediately began to experiment impatiently.
However, it wasn't easy to use the USB drive, because the key of the USB drive, the USB 1.0 standard, was jointly proposed by Intel, Compaq, Digital, IBM, Microsoft, NEC, Northern Elecom, Daqian, and more than a dozen other companies in the computer industry at the beginning of 1995. The purpose was to solve the problem of the previous computer interface port being too large, and to make the interaction between the computer and other devices easier and more convenient.
Although the USB 1.0 standard was released for free and could be freely used all over the world, and the major computer companies in the world, such as IBM, Microsoft, and other computer and parts manufacturers, had already added USB as an excuse on their latest products.
But the problem was, after all, only a few new products released after April 1995 had this excuse. Huang Yiming's current old computer didn't have a USB port on it, so it couldn't be used.
Therefore, although the deluxe version was distributed with a USB drive, the problem was that 99.999% of the computers in the world couldn't use the USB drive at all.
However, Da Qian had already thought of this, so his USB flash drive was also equipped with an adapter that was about the same length as a 3.5-inch floppy disk. This way, the USB flash drive could be used with the interface of the 3.5-inch floppy disk.
After a while, Huang Yiming finally figured out how to use the USB flash drive. After quickly using the USB flash drive a few times, Huang Yiming suddenly groaned in a low voice. "It's over. The life of the 3.5 inch floppy disk is over!"
After using the USB drive, Huang Yiming understood that the 3.5-inch floppy disk was so fragile in front of the USB drive.
He believed that a lot of readers didn't even know what a 3.5-inch floppy disk was. After all, the 3.5-inch floppy disk interface had been removed on computers manufactured in the world.
But before the USB drive was born, the 3.5-inch floppy disk was the world's main mobile storage device. Most business people could only use the 3.5-inch floppy disk as a mobile storage device when they needed to carry computer data around.
A lot of the company's drawings, various data, software, and so on, were stored on the 3.5-inch floppy disk. at that time, the status of the USB drive was the status of the USB drive.
However, the disadvantages of a 3.5-inch floppy disk were very obvious. First of all, the storage capacity of a 3.5-inch floppy disk was limited. It could only store 1.44 MB. This capacity might be enough for everyone to store data before the 1990s. However, after the 1990s, when a word document was a few megabytes in size, the 3.5-inch floppy disk was no longer usable. Can you imagine yourself carrying a USB flash drive with only 1.44 MB capacity out to run business or attend classes?
The author still remembered that in 1999, it was the first time in his life that he had a computer class. At that time, there was no USB drive. In order to show us a slide, the teacher brought six 3.5-inch floppy disks and inserted them one by one. He kept copying the files and transferred a slide with less than 10 MB to the computer. After that, he taught us.
This was a very normal scene at that time. Sometimes, he even hired someone to carry a box with hundreds of 3.5-inch floppy disks.
Therefore, when the USB flash drive with a capacity of 16 MB appeared, and according to the promotional page attached to the box, Da Qian could provide USB flash drives with a capacity of up to 102 MB, Huang Yiming realized that the life of the 3.5-inch floppy disk was coming to an end. This thing could not compete with the USB flash drive at all.
"This is a treasure. I'll keep it so that I can show off in the future. The Daqian is too awesome. They actually gave me such a treasure!" Huang Yiming exclaimed. Then, he carefully put the USB drive into his briefcase.
Huang Yiming knew his stuff. According to the investigation of the reporters, many players who bought the deluxe version didn't know much about the USB drive. They thought it was something useless, so they threw it in the drawer or in the corner.
Even when the USB drive became popular, they didn't know that they already had a USB drive a few years ago.
During the 10th anniversary of the USB drive, the Daqian Group announced their first USB drive to the world. When it was connected to Diablo, this unknown USB drive's value shot up to a few hundred thousand, and then up to millions. This was the first batch of USB drives produced in the world!
That was why the deluxe version of Diablo could be sold for six million in the future. The world's first batch of GTX0000 and the world's first batch of USB drives were all stored in one box. Wasn't this unopened box worth a lot of money?!
"Worth it! Absolutely worth it!! "Huang Yiming thought happily as he hugged his deluxe version.
This was the second Daqian event that happened on the first of August.
The third major event that happened that day was actually in New York. It was also a grid manufacturer.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we are now in the Grid Mall in New York, reporting to you the grand occasion of the launch of a new computer game. This is a game released by Daqian Games, which won an unprecedented high score of 9.9 points from major gaming magazines, and as …"
"Ah … Ah …" Just as the host was in the middle of the broadcast, the audience suddenly heard a scream from the host, and a burst of flames from the TV screen.
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"President, everything is done. It went very smoothly. There are at least five hundred thousand viewers who saw everything on the news!" In the office of Motorola, the secretary reported to Christopher Galvin in a low voice.
"Good, very good!" Christopher Galvin had a smug and sinister smile on his face. After a month of planning, everything was finally in place, and Motorola landed a heavy blow on the Daqian.
"I'll give you a little bonus at the launch of your proudest game. I'm sure that Hua Xia girl will be very happy!" Christopher Galvin couldn't help but laugh wildly.
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