The Intel8080 chip costs $60, but Li Zetian actually thinks it is expensive.

The Mos-6502 chip is only $25, and its performance is not much worse than the 8080. Of course, it will be released one year later than the Intel8080.

As it gets closer to October 1, Li Zetian is so excited that he can hardly sleep. Every day he wonders whether Apple-l will be popular and whether there are many orders?

Soon, Li Zetian's worries disappeared.

On October 1, Volkswagen Electronics magazine was released across the United States. In the evening of that day, all the magazines in this issue were sold out, causing a huge sensation across the United States!

Four hundred thousand magazines! They sold out in one day. What's the point!!!

This issue of "Popular Electronics" is the most popular one since its founding!

Apple-l is much more shocking than the Altair8080 in previous life!

The Altair8800 is just a simple box, without a monitor, keyboard, and no mouse. There are no high-level programming languages. There are many switch indicators on the front of the box. Turning on the light represents "1" and turning off the light represents "0". Users can only program binary machine language by turning on and off the light. Without a monitor, the programming process cannot be seen. If something goes wrong, you have to start over. Just imagine, if there are tens of thousands of lines of code that rely on this kind of programming, it will be lifeless!!!

If you want to compare Apple-l and Altair8080, there is undoubtedly a world of difference!

Therefore, the shock brought by Apple-l was unimaginable to people at that time!

Schools, home brew clubs, computer retailers, computer manufacturers, electronic accessories companies, etc., countless people are talking about Apple-l model personal computers.

Harvard University.

Bill Gates and Paul Allen were so excited that they were unspeakable when they watched Apple-l on the cover of Volkswagen Electronics.

"The age of personal computers is coming!!" Paul Allen said to Bill Gates.

"Yes!!!" Bill Gates nodded. However, unlike the previous life, Apple-l in this life already had a very excellent BASIC language as soon as it was released, which made Bill Gates and Paul Allen confused and didn't know what to do.

However, both of them are experts in computer software programming, so they are very interested in the BASIC language on Apple-l.

"Paul, let's buy an Apple-l and come back to study it together. I didn't expect that the Apple-l model personal computer can still run the BASIC language. The developers of the BASIC language are so genius!!!" said the proud Bill Gates.

"Yes, he must be a super programming genius! Wait, Bill, look here, the BASIC language copyright provider is actually Microsoft!!! Oh, God, isn't this the company created by Chronos?!!" Paul Allen shouted in surprise!

Bill Gates hurriedly looked at the place where Paul Allen pointed, and sure enough, a line of small words on it said: "Apple-l model personal computer BASIC language copyright provider: Microsoft, contact information: XXXXX"

After reading it, Bill Gates was silent for a while and said, "Chronos is indeed not an ordinary person!!!"

"Bill, Microsoft has just been established and it must be short of staff. Do you think Chronos will contact us?" Paul Allen said excitedly.

"Maybe it will..."

As soon as the words finished, the phone ringed suddenly.

Bill Gates went to answer the phone.

"Hello, who?" Bill Gates asked.

"Hi Bill, I'm Chronos! Have you seen the latest issue of Volkswagen Electronics?"

"Just finished watching!"

"Bill, you probably also see that the BASIC language on Apple-l personal computers is provided by Microsoft."

"Yes, I saw it!"

"Okay, then I'll just say it straightforward! Bill, drop out of school and start a business with me. I need you here!!!" Li Zetian said with a very sincere attitude.

"Chronos, I want to think about it!"

"Okay, I've considered it. Please reply to me immediately, call this number or tell Yu Jingqiu!"

"Yeah!" Bill Gates responded.

"Okay, goodbye!"

After the call ended, Bill Gates hung up, Paul Allen immediately came over and asked hurriedly: "What did Chronos say?"

"He wants me to drop out of school and start a business with him!"

"Go, let's go together!!!" Paul Allen said excitedly, "The three of us computer programming geniuses join forces, and the future will be very exciting!"

"Well, I'll think about it carefully, Paul!" Bill Gates nodded.

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Intel Corporation.

"Carlos Stephen, this time we did a beautiful job with Apple!" Gordon Moore, founder of Intel and the proposer of Moore's Law, praised Carlos Stephen, "Volkswagen Electronics magazine sold out in one day, almost the first in history. Intel8080 processor will definitely take this opportunity to enter the computer field in one fell swoop!!!"

Carlos Stephen smiled and said, "Thank you, Mr. Moore's praise. The biggest beneficiary should be Apple. I believe that after today, Apple will surely soar to the sky!"

"Well, that's right!" Gordon Moore nodded, and then continued, "So, we will win over Apple in the future and strive to use our Intel processors!!!"

"Mr. Moore, please rest assured, I know how to do it!!!"

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At this moment, MITS Company is in a bleak state.

The company's founder Roberts was trembling with his hands holding "Popular Electronics" magazine. The Altair8800 project happened to be completed at the end of September. He planned to conduct a month of testing and then launched it on the market! However, unexpectedly, a company had already taken the lead in launching a personal computer!

Just launch it, but it is so perfect!

The Altair8800 and Apple-l are placed together, completely eclipsing!!!

At this moment, the ambitious Roberts had to admit that he made a junk product!

"Mr. Roberts, don't be discouraged. Whether it is in terms of functionality, performance and aesthetics, our Altair8800 is not as good as the Apple-l, but our Altair has an advantage!" said Brandt Moulton, an engineer in the project development department.

"What's the advantage?" Roberts asked weakly.

"Price advantage!!! Mr. Roberts, didn't you pay attention to it? The price of Apple-l is $2,000! I'm afraid many people can't afford it! Our Altair8800 can be sold for several hundred dollars and win at a low price! I think, users who can't afford Apple-l may buy Altair8800. After all, our Altair8800 is just like Apple-l!!!"

Roberts's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Yes, yes, we'll take the low-price route!"

"However, Mr. Roberts, we'd better get the BASIC language so that it can attract more computer enthusiasts to buy our products! The BASIC language on Apple-l is provided by a company called Microsoft. We can ask for some information and ask them for authorization."

"Well, just do what you said, and the task of contacting Microsoft will be given to you," Roberts said with confidence at this time, "I'll go find Intel now and order a batch of 8080 processors! At the same time, contact the media to promote our Altair8800."

"Okay, Mr. Roberts!" Brandt Moulton nodded.

Roberts never expected that when he came to Intel, he suffered a heavy blow!

"I'm very sorry, Mr. Roberts, the Intel8080 microprocessor production capacity is insufficient, and it has been booked by Apple. If your company wants it, you can only wait next month!" Carlos Stephen shook his head.

next month?

The daylily will be cold next month!
Chapter completed!