Chapter 126 Windows Operating System

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Lin Hong saw that a series of English characters began to flash on the monitor and brushed up.

He knows that this is a computer self-test process, which will first tell the operator what is being detected now, and then display the detected results.

Self-test, that is, the operating system's self-inspection of hardware.

This is a process that the operating system must do when the computer starts.

Because the operating system needs to be started, it must meet a minimum standard. If it finds that there is a sudden problem or missing part of the hardware, and it can't find the hardware at all, or it can't be recognized, then the startup process will be interrupted immediately, and the specific reason will be prompted on the display, so that the operator Check the computer hardware according to the prompts.

This information is actually for technicians. Ordinary users can't understand it at all, so that later some operating systems directly replaced this self-test screen with pictures and progress bars, and completely hide this information from ordinary users. Only when they encounter problems will they prompt specific errors. Misinformation.

"stanting-MS-DOS...[Starting MS-DOS...]"

"MS-DOS?"

Lin Hongwei was stunned. He had not been exposed to this operating system, but according to the suffix, he speculated that it should be similar to Apple's DOS system.

At the same time, he also noticed that there is a difference between the interface of this operating system and Apple's system, that is, the color of the characters.

Apple's character color is green, but this MS-DOS is white.

After about dozens of seconds, the self-test of the machine was finally over, and the hardware passed the inspection smoothly.

Then a white character on a black background appears in the upper left corner of the character interface: "C:\\>"

After this string of characters, a short white vertical cursor keeps flashing.

Lin Hong knows that this is to remind the operator that it is ready and on standby. You can enter instructions for it through the keyboard so that it can be executed.

Lin Hong subconsciously typed "catalog" with the keyboard and then returned.

This is to display the directory command in Apple DOS, which can list the files in the current directory.

However, this time, the command failed, and the system prompted that the command was not recognized.

"Please re-enter, if you need help, please enter 'help' or '/?" Then go back to the car.

Seeing the following prompt, Lin Hong's eyes lit up, which was exactly what he wanted.

From this point, Lin Hong feels that this detail is very intimate and very considerate for customers. Apple's system does not have such intimate tips.

So, Lin Hong immediately typed in "UP" and then returned.

Immediately after that, the characters of the display are immediately listed on the display.

At the beginning of a place, there are several uppercase characters, and then on the right side of it, there is a short description.

Lin Hong tried several orders according to his own understanding, and it was true.

For example, the command to display the directory is no longer replaced by the previous "catalog" but with the three abbreviations of "DIR", which is the abbreviation of "dinectony..." in English. Although it is not as intuitive as the word, it is shorter and reduces the number of inputs, which is very convenient.

After Lin Hong tried several commands, he saw a "win" command, which was introduced as the "windows" command.

"Windopy?"

"windows" means window in English. Lin Hong is very confused about this and does not know what this command does. There is no similar instruction in the Apple machine.

With curiosity, Lin Hong knocked in this order and then returned to the car.

The display immediately flashed and turned into a blue picture. A large LOGO-"Micnosft..." is displayed in the center. In the upper right corner of this string of characters, there is a circle with a word.

Below it, there are still a few lines. The first line shows "windows/386" and the second line "VERION_2." The third line is some statements about copyright.

"Micro software?"

According to the literal meaning of the huge LOGO, Lin Hong's translation into Chinese is "micro software". Before that, he had not been exposed to this word, which seemed to be synthesized from two English words.

In combination, he also saw this word on the startup screen. It seems that the first two characters of MS-DOS are also abbreviations of this word.

After this picture, a large box appears, and some content is displayed in the middle of the box.

"Window.?"

Looking at this box, Lin Hong kind of understood the meaning of "windows" before.

In this way, this box is indeed a bit like a window. From this window, you can see the "landscape" inside.

From this window, Lin Hong can see some familiar file names, which he just saw using the "DIR" command and knew that these are the files under the directory.

Without the command prompt, Lin Hong didn't know how to proceed for a while.

"How to continue now?"

He began to press it randomly on the keyboard, and finally found that when he pressed the direction magnesium, the picture above finally changed. There was a box indication of a color reverse disk, which could be moved with his keys. Lin Hong naturally knew that this means that the file was selected, and then hit the return key, then To open the program.

In this way, Lin Hong found a lot of interesting gadgets, such as clock table tennis calculator tool, gobang game... and so on.

These things are not available before. There is too little software on the Apple machine and fewer commands. Compared with his previous one, this computer is much more powerful. And he also noticed that the computing speed of this machine is much faster than before. In the past, he usually had to wait for half a day to run a game.

It used to be an old cow pulling a broken car, but now it's like getting into a car and experiencing the feeling of flying!

He groped for a while and found that this operation is more convenient than the character interface, which is a graphical interface.

Lin Hong actually thought about the same question before. Why can games and software be made graphical, but the operating system I saw before is a cold black character interface. Except for the command prompt, I can't see anything else. Ordinary users don't know what to do. To operate the computer. That's why his mother and Mu Simin have hardly used the computer since they got it.

If there is such a graphical interface, it will be much more friendly. Even people who have never come into contact with computers can operate it after being simple and familiar with it. Of course, it would be more perfect if the interface could be designed more vividly.

This software called "WIN.exe" is really powerful.

Inspired by this Windows, Lin Hong gradually began to have some ideas in his mind.

He was familiar with it for a while, and suddenly found that there was an oval thing on the table on the right, with a cable connected to the tail.

"What is this?"

Lin Hong picked it up, looked at it, and found that there was a ball at the bottom of this thing, which was heavy in his hand. Looking along the cable, he found that this thing was actually connected to the mainframe of the computer.

"Is this also the external device of the computer?"

Lin Hong looked back at the monitor and suddenly saw a small arrow moving in the middle.

He moved his heart, put the things in his hand back on the table, and then grabbed it up and down.

While he moves the thing in his hand, the small arrow in the monitor is also moving, and the direction and amplitude of movement are exactly the same as the action in his hand.

Lin Hong was extremely surprised!

This thing is like an upgraded version of the character cursor. The cursor can control its front and back movement through the direction keys, but this arrow can run up and down in the whole display. It can be controlled through this thing in his hand, which is extremely flexible, just like the extension of his arm.

Then, Lin Hong found that with the movement of the small arrow, the picture in the display began to change, which was the same as his use of the direction keys to control the effect.

In addition, he soon found that there are two left and right keys at the front end of this elliptical peripheral. Pressing the left button can achieve the same effect as tapping the enter key. Pressing the right button will sometimes pop up another small window to provide more operation interface.

With the assistance of this device, Lin Hong's speed of operating the computer has increased at least several times.

This is so convenient!

Lin Hong sighed in his heart.

In this way, this computer is much more powerful than his previous apple_ii. This inconspicuous mouse-like peripheral, although it seems very simple, has greatly improved the operation experience of the computer.

The computer is like a magic book, while the elliptical peripheral is like a magic wand. By manipulating the magic wand, you can control the magic book and let it show magical pictures and functions.

"Looking at the color of this computer, it seems to have a history of several years. That is to say, Vina's family used such a computer a few years ago, which is really incomparable in China and here in this regard."

Lin Hong was happy to be able to come here to get in touch with this computer, and also lamented that there was too much lag in China.

Although Lin Hong's idea is somewhat generalized, the actual situation is not much different. During this period, the popularity of computers in China is indeed very low. Computers are still a luxury in China, and only major universities and scientific research institutions can apply it.

At this time, Lin Hong really wanted to uncover the shell of the chassis and look at the hardware structure inside, but after all, this is not his home, and the computer is not his own. When he just arrived here, it's not too much for Meng Lang.

So, he became familiar with the operation for a while and turned off the phone.

He knows very little about the hardware and software of this computer. Although he is familiar with the software application, he lacks a corresponding understanding of its further operation. For example, he looked for programming and found that there was no BASIC in it, so there was no way to start. You still have to look back at the relevant books.

He lay on his back, thinking about things aimlessly.

After a while, he thought of the Windows interface just now, and he was thinking about where to start if he wanted to achieve such a function.

"The drawing interface is relatively easy, but how to overlap the two windows without affecting each other? With so many graphics, it should be more memory-intensive. My machine should not be able to run this program..."

"LUS said that he was also writing an operating system. I don't know how his project is going. By the way, he gave me an email address. How can I contact him?

... (To be continued