Chapter 151 Blue Eagle accident

Lin Hong only said hello to LUS before, but the other party's reply to him was very long. He basically wrote down his recent situation clearly, especially about his latest 386 computer and MINIX operating system.

At the same time, LUS wrote in his letter that writing the operating system is a very large project. At present, he is working on this aspect, but he must first lay a good job of the basic knowledge. HE HAS A FURIZON, AND HOPES TO BE BASED ON MINIX, HE CAN SLOWLY EXPAND THE SYSTEM AND GRADUALLY IMPROVE ITS FUNCTIONS, THAT IS, A PROCESS THAT IS COMPLETELY OPPOSITE TO THE WORK OF THE MINIX AUTHOR.

Andrew streamlined and castrated UNIX, resulting in MINIX, while LUS hopes to gradually improve MINIX and eventually reach the level of UNIX. This is obviously a long and complicated process, but LUS has begun to do it. He has added a lot of tools written by himself in the MINIX system. The next goal is to write a "terminal simulation program" so that his computer can connect to the UNIX host of his university, so that he can access the host in his own home and read the news content above.

At the end of the letter, LUS strongly invited Lin Hong to participate in this project together. After all, when he did this project alone, he sometimes felt powerless. When he encountered problems, it was not easy to discuss with anyone, and several times he almost gave up the project. Moreover, he also attached the name of the basic book, saying that if Lin Hong is interested, he can go to these books to have a look.

One of these books is Operating System Design and Execution, which has the greatest impact on LUS.

After Lin Hong finished reading, he immediately replied to the other party.

In the letter, he also talked to the other party about what happened after he went to the United States, and then said that he was very interested in this project. He decided to join his project as soon as the calculator project he had was completed. During this period, he will study the books recommended by LUS and try to keep up with him by then.

Press the send button, and the EMAIL floated across the sea again and spread to Finland at a wonderful speed of 300,000 kilometers.

Next, Lin Hong began to continue to improve his cracking program.

At the beginning, he cracked the calculator entirely because of his personal interest and wanted to have a simple computer with him. However, the plan seems to never keep up with the changes. The establishment of the SAM group has given this calculator project a big goal, which is to at least let the students of Latin schools use the calculators they have cracked.

This goal was set by Matthew. Originally, according to his meaning, he hoped that all middle school students in the United States would use such a calculator, but both Lin Hong and Arthur felt that the goal was a little too big and unrealistic, so he corrected it and narrowed the scope to his Latin school.

Nevertheless, there are still a lot of students in the whole Latin school, at least thousands of people. If they are asked to crack them one by one, it will obviously take a lot of time and energy.

When testing the relevant parameters of the calculator in the locker today, Lin Hong actually thought of this problem.

If you want a thing to become popular quickly, you must not set a high threshold, the simpler the better. This is Lin Hong's experience from various books. For example, if all kinds of folk rumors at the end of the dynasties in history want to be quickly spread by people, the version must not be too complicated. It should be simple and easy to remember, and it is better to be accompanied by songs and so on, so it is easier to spread.

Obviously, in order to be more successful with this project, it is necessary to reduce the difficulty of cracking. If, as Matthew said before, the calculator needs to be modified at the hardware level, the possibility of rapid popularity is very low. This is not just a matter of time, energy and money required for transformation.

Later, Lin Hong thought for a moment and felt that the current cracking method was also a little troublesome. He had to connect the calculator to the computer and then pour the program data into it. That is to say, the calculator had to go through the hands of their SAM team before it could be cracked.

So, is it possible to improve this cracking method so that they don't have to operate the calculator themselves?

Lin Hong found out the essence that Texas Instruments had mailed to him before, re-examined it, and then combined with his own cracked code. In the end, he really found a solution.

The process is actually similar to the previous one. He improved his cracking program and disguised it as a TI-BAISC program, so that the original system would think that this is an executable program that meets its operating standards and can be run.

But after startup, it is actually running the cracking program written by Lin Hong.

Considering that the actual storage space of the calculator is compared with that of Kobayashi Hong, he streamlined the program, and finally compressed it to only one ordinary Hong B size. Even if you use the infrared protocol that comes with the calculator to communicate, it can be transmitted in less than a second.

Of course, whether the final program can work or not, Lin Hong has to go through the test. But now he doesn't have a calculator that hasn't been cracked, which is a little difficult to do.

He looked at the time. It was almost eight o'clock, and it was completely dark at this moment.

So, Lin Hong walked out of the room and knocked on Arthur's door.

Arthur is now improving the previous Tetris game to transform it into a two-person online battle, and the introduction of a competition mechanism will increase playability. And in terms of playability, Tetris is better. This is a classic game that is popular all over the world.

Lin Hong told Arthur his thoughts. Of course, Arthur knows the meaning of this cracking method, so that the probability of success of their SAM team can be greatly improved.

"If it can be achieved, it would be great!" Arthur was surprised, "Let's go downtown immediately to buy a new calculator!"

"Buy a new one?" Lin Hong hesitated, "It costs a hundred dollars for a calculator. Is it bought for testing? After the test, who will use it?

"This is indeed a problem." Arthur scratched his head, "Maybe we can borrow one from other classmates. Anyway, we will help them crack it sooner or later. Well, let's do it! Let me think about it, who can borrow it from..."

After thinking about it, except for Matthew, Arthur can't find a classmate who can borrow a calculator, which is really frustrating.

Finally, Lin Hong said, "Why don't you borrow it from Si? I know her phone number and address. She lives at Joanna's house."

As soon as he heard about Joanna, Arthur was a little excited: "Are we going to Joanna's house now? Should I wear the new dress I just bought?

"What are you doing in a formal dress?" Lin Hong was surprised.

"Let her see if the color of her dress matches? - -

"Uh... I don't think so. Even if it doesn't match, I won't have time to buy a new dress."

"That's right, just do what you say."

Before they went, they called there and explained the reason.

Lin Hong and Arthur drove a motorcycle without alarming Vina and Orlando. This mountain bike was later accompanied by his uncle, and the brand is exactly the same as before.

The two of them stopped far away from Joanna's house, then walked over and borrowed two calculators without alarming each other's parents. Although Joanna tried her best to invite them into the house to sit down, the two otaku were too willing to shituo that it was too late and had something to go home, so they hurriedly left on the motorcycle.

With these two calculators, the next work is going well. After several debugging, the cracking was successful.

In the process of debugging, Lin Hong suddenly got inspiration and finally wrote a cracked restore program. Running this program can restore the cracked calculator to its pre-cracked state.

Arthur sighed after testing several times. If he had known it, he wouldn't have had to work hard, but he was just talking about it. It can be seen that after meeting Joanna before, he was in a very happy mood all night.

Finally, Arthur also finished the online version of Tetris, then tested the cracking and transmission functions, and finally determined that there was no problem, so he was relieved to go to bed.

And Lin Hong continued to surf the Internet.

Since Tulip BBS is his first BBS, he has a little affection for this BBS. Every time, he will first go to this BBS to see the latest posts. He is most concerned about two sections, one is the news section, and the other is the sharing of user works. Of course, several other sections sometimes go to see if there is anything interesting.

After watching the Tulip BBS, he logged in to some other BBS he knew to check. These BBS addresses are what he saw from other people's posts, otherwise he really doesn't know how to find them.

In Lin Hong's view, the Internet is like an ocean. These websites are isolated islands in the ocean. Although these islands can be accessed by ships, if you don't know the specific coordinates of these islands, these websites are basically unattended.

Due to the accumulation of experience, the old bird remembers the domain or address of these websites very clearly. It can be accessed directly with a purposeful way every time, but for the rookie, it obviously takes a certain amount of time and effort to find these islands.

"If someone posts such a post and lists some famous BBS and websites in it, I believe it can provide convenience to many people, whether they are rookies or old birds." Lin Hong conceived such a post in his mind, "There is not too much content. Each site only needs a name and a corresponding hyperlink. However, there are so many sites in the world. If you want to list them all, one post does not seem to be enough... If this post is to be seen by more people, it is best to have a very simple website... Well, maybe it is better to make such a guide website without other complex functions..."

Lin Hong browsed the post while conceiving such a thing in his mind.

When he logged in to another BBS called Hacker News, he found that a word had been repeatedly mentioned - Blue Eagle Hacking Organization.

"What happened to the Blue Eagle hacker organization?"

"According to reliable news, the leader of the Blue Eagle was arrested by the FBI. Is it true?"

"Blue Eagle's internal forum can no longer be accessed!"

"Major news, this afternoon, BFI launched an attack on Blue Eagle BBS..."

"Blue Eagle?" Lin Hong was shocked, "Isn't this Arthur's hacker organization?"