Chapter 57

It has to be said, the prosthetic limb really does look cheap, as expected of a product from the 60s.

"Alright, now it's time to escort the injured Miss Kate home~" Lily continued to smile.

Just as they were about to leave, Lisa suddenly remembered something.

Perhaps it was a premeditated move, or perhaps it was exactly what Catherine wanted.

"By the way, do you remember that Demele corset? It looked just right~" Lisa remembered the dress very clearly, but Catherine had long forgotten about the event from last year when she was celebrating Jenny's birthday.

"It doesn't fit Kate."

"In fact, I have a replica... one I made myself. I originally wanted to give it to Catherine as a birthday gift, but I never expected there to be something as dreamy as Miss Monroe's dress in this world."

"Maybe we can try it on?"

Lily laughed, "Maybe my camera can come in handy again?"

"Hey, you can't do that!"

Catherine protested.

"Let's try it on!"

"No! Absolutely not!"

Although she said this, Catherine still thought of the luxurious dress in her heart.

Even without hands, the dress was indeed very beautiful.

While Catherine was experiencing life as a disabled person, Bruce was far away in Georgia, where Catherine's factory was located.

He wasn't busy with the sales of GameTV, but with a new product that had just been launched a few days ago.

Catherine adopted a strategy of unlimited advertising for this product.

The advertisements were everywhere, from news reports to notes stuck in the toilet, all about this one thing.

The most impactful line in the advertisements was— "Personal Computer"!

That's right.

From now on, computers will no longer be the privilege of large enterprises; everyone can own a computer of their own!

The personal computer is Catherine's creation.

Although the price of $1200 was extremely high, there were still many people interested in this computer.

This computer was equipped with 8 CPUs and 4KB of memory, along with a 12-inch CRT screen. It was a true "octa-core CPU" (though it wasn't quite accurate to say so).

Regardless, the computer was completed.

Due to the limitations of storage and cost, Catherine designed five cartridge slots for this all-in-one computer—similar to the slots used by the Little Master—through which she developed various plugins.

Catherine integrated her self-developed DOS system into the computer and left 10KB of storage.

As for the slots, Catherine provided a variety of applications.

The Microsoft computer not only supported Little Master games but, more importantly, could run various software applications.

While the Little Master was aimed at children, the Microsoft computer was aimed at young adults and various other adults.

At this time, there were many people interested in computers, and the sales trend of Apple computers in "those days" was the best proof of this.

In the read-only memory, Catherine wrote in word processing software, printing software, and more. Each cartridge could only store one software program, and they were as streamlined as possible.

Although it was called "Word," it was actually based on the DOS version of WPS that Catherine had developed.

Unlike Microsoft's office software, which was nearly 1GB in size, WPS was different.

However, 10KB of storage was too small, so the computer could connect to external storage.

After all, storage costs were truly high at the time, which was one of the reasons limiting the development of computers.

A 5MB storage device was as large as a refrigerator and cost $10,000, so Catherine didn't want to provide additional storage.

However, she did develop storage devices in the company, ranging from 1MB, 2MB, to 5MB.

Because the stylish appearance was a feature of Catherine's products, this product was very popular with others. However, more inquiries about the storage devices came from large companies.

They were very interested in the word processing software Catherine had developed, or rather, in the software and its accompanying electronic printer.

Completely different from typewriters, it was fully electronic work!

Although photocopiers existed at the time, they couldn't edit documents, only duplicate them. The typing efficiency of typewriters was already too low, so such an electronic input printer was very eye-catching.

Without needing a typewriter, you could just input the program and document from the computer and print out what you wanted, which was truly amazing.

They seemed to realize that the appearance of this printer and personal computer would greatly improve efficiency.

Imagine storing various document templates in your computer, then when needed, pulling them out, making minor adjustments, and turning them into an article. Isn't that great?

Moreover, work efficiency would be greatly improved, which was a blessing for a society where the pace of life was gradually increasing.

Thus, the so-called personal computer ended up attracting more inquiries from various companies wanting to buy it...

Seeing this opportunity, Catherine developed a $999 office version.

This type of computer screen could only display green and black, and there was no mouse.

As for why green instead of white, it was because Catherine considered green to be the most comfortable color for the human eye. If you needed to work, you would inevitably be staring at the screen for a long time, so she developed this dual-color display and removed the internal storage and plugin interfaces. You just needed to connect to storage, which also allowed for simple interconnection between computers.

Catherine hadn't considered the business of companies, but she never expected that so many companies would be so interested in her product, so she chose to develop such a product.

After all, compared to supercomputers costing millions of dollars, such a computer was much more convenient. Although the nature of the work might be different, such a personal computer undoubtedly better met the needs of companies.

"Damn, I shouldn't have listened to Kate back then..."

Bruce complained.

If it weren't for Kate and Emma's encouragement, he could be sitting at home leisurely drinking coffee!

However, Bruce was secretly pleased, after all, he had an outstanding daughter.

...

To reiterate, I am a pure love and beauty advocate, and I hate evil the most...

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