Chapter 242 Breakpoint Continuation
Gao Zhendong nodded in agreement.

At this time, seeing that the experimenters were preparing to end the experiment, Gao Zhendong suddenly remembered something.

This program has a very important function when transferring files.

But just now, I didn’t seem to see them testing this function, because this function is not in the operating instructions, but is implied in the transmission process. Blame me, blame me.

Seeing the staff preparing to cut off the line, Gao Zhendong hurriedly stopped them: "Wait, there is a hidden function that I forgot to write into the instructions. Don't rush to cut it off, try this function first."

For the experimenters, although the workload suddenly increased, they felt it was a pleasant surprise. They wondered what other good things Director Gao had hidden.

Gao Zhendong took over the leadership of the experiment and reinitiated a file transfer from the Defense Work Committee to the Computing Institute.

When the file was about halfway transferred, Gao Zhendong gave instructions to the nearest telephone exchange.

"Cut off the communication lines."

The confused telephone operator cut off the line with the words “I don’t understand, but I’m shocked.”

Soon, after losing the connection and repeatedly retrying without success, the transmission progress bar on the monitor of the Defense Work Committee computer stopped and two lines of error prompts were thrown out.

The line "Transfer interrupted, waiting to reconnect" is reported by the file transfer program.

"Communication lost, please check communication status." This line is output by the modem driver.

At the same time, the computing center also reported that the computer reported transmission interruption and communication loss errors.

Is it to verify that the computer's output is as expected when remote communications are lost? Everyone thought.

At this time, Gao Zhendong notified the comrades at the telephone switchboard to restore the line, and operated the modem again to connect to the modem of the operation office.

With the "beeping" sound of the modem, the modem driver reports a successful handshake with the remote device.

Just when everyone had no idea what Gao Zhendong's move meant, another line of notification information popped up on the monitor.

"Transmission reconnected successfully."

Then, the progress bar that had stopped restarts from where it stopped and continues the transfer.

Everyone was stunned, then they understood and became very excited.

"Is this a reconnection transmission after the communication was interrupted?"

"This is a good feature. I don't have to worry about the call being disconnected by the switchboard."

"Yes, Director Gao's test is a true simulation of actual application conditions. It is much closer to reality than ours."

What is the actual application? The telephone line is disconnected at any time.

Gao Zhendong felt a little embarrassed. It was not that they had not tested this function, but that they did not even know it existed. "Haha, this is my fault. I just developed this breakpoint resume function, but did not include it in the manual."

No one cared at all. If file transfer without this function was only barely usable in actual applications and had strict requirements on telephone lines, then with this function, the requirements on lines would be reduced exponentially.

Director Gao is so thoughtful that he has even considered this.

At this time, a voice from the Operation Center came over the command line: "This is amazing! The file has started to transfer again. There's no need to worry about the line being disconnected."

This function seems simple, but it is a big surprise for everyone who has not yet looked in this direction.

If the data is interrupted, it will have to be retransmitted. In actual applications, it is basically impossible to complete the transmission of a larger file.

Even with extremely well-protected special lines, the success rate of large file transfers is still worrying. After all, although such lines will not be unplugged, there are still communication loss failures caused by line quality problems.

The leader of the Defense Work Committee laughed and said, "Zhendong, you wrote this file transfer program very thoughtfully."

The leader of the Postal and Communications Commission felt a little ashamed: "Comrade Zhendong, you are cleaning up the mess for our system's line quantity and quality issues."

In fact, his words were a bit too modest. The number and quality of lines have little to do with them. The main thing is that this is the only condition we have now.

The experiment is truly over here.

The two leaders exchanged opinions, and the announcement was made by the Defense Work Committee. He picked up the microphone on the command line, looked at everyone here, and announced to both sides at the same time in a high-spirited voice through the microphone.

"Comrades, I declare that the long-distance data communication experiment jointly conducted by the Defense Work Committee, the Postal and Communications Committee, the 12th Ministry of Machinery, and the 17th Ministry of Machinery has been a complete success!"

Because of Gao Zhendong, the 17th Ministry of Machine Building still has its legend here, even though its entire system did nothing in this experiment.

There was thunderous applause at the scene, and the noise from the distant operation center could be heard from the microphone of the command line. Just as everyone was celebrating the success of the experiment, the leader of the Defense Work Committee walked up to Gao Zhendong and asked with a smile: "Zhendong, can you handle so much work?"

Gao Zhendong was stunned and a little touched: "Thank you for your concern, I'm fine."

Do you think the words "system strengthening" are a joke? I'm in good shape.

The leaders of the Defense Work Committee were somewhat worried about Gao Zhendong's physical condition. Although they did not know Gao Zhendong's usual working condition, judging from the quantity and quality of his results, Gao Zhendong's usual condition could be described as "devoted and devoted".

If Gao Zhendong knew what his leader was thinking, he would probably laugh out loud.

But then again, aren't there many people who are working themselves to death at this time? I can easily name a few.

Not to mention those people who drink salty water in the desert, cut through mountains and build roads on the plateau, live on the ground in the dense forests, move forward with difficulty in the swamps, and cut through mountains and chisel stones in the steep mountains.

Everyone is working hard and moving forward. Gao Zhendong is slightly different in that he has achieved more and better results.

Seeing Gao Zhendong's decisive answer, the leader of the Defense Work Committee nodded. He wanted to say something but couldn't. He couldn't just say, "Zhendong, quit doing this."

He just said: "Remember to take a rest."

Seeing that no one around was paying attention to this side, he told Gao Zhendong another thing: "Regarding the matter related to the chess game, you don't have to worry. I am organizing people to collect relevant information. It is estimated that it will take some time after you get married before we can start the relevant work."

Gao Zhendong nodded. This was a big deal, but because it was so big, Gao Zhendong just had to wait to be called.

After finishing the official business, the leader of the Defense Work Committee asked with a smile: "By the way, when are you getting married?"

Gao Zhendong was a little embarrassed: "March 20th."

The leader laughed and said, "Oh, that won't be long. I'll come to the wedding then, haha. You're getting married soon, but we're still asking you to work around the clock. We're really sorry for delaying your wedding preparations."

Gao Zhendong shook his head: "No, no, I'm the only one in my family, so everything is prepared by her family, and I'm just a hands-off boss."

The leader was stunned when he heard this, and then he remembered the widely circulated legend of the Lou family, and couldn't help laughing even harder: "Hahaha, you love her well, not bad."

Seeing that the two of them had almost finished their conversation, the leader of the Postal and Communications Commission came over and said to Gao Zhendong with a smile: "Director Zhendong, have you ever thought about coming to our system? Your major will be more suitable for you if you come here."

The leader of the Defense Work Committee smiled but said nothing, "You're dreaming. If the 17th Ministry of Machine Building hears what you say, be careful that you won't even be able to borrow people."

Gao Zhendong smiled and said, "It's all arranged by the organization. Leader, don't worry, no matter where I am, as long as I'm needed, I will do my best."

The leader of the Defense Work Committee said, "I can attest to this. Although Zhendong is in the 17th Ministry of Machine Building, as an expert appointed by our committee, he always comes to the scene and plays an important role."

Upon hearing this, the leader of the Postal and Communications Commission's eyes lit up: "Haha, I was wondering what's going on, you're really smart."

Turning his head, he said, "Comrade Zhendong, I formally invite you to serve as a specially-appointed expert of our system and support our work when necessary."

To be honest, Gao Zhendong has many titles of consultant and expert, but this is the first time that a system leader has personally invited him.

He solemnly agreed: "Thank you for your attention, if you need me, I will do my best."

If you want to engage in information technology in this era, then the National Defense Working Committee, the first user of information technology at that time, must be very important. The 12th Ministry of Machine Building, the superior department of the Computing Institute, is also very important. The Postal and Communications Commission, which controls the largest transmission channel, communication, undoubtedly has the same weight.

For Gao Zhendong, the invitation from the leaders of the Postal and Communications Commission was like a pillow falling into his sleep.

The leader of the Defense Work Committee laughed and teased, "You guys are so slow in answering calls, but you're really diligent in recruiting people."

The leader of the Postal and Communications Commission spread his hands and said, "We also want to be faster, but manual labor is not fast enough. This time, with Comrade Zhendong's data transmission technology, at least we can make telegrams faster, haha."

Work on a program-controlled switch! Gao Zhendong almost blurted out, but luckily he held back, damn, I can’t dig any more holes.

The leader of the Postal and Communications Commission was very perceptive. He looked at Gao Zhendong and said with a smile, "Comrade Zhendong, do you have anything to say?"

Gao Zhendong opened his mouth and said, "Nothing much. I just remembered something I had on hand when I heard your words."

The leader of the Postal and Communications Commission had a very good memory and immediately recalled what Gao Zhendong said at the last meeting: "Is that the thing you said that can significantly reduce the cost of data transmission equipment?"

Well, now I don't have to find excuses to explain.

"Yes, yes, that's it. I'm working on it now and the progress is pretty good. It should be able to catch up with the large-scale promotion after the small-scale trial run within your system."

A small-scale deployment and trial run within the system will definitely take time, and it will take a long time.

(End of this chapter)