Chapter 99 This thing can't be delayed
Gao Zhendong pointed to a shallow metal plate in the corner of the room, which contained some solidified gray metal.

"I made a one-time tinning machine, using a thermocouple to control the tin temperature. This way, I only need to insert all the components into the circuit board, apply flux after checking that they are correct, and then carefully tin the pins of the circuit board, cut off the pins that are too long, check again and re-solder them. It is much faster."

When the chief engineer of the computing institute heard this, he thought it was interesting and that it could save a lot of time. He immediately asked, "Can this device be mass-produced?"

Gao Zhendong never dared to give this thing to them for real use. This thing was just an excuse for him to explain how he could quickly manufacture a computer by himself. It was feasible in theory, but very difficult to use. After it was assembled for the first time and tinned, it was never touched again.

He immediately shook his head and said, "I made this thing myself to make do with it. It can't be automated. There are problems. If you want to automate the soldering or make it practical, I'll draw a schematic and you can try wave soldering."

Wave soldering was not successfully researched in China until the mid-60s. The principle is simple. After tinning, use a suitable pump to create waves. Gao Zhendong had seen it when he was an intern at an electronics factory during his junior year. He thought it was very interesting and even looked for the working principle diagram on the Internet. Based on his memory, it was no problem for him to bring it to the market a few years earlier.

Hearing that Gao Zhendong was throwing out new equipment as if it were free, the leader of the 17th Ministry of Machine Building and the two people from the Computation Institute wanted to open his brain to see what it looked like.

The two people from the computing institute looked at the transistor computer, then at the set of information in their hands, and they couldn't wait to get the things back.

The leaders of the 17th Ministry of Machine Building also knew that this thing would not be able to play its maximum role here. It could only play its maximum role after being handed over to the Computation Institute and mass-produced after fully understanding Gao Zhendong's design.

It would be a waste if such a cheap, easy-to-use and high-performance computer was not mass-produced.

If there were dozens of them in the desert, the effect would be so exciting to imagine.

Several people walked out of the south room and closed the door.

The leader said to Gao Zhendong, "This thing still needs to be sent to the computing institute. Zhendong, you also need to spare some time to thoroughly teach the computing institute your design. This matter cannot be delayed."

Hearing this, several people in the Third Rolling Mill were a little troubled. Director Yang complained to the leader: "Leader, Zhendong is still in charge of the design of our factory's ESR process. Now the progress is gratifying, and it is a critical moment. I am afraid we can't do without him. In addition, the department has notified him to prepare for the training of the project management system, and the time has been set."

The leader then remembered that the Third Rolling Mill had reported this matter to the department, but he did not expect it had reached this stage. The training on the project management system was set by him personally, and he was suddenly a little troubled.

The two people from the computing office became anxious when they saw this. They didn't expect that this young man would take on such important tasks while working on computers. It was really unexpected that the capable ones would do so much work.

But no matter how unexpected it was, in their opinion, the transistor computer was undoubtedly more important. The two of them looked eagerly at the leader of the Seventeenth Machine Department. The chief engineer of the Computing Institute said, "Leader, the sooner this matter is resolved, the better."

Hearing this, thinking about the people working hard on the other side of the desert, and the people in various research institutes who had to do manual calculations because they could not schedule computer processing time, the leader gritted his teeth and said: "ESR can be delayed, training can wait, but the computer issue cannot be delayed!"

Hearing this, Gao Zhendong thought for a moment and reported to his leader: "ESR, I will spend a day or two to arrange things, it shouldn't be too late. The division of labor for the preliminary work is very clear. I have submitted the principles and designs. Now it's mainly part of the manufacturing and testing tasks. The people in the factory will follow my plan and design, it shouldn't be too late. If there are any problems, I can solve them temporarily. As for the training, the department will arrange it, I will follow your instructions."

After hearing Gao Zhendong's words, the two people from the computing office felt relieved.

Gao Zhendong and the two people from the Computing Institute began to discuss the relocation of the transistor computer. Although the two people from the Computing Institute had many questions in their minds, they could not take care of them now. They had to get the things safely over first. As for the problems, the designer was here, so it would not be too late to ask them later. In fact, it was easy to deal with. This thing was really not big, and it could be put in a jeep. However, the Computing Institute obviously felt that this was not fair to this thing.

They planned to call someone over to carefully pack the goods and make sure they were shockproof, waterproof, impact-proof and anti-static, and then have the militia from the Third Steel Rolling Mill escort them over.

Although Gao Zhendong said that transistor computers were not so delicate, the two still felt that they could not afford to make any mistakes. This was their only chance and nothing could go wrong.

Come to think of it, Chinese people have always given enough respect and care to high-tech equipment. In the 90s, all computer rooms in universities were installed with elevated anti-static floors, and even electromagnetic shielding nets were installed outside the computer rooms. People had to change into slippers or overshoe covers when entering.

When Gao Zhendong was in college in his previous life, his classmates would laugh when they heard this. Thinking about it carefully, this is also the continuation and embodiment of the Chinese people's respect for knowledge for thousands of years. They would rather be overly cautious than have equipment fail.

By the time everything was settled, it was almost the next morning. The militia on duty went to buy breakfast and brought it over. At the same time, people were sent to the computing center to mobilize people and materials in preparation for the transportation of computers.

Everyone was eating while waiting for someone to arrive. The leader also stayed all night and had breakfast here before returning to the unit.

While having breakfast, everyone was in high spirits, talking and laughing, looking very happy.

At this time, Lou Xiao'e rode a bicycle and carried a lunch box into the yard. When she saw the scene at Gao Zhendong's house, she was stunned. She turned her head and looked around carefully to make sure that this was indeed Gao Zhendong's house.

She walked up to a militia soldier who was on guard and asked, "Hello, comrade. I'm looking for Gao Zhendong. Is he home?"

When the militia soldier heard that the person was looking for Gao Zhendong, he asked her to wait and went in to inform Gao Zhendong: "Captain Gao, someone is looking for you outside." Naturally, the militia members were calling Gao Zhendong to his position in the militia.

When Gao Zhendong saw Lou Xiao'e, he hurried out to greet her.

As soon as Gao Zhendong left, the leader quietly asked Director Yang: "What kind of team leader is Gao Zhendong?"

Director Yang replied: "Deputy captain of the militia, deputy chief of the training department."

The leader frowned: "Isn't the work a bit too heavy?"

Director Yang quietly explained: "Deputy section chiefs of the security department are allowed to carry guns."

The leader finally understood and nodded.

(End of this chapter)