Wujiaochang Secretary College, the third computer room of the Computing Center, is a dedicated computer room of the School of Computer Science and is usually not open to the public.

Only the first and second computer rooms are open to all teachers and students in the school.

Today is Saturday, the school has no classes, and the Geek Community is holding a club event in the third computer room.

This is the second club activity after the start of school. However, the last event was not held in the third computer room, but was held in a large staircase classroom.

The first event was boring, and the president Zhou Yanbin introduced the club situation, and then the new and old members of the Geek Community got to know each other.

Today is the official event of the geek community. This is the first time that some members of the club have come to the computer room to truly experience one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century - the Internet.

Su Jinyi and Wang Mengmeng naturally came to participate in the club activities.

President Zhou Yanbin informed everyone in advance that this club event will take you to experience what the Internet is. Therefore, except for a few students who have temporary problems, all members of the club were present.

When the school started recruiting new students, the Geek community was recruited to Su Jinyi. The scale of the geek community increased from a dozen people in previous years to more than 30 people. So many people came together and almost filled the third computer room.

Of course, some boys who don’t want to drink are not for drinking, and they don’t come to the plane at all. They all come for Su Jinyi. Even if they don’t have the chance to get in close contact, as long as they can take a look at it from a distance, they will feel it’s worth it.

Zhou Yanbin, president of Geek Community, said loudly: "Dear students, please find a seat and turn on the computer. Next, I will lead you to experience the magic of the Internet step by step."

Most of the members of the club are freshmen, many of them are not students of the School of Computer Science. They are purely the geek community that I signed up for that day with Su Jinyi. So far this semester, I have only been to the computer room once or twice, so how can I know what the Internet is?

After all, both the first and second computer rooms only have on-campus networks and do not have public networks to the outside world. In the past, students came to the computer room just to practice the basic operation of the computer.

Even the two computer students, Su Jinyi and Wang Mengmeng, have already started to learn some professional courses such as Introduction to Computers and C, but they are still only at the theoretical level and there are not many opportunities to actually practice on the computer.

After all, computers are very rare things these days. The number of computers in the computer room is limited. Students who come to the computer room to get on the computer have to queue up to make an appointment. Not to mention the Internet, which was very rare in 1998.

Even for people with good financial conditions these days, having a computer at home and surfing the Internet is still a luxury.

In 1998, if I wanted to access the Internet at home, I didn’t have fiber optic broadband and could only use a fixed-line dial-up line to access the Internet. The fee was much more expensive than making calls.

If you accidentally, the phone bill worth several thousand yuan a month came.

That is, the school computer room and some large units, because they are connected to the Internet, they can be opened to surf the Internet at will without worrying about phone bills.

Su Jinyi and Wang Mengmeng found two machines in the corner and sat down. Press the power button on the white plastic housing main unit, and then turned on the 17-inch CRT monitor bulky like a small TV.

The startup interface of Windows 98 soon appeared in front of the two of them. The computer in the third computer room is much better than the configuration of the first computer room and the second computer room.

CPU Pentium II350; IX motherboard; 64M memory PC66 SDRAM; 4.3GB hard disk; Riva TNT graphics card PCI/AGP 2X graphics card, only 16M graphics card.

In addition, with the modem, chassis, power supply and other accessories, it will cost more than 10,000 yuan to complete a computer. If you have such a thing at home these days, it will definitely be as cool as a car.

President Zhou Yanbin warned all members in advance that the computers in the third computer room are very expensive and told everyone not to mess around. If they are broken, they can’t afford to compensate.

Su Jinyi and Wang Mengmeng didn't dare to do anything randomly, so they carefully held the mechanical roller mouse, looked at the mouse pointer on the screen, and didn't know where to click.

The Win98 operating system is already a very fool-like operating interface. Su Jinyi and Wang Mengmeng had already learned some computer operation knowledge when they were taking computer classes.

But now the president has not spoken, and they dare not be more confused.

Starting from Windows 95, this graphics operating system that beats DOS has become extremely friendly for non-computer professional users. As long as you can click with the mouse, you can control the computer.

Learning computer operation is not a very difficult thing. Ordinary people with no foundation can quickly learn and master it in a short period of time.

Without this advantage, how could Bill Gates directly win the world's richest man with this product and then occupy this position for a long time?

"Yiyi, have you been online before?" Wang Mengmeng was so bored that she asked.

Su Jinyi shook his head: "No, my family is in poor condition, but there is no luxury like computers."

"Is it that fun to surf the Internet? I heard the president say so mysteriously two days ago." Wang Mengmeng asked again.

Su Jinyi replied with no certainty: "It should be fun! I heard before that some people go to Internet cafes to play in order to surf the Internet. The Internet fee is so expensive now. If it is not fun, how could everyone be willing to spend money?"

"Who did you hear? What is an Internet cafe?" Wang Mengmeng was like a curious baby, asking non-stop.

Su Jinyi didn't think about it carefully and blurted out: "I heard from Lu Ze that the Internet cafe is like a third computer room, and all computers are turned on the Internet. Not only can you access the Internet, but you can also play games and watch movies online, so many people are addicted to it."

"Lu Ze? Hehe, I found that since I met you, there are many things you will say at any time, and it is from Lu Ze that you hear.

Have you two been together every day? Otherwise, how could you talk so many topics?" Wang Mengmeng quipped with a wicked smile.

Su Jinyi stopped doing it and pinched her: "What are you doing in your mind? You know you're thinking about it every day."

"Oh, it seems that you are so anxious. I'm telling me if I'm telling you?" Wang Mengmeng immediately fought back.

Su Jin turned his head angrily: "Hmph, I'm too lazy to pay attention to you, don't ask me questions again in the future."

"Okay, okay, I'm just kidding. Look, I'm serious about you. Don't I envy you for having a good brother?" Wang Mengmeng quickly coaxed.

Su Jinyi broke out again and directly scratched the tickling method to deal with Wang Mengmeng: "You dead girl, I'll fight with you."

"Ah...hahaha, no..." Wang Mengmeng kept dodging.

Their fight attracted the attention of the entire computer room. The computer room suddenly became silent, especially the boys, who saw that Su Jinyi had such a lively side, and his eyes were straightened.

When Su Jinyi and Wang Mengmeng reacted, they almost died of the community. The two of them were flushed, they stopped fighting, lowered their heads and sat in front of the computer, embarrassed to face the gazes that were coming from all around.

Fortunately, Zhou Yanbin, the president of the Geek Community, helped divert his attention: "Dear students, the computer is turned on. Now click on I Explorer on the desktop, and I will start teaching you to surf the Internet."

When everyone heard Zhou Yanbin say this, they withdrew their gaze and became excited immediately.

In newspapers and magazines, the word "surfing the Internet" that you can often see. Today, I can finally experience it.

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Chapter completed!