- I-WorkBoy yayiyisibonelo sango-1992 esasihlose ukuguqula i-Game Boy yokuqala ibe yi-PDA esebenzayo.
- I-KeyBoy Advance iyikhibhodi yesimanje, eyenziwe ngezandla edala kabusha ubuhle bekhonsoli ka-2001.
- Lezi zingcezu zivelele ngenani lazo eliqoqwayo kanye nomthelela onamandla wokukhumbula izinto ezidlule kuhadiwe yamanje.
Uma ungomunye walabo bantu abazizwa bekhululekile lapho bebona ikhonsoli empunga yasekupheleni kwawo-80, lungela, ngoba umhlaba wehadiwe yakudala awuyeki ukusimangaza. Ukuthanda ubuhle besikhathi esidlule kuholele ekuveleni kwamadivayisi ahlanganisa ukusebenza kwesimanje nokubukeka kwasebuntwaneni bethu, aguqula izinto ezivamile ezisetshenziswayo zibe izinto zabaqoqi bangempela.
Kusukela emizamweni ehlulekile yezinkampani emashumini eminyaka edlule kuya ekudalweni okwenziwe ngezandla okubiza ingalo nomlenze, amakhibhodi esitayela se-Game Boy amelela leyo nhlanganisela yokukhumbula izinto zakudala nobuchwepheshe . Akukhona nje ukuthayipha; kumayelana nokuvuselela inkathi lapho i-Nintendo yayibusa khona imakethe ephathwayo futhi noma yisiphi isesekeli esingavamile sibonakala sivela ngqo kwifilimu yesayensi.
I-WorkBoy: I-smartphone ngaphambi kwama-smartphone
Ake sibuyele engqondweni emuva ngo-1992. Ngaleso sikhathi, inkampani ebizwa ngokuthi i-Fabtek yaqhamuka nomqondo ophambene kakhulu: kuthiwani uma i-Game Boy yayingeyona nje eyokudlala i-Tetris? Ngakho-ke, kwazalwa i- WorkBoy , ikhibhodi yangaphandle eyayixhuma ngekhebula le-Link ukuguqula ikhonsoli ibe uhlobo lwekhompyutha ephaketheni eyisisekelo kakhulu.
Ukuze lokhu kusebenze, ukuxhuma nje ikhibhodi kwakunganele; kwakudingeka kufakwe i-cartridge ekhethekile ukuvula isofthiwe egcwele izinsiza. Empeleni, babefuna i-Game Boy ibe yi-PDA. Ikhibhodi ngokwayo yayilula, inezinhlamvu zamagama nezinkinobho zakudala ezifana ne-Escape ne-Return, kodwa umlingo wawusezinhlelweni zokusebenza ezazikuvumela ukuthi uzisebenzise.
Phakathi kwezici ezifakiwe kule divayisi ethakazelisayo kwakukhona ikhalenda lokuhlela , incwadi yamakheli, ngisho newashi lomhlaba elibonisa isikhathi emazweni ahlukene. Kodwa akusikho lokho kuphela; i-WorkBoy yayivumela imisebenzi engahleliwe njengokuguqula i-Fahrenheit ibe yi-Celsius noma ukushintsha izimali—kuwusizo kakhulu kubahambi bangaleso sikhathi.
Baze baba nesibindi sokufaka umhumushi oyisisekelo owayephatha izilimi ezinhlanu, okuhlanganisa iSpanishi, kanye nemephu exhumanayo lapho ungasesha khona amazwe futhi ulalele izingoma zabo zesizwe . Yethulwe e-CES ngo-1992 futhi yaze yavunyelwa yiNintendo of America, ngentengo elinganiselwa ku-$80. Kodwa-ke, lo msebenzi wanyamalala ngaphandle kokuthola umkhondo, mhlawumbe ngenxa yezinkinga zomthetho noma ukungabi nokholo kumkhiqizo.
I-KeyBoy Advance: Ukunethezeka kwemishini kwabathandi
Siqhubekela phambili esikhathini samanje, futhi ukulangazelela izinto zakudala kusaphila, kodwa manje kuza ngesimo samakhibhodi enziwe ngokwezifiso . Isibonelo esihle yi-KeyBoy Advance, i-peripheral engenantambo ehlonipha ikhonsoli edumile eyakhishwa ngo-2001. Akuyona ithoyizi, kodwa iyingxenye yehadiwe eyenzelwe labo abangesabi ukuchitha imali eningi ekusethweni kwabo.
Umklamo wayo uyikhophi yekhabhoni yesimo se-Game Boy Advance, igcina ukwakheka kwezinkinobho zangaphambili kodwa izivumelanisa nefomethi yekhibhodi engu-50/50 . Ukuze bayinike lokho kuthinta okukhethekile, abadali basebenzise ukushintshashintsha okwenziwa ngomshini okuphansi, okuvumela idivayisi ukuthi ibe ncane futhi isebenze nge-Bluetooth kanye nekhebula le-USB.
Into ehlaba umxhwele kakhulu ukuthi lokhu akuyona umkhiqizo okhiqizwe ngobuningi ovela efektri yaseShayina, kodwa ikhibhodi eyenziwe ngesandla enohlobo olulinganiselwe . Lokhu kuchaza ukuthi kungani intengo yayo iqala ku-€324, okuyisibalo esishiya abaningi bengenasiqiniseko, njengoba ibiza kakhulu kunekhibhodi eziningi zemidlalo ezisezingeni eliphezulu noma ngisho nezinye izikhonkwane zesimanje eziphathwayo.
Ngenxa yokwakheka kwayo okuhlelekile, okuhlanganisa ezinye izinto ezingavamile, i-KeyBoy Advance izwakala sengathi isilawuli esisebenza ngezandla ezimbili kunekhibhodi yokuhlala etafuleni. Akungabazeki ukuthi iyinto efiselekayo kubaqoqi beNintendo abafuna into ehlukile nesebenzayo, lapho isilinganiso sentengo-nokusebenza sithatha indawo yangemuva kuya enanini lemizwa nobuhle.
Ezinye izinketho kanye nemakethe yakudala
Kulabo abangenayo isabelomali somqoqi, kunezinye izindlela ezisetshenziswayo kumapulatifomu afana ne-AliExpress, lapho ungathola khona amakhibhodi e-retro mechanical anezindikimba eziphefumulelwe yi-Game Boy ngamanani angabizi kakhulu. Le mikhiqizo ivame ukugxila kakhulu ekukhangeni okubonakalayo kunasekukhetheni okwenziwe ngezandla, okuvumela noma ubani ukuthi ajabulele ukubukeka kwakudala ngaphandle kokuchitha imali eningi.
Lokhu kwanda kwezingxenye ze-retro kubonisa ukuthi i-hardware ayisahlolwa kuphela ngezincazelo zayo zobuchwepheshe, kodwa futhi nangolwazi olungokomzwelo oluyikhiqizayo. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi iyisibonelo esihlulekile kusukela ngawo-'90s noma ikhibhodi yesimanje yokunethezeka, i-Game Boy isalokhu ingumthombo ongapheli wokuphefumulela abadali nabathandi bamakhompyutha.
Kusukela emcabangweni we-WorkBoy ozimisele wokuguqula ikhonsoli ibe ithuluzi lomsebenzi, kuya ekukhethekeni kwe-KeyBoy Advance njengengxenye yemyuziyamu esebenzayo, kusobala ukuthi ukwakheka kwe-Nintendo kuyaqhubeka nokubeka izitayela. Lawa madivayisi awaphathelene nokuncintisana ekusebenzeni, kodwa kunalokho ukugubha umlando wokudlala ngamakhibhodi, empeleni, angumshini wesikhathi kumadeski ethu.