Quote from: stewartsage on Yesterday at 08:29:46 PMLearned that I somehow missed that a series I liked ended in 2019. Have to track it down, even if it's never been officially translated.
Quote from: stewartsage on Yesterday at 09:01:37 PMDid we talk about her before, or was it before my time and I just forgot the discussion? It seems like that there's a lot more on her since the BBN history book was put online in 2012/2013?
Quote from: stewartsage on Yesterday at 09:01:37 PMAfter SAGE, DTSS was one of the first OS-tans here that grabbed my attention! At the time I didn't feel confident to tackle changing other people's work, but at this point, I don't know how much anyone cares so why not expand on her a bit?
Quote from: stewartsage on Yesterday at 09:01:37 PMDid I just imagine that she and CTSS were family before!? Or think it into existence? LGP-30 is everywhere, man, you can't escape her. Glad I made her a threatening, but I kind of want to revise her a bit more after learning more about her big role developing time-sharing OSes and other early computer science events like one of the first CS degree programs.
Quote from: stewartsage on Yesterday at 09:01:37 PM
I think her and IAS get along, kind of a passing of the torch in bringing computers to more people.
Quote from: stewartsage on Yesterday at 09:01:37 PMShe is kind of the perfect synthesis of the weird mixing pot of development swirling around Boston in the early 60s. Everyone was going a thousand directions trying to get their concept actually built
Quote from: stewartsage on Yesterday at 09:01:37 PMUnlike CTSS, she just doesn't feel any kinship with them. She's kind of shut-in across town (voluntarily) and it doesn't help that it seems DEC keeps stealing her humans away. DTSS/CTSS are 100% all the family she feels like she needs. SAGE and Whirlwind/TX-0 are intimidating to her, even if she has TX-2 DNA in her too...
Quote from: stewartsage on Yesterday at 09:01:37 PMShe has no reason to go to DC, so it's just kinda funny.
Quote from: stewartsage on Yesterday at 09:01:37 PMThere is nothing about that, don't will that into existence! TENEX is her apprentice/daughter that will eventually tragically kill her/end her suffering, but FASTRAND didn't really contribute strictly speaking...
Quote from: stewartsage on Yesterday at 09:01:37 PMHe's the anti-Laughing Salesman, trying to bring fun and improvement no-strings-attached to various mentally unstable computers. I guess it's the tragedy of being a pretty timeless device when time is moving way to fast for a lot of the OSes he meets.
He definitely gave her some styling tips to look good with what she can get her hands on!
Quote from: Bella on July 01, 2025, 11:47:35 PMHELL YEA DTSS-TAN REWORK!!!! BBN TIMESHARING SYSTEM-TAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Did we talk about her before, or was it before my time and I just forgot the discussion? It seems like that there's a lot more on her since the BBN history book was put online in 2012/2013?
Quote from: Bella on July 01, 2025, 11:47:35 PMI'm so, so glad you decided to breathe new life into the design for DTSS-tan, since she's the personification of one of the most impactful OSes of all time and a matter of regional pride. I like that you've syncretized aspects of her old personifcation (being mute, being outdoorsy) with new ones (a silly side and past as an aimless college kid herself). Along with CTSS-tan she seems very much an OS-tan for the people, moreso given the sheer reach that she had across colleges, high schools and even some other institutions. I think we once talked about DTSS-tan being a bit of a reverential figure to the BASIC-using microcomputer-tans, and I'm glad that's finally filtered into her official personification. ^___^After SAGE, DTSS was one of the first OS-tans here that grabbed my attention! At the time I didn't feel confident to tackle changing other people's work, but at this point, I don't know how much anyone cares so why not expand on her a bit?
Quote from: Bella on July 01, 2025, 11:47:35 PMI'm also glad she's become a part of CTSS-tan's family, and the LGP-30-tan Conspiracy.Did I just imagine that she and CTSS were family before!? Or think it into existence? LGP-30 is everywhere, man, you can't escape her. Glad I made her a threatening, but I kind of want to revise her a bit more after learning more about her big role developing time-sharing OSes and other early computer science events like one of the first CS degree programs.
Quote from: Bella on July 01, 2025, 11:47:35 PMIt is tenuous, but given John Kemeny's nationality and past work with John von Neumann I would like to think DTSS-tan writes to IAS-sama (in Hungarian) sometimes.
Quote from: Bella on July 01, 2025, 11:47:35 PMBBN TIME SHARING SYSTEM!!! GIVE IT UP FOR BBN TIMESHARING SYSTEM!!! I wrung my brain to work on this one waaaaaaaaaay back (like, pre PDP-1-tan development) so I'm thrilled to see her picked up by the maestro of obscure OSes.Because she was an OS rather than PDP-1 being technically hardware?
Somehow I think she might be the strongest contender for weirdest DEC/MIT OS-tan, which is really saying a lot! It's incredible to think that, despite her accomplishments, she died so young and is largely forgotten...
Quote from: Bella on July 01, 2025, 11:47:35 PMIt's also interesting that she's as asocial toward her fellow (non-PDP-1) DECs as she is. She's almost like the inverse CTSS-tan in this sense. On that note, I love that she's friends with CTSS-tan and the big sis to DTSS-tan, they deserve all the friends. ^__^Unlike CTSS, she just doesn't feel any kinship with them. She's kind of shut-in across town (voluntarily) and it doesn't help that it seems DEC keeps stealing her humans away. DTSS/CTSS are 100% all the family she feels like she needs. SAGE and Whirlwind/TX-0 are intimidating to her, even if she has TX-2 DNA in her too...
Model railroad weirdo, huh? [Lemon Demon My Trains intensifies]
Her light powers are really cool. I wonder what Whirlwind-hime has to say about it! Her Boston-DC teleportation abilities make me deeply envious...
Quote from: Bella on July 01, 2025, 11:47:35 PMWHAT IS UP WITH FASTRAND-KUN AND DATING MENTALLY UNWELL KNIFE WIELDING WOMEN WHO LIVE IN BASEMENTS BEFORE AMICABLY SEPARATING INTO FRIENDS! WHO'S NEXT, WWMCCS-TAN?!?!?!WWMCCS has eyes for one person only, FASTRAND is too smart to intrude on that.
I like the contrast between their personalities and volume levels and - WAIT WHAT IS THAT ABOUT TENEX BEING THE PRODUCT OF THE BBNTSS-FASTRAND PAIRING? ARE YOU SAYING -
Waitwaitwait did Tenex-tan kill BBNTSS-tan or am I misunderstanding something? Anyway all of this makes me want a soap opera based on her life story.
Quote from: Bella on July 01, 2025, 11:47:35 PMI like that she's a part of the Selectric-kun Cinematic Universe but can his timesharing OS-tan friends stop dying? ;0;He's the anti-Laughing Salesman, trying to bring fun and improvement no-strings-attached to various mentally unstable computers. I guess it's the tragedy of being a pretty timeless device when time is moving way to fast for a lot of the OSes he meets.
I hope he was at least able to take her suit shopping at some point, even if second-hand...
Quote from: stewartsage on July 01, 2025, 09:25:55 PMLike everyone else on earth dated FASTRAND-kun,
Quote from: stewartsage on July 01, 2025, 09:25:55 PMdecided they were better as friends
Quote from: Bella on June 28, 2025, 11:32:39 PMTBH, the idea (re)occurred to me while reexamining some of Multics-tan's powers and realizing none of them included multi-presence (which I'm officially proposing now). Of course, she'd be extravagant with it, CTSS-tan would just have everyone convinced she's eerily good at catching the T.Not sold on it unless it ties more into how she operated, but maybe it could be some sort of berserker power-up?
The other thing I realized is that I envision CTSS-tan much as an older (fashioned, and physically) Unix-tan: social, bookish, good at getting ideas out into the world. Might even match each other in temper if you want to make MAD into a character trait. ^_^;
The two would jibe fabulously if they met, I think. ^_^
Quote from: Bella on June 30, 2025, 08:30:29 PMErrata: I think CTSS-tan should have one red eye and one blue eye, after the Red & Blue Machines that ran the OS. (Also, I think it would be fun if funky eyes were a recurring trait in Whirlwind-tan's family and the CTSS-Multics-Unix line.)I like it!
To that end I think Multics-tan should get her alternate color scheme golden eyes as a power activation treat. :3
Quote from: Bella on June 30, 2025, 08:30:29 PMWorking on CTSS-tan's wiki article now and realizing that CP/CMS-tan should probably get a rework too. More IBM-tans for the IBM-tan thread?Finally!
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