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#21
OS-tan Talk / Re: More IBM-tans III: The One...
Last post by Bella - June 28, 2025, 01:24:51 PMAnd now for an actual IBM-tan ... who's already characterized. Thinking of overhauling CTSS-tan a bit, since there is more context for and information on CTSS than when I originally envisioned its personification.
Compatible Timesharing System (CTSS)-tan
- Born in Cambridge, Mass in 1961, where she lived for the rest of her life.
Only existed at MIT.
- Good at seeing eye-to-eye with both old and contemporary -tans
The "Compatible" in "Compatible Timesharing" referenced older batch processing systems.
- Aware of her ancestry and has a good rapport with older IBM-tans / IAS-tan herself
Early OS for the 709, later 7090/94, which traces back to the 701, a commercialized IAS.
- Raised by Whirlwind-tan, learned from her example and mistakes/limitations
CTSS programmers got their start on Whirlwind, saw the need for a way to handle multiple users & jobs.
- Good at juggling tasks and dealing with groups.
Timesharing!
- Everyone jokes she's so busy that she has to be able to be multiple places at once which CTSS-tan laughs off before changing the subject
Timesharing.
- Low vision
Used for braille translation & typesetting.
- Librarian
Ran Intrex, an early bibliographic storage/retrieval program.
- World traveler, picked up pieces of different cultures & incorporated it into her style
Remote users in various countries.
- Sociable and talkative
First instant messaging software
- Reputation for being a bit of a therapist, even humans come to her for advice against her discouragement.
Rogerian therapist chatbot ELIZA developed on CTSS.
- To that end, can pass as a human to the uninitiated.
ELIZA was an early attempt to pass the Turing Test.
- Good at keeping secrets.
First implementation of computer passwords.
- One definite child, Multics-tan, possibly two with CP/CMS-tan, but heavily influenced a generation.
Strong influence on Multics & CP/CMS. First timesharing system means everything else followed in its footsteps.
- Didn't have a personal relationship with her granddaughter Unix-tan but regarded her highly, despite her feud with her daughter
Dennis Richie described Unix as a modern implementation of CTSS & various Unix features originated in CTSS.
- Friendly rivalry with ITS-tan
ITS was a response to CTSS & Multics.
Status: Died 1973 ... may or may not be alive as of 2010
Can be run under emulation.
Physical: Above-average height, light olive skintone, long dark red hair, similarly colored eyes, wears a variety of midcentury world fashions including qipao favoring red & blue color schemes, thick oval glasses in 60s-contemporary styles. Pocketwatch. Speaks with less of an accent than "mom".
Compatible Timesharing System (CTSS)-tan
- Born in Cambridge, Mass in 1961, where she lived for the rest of her life.
Only existed at MIT.
- Good at seeing eye-to-eye with both old and contemporary -tans
The "Compatible" in "Compatible Timesharing" referenced older batch processing systems.
- Aware of her ancestry and has a good rapport with older IBM-tans / IAS-tan herself
Early OS for the 709, later 7090/94, which traces back to the 701, a commercialized IAS.
- Raised by Whirlwind-tan, learned from her example and mistakes/limitations
CTSS programmers got their start on Whirlwind, saw the need for a way to handle multiple users & jobs.
- Good at juggling tasks and dealing with groups.
Timesharing!
- Everyone jokes she's so busy that she has to be able to be multiple places at once which CTSS-tan laughs off before changing the subject
Timesharing.
- Low vision
Used for braille translation & typesetting.
- Librarian
Ran Intrex, an early bibliographic storage/retrieval program.
- World traveler, picked up pieces of different cultures & incorporated it into her style
Remote users in various countries.
- Sociable and talkative
First instant messaging software
- Reputation for being a bit of a therapist, even humans come to her for advice against her discouragement.
Rogerian therapist chatbot ELIZA developed on CTSS.
- To that end, can pass as a human to the uninitiated.
ELIZA was an early attempt to pass the Turing Test.
- Good at keeping secrets.
First implementation of computer passwords.
- One definite child, Multics-tan, possibly two with CP/CMS-tan, but heavily influenced a generation.
Strong influence on Multics & CP/CMS. First timesharing system means everything else followed in its footsteps.
- Didn't have a personal relationship with her granddaughter Unix-tan but regarded her highly, despite her feud with her daughter
Dennis Richie described Unix as a modern implementation of CTSS & various Unix features originated in CTSS.
- Friendly rivalry with ITS-tan
ITS was a response to CTSS & Multics.
Status: Died 1973 ... may or may not be alive as of 2010
Can be run under emulation.
Physical: Above-average height, light olive skintone, long dark red hair, similarly colored eyes, wears a variety of midcentury world fashions including qipao favoring red & blue color schemes, thick oval glasses in 60s-contemporary styles. Pocketwatch. Speaks with less of an accent than "mom".
#22
OS-tan Fan-Fics, Comics and Fan-Stuff / Re: Project Wiki OVERHAUL!!
Last post by Bella - June 28, 2025, 08:02:24 AMNecropost time?
Recently updated the Unix-tan & Multics-tan articles. They still need more work - I'd like to get more into the habit of sourcing things (pointing to posts about character traits, character illustrations, etc) but for the time being I'm happy with their clarity and readability.
Recently updated the Unix-tan & Multics-tan articles. They still need more work - I'd like to get more into the habit of sourcing things (pointing to posts about character traits, character illustrations, etc) but for the time being I'm happy with their clarity and readability.
#23
OS-tan Fan-Fics, Comics and Fan-Stuff / Re: Bella's OS-tan Artwork Thr...
Last post by Bella - June 27, 2025, 10:45:28 PM
#24
OS-tan Fan-Fics, Comics and Fan-Stuff / Re: My 20th -tanniversary Proj...
Last post by Bella - June 24, 2025, 01:39:13 PMQuote from: Nanami Madobe Fan on June 21, 2025, 06:46:14 PMThis looks amazing, keep up the wonderful work.
Thanks!
From one set of Unices to another ... a slow week but I got Unix-sama & Linux-tan done!
#25
OS-tan Fan-Fics, Comics and Fan-Stuff / Re: My 20th -tanniversary Proj...
Last post by Nanami Madobe Fan - June 21, 2025, 06:46:14 PMQuote from: Bella on June 17, 2025, 02:03:10 PM
That time of the week again! Rounding out the OS X-tans (with existing depictions) with Puma, Jaguar, Cheetah, Lion, Mountain Lion and Mavericks-tan.
This looks amazing, keep up the wonderful work.
#26
OS-tan Fan-Fics, Comics and Fan-Stuff / Re: Bella's OS-tan Artwork Thr...
Last post by stewartsage - June 19, 2025, 09:11:47 PMQuote from: Bella on June 03, 2025, 10:36:53 PMCat sized glasses. Like SAGE-tan, the glasses are one of the two distinctive visual features by which I recognize Whirlwind-tan. (Like SAGE-tan, the other is the hair ribbon. ;3)Like mother like daughter after all.
Quote from: Bella on June 10, 2025, 09:21:38 PMMidcentury style IAS Machine & Whirlwind-sama WIP~Excited to see the finished piece. I love their outfits.
Quote from: Bella on June 19, 2025, 08:59:30 PMA page of SAGE-tan (and Unix and Multics-tan) reenacting classic moments from the Neil Breen filmography ft.Eyes on SAGE-tan.
#27
OS-tan Fan-Fics, Comics and Fan-Stuff / Re: Bella's OS-tan Artwork Thr...
Last post by Bella - June 19, 2025, 08:59:30 PM
A page of SAGE-tan (and Unix and Multics-tan) reenacting classic moments from the Neil Breen filmography ft. FASTRAND-kun in that one meme.
#28
OS-tan Fan-Fics, Comics and Fan-Stuff / Re: My 20th -tanniversary Proj...
Last post by Bella - June 17, 2025, 02:03:10 PM
That time of the week again! Rounding out the OS X-tans (with existing depictions) with Puma, Jaguar, Cheetah, Lion, Mountain Lion and Mavericks-tan.
#29
OS-tan Talk / Re: More IBM-tans III: The One...
Last post by Bella - June 16, 2025, 05:40:42 PMQuote from: stewartsage on June 15, 2025, 11:29:35 PMYou managed to verbalize what was stuck in my head almost word for word, lol.Every hotel has the LINC-tan chair.
Quote from: stewartsage on June 15, 2025, 11:29:35 PMIt's weird that we've never really had a fully developed ENIAC-tan! I like your vision for her. Understandable why, if she isn't fond of the spread of computers from her own existence as the proverbially Tree of Knowledge, she remains hidden today from OS-tan kind.Thanks! This is high praise coming from someone who -tanned so many old computers.
Glad you drew the tree of knowledge parallel. That, and other mythological tales of mortals gaining knowledge they shouldn't, or stealing from the gods certainly comes to mind with the ENIAC - IAS conflict ... weirdly I think that makes EDVAC-tan the forbidden fruit in this scenario.
#30
OS-tan Talk / Re: More IBM-tans III: The One...
Last post by stewartsage - June 15, 2025, 11:29:35 PMQuote from: Bella on June 03, 2025, 09:35:37 PMObsessed with PDP-8-tan and Selectric-kun overcoming a decade of DEC-IBM enmity through the power of "it would be fun". But where is LINC-tan in all this? :O
Quote from: Bella on June 15, 2025, 03:57:43 PMIt's weird that we've never really had a fully developed ENIAC-tan! I like your vision for her. Understandable why, if she isn't fond of the spread of computers from her own existence as the proverbially Tree of Knowledge, she remains hidden today from OS-tan kind.
Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC)-tan
