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[Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC)-tan]

#1

OS-tan Talk / Re: More IBM-tans III: The One...

Last post by stewartsage - Yesterday at 11:29:35 PM

Obsessed 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

Every hotel has the LINC-tan chair.

Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC)-tan

It'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]

#2

OS-tan Talk / Re: More IBM-tans III: The One...

Last post by Bella - Yesterday at 03:57:43 PM

Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC)-tan

General facts:
- Philadelphian-turned-Marylander
    - Created at the Moore School, transported to Aberdeen Proving Ground.
- Automaton
    - Dual allusion to the simple, modular nature of ENIAC and a hint at something transcendental or supernatural about ENIAC-tan.
- Physically constrained by her construction but doesn't view it as a limitation.
    - Programmers cleverly overcame hardware limitations and used idiosyncrasies to their advantage.
- Can control different parts even if they're not articulated together. Limbs can be swapped out.
    - Modules operated independently before being linked.
- Initially animated by coordinated manipulation of her wires.
    - Early programming required manual timekeeping and rewiring.
- Poor memory in her youth. Improved later on.
    - Not stored program, originally.
- Loves her fathers & uncles, but largely socializes with and prefers the company of women otherwise.
    - Women primarily programmed & operated ENIAC.
- Lived an anchorite-like existence in her youth, walled into her "hermitage", interacted indirectly with all but her creators.
    - Security/secrecy prevented early programmers from interacting with the computer.
- Eventually debuted, but maintains a "walled garden" philosophy toward computers.
    - Proprietary approach toward ENIAC and derivatives.
- Expert marksman.
    - Used for ordnance & ballistics.
- Helped develop the hydrogen bomb, unclear whether she did so knowingly.
    - Secretly used for H-bomb calculations.
- Badly injured en route her new home.
    - Damaged in transport.
- An overhaul increased her mobility and independence at the cost of her sheer power.
    - Conversion code process made the ENIAC easier to program at the cost of speed.

Relationships:
- Daughter/heir EDVAC-tan, who has several half-sisters: EDSAC, Manchester Baby/Mark I, and IAS-tan.
    - EDVAC made by original ENIAC team. EDSAC, Manchester & IAS all derived from the "First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC", sent to different organizations before completion.
- Contemptuous toward IAS-tan, whom she blames both for personal betrayal and profaning computer-kind by releasing them to the wider world.
    - Conflict surrounding ENIAC patent rights and attribution of invention of the stored program computer.
- Socialized with more computers after she moved.
- Matriarch of the Univac clan.
    - Same creative team.

Appearance & personality:
- Doll-like body, exposed sockets & wires, taller than average, medium-olive skintone, black hair styled into curls/rolls, amber-red eyes.
- Full length black dress reminiscent of a nun's habit or puritan's robes, many panels fastened with glass buttons allow her servants to maintain and swap out parts.
- Veiled wide brimmed hat generally covering her face.
- Accessories: pocket-belt, various counting beads, abacii and other calculation devices, artillery charts rolled up and carried on her back.
- Prim and proper, regal bearing that comes off as intimidating whether or not she's trying to, has a bit of a well-founded superiority complex as a computer. Gracious and patient with her caretakers. Became more relaxed and sociable with time. Trust issues, does not forget or forgive offenses.
- Philosophical about the nature and duty of computers, ruminates frequently on her own purpose and place in the cosmos and that of others.

Status:
- Died to a lightening strike in 1955.
- Rumors abound that her spirit stalks the earth.
    - There are a *lot* of ENIAC emulators.
- Elaborate mythology (or is it?) about her haunting the many-times-great-grandchildren of her betrayer. 

#3

OS-tan Talk / Re: More IBM-tans

Last post by stewartsage - June 11, 2025, 07:42:48 PM

More relevant than ever, thanks to Usagi Electric's videos on the G-15!

Yeah, we heard they had her under restoration!  Glad she's finished.

#4

General Chat / Re: Topicless thread

Last post by Chocofreak13 - June 11, 2025, 12:27:48 PM

Schools aren't an issue for us ^_^;;

That's a *really* pretty part of the state. Not sure I've been to Madison itself but I visited Sandwich, Conway & North Conway on different occasions and liked them... that said I've spend enough time in the city that I'm not sure I could go back to rural/small town living.

Southern NH might be more our speed. Also the metropolitan areas of Vermont (such as they are), we really enjoyed it when we visited last year.

hahaha, you could move to my town. god knows there's enough fancy condos going up around here. and iirc Lowell has some national historic sites and is only about 20 minutes away by car, so the job opportunities are right there.

that said, Salem's becoming HELLA gentrified....it doesn't feel like my hometown anymore. we have a Shake Shack now, which is cool, but it's becoming a place i feel too poor to live in, like the cool Salem.

one of my sisters lives on Cape Ann. it's pretty metro and you could live by the sea. property values are through the roof, though. : \

#5

OS-tan Talk / Re: More IBM-tans

Last post by Bella - June 10, 2025, 09:27:46 PM

She's a minor celebrity now!

#6

OS-tan Fan-Fics, Comics and Fan-Stuff / Re: Bella's OS-tan Artwork Thr...

Last post by Bella - June 10, 2025, 09:21:38 PM

Cool this OS-Tan is doll-like could you explain why this OS-Tan is doll-like? I think this is awesome.

I explained a bit in the above post. ^^

Midcentury style IAS Machine & Whirlwind-sama WIP~

#7

General Chat / Re: Topicless thread

Last post by Bella - June 10, 2025, 09:15:52 PM

Schools aren't an issue for us ^_^;;

That's a *really* pretty part of the state. Not sure I've been to Madison itself but I visited Sandwich, Conway & North Conway on different occasions and liked them... that said I've spend enough time in the city that I'm not sure I could go back to rural/small town living.

Southern NH might be more our speed. Also the metropolitan areas of Vermont (such as they are), we really enjoyed it when we visited last year.

#8

OS-tan Talk / Re: More IBM-tans

Last post by Hālian - June 10, 2025, 01:01:21 PM

Bendix G-15-tan
-Likes to dig; tunnels, holes, railroad cuts (computer was good at cut and fill calculations for civil engineering firms)
-G-15 suffers from short term memory loss (didn't retain memory when shut off)
-Doesn't believe in Iowa.
-Admires her mother, ACE-tan, and the work of Alan Turing
-By extension, harbors lingering animosity towards the British government
-Plays the drums (uses a lot of different types of memory drums)
-G-15 suffers from short term memory loss (didn't retain memory when shut off)
-SCOPE-sama's favorite <adopted> "daughter" despite being older (Bendix Computer Division was bought by CDC) as well as the only other person grounded enough to help KRONOS-kun out on a regular basis
-A successful challenger to IBM's of her era in contests (replaced an IBM 610 at the NRAO, because it was too slow)
-Much more excitable then KRONOS, but not as manic as MACE or as driven as SCOPE.  Misses the Bendix company and her creator more then she lets on
-Interested in a variety of engineering and scientific fields, notably radio astronomy
-Status: Alive in museums and small engineering firms world wide

Physical: Gold eyes (designer Harry Huskey received the final production model with a gold plated front), has Huskey ears (see designer Hary Husky) with short thick black and buff hair, wears mainly shades of blue in her clothing in a variety of practical styles

More relevant than ever, thanks to Usagi Electric's videos on the G-15!

#9

OS-tan Fan-Fics, Comics and Fan-Stuff / Re: My 20th -tanniversary Proj...

Last post by Bella - June 10, 2025, 09:23:26 AM

This week's additions: Apple Lisa, Mac OS 7.5 & 9.2, OS X Tiger & Panther, and Mac-tan.

#10

General Chat / Re: Topicless thread

Last post by Chocofreak13 - June 09, 2025, 01:43:04 PM

Congrats on the house Kraus!!

It's crazy. When I moved 8 years ago my 1bed/1bath apt was like $1500. Went up to nearly $1800 by the time I moved out. We're in a bigger apartment now and most of the time I think it'd be cheaper to just have a mortgage. Dunno where we'd want to settle down; we like this area, but I also yearn for New England. T_T

oh dude, a mortgage would def be cheaper. i've done the math on that several times over. were it not for the Air B&B boom, i'd suggest moving to my sister's area up north since she got her house for a song....ofc, that's also dependent on how much you have left over to heat the damn thing (she's got 4500 sq ft and the temp with wind chill gets into the -30's F), and if you plan on having kids (theirs is the worst school district in the state). i couldn't in good conscience direct you there unless those two things weren't an issue.

that said, if you're ever approved for this kind of thing, Madison, NH is super nice. a little pocket of liberal amidst the republican north, and super pretty. :0