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General Chat / Re: Topicless thread

Last post by oobabasama - Today at 11:14:49 PM

Quote from: Chocofreak13 on Today at 06:38:10 PMthat's kind of a shame, unless they're a package deal, then it's ever so slightly less of a shame. charging that much for them separately would be a travesty.

They were all separate yeah

#2

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

Last post by stewartsage - Today at 11:00:55 PM

Everybody has to learn the basics of the company, UNIX-sama! Now tell the people about the Princess and trimline phones again.

I like how you depicted the Bell System jacket on the top right. Can UNIX-sama emerge from any of the remaining Bell logo manholes at will? Frightening.

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

Last post by stewartsage - Today at 10:57:31 PM

Oh hey, there she is! I dunno, does Differential Analyzer have a grudge or disdain for ENIAC? Sure she's built to replace her, but she's so sickly and didn't contribute half as much to mathematics as she did! The later ones though...

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

Last post by Bella - Today at 10:31:14 PM

Inspired by a convo w/ penti about putting Unix-tan in Bell System gear (and manholes).
With apologies to this 1972 ad.

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General Chat / Re: Topicless thread

Last post by Chocofreak13 - Today at 06:38:10 PM

that's kind of a shame, unless they're a package deal, then it's ever so slightly less of a shame. charging that much for them separately would be a travesty.

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

Last post by Chocofreak13 - Today at 04:57:58 PM

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you've pretty much nailed down most of what i'd contribute, but here's more ideas if you want them:

-can grow/shrink depending on the amount of hardware added? (it seems like they were able to tack on more parts to do more stuff? the sources i can find on her are scant, sorry)
- would likely have ancestors in Europe given that's where study on Differential Analyzers began
- maybe her hair is wire?
- would probably have a slight grudge against ENIAC, though as you stated, she's likely quite confident and self-assured so only a SLIGHT grudge
- has some interest in politics and history given her proximity to WWII
- might be regarded as a bit strange to certain other computers given her differences in terms of origin/core/workings (EBSCO says Bush used an Electrical Meter as his starting point)
- Likely a bit jaded given she was actually completed in 27' (according to EBSCO) and thus saw the crash and chaos the world was thrown into
- Gearhead at heart
- Likes tinkering with things
- any DAs after 1931 are clones of her (Bush published a paper about her in 31' and suddenly everyone had to have one)
- Has an indirect link to COBAL (idk if we have a -tan of her yet)
- inadvertently kicked off the nuclear age, but is likely humble about her role in it

sources:

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/bush-builds-first-differential-analyzer/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_analyser
https://www.mit.edu/~klund/analyzer/

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

Last post by Bella - Today at 02:43:57 PM

Since Choco brought up making a(n MIT/Vannevar Bush's) Differential Analyzer-tan, I thought I should share what I've come up with for her so far in case anyone wants to collab.

I picture her as being mechanical, puppet-like, and large, but spindly and mostly hollow. Referencing the almost skeletal appearance of the actual machine, little more than long metal shafts and gears and plotting tables:

She has five arms, referencing the inputs and outputs of the D.A. In my doodles I explored giving her a full set of humanoid hands, but I now lean toward one hand with the other arms terminating in plotting pens. I gave her digitigrade legs to emphasize how physically distinct she is from later generations of computers.

Stylistically she's a mix of 20s/30s (decade the D.A. was built) with some earlier elements (differential analyzers existed from the 1830s onward). Close cropped "hair" (may actually be sculpted metal) in a finger-wave style. Clothes I'm still on the fence about, I want something that hints at both her superhuman nature while also being practical and utilitarian. Wood, glass and paper are the prominent elements.

Much like Harvard Mk. I-tan, she's confident in herself and doesn't feel especially threatened by electronic digital computers. Must feel some kind of way about ENIAC-heika (D.A.'s shortcomings inspired the creation of ENIAC) and Whirlwind-hime (something of a conceptual descendant, if only as the eminent MIT computing device) but I haven't really formulated *how* she feels. Has fantastic penmanship and drawing skills (output delivered by plotting board).

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General Chat / Re: random picture thread

Last post by oobabasama - August 21, 2026, 05:09:36 PM

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OS-tan Fan-Fics, Comics and Fan-Stuff / Re: teku-a-fool's collection

Last post by Bella - August 20, 2026, 11:47:34 PM

HOLY MOLY I DID NOT EXPECT TO LOG IN AND SEE CSIRAC!! she is gorgeous, I think you captured her calm confidence really well! This is also giving me motivation to work on filling out her characterization more. ^_^

The mascots for AlmaLinux and MiracleLinux are so cute and they both look fantastic in your style!

#10

OS-tan Talk / Re: Why do people keep calling...

Last post by Goujer - August 19, 2026, 08:35:42 PM

Quote from: oobabasama on August 17, 2026, 09:56:49 PMIIRC those people just dropship off Japanese websites at a huge markup

Fuck man, for real? I gotta be looking elsewhere then.