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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
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.
#3
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...
#4

Inspired by a convo w/ penti about putting Unix-tan in Bell System gear (and manholes).
With apologies to this 1972 ad.
#5
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.
#6
OS-tan Talk / Re: More IBM-tans III: The One...
Last post by Chocofreak13 - Today at 04:57:58 PM
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Quote from: Bella on Today at 02:43:57 PMSince 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).


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/
#7
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).
#8
General Chat / Re: random picture thread
Last post by oobabasama - August 21, 2026, 05:09:36 PM
#9
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.