old-tan?

[Chocofreak13 she/they]

hmmm. the main os-tans spoken of are from the 90's on. (i said main, if 3.1 tan is from the 80's PUH-LEEZE don't errorbomb me.)

there WERE os's earlier, y'know.

i'm gonna make some! <3
hope they come out ok.......(sorry, nervous since i don't really have friends here)

[Aurora Borealis]

There are already a lot of OS-tans from the 80's and earlier, but I'm happy that you are interested in the older OS-tans too, and even willing to create your own!

BTW, do you have a favorite vintage (pre-90's) OS or computer?

I'm listing this all from memory, but the pre-90's OS-tans (also includes some home computer-tans which blur the line between OS-tan and hardware-tan!):

--1980's--
MS DOS-tan, PC DOS-tan, Windows 1.0-tan, Windows 2.0-tan, OS/2-tan, Pilot OS-tan, QNX-tan, Solaris-tan, OS-9-tan, Apple Lisa-tan; the Macintosh System 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6-tans, A/UX-tan, GS/OS-tan, Amiga-tan, Atari TOS/Atari ST-tan, GEM-tan, ORIC-tan, Commodore VIC20-tan, C64-tan, C128-tan, C65-tan, Coleco Adam-tan, QDOS-tan, ZX Spectrum-tan, Visi On-tan, RISC OS-tan, Ultrix-san

--1970's--
VMS-san, Apple II-tan, Commodore PET-tan, Atari DOS-tan, MITS Altair 8800-tan, IMSAI 8080-tan, Apple I-tan, DR DOS-tan, RSTS-san, Xenix-san

--1960's--
Multics-sama, Unix-sama, GECOS-san, CTSS-sama, ITS-san, RT-11 (?), RSX-11(?), WAITS-san

--1950's--
GM OS-sama (the oldest actual OS-tan, released in 1955!), GENIAC-chan (considered the second oldest personal computer!), EXEC-sama (who is actually the oldest OS-tan character, EXEC was first released in 1962 but EXEC-sama also represents the whole UNIVAC line of computers that EXEC runs on, dating all the way back to 1951)

[Chocofreak13 she/they]

damn! all of them have already been taken. (well, actually, i did find one that's not on the list. but i'm not saying it, for fear that someone will come out with it before me. >_<)

[Aurora Borealis]

That doesn't mean that you can't draw existing characters. But it is cool that you want to create vintage OS-tans!

[C-Chan]

Yep, I concur with the integrity of that list -- although with the Gallery and the Wiki pretty much offline UFN (=Until Further Notice), it'll be hard to "lurk m0ar" in order to see how they look like.  

Best bet, if you'd like to check out some vintage-tans, is to rummage through the OS-tan fan-fics, Comics and fan-stuff, although granted you're talking about THOUSANDS of posts to skim through.  ^^;

The Mini Midnight Madness thread, though, is a good primer (as it has an index) even though all the OS-tans featured are in "Mini" form (not quite the same as "chibi").  ^^'

http://ostan-collections.net/topic-798.html

[Aurora Borealis]

Now I'm inspired to make some vintage OS-tan minis! I have a few in the works already!

[Razgriz1]

Slightly offtopic, but ontopic at the same time, I think.

This is just a curiousity question: Would Windows 1.0 be simply called "Windows-Tan?"  Asking because as far as I know the original version is just called "Microsoft Windows," not "Windows 1."  Just wondering, thanks ^^.

[Aurora Borealis]

^She is known as Windows 1.0-tan, despite the original Windows OS not getting designated as "Windows 1.0" until after 2.0's release.

[Razgriz1]

Aurora Borealis, thank you for clearing that up for me.

[stewartsage]

I hate to commit thread necromancy, but what about the Air Force's SAGE?

[Aurora Borealis]

Siya made a concept sketch of SAGE-tan:



She's depicted as a blind woman in a military uniform, with a very decorated overcoat. She also wields a rocket launcher and other huge guns!

[stewartsage]

Sweet! I didn't know she'd already been done, but glad to see someone thought of her.

[NejinOniwa]

Most things are thought of by somebody.

That is a quite calming thought, in one perspective...

...but when you realize it's the INTERNET, it's not so much so anymore. -.-

[stewartsage]

Yes, truly it is a double edged sword. On one hand it makes research easy, on the other hand: Rule 34.

[Chocofreak13 she/they]

you took the words straight out of my mouth.

come to think of it, i never did submit that tan i had in the works....
i should go back to her eventually.