the first OS

Chocofreak13 · November 04, 2009, 06:16:44 PM

no tan yet. should we make one? this sounds interesting...

Bella · November 04, 2009, 06:34:26 PM

IIRC, I remember hearing C-chan once propose an idea for VERY old computer-tans; in his concept, they'd be akin to cavewomen and primitives. However, he dismissed the notion because they'd be more like hardware-tans than OS-tans.

Shouldn't stop you from coming up with an idea, though...

Chocofreak13 · November 04, 2009, 07:18:12 PM

i thought of that. Z1 is TECHNICALLY an OS. she was programmable binary, not just a machine.

Red-Machine · November 05, 2009, 03:25:50 AM

Britain made the first computer as far as I am aware. One of our universities had it finished at the end of the war.

Chocofreak13 · November 05, 2009, 03:55:18 PM

post toast plz

Red-Machine · November 06, 2009, 05:05:08 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_computer

Actually finished well before the end of the war, my bad.

NejinOniwa · November 06, 2009, 05:31:18 AM

Femme fatale spy from the 40's?
Oh my, oh my. This is indeed relevant to my interests.
>:3

Chocofreak13 · November 08, 2009, 09:05:59 PM

Z1 is still the FIRST. 1936, man.

it came from germany.......nazi-puter? O___o;

Red-Machine · November 09, 2009, 03:33:12 AM

Quote from: "Wikipedia"These were the world's first programmable, digital, electronic, computing devices.

Wikipedia doesn't lie. ;144

NejinOniwa · November 09, 2009, 01:29:03 PM

Tug of War doesn't lie...oh wait. -w-

Chocofreak13 · November 09, 2009, 05:36:16 PM

why do you think wiki isn't a viable resource for term papers? :\

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z1_(computer) FUKYES PROOF >:3

Aurora Borealis · November 09, 2009, 05:53:01 PM

The problem with Wikipedia and it's (lack?) of credibility is that anyone can edit it. That is a great asset, yet a major liability at the same time since some of the information may be inaccurate.

Checking out the sources sited on the article is a good idea though, and using only information that has been cited. Wikipedia is a good site, but you need to proceed with some caution.

stewartsage · November 09, 2009, 05:58:47 PM

Thats my standard method, many a valid source has been found at the bottom of a wiki page.

Chocofreak13 · November 09, 2009, 06:38:41 PM

yes. but i'm lazy, so i use wiki anyway. xD

did i just contradict my own thought?

NejinOniwa · November 10, 2009, 12:59:06 AM

Hey, using ToW is all good for papers, but when it's SRS BZNS like /OSC/-things, then you better check those damn things up. >:]