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|rival= N/A | |rival= N/A | ||
|debut = Dec 2007 | |debut = Dec 2007, overhauled 2025<ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,1817.msg177088.html#msg177088 More IBM-tans]</ref> | ||
|creator = Bella | |creator = Bella | ||
|continuity = OS-tan Collections | |continuity = OS-tan Collections | ||
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CTSS-tan was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1961. She traces part of her ancestry to the IBM 709 line, and part to [[Whirlwind | Whirlwind-tan]], who inspired her creation. While she is aware of her IBM kin and respects her grandmother [[IAS | IAS-tan]]<ref>Early OS for the 709, later 7090/94, which traces back to the 701, a commercialized IAS.</ref>, she takes strongly after Whirlwind-tan, whom she regards as her mother. CTSS-tan vowed to learn from both from Whirlwind-tan's successes and mistakes,<ref>CTSS programmers got their start on Whirlwind, saw the need for a way to handle multiple users & jobs.</ref> surpassing the limitations that she faced as an early hardware-tan while inheriting her restless curiosity, optimism and hard work ethic. | CTSS-tan was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1961. She traces part of her ancestry to the IBM 709 line, and part to [[Whirlwind | Whirlwind-tan]], who inspired her creation. While she is aware of her IBM kin and respects her grandmother [[IAS | IAS-tan]]<ref>Early OS for the 709, later 7090/94, which traces back to the 701, a commercialized IAS.</ref>, she takes strongly after Whirlwind-tan, whom she regards as her mother. CTSS-tan vowed to learn from both from Whirlwind-tan's successes and mistakes,<ref>CTSS programmers got their start on Whirlwind, saw the need for a way to handle multiple users & jobs.</ref> surpassing the limitations that she faced as an early hardware-tan while inheriting her restless curiosity, optimism and hard work ethic. | ||
CTSS-tan found employment as a librarian, translator and typesetter, working both at home and overseas. While accompanied by the typical coterie of an mainframe-tan of her time, she worked most closely with [[Selectric | Selectric-kun]]. Atypically for an IBM, she was good terms with the early DEC-tans, and even employed [[PDP-7 | PDP-7-tan]].<ref>[https://gunkies.org/wiki/Compatible_Time-Sharing_System#Graphics | CTSS-tan found employment as a librarian, translator and typesetter, working both at home and overseas. While accompanied by the typical coterie of an mainframe-tan of her time, she worked most closely with [[Selectric | Selectric-kun]]. Atypically for an IBM, she was good terms with the early DEC-tans, and even employed [[PDP-7 | PDP-7-tan]].<ref>[https://gunkies.org/wiki/Compatible_Time-Sharing_System#Graphics The "Kludge Display" was controlled with a PDP-7]</ref> | ||
A few years after her debut her first child, [[Multics | Multics-tan]], was born. CTSS-tan personally attended to raising her, a full time job given Multics-tan's fragile health. Later, [[CPCMS | CP/CMS]]-tan, whose robustness warranted less involvement. Besides her children, CTSS-tan tutored a generation of timesharing OS-tans. [[ITS | ITS-tan]] among them, although she rebelled against her mentor's teachings and carved her own path. | A few years after her debut her first child, [[Multics | Multics-tan]], was born. CTSS-tan personally attended to raising her, a full time job given Multics-tan's fragile health. Later, [[CPCMS | CP/CMS]]-tan, whose robustness warranted less involvement. Besides her children, CTSS-tan tutored a generation of timesharing OS-tans. [[ITS | ITS-tan]] among them, although she rebelled against her mentor's teachings and carved her own path. | ||