ENIAC - Revision history

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	==Relationships and Family==		==Relationships and Family==
	ENIAC-tan has one true heir, [[EDVAC \| EDVAC-tan]], who in turn has several copies or half-siblings: EDSAC, Manchester Mark I, and IAS-tan.<ref>EDVAC made by original ENIAC team. EDSAC, Manchester & IAS all derived from the "First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC", sent to different organizations before completion.</ref> Her relationship with EDVAC-tan is close but fraught, while she is contemptuous toward IAS-tan, whom she blames both for personal betrayal and profaning computer-kind by releasing them to the wider world.<ref>Referencing the conflict surrounding ENIAC patent rights and attribution of invention of the stored program computer.</ref>		ENIAC-tan has one true heir, [[EDVAC \| EDVAC-tan]], who in turn has several copies or half-siblings: [[EDSAC \| EDSAC-tan]], [[Manchester Mark I \| Manchester Mark I]], and IAS-tan.<ref>EDVAC made by original ENIAC team. EDSAC, Manchester & IAS all derived from the "First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC", sent to different organizations before completion.</ref> Her relationship with EDVAC-tan is close but fraught, while she is contemptuous toward IAS-tan, whom she blames both for personal betrayal and profaning computer-kind by releasing them to the wider world.<ref>Referencing the conflict surrounding ENIAC patent rights and attribution of invention of the stored program computer.</ref>

	She socialized with more computers once she moved, becoming close with [[ORDVAC \| ORDVAC-tan]] and [[BRLESC \| BRLESC-tan]] at the BRL.		She socialized with more computers once she moved, becoming close with [[ORDVAC \| ORDVAC-tan]] and [[BRLESC \| BRLESC-tan]] at the BRL.

Bella at 22:07, 19 September 2026

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	\|alias = Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer		\|alias = Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer
	\|hname =		\|hname =
	\|debut = Early 2010		\|debut = Early 2010<ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/bellacielo/art/Ancient-OS-tan-concepts-161651308 Earliest ENIAC-tan sketch]</ref>
	\|height = ~6'		\|height = ~6'
	\|haircolor= Black		\|haircolor= Black
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	==Character details==		==Character details==
	===Physical===		===Physical===
	ENIAC-tan is depicted as an automaton<ref>Dual allusion to the simple, modular nature of ENIAC and a hint at something transcendental or supernatural about ENIAC-tan.</ref> with a jointed doll-style body.<ref>[https://www.tumblr.com/multician/785429288579219457/15-years-after-i-first-sketched-a-concept-for-her Concept sketch]</ref> She's tall and lanky with ~~a a~~ medium olive complexion, and shoulder length black hair styled into curls/rolls. Her torso, legs and arms have sections of exposed metal, sockets and wires but these parts are generally hidden to all but her technicians.<ref>[https://www.tumblr.com/multician/794405343047385088/finished-my-eniac-tan-design-character-info?source=share Color concept sketch]</ref>		ENIAC-tan is depicted as an automaton<ref>Dual allusion to the simple, modular nature of ENIAC and a hint at something transcendental or supernatural about ENIAC-tan.</ref> with a jointed doll-style body.<ref>[https://www.tumblr.com/multician/785429288579219457/15-years-after-i-first-sketched-a-concept-for-her Concept sketch]</ref> She's tall and lanky with medium olive complexion, and shoulder length black hair styled into curls/rolls. Her torso, legs and arms have sections of exposed metal, sockets and wires but these parts are generally hidden to all but her technicians.<ref>[https://www.tumblr.com/multician/794405343047385088/finished-my-eniac-tan-design-character-info?source=share Color concept sketch]</ref>

	She wears a full-length black dress reminiscent of a nun's habit or puritan's robe.<ref>Referencing the solid black color scheme of the computer.</ref> The many panels fastened with glass buttons allow her servants to maintain and swap out parts. She wears a veiled wide brimmed hat that typically covers her face. Her accessories include a pocket-belt, various counting beads, abacii and other calculation devices, and artillery charts rolled up and carried on her back.<ref>[https://safegallery.ostan-collections.net/posts/915 Birthday portrait]</ref>		She wears a full-length black dress reminiscent of a nun's habit or puritan's robe.<ref>Referencing the solid black color scheme of the computer.</ref> The many panels fastened with glass buttons allow her servants to maintain and swap out parts. She wears a veiled wide brimmed hat that typically covers her face. Her accessories include a pocket-belt, various counting beads, abacii and other calculation devices, and artillery charts rolled up and carried on her back.<ref>[https://safegallery.ostan-collections.net/posts/915 Birthday portrait]</ref>
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	She is the matriarch of the Univac clan.<ref>Shared creative teams.</ref> She's proud of the Univacs and further descendants, like the Crays and CDC-tans.<ref>[https://www.tumblr.com/multician/816104971060822016/the-other-day-i-was-talking-to-spouse-about Multician tumblr] "I think ENIAC and Cray 1 innately understand each other, both being on the cutting edge of technology for their respective eras, having a commanding presence and tendency toward being high maintenance (. . .) She likes spending time with the CDCs as they represent the (generally) happy and loyal family that she never really had growing up. She would gravitate toward SCOPE since they have quite a bit in common (scientists, being physically composed of lots of different pieces, kludged together but thriving) and probably jibe well with KRONOS-kun too."</ref>		She is the matriarch of the Univac clan.<ref>Shared creative teams.</ref> She's proud of the Univacs and further descendants, like the Crays and CDC-tans.<ref>[https://www.tumblr.com/multician/816104971060822016/the-other-day-i-was-talking-to-spouse-about Multician tumblr] "I think ENIAC and Cray 1 innately understand each other, both being on the cutting edge of technology for their respective eras, having a commanding presence and tendency toward being high maintenance (. . .) She likes spending time with the CDCs as they represent the (generally) happy and loyal family that she never really had growing up. She would gravitate toward SCOPE since they have quite a bit in common (scientists, being physically composed of lots of different pieces, kludged together but thriving) and probably jibe well with KRONOS-kun too."</ref>

	She is close with her fathers and uncles, but mostly socializes with, and prefers the company of women.<ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,1817.msg177078.html#msg177078 "Women primarily programmed & operated ENIAC"]</ref>		She is close with her fathers and uncles, but mostly socializes with, and prefers the company of women.<ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,1817.msg177078.html#msg177078 "Women primarily programmed & operated ENIAC"]</ref> She has a large coterie of helpers who attend to her.<ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/bellacielo/art/Loyalty-to-the-Queen---WIP-412802083 "Loyalty to the Queen"]</ref>

	==History and Background==		==History and Background==
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	ENIAC-tan was built in the mid-1940s. Being experimental in nature and the first computer of her kind, she was originally constrained by the unique construction of her body but did not view it as a limitation. In time she learned of the existence of one electronic computer preceding her, the [[Anatsoff-Berry Computer]]. ENIAC-tan was curious about ABC-tan, but she remained a half-formed specter more than a real figure in ENIAC's mind.<ref>[https://www.tumblr.com/multician/812260981400109056/oc-lore-idk-if-youve-already-made-a-post-about Multician tumblr] "ENIAC wasn't raised around other computers. She was aware of the existence of exactly one other preceding her, Anatasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) but their relationship (insofar as you can call it that) was marked by her absence, a half-formed specter haunting ENIAC's narrative more than anything else."</ref>		ENIAC-tan was built in the mid-1940s. Being experimental in nature and the first computer of her kind, she was originally constrained by the unique construction of her body but did not view it as a limitation. In time she learned of the existence of one electronic computer preceding her, the [[Anatsoff-Berry Computer]]. ENIAC-tan was curious about ABC-tan, but she remained a half-formed specter more than a real figure in ENIAC's mind.<ref>[https://www.tumblr.com/multician/812260981400109056/oc-lore-idk-if-youve-already-made-a-post-about Multician tumblr] "ENIAC wasn't raised around other computers. She was aware of the existence of exactly one other preceding her, Anatasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) but their relationship (insofar as you can call it that) was marked by her absence, a half-formed specter haunting ENIAC's narrative more than anything else."</ref>

			==Notes==
			While ENIAC-tan was first proposed in 2010, her current design and characterization differs significantly from the early version.<ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/bellacielo/art/ENIAC-and-Colossus-tan-251380408 Early ENIAC-tan chibi]</ref>
	==Artwork==		==Artwork==
	* [https://safegallery.ostan-collections.net/posts/918 BellaCielo's ENIAC-tan chibi]		* [https://safegallery.ostan-collections.net/posts/918 BellaCielo's ENIAC-tan chibi]
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	* [https://www.tumblr.com/multician/793529244734144512/murrland-os-tans-on-their-mandatory-yearly-beach Maryland-tans]		* [https://www.tumblr.com/multician/793529244734144512/murrland-os-tans-on-their-mandatory-yearly-beach Maryland-tans]
	* [https://www.tumblr.com/multician/789006127707930624/eniac-tan-ias-tan-sillies-ft-sage-whirlwind ENIAC-tan comic page]		* [https://www.tumblr.com/multician/789006127707930624/eniac-tan-ias-tan-sillies-ft-sage-whirlwind ENIAC-tan comic page]
			* [https://multician.tumblr.com/post/827972898994241536/worlds-first-general-purpose-computer "I can imagine anything" meme redraw]

	==References==		==References==

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	~~{{WIP}}~~

	{{OSinfobox		{{OSinfobox
	\|image = eniacavi.png		\|image = eniacavi.png
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	She is the matriarch of the Univac clan.<ref>Shared creative teams.</ref> She's proud of the Univacs and further descendants, like the Crays and CDC-tans.<ref>[https://www.tumblr.com/multician/816104971060822016/the-other-day-i-was-talking-to-spouse-about Multician tumblr] "I think ENIAC and Cray 1 innately understand each other, both being on the cutting edge of technology for their respective eras, having a commanding presence and tendency toward being high maintenance (. . .) She likes spending time with the CDCs as they represent the (generally) happy and loyal family that she never really had growing up. She would gravitate toward SCOPE since they have quite a bit in common (scientists, being physically composed of lots of different pieces, kludged together but thriving) and probably jibe well with KRONOS-kun too."</ref>		She is the matriarch of the Univac clan.<ref>Shared creative teams.</ref> She's proud of the Univacs and further descendants, like the Crays and CDC-tans.<ref>[https://www.tumblr.com/multician/816104971060822016/the-other-day-i-was-talking-to-spouse-about Multician tumblr] "I think ENIAC and Cray 1 innately understand each other, both being on the cutting edge of technology for their respective eras, having a commanding presence and tendency toward being high maintenance (. . .) She likes spending time with the CDCs as they represent the (generally) happy and loyal family that she never really had growing up. She would gravitate toward SCOPE since they have quite a bit in common (scientists, being physically composed of lots of different pieces, kludged together but thriving) and probably jibe well with KRONOS-kun too."</ref>

			She is close with her fathers and uncles, but mostly socializes with, and prefers the company of women.<ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,1817.msg177078.html#msg177078 "Women primarily programmed & operated ENIAC"]</ref>

	==History and Background==		==History and Background==
			{{WIP}}

			ENIAC-tan was built in the mid-1940s. Being experimental in nature and the first computer of her kind, she was originally constrained by the unique construction of her body but did not view it as a limitation. In time she learned of the existence of one electronic computer preceding her, the [[Anatsoff-Berry Computer]]. ENIAC-tan was curious about ABC-tan, but she remained a half-formed specter more than a real figure in ENIAC's mind.<ref>[https://www.tumblr.com/multician/812260981400109056/oc-lore-idk-if-youve-already-made-a-post-about Multician tumblr] "ENIAC wasn't raised around other computers. She was aware of the existence of exactly one other preceding her, Anatasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) but their relationship (insofar as you can call it that) was marked by her absence, a half-formed specter haunting ENIAC's narrative more than anything else."</ref>

	==Artwork==		==Artwork==
	[https://safegallery.ostan-collections.net/posts/918 ENIAC-tan chibi]		* [https://safegallery.ostan-collections.net/posts/918 BellaCielo's ENIAC-tan chibi]
			* [https://safegallery.ostan-collections.net/posts/2094 Teku-a-fool's ENIAC-tan bust]
			* [https://i.imgur.com/MFUCP03.png ENIAC-tan in Tomadachi Life, by Goujer]
			* [https://www.tumblr.com/multician/819244322707865600/a-page-of-eniac-yuri-for-pride-3-from-least-to ENIAC-tan Pride sketches]
			* [https://www.tumblr.com/multician/804510649003753472/happy-2026-from-computers-oses-with-significant New Year 2026 sketch]
			* [https://www.tumblr.com/multician/793529244734144512/murrland-os-tans-on-their-mandatory-yearly-beach Maryland-tans]
			* [https://www.tumblr.com/multician/789006127707930624/eniac-tan-ias-tan-sillies-ft-sage-whirlwind ENIAC-tan comic page]

	==References==		==References==

Bella at 00:14, 25 August 2026

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	\|eyecolor= Red		\|eyecolor= Red
	\|apfaction = Univac clan (founder)		\|apfaction = Univac clan (founder)
	~~\|lineage= Independent~~
	\|rival= [[IAS]]		\|rival= [[IAS]]

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	\|haircolor= Black		\|haircolor= Black
	\|eyecolor= Red		\|eyecolor= Red
	~~\|weapon = N/A~~
	\|apfaction = Univac clan (founder)		\|apfaction = Univac clan (founder)
	\|lineage= Independent		\|lineage= Independent

Bella at 01:28, 2 July 2026

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	==Character details==		==Character details==
	===Physical===		===Physical===
	ENIAC-tan is depicted as an automaton<ref>Dual allusion to the simple, modular nature of ENIAC and a hint at something transcendental or supernatural about ENIAC-tan.</ref> with a jointed doll-style body. She's tall and lanky with a a medium olive complexion, and shoulder length black hair styled into curls/rolls. Her torso, legs and arms have sections of exposed metal, sockets and wires but these parts are generally hidden to all but her technicians.		ENIAC-tan is depicted as an automaton<ref>Dual allusion to the simple, modular nature of ENIAC and a hint at something transcendental or supernatural about ENIAC-tan.</ref> with a jointed doll-style body.<ref>[https://www.tumblr.com/multician/785429288579219457/15-years-after-i-first-sketched-a-concept-for-her Concept sketch]</ref> She's tall and lanky with a a medium olive complexion, and shoulder length black hair styled into curls/rolls. Her torso, legs and arms have sections of exposed metal, sockets and wires but these parts are generally hidden to all but her technicians.<ref>[https://www.tumblr.com/multician/794405343047385088/finished-my-eniac-tan-design-character-info?source=share Color concept sketch]</ref>

	She wears a full-length black dress reminiscent of a nun's habit or puritan's robe.<ref>Referencing the solid black color scheme of the computer.</ref> The many panels fastened with glass buttons allow her servants to maintain and swap out parts. She wears a veiled wide brimmed hat that typically covers her face. Her accessories include a pocket-belt, various counting beads, abacii and other calculation devices, and artillery charts rolled up and carried on her back.		She wears a full-length black dress reminiscent of a nun's habit or puritan's robe.<ref>Referencing the solid black color scheme of the computer.</ref> The many panels fastened with glass buttons allow her servants to maintain and swap out parts. She wears a veiled wide brimmed hat that typically covers her face. Her accessories include a pocket-belt, various counting beads, abacii and other calculation devices, and artillery charts rolled up and carried on her back.<ref>[https://safegallery.ostan-collections.net/posts/915 Birthday portrait]</ref>

	After deploying to the Ballistics Research Laboratory, she incorporated period Women's Army Corps uniforms into her wardrobe, albeit modified to suit her sense of style.		After deploying to the Ballistics Research Laboratory, she incorporated period Women's Army Corps uniforms into her wardrobe, albeit modified to suit her sense of style.
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	Initially, ENIAC-tan was animated by coordinated manipulation of her wires.<ref>Early programming required manual timekeeping and rewiring.</ref> She could control different parts of her body even if they were detached, and could swap out or add additional limbs.<ref>Modules operated independently before being linked.</ref> The "conversion" process she underwent later in life gave her a more conventional physical configuration and improved mobility, at the cost of sheer speed and power.<ref>Conversion code process made the ENIAC easier to program at the cost of speed.</ref>		Initially, ENIAC-tan was animated by coordinated manipulation of her wires.<ref>Early programming required manual timekeeping and rewiring.</ref> She could control different parts of her body even if they were detached, and could swap out or add additional limbs.<ref>Modules operated independently before being linked.</ref> The "conversion" process she underwent later in life gave her a more conventional physical configuration and improved mobility, at the cost of sheer speed and power.<ref>Conversion code process made the ENIAC easier to program at the cost of speed.</ref>

	==Personality==		===Personality===
	ENIAC-tan is prim and ~~proper~~ with a regal bearing that comes off as intimidating whether or not she's trying. She has a bit of a well-founded superiority complex as a computer, but is gracious and patient with her caretakers. She became more relaxed and sociable with time, but has trust issues, and does not forget or forgive offenses. She's deeply philosophical about the nature and duty of computers and ruminates frequently on her own purpose and place in the cosmos and that of others.		ENIAC-tan is prim, proper and serious with a regal bearing that comes off as intimidating whether or not she's trying. She has a bit of a well-founded superiority complex as a computer, but is gracious and patient with her caretakers. She became more relaxed and sociable with time, but has trust issues, and does not forget or forgive offenses. She's deeply philosophical about the nature and duty of computers and ruminates frequently on her own purpose and place in the cosmos and that of others.

	===Relationships and ~~family=~~==		She had a poor memory in her youth, but her recall improved after the conversion process.<ref>Not stored program originally, eventually updated to use memory.</ref>
	ENIAC-tan has one true ~~"daughter"/~~heir, [[EDVAC \| EDVAC-tan]], who in turn has several copies or half-siblings: EDSAC, Manchester Mark I, and IAS-tan.<ref>EDVAC made by original ENIAC team. EDSAC, Manchester & IAS all derived from the "First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC", sent to different organizations before completion.</ref> Her relationship with EDVAC-tan is close but fraught, while she is contemptuous toward IAS-tan, whom she blames both for personal betrayal and profaning computer-kind by releasing them to the wider world.<ref>Referencing the conflict surrounding ENIAC patent rights and attribution of invention of the stored program computer.</ref>
			==Relationships and Family==
			ENIAC-tan has one true heir, [[EDVAC \| EDVAC-tan]], who in turn has several copies or half-siblings: EDSAC, Manchester Mark I, and IAS-tan.<ref>EDVAC made by original ENIAC team. EDSAC, Manchester & IAS all derived from the "First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC", sent to different organizations before completion.</ref> Her relationship with EDVAC-tan is close but fraught, while she is contemptuous toward IAS-tan, whom she blames both for personal betrayal and profaning computer-kind by releasing them to the wider world.<ref>Referencing the conflict surrounding ENIAC patent rights and attribution of invention of the stored program computer.</ref>

	She socialized with more computers once she moved, becoming close with [[ORDVAC \| ORDVAC-tan]] and [[BRLESC \| BRLESC-tan]] at the BRL.		She socialized with more computers once she moved, becoming close with [[ORDVAC \| ORDVAC-tan]] and [[BRLESC \| BRLESC-tan]] at the BRL.

	She is the matriarch of the Univac clan.<ref>Shared creative teams.</ref>		She is the matriarch of the Univac clan.<ref>Shared creative teams.</ref> She's proud of the Univacs and further descendants, like the Crays and CDC-tans.<ref>[https://www.tumblr.com/multician/816104971060822016/the-other-day-i-was-talking-to-spouse-about Multician tumblr] "I think ENIAC and Cray 1 innately understand each other, both being on the cutting edge of technology for their respective eras, having a commanding presence and tendency toward being high maintenance (. . .) She likes spending time with the CDCs as they represent the (generally) happy and loyal family that she never really had growing up. She would gravitate toward SCOPE since they have quite a bit in common (scientists, being physically composed of lots of different pieces, kludged together but thriving) and probably jibe well with KRONOS-kun too."</ref>

			==History and Background==

			==Artwork==
			[https://safegallery.ostan-collections.net/posts/918 ENIAC-tan chibi]
	==References==		==References==

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	She wears a full-length black dress reminiscent of a nun's habit or puritan's robe.<ref>Referencing the solid black color scheme of the computer.</ref> The many panels fastened with glass buttons allow her servants to maintain and swap out parts. She wears a veiled wide brimmed hat that typically covers her face. Her accessories include a pocket-belt, various counting beads, abacii and other calculation devices, and artillery charts rolled up and carried on her back.		She wears a full-length black dress reminiscent of a nun's habit or puritan's robe.<ref>Referencing the solid black color scheme of the computer.</ref> The many panels fastened with glass buttons allow her servants to maintain and swap out parts. She wears a veiled wide brimmed hat that typically covers her face. Her accessories include a pocket-belt, various counting beads, abacii and other calculation devices, and artillery charts rolled up and carried on her back.

	After deploying to the Ballistics Research Laboratory, period Women's Army Corps uniforms ~~were incorporated~~ into her wardrobe, albeit modified to suit her sense of style.		After deploying to the Ballistics Research Laboratory, she incorporated period Women's Army Corps uniforms into her wardrobe, albeit modified to suit her sense of style.

	Initially, ENIAC-tan was animated by coordinated manipulation of her wires.<ref>Early programming required manual timekeeping and rewiring.</ref> She could control different parts of her body even if they were detached, and could swap out or add additional limbs.<ref>Modules operated independently before being linked.</ref> The "conversion" process she underwent later in life gave her a more conventional physical configuration and improved mobility, at the cost of sheer speed and power.<ref>Conversion code process made the ENIAC easier to program at the cost of speed.</ref>		Initially, ENIAC-tan was animated by coordinated manipulation of her wires.<ref>Early programming required manual timekeeping and rewiring.</ref> She could control different parts of her body even if they were detached, and could swap out or add additional limbs.<ref>Modules operated independently before being linked.</ref> The "conversion" process she underwent later in life gave her a more conventional physical configuration and improved mobility, at the cost of sheer speed and power.<ref>Conversion code process made the ENIAC easier to program at the cost of speed.</ref>

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	==References==		==References==
	[[Category:~~Mainframe~~]][[Category:Historical]][[Category:Deceased]]
			[[Category:Mainframes]]
			[[Category:Historical]]
			[[Category:Deceased OS-tan]]

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	She is the matriarch of the Univac clan.<ref>Shared creative teams.</ref>		She is the matriarch of the Univac clan.<ref>Shared creative teams.</ref>

			==References==
	[[Category:Mainframe]][[Category:Historical]][[Category:Deceased]]		[[Category:Mainframe]][[Category:Historical]][[Category:Deceased]]