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Confederation Of Independent OS-tans

VMS

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  • Name: OpenVMS
  • aka: VMS, VAX Monitoring System
  • Debut: 1977
  • Height: 173 cm (5'8")
  • Weight: 64 kg
  • Eye Color: purple
  • Hair: dark blue w/ silver highlights
  • Quick Facts:
    • -The last native DEC OS-tans to be employed after the breakup of her company.
    • -Was a military officer during her days at DEC, but has since become a vigilante.
    • -She wielded a rapier during her youth but has since switched to a large cleaver/longsword hybrid, as well as a variety of knives.
    • -One of the most powerful OS-tans in the world, VMS-tan relies on strength and strategy over agility.
    • -Has an outwardly cold, misanthropic and cheerless disposition.
    • -Has an obsession with security and self-defense that borders on paranoia.
    • -Known to be rather brutal and merciless in her treatment of viruses, crackers and skiddies.
    • -Loves sharks, spending time on the ocean and scuba dives in her spare time.
    • -Is rumoured to play a wicked game of Scrabble.
    • -Has one daughter, Windows NT-tan, who was created unbeknownst to her.
    • -The leader of the technologically advanced, but otherwise ragtag Confederation of independent OS-tans (CIOST).
    • -Wears mostly dark coloured clothing; she typically keeps her hair tied in a ponytail, and is of an average (if not rather muscular) build.

AOS

BeOS

DG/UX

eCOS

EPOC

FreeVMS

GECOS

IMSAI 8080

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  • Name: IMSAI 8080
  • aka:
  • Debut: 12/16/1975
  • Height: 142 cm (4'8")
  • Weight: ?? kg
  • Eye Color: violet
  • Hair: white
  • Quick Facts:
    • -Usually has a stoic and edgy attitude, but can also be kind to others.
    • -A good tactician, skilled with modern technology and has connections to important information networks.
    • -A former megalomaniac, in her prime she was a military engineer who led over her territory with a dictatorship, with plans of mind control and world domination.
    • -Was arch-rivals with Altair, but both faded into obscurity by the early 80's.
    • -Lost out to user-friendlier competitors (i.e: PET, Apple II) and nearly met her demise due to faulty technology.
    • -DR-DOS's childhood friend and mentor, who she inspired to be ambitious and powerful, though with unintended consequences she regrets.
    • -Felt hopeless as a wanderer, joined the CIOST in the early 2000's which gave her new feelings of hope along with the desire to improve herself and help others, especially fellow underdogs.
    • -Helps the various CIOST members stay in contact with each other.
    • -Friends with BeOS, MenuetOS and Apple III, DR-DOS, and has also reconciled with Altair in recent years.
    • -Has her hair decorated with a teal headband and alternating red and blue hair clips.
    • -Her outfit is modeled after the IMSAI 8080's color scheme.

MenuetOS

  • Name: MenuetOS-tan
  • aka: MeOS, Menuet-32, Menuet-64
  • Debut: May 16, 2000
  • Height: 173 cm (5'8")
  • Weight: ?? kg
  • Eye Color: Silver
  • Hair: Dark red
  • Quick Facts:
    • -Was accepted into the CIOST after her second try. Was turned down on her first try because its members were reluctant to accept an early beta OS, but was allowed in because of her potential and determination.
    • -Is friendly but somewhat reclusive, and accused by some of being a traitor for abandoning open sourcery (Development of Menuet-32, which is open source stopped, Menuet-64 is proprietary)
    • -Friends with IMSAI 8080-tan, Altair 8800-tan, DexOS-tan, and NeXTSTEP-tan.
    • -Considered one of the most approachable CIOST members, willing to help independent wanderers apply for the CIOST.
    • -Is an avid fan of Doom and Quake. (both are included with MenuetOS)
    • -Is very determined but patient. (Did not reach version 1.0 until 15 years of development, but had long-term development plans since the beginning)
    • -Wears a metallic blue bodysuit with a sleeveless silver dress over it, gray fingerless gloves, a belt, and a translucent blue headband.
    • -Carries a toolbox with her, and wields a raygun that she built.
    • -Operates a machine shop, talented at building or fixing machinery, and teaches Assembly coding lessons.
    • -Has some strong disagreements with her daughter, KolibriOS-tan, but both of them care about each other enough to come to the other's defense if needed.


NeXTSTEP

OpenVME

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  • Name: OpenVME
  • aka: "Virtual Machine Environment"
  • Debut: mid 1970's
  • Height: 158 cm (5'2")
  • Weight: ?? kg
  • Eye Color: blue-grey
  • Hair: blonde
  • Quick Facts:
    • -Normally whimsical and easily distracted, but can get aggressive. (unfinished version was supposed to be fault tolerant)
    • -Leads to Buffy-speak.
    • -Can be snobby, considers herself better then Unix or Windows derivatives.
    • -One of the IBM-tan's many enemies.
    • -Never has been awfully successful, and doesn't really have many friends.
    • -Prefers to remain above the petty bickering of others, and eat pastries.
    • -Has undergone a series of rather serious experimental surgeries, leading to an.... interesting internal arrangement (system's been overhauled, rebuilt, and combined a lot)
    • -At one point, someone tried to graft Unix type wings on her. (see above)
    • -Changes labels around on her friends or enemies belongings.
    • -A skilled civil engineer, designs and constructs her own buildings. (QuickBuild application)
    • -Wears a steampunk-style outfit with layers of clothing, and has heavy plastic-rimmed glasses. Her eyes are usually bloodshot.
    • -Has mismatched wings. One is a black owl wing, the other some sort of white wing, neither of which retract, both wing roots are surrounded by scars and metal.

OS-9

PRIMOS

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  • Name: Primos
  • aka: PR1MOS, DOS(VM), Multics-in-a-Shoebox
  • Debut: mid 1970's
  • Height: 163 cm (5'4")
  • Weight: 54.5 kg (120 lb)
  • Eye Color: green
  • Hair: black
  • Quick Facts:
    • -A Natick, Massachusetts native.
    • -Shy and demure, spent little time in the public spotlight.
    • -Capable of living off sparse resources.
    • -Fond of Multics, her spiritual ancestor.
    • -Friends with Honeywell Kitchen Computer, Domain/OS and the Wang-tans.
    • -Adaptable and inventive.
    • -Seems perfectly happy living “under the radar”.
    • -Thinks it's a waste of emotion to feel sorrow for the demise of her company, PR1ME.
    • -Physically in her early 20s, short flipped black hair, wears simplified Rococo-style fashion, typically a bit tattered, with 1980s twists. Can easily live out of a suitcase.

RDOS

RSX

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  • Name: RSX
  • aka: RSX-11
  • Debut: 1972
  • Height: 170 cm (5'7")
  • Weight: 56 kg
  • Eye Color: blue-grey
  • Hair: grey
  • Quick Facts:
    • -Is the biological daughter of Bunker Ramo RW-300 Control System-tan, but never knew her mother. Was raised at DEC by DOS/Batch 11-tan.
    • -Mother of OpenVMS and VAXELN.
    • -Has a serene but rather emotionless demeanour; but was nothing short of devoted to her own children.
    • -A skilled swordfighter, she carried a backsword.
    • -She also trained many of the younger-generation DEC-tans in swordfighting.
    • -Has geomancy skills, specializing in air control.
    • -Physically a mature woman in her mid-to-late 30s, wears glasses and medium-length braided hair usually tied into a ponytail. She begrudgingly donned a military uniform during her time at DEC, but now prefers light clothing like long sundresses and sandals.

SkyOS

TinyOS

TOPS-20

TRON

Unununium

VxWorks

ZETA