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{{OSinfobox | {{OSinfobox | ||
|image = 60s itsavi.jpg | |||
|image= | |||
|cname= ITS | |cname = ITS-tan | ||
|alias= Incompatible Timesharing System | |alias = Incompatible Timesharing System | ||
| | |hname = Izzy Knight | ||
|debut= Dec 2007 | |debut = Dec 2007 | ||
|height = 163 cm (5'4") | |||
|haircolor= Brown | |||
|eyecolor= Brown | |||
|weapon = Firearms | |||
|apfaction = [[Wanderer Class]] | |||
|lineage= [[MIT Society]] | |||
|rival= Unix | |||
|osper= | |osper = Incompatible Time Sharing System | ||
|osdev= MIT | |osdev = MIT | ||
|reldate= 1960's | |reldate = 1960's | ||
|lastrel= | |lastrel = unknown (discontinued by 1990) | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Technical details== | ==Technical details== | ||
ITS (Incompatible Timesharing System) was developed by the MIT AI Lab in the late 1960s and is one of the first OSes of the original hacker culture. Nimble, small and optimized to within an inch of its life, ITS originally ran on the PDP-6 and was later ported to the PDP-10 mainframe. It employed many novel security features: it did not have any passwords at first, featured a command to allow users to purposely crash it (thus diminishing the fun of it) and allowed users to spy on and interfere with one another. MIT finally shut down its ITS machines in 1990 (an event that more-or-less ended their venerable hacker society); Sweden's Stacken Computer Club retired its installation, the last in the world, in 1995. ITS is still available for hobbyist use under emulators. | [[wikipedia: Incompatible_Timesharing_System| ITS]] (Incompatible Timesharing System) was developed by the MIT AI Lab in the late 1960s and is one of the first OSes of the original [[wikipedia: Hacker_(programmer_subculture) | hacker culture]]. Nimble, small and optimized to within an inch of its life, ITS originally ran on the PDP-6 and was later ported to the PDP-10 mainframe. It employed many novel security features: it did not have any passwords at first, featured a command to allow users to purposely crash it (thus diminishing the fun of it) and allowed users to spy on and interfere with one another. MIT finally shut down its ITS machines in 1990 (an event that more-or-less ended their venerable hacker society); Sweden's Stacken Computer Club retired its installation, the last in the world, in 1995. ITS is still available for hobbyist use under emulators. | ||
==Character details== | ==Character details== | ||
ITS-tan is a small | ITS-tan is a small, androgynous-looking young woman with short brown hair and yellow-brown eyes. She is sometimes depicted in a steampunk-style outfit with button up shirt, a waistcoat, jeans, a bow-tie, goggles and boots, although this is regarded as something of "formal"-wear - her typical day-to-day attire usually consisting of more casual attire. Her hobbies include riding her vintage motorbike, as well as sport shooting; she is an expert marksman and is often depicted with a holstered pistol on one hip. A recurring theme in her design is the dragon – referencing ITS' dragons, processes analogous to Unix's daemons. | ||
Offbeat, adventurous and rebellious, she enjoys traveling and speaks fluently in hacker slang. While she displays antagonism toward her fellow MIT OS-tans – accusing them of being too complex and elephantine – she conducts herself with tact and good humour for the most part. | |||
==History and background== | ==History and background== | ||
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==Theories and notes== | ==Theories and notes== | ||
It has been speculated that ITS-tan may not identify as female, but instead agender. Proponents of this view point to her androgynous demeanor and style of dress, and her rejection of any kind of strongly gendered behavior. | |||
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