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|osdev = MITS (hardware), Microsoft (OS) | |osdev = MITS (hardware), Microsoft (OS) | ||
|reldate = Jan 1975 | |reldate = Jan 1975 | ||
|lastrel = unknown | |lastrel = unknown (circa late 1970's) | ||
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====Windows 1.0 and 2.0==== | ====Windows 1.0 and 2.0==== | ||
She is good friends with 1.0-tan and 2.0-tan, whom she met for the first time when she joined the Binteeji Renmei. They quickly bonded over being exiled members of the former Microsoft-IBM Family and their admiration of the late Xenix-tan, whose connections to the three of them make the first Windows-tans long-lost family to Altair-tan. 1.0-tan's unconditional friendliness helped Altair-tan feel welcome to the faction right away, and she is happy to have helped 2.0-tan come out of her shell some more. | |||
====Xenix==== | ====Xenix==== | ||
She was friends with Xenix-tan, and contributed to the fledgeling MS-IBM family. After ties were forcibly severed by the faction's higher-ups, and Xenix-tan no longer allowed to speak of her, she wrote of Altair-tan's memoirs, and the time she spent together with her so she doesn't end up forgotten. | |||
====IMSAI 8080==== | ====IMSAI 8080==== | ||
IMSAI 8080-tan was her arch-nemesis in the 1970's; as this was during the revolution, she felt threatened by this more powerful, resilient computer-tan adopting her architecture,feared losing her followers, and fought back which ever way she could. Decades later, they reconciled, long after dropping out of the competition and going their own ways. The passage of time changed them both; IMSAI-tan had put the rivalry behind her years ago after finding a new purpose in life, and Altair-tan was willing to do the same. | |||
====Apple I==== | ====Apple I==== | ||
Although extremely competitive towards others; she wasn't competitive towards [[Apple I | Apple I-tan]]. At first it was because Apple I-tan was a pacifist and not seen as a threat but they both soon became good friends. | Although extremely competitive towards others; she wasn't competitive towards [[Apple I | Apple I-tan]]. At first it was because Apple I-tan was a pacifist and not seen as a threat but they both soon became good friends. | ||
====DTSS==== | |||
She admired DTSS-tan, the pioneer of the BASIC programming language, and was the first microcomputer-tan to adopt it. | |||
===History and background=== | ===History and background=== | ||
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Altair-tan is still alive but frustrated with herself, regrets what she did in the past and is sad that Apple I-tan, one of the few friends she ever had died long ago. She spent years as a wanderer, putting off living with the Binteeji Renmei for as long as she could, thinking she would be a sign of weakness if she joined them until she was confronted with a life-or-death situation. Now she has no regrets joining them, among the members she met there are long-lost family ([[Windows 1.0]], [[Windows 2.0|2.0]] and [[PC-DOS]]), and her role model, [[DTSS|DTSS-tan]]. | Altair-tan is still alive but frustrated with herself, regrets what she did in the past and is sad that Apple I-tan, one of the few friends she ever had died long ago. She spent years as a wanderer, putting off living with the Binteeji Renmei for as long as she could, thinking she would be a sign of weakness if she joined them until she was confronted with a life-or-death situation. Now she has no regrets joining them, among the members she met there are long-lost family ([[Windows 1.0]], [[Windows 2.0|2.0]] and [[PC-DOS]]), and her role model, [[DTSS|DTSS-tan]]. | ||
==See also:== | |||
*[http://oldcomputers.net/altair.html Altair 8800 on Old Computers] | |||
[[Category:Vintage]] | [[Category:Vintage]] | ||