More IBM-tans

[Chocofreak13]

I loved your phrase of not letting OS/360-tan near anything breakable, she sounds like a particular OS-tan that is quite clumsy herself.

She is quite clumsy... but also VERY powerful. I don't think I have to tell you what a dangerous combination of traits THAT is. xD

clumsy + powerful = SHOOPDAWHOOP~~

xD
oh i started another d'awwww drawing of 2200-chan holding hands with people.....only it turned into a unicef ad. xD

[Bella]

I'd like to think every idea for a character counts. :B

OS/360-tan IS FIRIN' HER LASARS~!

So... er... I thought up a few ideas for a Atanasoffâ€"Berry Computer-tan. Not much though, just that she'd be a drummer, and have a conflict with ENIAC-tan over being the first computer. She will also be the oldest Hardware-tan to date.

Anyone wanna help me design a Harvard Mark II, III and IV-tan...? The former's a Mottephobe! They're all Bahnies-turned-Southinahs, so I'm sure there'd be hilarious accenting and cultural potential...!

Here are a few II-related images:
http://www.thocp.net/hardware/pictures/harvard_markII.jpg
http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/accession/102698414

A bit of info on III/ADEC:
http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/BRL-a-d.html#ADEC

Mark IV info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Mark_IV
The only remaining piece of Mark IV?

It would also seem that Harvard Mark IV-tan kinda/sort shares a name with a WWII-era plane-- considering that it (the computer) was used by the Air Force, Harvard Mark IV-tan must be a pilot-- right?

[Chocofreak13]

oh wow, antique computer part!!

[Bella]

Unfortunately, I have few character ideas for the lot. ;.;

Anyhow, I've thought up a few ideas for a new hardware-tan (well, kun, actually)-- GE 600 Series-kun
-A catch-all character representing the various GE 600 series mainframes. Sometimes known as Honeywell 6000 series-kun, Honeywell 6180-kun or DPS8-kun
-An architect (somehow referencing my original analogy of hardware equaling buildings in the OS-tanverse) known for designing elaborate mansions (=mainframes)
-Was originally a servant of GECOS-tan; later, he distanced himself from her in favour of Multics-sama's company (the most famous OS to run on the 600 series was Multics)
-Also well acquainted with DTSS-sensei (DTSS ran on the 600 series as well)
-Died sometime in the late 1990s; there has been an effort to resurrect him, however (the DPS8 Multics emulator project)

I see him as a tall, physically-average fellow, black hair, light eyes. He's less high-maintenance acting that some of his earlier siblings-- generally a no-nonsense and jovial type, in other words, the exact opposite of GECOS and Multics-sama.

[Aurora Borealis]

Not much to say, but I like Stretch-tan's backstory! She should be a full-fledged superhero too!

I have a vague design in mind for Mark II-tan, but nothing concrete since I don't have a particular style/era of dress in mind yet. Probably something medieval-ish.

Mark III-tan I could imagine as a sea captain, as a throwback to the Mark III pic that was on Time Magazine, but even more old-fashioned. :-/

Can't seem to come up with anything for Mark IV though.

And here's a new assorted mainframe-tan pic I drew!


A work in progress, I'm almost done with coloring it, and will post the color version up when finished.

[Bella]

Love the sketches! Hmmm, so you've joined Stewart-san aboard the TSOS and OS/360-tan bandwagon? ^^ I love your sparkly-induced space-out MTS-tan, UMES-tan is looking like quite the proper old-timey lady, and VM/CMS-tan in PJs... tehehe! Love the teddy bear!

Thank'ee Aurora-hime! Considering NonStop OS-tans' telepathy, Colossus-tan's height and Stretch-tan's physical malleability, the three of them seem prime for their very own hero comic. xD

Those are good ideas for the Mark-tans; like the other military-tans of the day, I want to incorporate a mix of military uniform elements and historic fashion, but yeah... I don't have much past that. Mark IV-tan is probably the best "sketched out" in my mind-- at least I know she'll be a pilot and dress accordingly(ish).

I DO know a bit about Harvard Mark I-tan's relationship with her daughters; I imagine she would have loved them dearly and been torn to pieces to see them "taken" away from her and moved to a place as alien (at least to her culture) as Virginia. She was a spectacular empty-nester... :,(

[Aurora Borealis]

Thanks! And yes, I've boarded the TSOS/ OS/360 bandwagon! Passive-aggressive, love-hate relationships FTW!

A bit more concretely, I had in mind Mark III-tan dressing partly as a 16th or 17th century sailor.

Awww... Poor Mark I-tan. Makes me want to draw a pic of the Mark-tan family before their separation!

[Chocofreak13]

OMG GUIZE I HAD AN IDEA

what if we made all the hardware male, and all the oses female (at least for antiques that called for it) cause they come together and work?

well...

that's a little sexist........and not taking into account gay and lesbian couples.....

[Bella]

Le gasp, you're a TSOSxOS/360 shipper too? I didn't even know they had a love/hate relationship, to be honest.

16th or 17th century style sailor dress would probably work quite well for Mark III-tan. I would like to see that drawing! At least once we have some solid ideas for the Harvard Mark children.

Haven't we always sorta worked under the assumption that most OS-tan are female and most program and hardware-tans are male? Well, I know of quite a few OS-tan/app-kun pairings, and there are at least a few OS-tan x OS-kun ships... but really no hardware-kun x OS-tan ships yet...

It does seem that OS-tan/app-tan and OS-tan/hardware-tan pairings are rather natural (you could say it's since an OS tend to works closer with programs and hardware than other OSes), but I don't think that OS-tans should strictly be female and hardware male, nor that these pairings should always be romantic (if only for variety's sake).

[Aurora Borealis]

Here are my latest mainframe-tan sketches in color!

[Chocofreak13]

WHOO COLOUR!~

[stewartsage]

Shippers for the ship god!

Love/Hate in the sense that while their systems are somehow compatible, OS/360-tan is still an IBM supremacist (who is a little freaked out about the compatability thing) while RCA/TSOS just wants someone to be her friend.

Right, yes, no hardware-kun x OS-tan ships at all.  At least not official... or not yet....

[Bella]

Well, now the OS/360 x TSOS-tan ship makes a little more sense... lulz, this DOES sound like a deliciously strange couple. :3

IBM Supremacist? BLUE POWAH~!

Right, yes, no hardware-kun x OS-tan ships at all. At least not official... or not yet....

Pray tell, art thou in possession of some pairing information of which we know naught? >:V

BTW, doth thee have any ideas for the Harvard Mark-tans as well? (They *are* kinda/sorta regional to you, after all.)

...

Speaking of regionalisms: I just dicovered that CP/M, the conceptual mother of all personal computer DOS OSes, was partially inspired by DEC's TOPS-10 OS. What's more: I just realised that a lot of the microcomputers (Apple I, Apple ][, C64, Ataris, etc.) can "trace their lineage" back to NH if you consider that they all implemented various forms of BASIC in their software (BASIC was invented in NH, and originally used in the DTSS OS).

I'm trying to connect every computer and OS back to New England. :B

[NejinOniwa]

Local patriots, oh lawl. -w-;

[Chocofreak13]

Bella: *HUGG*  REGIONALISM FUR-EV-UR!!

which reminds me of when i found out that the subject of the drinking song "lily the pink", lydia pinkham, is from lynn, mass. :3

lynn, lynn, the city of sin, you never come out the way you came in.....


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