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==Binteeji Renmei==
==Binteeji Renmei==
 
[[Binteeji Renmei Bios]]
===AMSDOS===
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*'''Name:''' AMSDOS-tan
*'''aka:''' "Amstrad CPC"
*'''Debut:''' circa 1984
*'''Height:''' 138 cm
*'''Weight:''' ?? kg
*'''Eye Color:''' Blue
*'''Hair:''' Blonde w/ black streaks
 
*'''Quick Facts:'''
**-Fast, likes to jog, and is noted as being faster then contemporaries.
**-Is a stepsister to the Sinclair-tans. (Sinclair Research's computer lines were bought out by Amstrad in 1986)
**-Enjoys sorting and labeling things.
**-Very competitive, especially with her contemporaries. Her main rival being Sinclair QL.
**-Will juggle cassettes and floppies to show off.
**-Friend of DR-DOS.
**-Often found playing games of skill against Roland.
**-Has short blonde hair with black streaks, wears a green shirt with blue track shorts, sneakers and a red+black jacket.
 
===Apple II===
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*'''Name:''' Apple II-tan
*'''aka:''' "II-chan"
*'''Debut:''' 6/5/1977
*'''Height:''' 128 cm (4'2")
*'''Weight:''' ??kg
*'''Eye Color:''' Red
*'''Hair:''' Blonde
 
*'''Quick Facts:'''
**-Is Apple I's oldest daughter and the oldest living member of the Apple Family.
**-One of the co-founders of the Binteeji Renmei.
**-Usually dons a set of red+white Edo-era Japanese farm clothes, a white kerchief and straw hat, and her hair is usually braided.
**-Maintains an apple orchard, and teaches others how to grow their own gardens.
**-Has a golden apple-shaped locket containing a black+white photo of Apple I in memory of her.
**-Is hard-working, rugged, friendly, witty, and great story-teller.
**-Serves as a big sister and parental figure to all of the Apple-tans, and served as a teacher figure to the Apple Family when she lived with them.
**-Still maintains close ties with the Mac-tans after her departure in 1993, and is in fact even closer to them than she was before.
**-Sad that she had neglected much of her family, being too busy with work before she retired.
**-Is Lisa's caregiver, not just out of sisterly love or pity, but also as part of Apple I's parting wish.
**-Former rivals with Atari DOS and Commodore PET, the three are now best of friends.
**-Still in a rivalry with Coleco Adam that is highly competitive, yet (usually) civil.
 
===Arthur OS===
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*'''Name:''' Arthur OS-kun
*'''aka:'''
*'''Debut:''' circa 1987
*'''Height:''' 174 cm (~5'9")
*'''Weight:''' ??kg
*'''Eye Color:''' Varies
*'''Hair:''' Blond
 
*'''Quick Facts:'''
**-One of the failed predeccsors to RISC OS, but generally seems to have taken his abandonment well. 
**-Doesn't like using computers, depends on written notes.
**-Looks to MOS as a a mentor, wanted to be as succesful and loved as she was.
**-Typically gallant and cheerful, does tend to gloat something terribly over ARX.
**-Has a hard time working with other company's systems, and sometimes just stops talking. 
**-Resourceful, capable of accomplishing his tasks with almost nothing.
**-Does oragami as a hobby. 
**-Has the unpleasant habit of attracting insects.
**-Sort of brother to ARX & RISC OS.
**-Has odd color-changing eyes, wears a double-breasted suit with Acorn-theme ties. Carries origami paper and a notebook at all times, and usually keeps a pen behind his ear too.
 
===Atari DOS===
*'''Name:''' Atari DOS-tan
*'''aka:''' "Atari 8-bit"
*'''Debut:''' 1979
*'''Height:''' 125 cm (4'1")
*'''Weight:''' ?? kg
*'''Eye Color:''' Yellow
*'''Hair:''' Blonde
 
*'''Quick Facts:'''
**-Is kind-hearted, youthful, and cheerful and soft-spoken.
**-An old-fashioned prop comic and magician, though her magician outfit appears more impressive than her skills.
**-Yet she is resourceful, good at improvising and incorporating the appearance of a timid, bumbling rookie into her acts.
**-Wise beyond her years, she is a big sister figure to Atari ST and the other Atari-tans.
**-Is Atari ST's older stepsister. Despite their differences, and ST's counterproductive antics, they care for each other a lot.
**-Used to be rivals with Commodore PET and Apple II, now the three of them are best friends that are nearly inseparable.
**-In the old Atari family, she remained optimistic, even though the Atari console-tans didn't like her.
**-Has blonde hair, braided in the style of the Atari logo, each braid ending in three small pigtails.
**-Wears a purple+grey magician outfit with an ascot and colorful cape.
**-Uses an Atari Remote Controller as a magic wand.
 
===Atari TOS===
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*'''Name:''' Atari TOS-tan
*'''aka:''' Atari ST
*'''Debut:''' Jan 1985
*'''Height:''' 161 cm (5'3")
*'''Weight:''' ??kg
*'''Eye Color:''' Teal
*'''Hair:''' Light blue
 
*'''Quick Facts:'''
**-Atari DOS's stepsister, GEM's twin sister, also a biological sister to DR-DOS-tan.
**-She and GEM were separated from birth and had competed against each other before reuniting in the Binteeji Renmei.
**-A diva yearning for her old glory days again as an idol singer.
**-Obsessed over her looks, worries about her 'fading beauty', and laments her age --which she denies--.
**-Was supposed to be a magician like her stepsister --following the tradition of her step-family--, but was more of a song-and-dance performer.
**-Had much more pizzazz as a performer, but neglected her magic skills.
**-Still has rivalries with Amiga and C64. Had either reconciled with or forgot about her rivalries with GS/OS and the Macs.
**-Somewhat of a loner and keeps her distance from most Vintage-tans, but deep down she is grateful for their help and kindness.
**-Has long wavy light blue hair decorated with a bee-shaped hair clip.
**-Wears a green+white minidress with high-heels, a teal jacket and Atari logo sash.
 
===Coleco Adam===
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*'''Name:''' Coleco Adam-tan
*'''aka:''' "Adam-chan"
*'''Debut:''' 1983
*'''Height:''' 142 cm (4'8")
*'''Weight:''' ??kg
*'''Eye Color:''' Red
*'''Hair:''' Orange
 
*'''Quick Facts:'''
**-Is timid and paranoid, but does her best to be courteous to others.
**-Notorious for erasing nearby tapes, and attracting metal objects because of electromagnetic energy she involuntarily generates.
**-Has wavy orange hair that is almost always frizzled because of the electromagnetic discharges.
**-Always carries her printer with her.
**-Still rivals with Apple II, her main rival from the 80's.
**-Tomboyish, but also carries a Cabbage Patch doll with her.
**-Difficult to understand when speaking, lapses into incoherency at times.
**-Good at both office work and gaming.
**-Childhood friends with her sister Colecovision-tan, but were separated in 1988 when their family fell apart.
**-Still feels a lot of guilt for causing her family's demise in just 5 years but remains upbeat with the motivation from her followers who helped her during her wanderer years
**-Wears a beige dress shirt with green frills, matching shoes, pants and white tights.
**-Closest friends with Apple ///, Barbie Linux and Plus/4.
 
===DTSS===
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*'''Name:'''DTSS-tan
*'''aka:''' "Dartmouth Timesharing System"
*'''Debut:''' 1963
*'''Height:''' 165 cm (5'5")
*'''Weight:''' ??kg
*'''Eye Color:''' Teal
*'''Hair:''' Blonde+white
 
*'''Quick Facts:'''
 
**-A teacher who specialized in human/OS-tan communication.
**-Inventor of the BASIC language.
**-Feels affection toward the microcomputer-tans who so widely implemented her language, especially Altair 8800-tan.
**-Friendly toward the other timesharing OS-tans of the day and region, like CTSS and Multics.
**-Dislikes squirrels.
**-Has been known to spontaneously build up and discharge electricity.
**-Is mute; in her prime, she kept an assistant as her "translator".
**-An outdoorswoman.
**-Dresses in eclectic clothing, typically of Cossack style, and carries a wooden walking stick.
 
 
 
===MITS Altair 8800===
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*'''Name:''' MITS Altair 8800-tan
*'''aka:''' "Altair"
*'''Debut:''' Jan 1975
*'''Height:''' 137 cm (4'6")
*'''Weight:''' ??kg
*'''Eye Color:''' Red
*'''Hair:''' White
 
*'''Quick Facts:'''
 
**-Credited for starting the personal computer revolution. (first commercially successful personal computer)
**-Overconfident in her youth, but still prone to exaggerating things. (had hugely exaggerated hype from its developers)
**-Intelligent but was self-destructive, withdrawn and melancholy. Her attitude has improved a lot since joining the BR though.
**-Hobbies include working on model rockets and antique calculators.
**-Was arch-rivals with IMSAI 8080, who she wanted to knock out of the competition.
**-Ended up causing her own near-demise and lost against IMSAI in terms of popularity.
**-Was friends with Apple I and Xenix.
**-Was the benefactress and an honorary member of the Microsoft-IBM family, but had to leave in 1981.
**-Spent over 20 years as a wanderer in various hardships and obscurity.
**-Joined the Binteeji Renmei in recent years, and reconciled with IMSAI 8080.
**-Is much happier now that she has retired, making new friends, and feeling like she can redeem herself.
**-Wears a long blue+silver gown with a white bow and red pearls around the collar.
 
===Multics===
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*'''Name:''' Multics
*'''aka:''' "Multiplexed Information and Computing Service"
*'''Debut:''' 1969, but was born in 1965
*'''Height:''' 176 cm (~5'9.5")
*'''Weight:''' ??kg
*'''Eye Color:''' Blue
*'''Hair:''' Dark Purple
 
*'''Quick Facts:'''
 
**-Born out of the ambitious Project MAC at MIT, Multics is the adoptive child of CTSS-tan.
**-Was sickly and weak throughout much of her youth, but became better as she matured.
**-Led a fairly tragic life, filled with numerous near-death experiences, disownments and abandonment.
**-Felt her glory was stolen by her 'illegitimate child' Unix.
**-Has a vastly complex personality: friends describe her as personable and warm, while enemies report her to be mercilessly calculating.
**-Had amazing magical powers and fighting skills that belied her prim, elegant appearance.
**-In her prime she wore complex, cumbersome Rococo-style gowns and jewelry, mixed in with more ancient-looking elements.
**-Has white and black splotched wings, although the left one is deformed from a break.
**-Fluent in several languages, including Latin and French.
**-Died in 2000, but has since been resurrected.
**-Currently devoid of any substantial magical powers and her former territory and possessions, but is actually happier because of it.
 
===OS/8===
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*'''Name:''' OS/8-tan
*'''aka:''' OS/12, MS/8, PS/8
*'''Debut:''' 1971
*'''Height:''' 168 cm (5'6")
*'''Weight:''' ??kg
*'''Eye Color:''' Green
*'''Hair:''' Black
 
*'''Quick Facts:'''
**-Is very fast, has excellent reflexes.
**-A notable orator and communicator.
**-Has a subtle sense of humour and enjoys telling witty anecdotes.
**-Perhaps a little less straight-laced than her fellow DEC-tans.
**-Has a poor sense of internal timekeeping, often wakes in the night and sleeps during the morning.
**-Narcoleptic.
**-Lithe and agile, wears a bobbed haircut and 1920s style dress when not in uniform.
 
===PDP-1===
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*'''Name:''' DEC PDP-1-tan
*'''aka:''' "Programmable Data Processor-1"
*'''Debut:''' early 1959
*'''Height:''' 122 cm (4'0")
*'''Weight:''' ??kg
*'''Eye Color:''' Blue
*'''Hair:''' Blonde
 
*'''Quick Facts:'''
**-Innocent, feisty and child-like in nature; but with a great deal of tenacity and inner resourcefulness.
**-Called a programmable data processor, instead of "computer" to avoid dismissal and possible reprisal by the more powerful computer-tans of her day (especially the IBM mainframes).
**-Foundress of the DEC Empire.
**-Nonviolent for the most part, may occasionally wield a slingshot.
**-A pianist, known for her excellent handle on baroque classical music. (PDP-1 is famous for making music)
**-Spent most of her early life living at MIT, where she studied and taught.
**-Daughter of Whirlwind-hime via the TX-0 project, lived near her mother for the duration of Whirlwind's life.
**-Sister to SAGE and CTSS.
**-Ancestor of all PDP computer-tans.
**-A small, outwardly mousey girl, dresses in blue and white, dons twin buns that give the appearance of mouse ears and large round glasses.
 
===RT-11===
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*'''Name:''' RT-11-tan
*'''aka:'''
*'''Debut:''' circa 1973
*'''Height:''' 152 cm (5'0")
*'''Weight:''' ??kg
*'''Eye Color:''' Blue
*'''Hair:''' Red
 
*'''Quick Facts:'''
**-Demure and quiet with low self-confidence.
**-Has trouble standing up for herself.
**-Hypersensitive to physical and mental stimuli.
**-Considers herself an outsider in the among the outgoing DEC-tans
**-A fast and agile, moreso than Unix even.
**-Short, teenaged, has large blue eyes and long red hair held in twin ponytails. Wears a DEC military uniform.
**-A tinkerer with old gadgets.
**-Has a devoted following of Soviet Elektronika clones, it is unknown if her menagerie of fans does anything to boost her spirit.
**-Friends with the quieter Vintage-tans.
 
===TOPS-10===
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*'''Name:''' TOPS-10-tan
*'''aka:''' PDP-6 / PDP-10 Monitor Software, Timesharing / Total Operating System
*'''Debut:''' 1964
*'''Height:''' 170 cm (5'7")
*'''Weight:''' ??kg
*'''Eye Color:''' Purple
*'''Hair:''' Lavender
 
*'''Quick Facts:'''
**-One of the oldest (living) DEC OS-tans.
**-Established DEC's military tradition, considered their de-facto commander and head strategist for many years.
**-Like most of the DEC-tans, resembled a free-thinking revolutionary more than a straight-laced military type.
**-Fearless, loyal and fierce with a wry sense of humor.
**-Very social, fond of CB radio and multiplayer boardgames.
**-Has the sensibilities of a modern OS-tan.
**-Especially fond of RSX-11, looked at Tenex (TOPS-20) as something of a little-sister figure.
**-Doesn't seem to acknowledge her daughter, WAITS, or comment on her possible relation to CP/M-tan.
**-Aged and retired gracefully, still active today.
**-Tall, athletic, moderately-endowed, appears sometime in her mid-to-late 30s. Has long hair and lively eyes, wears parts of her old uniform mixed with civilian pieces.
 
===Windows 1.0===
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*'''Name:''' Windows 1.0-tan
*'''aka:'''
*'''Debut:''' 11/20/1985
*'''Height:''' 161 cm (~5'3")
*'''Weight:''' ??kg
*'''Eye Color:''' Green
*'''Hair:''' Green
 
*'''Note:''' Backstory differs a lot from the independently-made Futaba version, but OSC!1.0-tan's kimono is a shout-out to her Futaba-made counterpart.
 
*'''Quick Facts:'''
**-The genetic mother of the 9x Windows-tans.
**-Physically a young woman, but has an innocent, child-like mentality.
**-Her stunted mental condition makes the completion of complex tasks difficult, but she revels in her ability to perform simple tasks.
**-A loving and caring personality, very perceptive of other persons' emotions.
**-Tries to be a good mother for Windows 2.0-tan, but more often then not 2.0-tan takes care of her mother.
**-Was ousted from the Windows family with 2.0-tan around the time of the breakup of the Microsoft/IBM alliance.
**-Often wears a variety of bandages and slings (a nod to Windows 1.0's unfinished and experimental nature).
**-Donned a fine kimono and hair decorations during her time at MS, now dresses in plain 1920s-inspired dresses, usually tattered and patched.
**-Has short green hair (was darker in her youth, now light green), a 1.0-shaped hair decoration, wears a kind but far-away expression.


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