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{ | {{OSinfobox | ||
| | |tanname= OS/2-tan | ||
| | |image= Os2 avi.png | ||
|cname= OS/2-tan | |||
|alias= Operating System/2, OS/2 Warp, Merlin | |||
|creator= C-Chan | |||
|debut= Aug 2006 | |||
|osper= OS/2 | |||
|osdev= Microsoft, IBM | |||
|reldate= circa 1987 | |||
|lastrel= v. 4.5.2 (Dec 2001) | |||
|fnote= Comments on the character. | |||
}} | |||
==Technical details== | |||
Operating System/2 (OS/2) was originally developed as a joint project between IBM and Microsoft. It's intention was to replace the antiquated Disk Operating System (DOS) as the operating system of choice. At the time, DOS was at version 3.x, and IBM and Microsoft both realized that with the advent of the Intel 80286 in the mid-1980's, it was quickly becoming obsolete. Thus, OS/2 was born, initially as a 16-bit, command-line based operating system. Microsoft worked closely with IBM up to version 1.3. While IBM worked on the guts, Microsoft worked on the new graphical user interface that was due for later versions. OS/2's kernel was developed by IBM from the ground up as the Personal Computer (PC) version of a mainframe operating system, with all of the time-slicing, stability, and other features previously existing solely on those high-end machines. Microsoft to this day maintains a broad-ranging cross-licensing agreement with them. Windows NT was partially based on the OS/2 work that they did for IBM, and Windows 95 also borrows heavily from this code. | Operating System/2 (OS/2) was originally developed as a joint project between IBM and Microsoft. It's intention was to replace the antiquated Disk Operating System (DOS) as the operating system of choice. At the time, DOS was at version 3.x, and IBM and Microsoft both realized that with the advent of the Intel 80286 in the mid-1980's, it was quickly becoming obsolete. Thus, OS/2 was born, initially as a 16-bit, command-line based operating system. Microsoft worked closely with IBM up to version 1.3. While IBM worked on the guts, Microsoft worked on the new graphical user interface that was due for later versions. OS/2's kernel was developed by IBM from the ground up as the Personal Computer (PC) version of a mainframe operating system, with all of the time-slicing, stability, and other features previously existing solely on those high-end machines. Microsoft to this day maintains a broad-ranging cross-licensing agreement with them. Windows NT was partially based on the OS/2 work that they did for IBM, and Windows 95 also borrows heavily from this code. | ||
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OS/2 Warp 4.5 (codename Aurora) was released in 1999, as a server release. It featured a bootable install CD, a new 32-bit TCP/IP stack, a journaling file system (JFS), and a logical volume manager. | OS/2 Warp 4.5 (codename Aurora) was released in 1999, as a server release. It featured a bootable install CD, a new 32-bit TCP/IP stack, a journaling file system (JFS), and a logical volume manager. | ||
==Character details== | |||
OS/2-tan is represented as a blue-haired woman wearing glasses, a purple Star Trek Starfleet uniform (more specifically the Starfleet uniform from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country), C badge, blue skirt, black boots and a belt with a stylized depiction of the 5-colored OS/2 logo. The C on her badge mathematically means greater than the speed of light and can be interpreted as warp speed. Her hair has some white streaks in it, its length nearly equals her own height, and has the unique ability to move on its own and assist OS/2-tan with multitasking. Her sentient hair is a reference to OS/2's superior multithreading abilities. | |||
The fact that OS/2-tan is a huge fan of Star Trek, wears a Starfleet uniform and wields a phaser gun are references to OS/2 having Star Trek-themed names and that during the opening ceremony for OS/2 Warp's release, IBM hired main actors from Star Trek to demonstrate it. | |||
She is the (non-canon) stepsister to the DOS-based Windows-tans, is NT-tan's sister (because some OS/2 and features made its way into Windows NT, though NT is more heavily based off Digital Equipment Corporation's VMS) and is the aunt to NT-tan's children. But aside from Windows 1.0-tan and 2.0-tan, she despises the Windows-tans and has a bloodthirsty vendetta against them. Another relative of OS/2-tan's is eComStation-tan, her little sister she admires. | |||
OS/2-tan in the present day has a bitter, volatile, and borderline psychopathic disposition from all the betrayal she weathered over the decades. She is however loyal to the friends she does have and is a natural-born leader. | |||
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*[[List of OS-tans]] | *[[List of OS-tans]] | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS/2 Wikipedia: OS/2] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS/2 Wikipedia: OS/2] | ||
*[http://pages.prodigy.net/michaln/history/ The History of OS/2] | |||
[[Category:Other]] | [[Category:Other]] | ||