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	==History and background==		==History and background==
	~~She is~~ the ~~only~~ home computer among the ~~DECs~~, a ~~faction otherwise entirely made~~ of ~~high~~-~~end minicomputers and mainframes~~. ~~That left~~ her ~~struggling with an identity crisis and indecisiveness~~, ~~being the odd one out~~.		===DEC Military years===
			Rainbow 100-tan was the sole home computer among the DEC Military, and was created to establish a foothold for them in the home computer market. She was also created with three different modes allowing her to achieve different roles. She served as a cadet under VMS-tan's division, but was also the ambassador of the DEC Military to the Microsoft-IBM Family in the 1980's. Her MS-DOS mode was used for her ambassador role, but she was not very good at maintaining it.

	~~Being the only~~ home computer in the ~~faction didn't make~~ her ~~inherently inferior to her comrades~~, ~~she just served in~~ and ~~led in a different sector than the rest of them~~. She ~~was the sole member of DEC's home computer sector even as a cadet, she was~~ to ~~expand DEC's influence into~~ the ~~home computer territory~~, ~~and she needed to~~ follow ~~different standards than the rest of the DECs. There was practically no one in the faction who could give her any guidance for how to follow those different standards~~, ~~so she was on~~ her ~~own~~.		She had an identity crisis since she was meant to be a home computer, but also competed in the business markets, where her main competitors were MS-DOS-tan, PC-DOS-tan, and [[Apple II \| Apple II-tan]]. She tried to follow the industry standards created by MS-DOS and PC-DOS, but did not completely follow them, and her attempt at a compromise did not work.

	~~Mainly business-oriented, her main competitors were MS-DOS, PC-DOS~~, and ~~Apple II~~. ~~She sought out to follow the industry standards created by MS-DOS and PC-DOS~~, but ~~didn't completely follow their standards out of~~ the ~~fear of losing her identity. Her attempt at~~ a ~~compromise didn't do her any good~~.		Her campaigns gained little territory for DEC. She could not lead them confidently, and she never got promoted past the cadet rank. Her service ended in 1985, but she remained with the DEC-tans in civilian roles as a teacher and an engineer.

	~~Her identity crisis left her with a confused and wishy~~-~~washy attitude~~, she ~~couldn't carry out any campaigns with confidence. Many~~ of ~~her campaigns failed, she gained little territory for DEC from~~ the ~~IBM PCs~~, and ~~she never got promoted~~. She was ~~discharged from service around 1985~~, ~~and spent much of her life afterwards living as~~ a ~~Wanderer~~.		===Post-DEC===
			After the DEC Military disbanded in 1998, she was briefly part of the Compaq faction, and then was a wanderer afterwards. She was an early recruit into the Confederation of Independent OS-tans, but eventually left to be a wanderer.

	==See also:==		==See also:==

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	==Technical details==		==Technical details==
	The Rainbow 100 series ~~was~~ DEC~~'s attempt at the home computer market~~, but ~~wasn't very successful~~. It ~~mainly runs either~~ CP/M or MS-DOS~~, but hardware~~ differences ~~meant that~~ the Rainbow ~~versions weren't completely IBM~~ compatible.		The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_100 Rainbow 100] was a series of home computers by DEC, but had multiple uses, with two CPUs and 3 built-in modes. It had a VT-100 mode to interact with DEC's VAX line, a CP/M mode using the Z80 CPU, and an MS-DOS mode using the 8088 CPU. Hardware differences from IBM PC compatibles kept the Rainbow 100 from being fully compatible with them. It was not very successful commercially, but [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_100#Legacy had a part in the creation of the FidoNet system].

	==Character details==		==Character details==
	===General===		===General===
	Rainbow 100-tan is represented as a ~~pre-teen~~ girl with pink hair decorated with several ribbons~~, is proudly a girly-girl and dresses colourfully~~. Her hair ribbons are red, orange, yellow and green, her eyes are blue, and she wears a frilly purple dress. Over her dress, she wears the jacket of her DEC cadet uniform out of nostalgia towards the old DEC ~~faction~~. She ~~never got promoted from cadet rank~~, ~~but~~ she ~~enjoyed being around~~ most of her ~~comrades despite~~ her ~~personal and tactical struggles~~.		Rainbow 100-tan is represented as a preteen or teenage girl with blue eyes, and shoulder-length pink hair decorated with several colorful ribbons. Her hair ribbons are red, orange, yellow and green, her eyes are blue, and she wears a frilly purple dress. Over her dress, she wears the jacket of her DEC cadet uniform out of nostalgia towards the old [[DEC Military]].

			Her personality has some differences depending on which mode she is in. She is stoic, focused, and more soldier-like in her VT-100 mode since this was the mode she used the most when serving in the DEC Military. In her other two modes, she is more carefree, but has a conflicting and ambivalent personality.

			She was never much of a fighter, and likes to write and draw. Her ambivalence comes from the expectations she had on her to conform to IBM PC standards, and her desire to be herself.

	She ~~wants~~ to ~~be professional~~, ~~conforming~~ to ~~IBM PC standards while still being a non~~-~~conformist, many times trying to solve that~~, ~~among other dilemmas by trying~~ to ~~have it both ways~~.		===Abilities===
			Like many of the DEC-tans, Rainbow 100-tan can manipulate an element, and wields swords. She can manipulate light to stun or confuse enemies, or to make herself invisible. However, she does not have as much raw magic power as most of the other DEC-tans, and relies more on her resourcefulness and cleverness to win fights.

	~~Recently, she has been able to reconcile with her identity crisis somewhat, and has a zen-like attitude towards life, she likes to write and draw; confident in both graphical and text work.~~

	===Family and relationships===		===Family and relationships===

			====DEC-tans====
			Rainbow 100-tan often felt out of place in the DEC Military, but got along well with [[TOPS-10 \| TOPS-10-tan]] and [[TOPS-20 \| Tenex-tan]]. She shares TOPS-10-tan's inventiveness, and relates to TOPS-20-tan's sense of feeling out of place, but is still known to meet with the rest of the family.

			She worked as a cadet under VMS-tan's branch in the DEC Military. While loyal to VMS-tan, she was also frustrated towards her for only wanting her to use her VT-100 mode. She did not feel like she was truly being herself when she was expected to use only her VT-100 mode.

			====DOS-tans====
			She is friends with [[DR-DOS \| DR-DOS-tan]], but has ambivalent attitudes towards [[MS-DOS \| MS-DOS-tan]] and [[PC-DOS \| PC-DOS-tan]], alluding to the Rainbow 100's incomplete compatibility. She wants to be their friends, but also feeling like they are still her rivals. However, she briefly cooperated with MS-DOS-tan, alluding the Rainbow 100's and MS-DOS's involvement in creating FidoNet.

			====Windows 1.0====
			She is good friends with [[Windows 1.0 \| Windows 1.0-tan]], alluding to the version of Windows 1.0 made for the Rainbow 100.

			====Amiga====
			After the DEC Military disbanded, she met [[Amiga \| Amiga-tan]], and they quickly became friends because of their similar pasts. Both of them served in a militaristic faction, which they did not feel they fit in with, did not promoted past the cadet rank in their respective factions, and share a passion for art.

	==History and background==		==History and background==
	She is the only home computer among the DECs, a faction otherwise entirely made of high-end minicomputers and mainframes. That left her struggling with an identity crisis and indecisiveness, being the odd one out.		She is the only home computer among the DECs, a faction otherwise entirely made of high-end minicomputers and mainframes. That left her struggling with an identity crisis and indecisiveness, being the odd one out.

	Being the only home computer in the faction didn't make her inherently inferior to her comrades, she just served in and led in a different sector than the rest of them. She was the ~~leader (read:~~ sole member) of DEC's home computer sector even as a cadet, she was to expand DEC's influence into the home computer territory, and she needed to follow different standards than the rest of the DECs. There was practically no one in the faction who could give her any guidance for how to follow those different standards, so she was on her own.		Being the only home computer in the faction didn't make her inherently inferior to her comrades, she just served in and led in a different sector than the rest of them. She was the sole member of DEC's home computer sector even as a cadet, she was to expand DEC's influence into the home computer territory, and she needed to follow different standards than the rest of the DECs. There was practically no one in the faction who could give her any guidance for how to follow those different standards, so she was on her own.

	Mainly business-oriented, her main competitors were MS-DOS, PC-DOS, and Apple II. She sought out to follow the industry standards created by MS-DOS and PC-DOS, but didn't completely follow their standards out of the fear of losing her identity. Her attempt at a compromise didn't do her any good.		Mainly business-oriented, her main competitors were MS-DOS, PC-DOS, and Apple II. She sought out to follow the industry standards created by MS-DOS and PC-DOS, but didn't completely follow their standards out of the fear of losing her identity. Her attempt at a compromise didn't do her any good.

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	==Technical details==		==Technical details==
	The Rainbow 100 series was DEC's attempt at the home computer market, but wasn't very successful.		The Rainbow 100 series was DEC's attempt at the home computer market, but wasn't very successful. It mainly runs either CP/M or MS-DOS, but hardware differences meant that the Rainbow versions weren't completely IBM compatible.

	==Character details==		==Character details==
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	Her identity crisis left her with a confused and wishy-washy attitude, she couldn't carry out any campaigns with confidence. Many of her campaigns failed, she gained little territory for DEC from the IBM PCs, and she never got promoted. She was discharged from service around 1985, and spent much of her life afterwards living as a Wanderer.		Her identity crisis left her with a confused and wishy-washy attitude, she couldn't carry out any campaigns with confidence. Many of her campaigns failed, she gained little territory for DEC from the IBM PCs, and she never got promoted. She was discharged from service around 1985, and spent much of her life afterwards living as a Wanderer.

			==See also:==
			*[http://oldcomputers.net/dec-rainbow-100.html Rainbow 100 on Old Computers]



	[[Category:DEC]][[Category:Vintage]]		[[Category:DEC]][[Category:Vintage]]

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	==Character details==		==Character details==
	===General===		===General===
	Rainbow 100-tan is represented as a pre-teen girl with pink hair decorated with several ribbons~~; her~~ hair ribbons are red, orange, yellow and green, her eyes are blue and she wears a frilly purple dress ~~under~~ her ~~DEC military jacket;~~ she wears her ~~military jacket~~ out of nostalgia towards the old DEC faction ~~even though she~~ never got ~~past~~ cadet rank, but she enjoyed being around most of her comrades despite her personal and tactical struggles. Recently, she has been able to reconcile with her identity crisis somewhat, and has a zen-like attitude towards life, she likes to write and draw; confident in both a graphical and text work.		Rainbow 100-tan is represented as a pre-teen girl with pink hair decorated with several ribbons, is proudly a girly-girl and dresses colourfully. Her hair ribbons are red, orange, yellow and green, her eyes are blue, and she wears a frilly purple dress. Over her dress, she wears the jacket of her DEC cadet uniform out of nostalgia towards the old DEC faction. She never got promoted from cadet rank, but she enjoyed being around most of her comrades despite her personal and tactical struggles.

			She wants to be professional, conforming to IBM PC standards while still being a non-conformist, many times trying to solve that, among other dilemmas by trying to have it both ways.

			Recently, she has been able to reconcile with her identity crisis somewhat, and has a zen-like attitude towards life, she likes to write and draw; confident in both graphical and text work.

			===Family and relationships===



	==History and background==		==History and background==
	She is the only home computer among the DECs, a faction otherwise entirely made of high-end minicomputers. That left her struggling with an identity crisis, being the odd one out. Being the only home computer in the faction didn't make her inherently inferior to her comrades, it was her ~~poor track record in leading~~ campaigns ~~that prevented~~ her from ~~getting~~ promoted. ~~Many of her campaign failures stemmed~~ from ~~poor tactics~~ and ~~judgment brought about by~~ her ~~identity crisis~~.		She is the only home computer among the DECs, a faction otherwise entirely made of high-end minicomputers and mainframes. That left her struggling with an identity crisis and indecisiveness, being the odd one out.

			Being the only home computer in the faction didn't make her inherently inferior to her comrades, she just served in and led in a different sector than the rest of them. She was the leader (read: sole member) of DEC's home computer sector even as a cadet, she was to expand DEC's influence into the home computer territory, and she needed to follow different standards than the rest of the DECs. There was practically no one in the faction who could give her any guidance for how to follow those different standards, so she was on her own.

			Mainly business-oriented, her main competitors were MS-DOS, PC-DOS, and Apple II. She sought out to follow the industry standards created by MS-DOS and PC-DOS, but didn't completely follow their standards out of the fear of losing her identity. Her attempt at a compromise didn't do her any good.

			Her identity crisis left her with a confused and wishy-washy attitude, she couldn't carry out any campaigns with confidence. Many of her campaigns failed, she gained little territory for DEC from the IBM PCs, and she never got promoted. She was discharged from service around 1985, and spent much of her life afterwards living as a Wanderer.





	[[Category:DEC]][[Category:Vintage]]		[[Category:DEC]][[Category:Vintage]]

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	==Character details==		==Character details==
	Rainbow 100-tan is represented as a pre-teen girl with pink hair decorated with several ribbons; her hair ribbons are red, orange, yellow and green, her eyes are blue and she wears a frilly purple dress under her DEC military jacket. She is the only home computer among the DECs, a faction otherwise entirely made of high-end minicomputers. That ~~has~~ left her struggling with an identity crisis, being the odd one out.		===General===
			Rainbow 100-tan is represented as a pre-teen girl with pink hair decorated with several ribbons; her hair ribbons are red, orange, yellow and green, her eyes are blue and she wears a frilly purple dress under her DEC military jacket; she wears her military jacket out of nostalgia towards the old DEC faction even though she never got past cadet rank, but she enjoyed being around most of her comrades despite her personal and tactical struggles. Recently, she has been able to reconcile with her identity crisis somewhat, and has a zen-like attitude towards life, she likes to write and draw; confident in both a graphical and text work.


			==History and background==
			She is the only home computer among the DECs, a faction otherwise entirely made of high-end minicomputers. That left her struggling with an identity crisis, being the odd one out. Being the only home computer in the faction didn't make her inherently inferior to her comrades, it was her poor track record in leading campaigns that prevented her from getting promoted. Many of her campaign failures stemmed from poor tactics and judgment brought about by her identity crisis.


	[[Category:DEC]][[Category:Vintage]]		[[Category:DEC]][[Category:Vintage]]

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	\|cname = DEC Rainbow 100		\|cname = DEC Rainbow 100
	\|alias = Rainbow		\|alias = Rainbow
			\|hname = Rain Decker
	\|debut = Spring 2011		\|debut = Spring 2011
	\|height = 148 cm (4'10")		\|height = 148 cm (4'10")
	\|haircolor= pink		\|haircolor= pink
	\|eyecolor= blue		\|eyecolor= blue
	\|apfaction = [[Wanderer Class]]		\|weapon= DEC military sword
			\|apfaction = [[Wanderer Class]], formerly of the [[DEC Military]]
	\|lineage= DEC, own branch (home computer division)		\|lineage= DEC, own branch (home computer division)
			\|rival= [[MS-DOS]] and [[PC-DOS]] (wanted to be their friend yet saw them as rivals at the same time)

	\|osper = DEC Rainbow 100 hardware and software		\|osper = DEC Rainbow 100 hardware and software

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{{OSinfobox
|image =

|cname = DEC Rainbow 100
|alias = Rainbow
|debut = Spring 2011
|height = 148 cm (4'10")
|haircolor= pink
|eyecolor= blue
|apfaction = [[Wanderer Class]]
|lineage= DEC, own branch (home computer division)

|osper = DEC Rainbow 100 hardware and software
|osdev = Digital Equipment Corporation
|reldate = 1982
|lastrel = unknown, discontinued mid-80's.
}}

==Technical details==
The Rainbow 100 series was DEC's attempt at the home computer market, but wasn't very successful.

==Character details==
Rainbow 100-tan is represented as a pre-teen girl with pink hair decorated with several ribbons; her hair ribbons are red, orange, yellow and green, her eyes are blue and she wears a frilly purple dress under her DEC military jacket. She is the only home computer among the DECs, a faction otherwise entirely made of high-end minicomputers. That has left her struggling with an identity crisis, being the odd one out.

[[Category:DEC]][[Category:Vintage]]