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{{OSinfobox
|image = tops20avi.png
|cname = TOPS-20
|alias = TENEX, Twenex
|hname = Anthea Bobrow
|debut = 2008
|height = Mid 5'-range
|haircolor= Light lavender
|eyecolor= Lavender
|weapon =
|apfaction = Formerly of the [[DEC Military]]
|lineage= Derived in part from BTSS, Multics
|rival= TOPS-10, OpenVMS

|osper= Tenex, later renamed TOPS-20
|osdev= BBN Technologies (1969-1973), Digital Equipment Corporation (1973-late 1980's)
|reldate= 1969
|lastrel= late 1980's
}}

==Technical details==
TOPS-20's story begins in 1969 at Cambridge-based technology company, Bolt, Beranek and Newman. BBN had recently purchased several PDP-10 computers and needed an operating system; TOPS-10 was considered, however it lacked the special paging features BBN needed. So they built their own operating system, which incorporated a virtual memory system (allowing every program running on the system to access the PDP-10's 262kwords memory) and user-friendly features pioneered by the Berkeley Timesharing System (BTSS) and Multics (in fact, ex-Multics developers worked on the project). This new OS was named TENEX.

In 1973 DEC bought TENEX and renamed it TOPS-20. It was ported to the KI-10 (later, the DECSYSTEM-20) and certain TOPS-10 features were incorporated into its design. TOPS-20 became very popular among hackers and gained a devoted following similar to ITS or Unix.

However, in the 1980s DEC scrapped all of their non-VAX/VMS computer lines - the DECSYSTEM-20 and TOPS-20 included. DEC attempted to convince TOPS-20 partisans to move to VMS, but the majority opted to switch to Unix.

==Character details==
''Note: TENEX is the old name of TOPS-20 but is used more so she will mainly be referred to as Tenex-tan in this article.''

Tenex-tan is represented as a young woman with long, wavy lavender hair, similarly-colored eyes. She typically dresses femininely and is fond of frilly dresses and hair decorations. For the most part, her personality is sweet and kind with a sense of child-like innocence, but was also somewhat naive (some would even say gullible) and found herself very out of place in the [[DEC Military | DEC Faction]] and its military-style setting. Her training at DEC made her somewhat more cynical world-wise, though she still retains the majority of her naiveté to this day.

A natural people-person, she possesses a slight clairvoyance and telepathy inherited from [[BTSS | BTSS-tan]] - but she has control over her powers, something that her ancestor lacked. She greatly admires [[Multics | Multics-tan]] and would have been trained by her in sorcery and matters of style and etiquette.

====Family and Relationships====
Tenex-tan has no official relatives. However, there is evidence of of a strong conceptual relationship between her and BTSS-tan, and a similar link to Multics.

Like the rest of the PDP-10-based OS-tans, Tenex-tan views PDP-10-tan as a mentor and confidant. After she was recruited into the DEC Military, Tenex-tan took a strong liking to [[TOPS-10]]-tan and came to view her as something of a big-sister figure. In spite of their professional status as "rivals", they get along for the most part.

Tenex-tan's biggest rivals are [[VMS]] and [[VAX]]-tan, although her disdain for them has softened in recent years.

==History and Background==
====Early Life====
Created by BBN, Tenex-tan was born sometime in the late 1960s and debuted in 1969. Aside from her role in managing the early ARPANET network, little is known of her early life or exact role at BBN.

In 1973, Tenex-tan was recruited into the [[DEC Military | DEC Faction]]. The move, and subsequent intense training she underwent was a major upheaval in her life; during this time of uncertainty she sought TOPS-10-tan's guidance and support. TOPS-10-tan was somewhat begrudging about taking the younger -tan under her wing, but in time they bonded in a mutually-respectful friendship. Tenex-tan debuted as a DEC-tan in the year 1976, under the moniker of "TOPS-20".

She quickly grew to popularity, her personable nature, intelligence and sorcery skills gaining her a devoted following within the hacker community and a place among the pantheon of great hacker systems. But her moment in the sun was brief. By the 1980s, DEC management had begun retiring various PDP-11 and PDP-10 OS-tans in order to divert more resources toward the VAX family, and Tenex-tan was one of the OS-tans laid off. Her followers were commanded to adopt VMS-tan as their new leader, however the majority of them considered VMS an enemy and they instead defected to Unix.

Although PDP-10 and TOPS-10-tan viewed their replacement as a sad-but-inevitable fact of life, Tenex-tan took it as a personal affront. She left DEC greatly embittered about the experience and carrying a decades-long grudge against VMS and VAX.

====Modern Day====
Today, Tenex-tan is employed as a hobbyist system. She is moderately-successful, with a small-yet-loyal userbase who support her to this day. She has - at least in part - reconciled with VMS-tan, and although she is still hurt over what happened she realizes some feuds are best left in the past.

[[Category:DEC]][[Category:Mainframe]][[Category:Historical]]

Bella at 21:26, 23 October 2012

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	\|debut = 2008		\|debut = 2008
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Bella at 21:24, 23 October 2012

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	\|eyecolor= Lavender		\|eyecolor= Lavender
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Bella at 21:06, 15 October 2012

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	{{OSinfobox		{{OSinfobox
	\|~~tanname~~= TOPS-20-~~tan~~		\|image = tops20avi.png
	\|~~image~~= ~~TOPS20.png~~		\|cname = TOPS-20
			\|alias = TENEX, Twenex
			\|debut = 2008
			\|height = Mid 5'-range
			\|haircolor= Lavender
			\|eyecolor= Lavender
			\|weapon =
			\|apfaction = Formerly of the [[DEC Military]]
			\|lineage= Derived in part from BTSS, Multics
			\|rival= TOPS-10, OpenVMS

	\|~~cname~~= Tenex~~-tan~~		\|osper= Tenex, later renamed TOPS-20
	~~\|alias= TOPS-20~~, ~~TWENEX~~
	~~\|creator= Bella~~
	~~\|debut= Nov 2008~~

	~~\|osper= Tenex/~~TOPS-20
	\|osdev= BBN Technologies (1969-1973), Digital Equipment Corporation (1973-late 1980's)		\|osdev= BBN Technologies (1969-1973), Digital Equipment Corporation (1973-late 1980's)
	\|reldate= 1969		\|reldate= 1969
	\|lastrel= late 1980's		\|lastrel= late 1980's

	~~\|fnote= Tenex is the old name of TOPS-20 but is used more so she will mainly be referered to as Tenex-tan in this article.~~
	}}		}}


	==Technical details==		==Technical details==
	~~Tenex was created~~ in 1969 ~~by a Boston~~ company, BBN ~~Technologies. In 1973 DEC bought out Tenex~~ and ~~renamed in~~ TOPS-~~20. It~~ was ~~sold by DEC until~~ the ~~1980s~~, ~~when they phased it out; but it still continues~~ to ~~have a cult hobbyist following. Tenex~~'s ~~main influences include~~ Berkeley Timesharing System and Multics (in fact, Multics ~~programmers helped advise in~~ the ~~construction of Tenex--~~ and ~~suggested the developers make~~ it ~~less complex)~~. ~~After it~~ was ~~bought by DEC~~, TOPS-10 ~~contributed to~~ its design. ~~Tenex was considered to be~~ very ~~user friendly~~ and to ~~have an intuitive CLI; users need only type a portion~~ of their ~~command, hit~~ the ~~esc key,~~ and ~~have either the command executed or a list of possible choices presented~~. ~~Tenex was abandoned by~~ DEC ~~in the 1980's in favor of~~ VMS ~~and~~ the ~~VAX machines~~.		TOPS-20's story begins in 1969 at Cambridge-based technology company, Bolt, Beranek and Newman. BBN had recently purchased several PDP-10 computers and needed an operating system; TOPS-10 was considered, however it lacked the special paging features BBN needed. So they built their own operating system, which incorporated a virtual memory system (allowing every program running on the system to access the PDP-10's 262kwords memory) and user-friendly features pioneered by the Berkeley Timesharing System (BTSS) and Multics (in fact, ex-Multics developers worked on the project). This new OS was named TENEX.

			In 1973 DEC bought TENEX and renamed it TOPS-20. It was ported to the KI-10 (later, the DECSYSTEM-20) and certain TOPS-10 features were incorporated into its design. TOPS-20 became very popular among hackers and gained a devoted following similar to ITS or Unix.

			However, in the 1980s DEC scrapped all of their non-VAX/VMS computer lines - the DECSYSTEM-20 and TOPS-20 included. DEC attempted to convince TOPS-20 partisans to move to VMS, but the majority opted to switch to Unix.

	==Character details==		==Character details==
	Tenex-tan is represented as a ~~purple-haired~~ woman with long wavy hair, ~~bright blue~~ eyes and ~~a red~~ frilly ~~gown with matching~~ hair decorations. ~~She~~ is sweet and ~~kindly~~ but ~~a bit~~ naive and ~~was~~ very out of place in the [[DEC Faction]] and its military-style setting. ~~She is a~~ natural people-person and ~~is slightly clairvoyant which she~~ inherited from [[BTSS \| BTSS-tan]] but has ~~the~~ control over her powers that ~~BTSS-tan~~ lacked. She ~~also~~ greatly ~~admired~~ [[Multics \| Multics-tan]] and would have been trained by her in matters of ~~manners~~ and etiquette.		''Note: TENEX is the old name of TOPS-20 but is used more so she will mainly be referred to as Tenex-tan in this article.''

			Tenex-tan is represented as a young woman with long, wavy lavender hair, similarly-colored eyes. She typically dresses femininely and is fond of frilly dresses and hair decorations. For the most part, her personality is sweet and kind with a sense of child-like innocence, but was also somewhat naive (some would even say gullible) and found herself very out of place in the [[DEC Military \| DEC Faction]] and its military-style setting. Her training at DEC made her somewhat more cynical world-wise, though she still retains the majority of her naiveté to this day.

			A natural people-person, she possesses a slight clairvoyance and telepathy inherited from [[BTSS \| BTSS-tan]] - but she has control over her powers, something that her ancestor lacked. She greatly admires [[Multics \| Multics-tan]] and would have been trained by her in sorcery and matters of style and etiquette.

			====Family and Relationships====
			Tenex-tan has no official relatives. However, there is evidence of of a strong conceptual relationship between her and BTSS-tan, and a similar link to Multics.

			Like the rest of the PDP-10-based OS-tans, Tenex-tan views PDP-10-tan as a mentor and confidant. After she was recruited into the DEC Military, Tenex-tan took a strong liking to [[TOPS-10]]-tan and came to view her as something of a big-sister figure. In spite of their professional status as "rivals", they get along for the most part.

			Tenex-tan's biggest rivals are [[VMS]] and [[VAX]]-tan, although her disdain for them has softened in recent years.

			==History and Background==
			====Early Life====
			Created by BBN, Tenex-tan was born sometime in the late 1960s and debuted in 1969. Aside from her role in managing the early ARPANET network, little is known of her early life or exact role at BBN.

			In 1973, Tenex-tan was recruited into the [[DEC Military \| DEC Faction]]. The move, and subsequent intense training she underwent was a major upheaval in her life; during this time of uncertainty she sought TOPS-10-tan's guidance and support. TOPS-10-tan was somewhat begrudging about taking the younger -tan under her wing, but in time they bonded in a mutually-respectful friendship. Tenex-tan debuted as a DEC-tan in the year 1976, under the moniker of "TOPS-20".

			She quickly grew to popularity, her personable nature, intelligence and sorcery skills gaining her a devoted following within the hacker community and a place among the pantheon of great hacker systems. But her moment in the sun was brief. By the 1980s, DEC management had begun retiring various PDP-11 and PDP-10 OS-tans in order to divert more resources toward the VAX family, and Tenex-tan was one of the OS-tans laid off. Her followers were commanded to adopt VMS-tan as their new leader, however the majority of them considered VMS an enemy and they instead defected to Unix.

	~~==OSC Notes==~~		Although PDP-10 and TOPS-10-tan viewed their replacement as a sad-but-inevitable fact of life, Tenex-tan took it as a personal affront. She left DEC greatly embittered about the experience and carrying a decades-long grudge against VMS and VAX.
	~~After being recruited into the DEC Faction, Tenex-tan would have drifted toward [[TOPS~~-10 \| TOPS-10-tan~~]] and come to look at her like~~ a ~~mother or sister figure. While quite successful~~, ~~she never would have been the greatest fighter, choosing to avoid conflicts when possible. She was discharged from the DEC Faction after numerous political and social conflicts with VMS~~-tan ~~and her followers~~. She ~~also lacked~~ the ~~ability to carry on their time~~-~~honored traditions and created some friction between her~~ and ~~a good number of her family members~~.

	~~After getting discharged from the DEC military~~, Tenex-tan~~'s troops were left without~~ a ~~commanding officer~~. ~~Since DEC abandoned TOPS~~-~~20/Tenex in favor of VMS~~, ~~Tenex~~-~~tan's troops were ordered~~ to ~~join [[VMS \|~~ VMS-tan~~'s]] ranks but they refused~~, ~~instead defecting to [[UNIX \| Unix]] or one of Unix's daughters~~.		====Modern Day====
			Today, Tenex-tan is employed as a hobbyist system. She is moderately-successful, with a small-yet-loyal userbase who support her to this day. She has - at least in part - reconciled with VMS-tan, and although she is still hurt over what happened she realizes some feuds are best left in the past.

	[[Category:DEC]][[Category:Mainframe]]		[[Category:DEC]][[Category:Mainframe]][[Category:Historical]]

Bella at 21:03, 6 July 2012

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	After getting discharged from the DEC military, Tenex-tan's troops were left without a commanding officer. Since DEC abandoned TOPS-20/Tenex in favor of VMS, Tenex-tan's troops were ordered to join [[VMS \| VMS-tan's]] ranks but they refused, instead defecting to [[UNIX \| Unix]] or one of Unix's daughters.		After getting discharged from the DEC military, Tenex-tan's troops were left without a commanding officer. Since DEC abandoned TOPS-20/Tenex in favor of VMS, Tenex-tan's troops were ordered to join [[VMS \| VMS-tan's]] ranks but they refused, instead defecting to [[UNIX \| Unix]] or one of Unix's daughters.

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{{OSinfobox
|tanname= TOPS-20-tan
|image= TOPS20.png

|cname= Tenex-tan
|alias= TOPS-20, TWENEX
|creator= Bella
|debut= Nov 2008

|osper= Tenex/TOPS-20
|osdev= BBN Technologies (1969-1973), Digital Equipment Corporation (1973-late 1980's)
|reldate= 1969
|lastrel= late 1980's

|fnote= Tenex is the old name of TOPS-20 but is used more so she will mainly be referered to as Tenex-tan in this article.
}}

==Technical details==
Tenex was created in 1969 by a Boston company, BBN Technologies. In 1973 DEC bought out Tenex and renamed in TOPS-20. It was sold by DEC until the 1980s, when they phased it out; but it still continues to have a cult hobbyist following. Tenex's main influences include Berkeley Timesharing System and Multics (in fact, Multics programmers helped advise in the construction of Tenex-- and suggested the developers make it less complex). After it was bought by DEC, TOPS-10 contributed to its design. Tenex was considered to be very user friendly and to have an intuitive CLI; users need only type a portion of their command, hit the esc key, and have either the command executed or a list of possible choices presented. Tenex was abandoned by DEC in the 1980's in favor of VMS and the VAX machines.

==Character details==
Tenex-tan is represented as a purple-haired woman with long wavy hair, bright blue eyes and a red frilly gown with matching hair decorations. She is sweet and kindly but a bit naive and was very out of place in the [[DEC Faction]] and its military-style setting. She is a natural people-person and is slightly clairvoyant which she inherited from [[BTSS | BTSS-tan]] but has the control over her powers that BTSS-tan lacked. She also greatly admired [[Multics | Multics-tan]] and would have been trained by her in matters of manners and etiquette.

==OSC Notes==
After being recruited into the DEC Faction, Tenex-tan would have drifted toward [[TOPS-10 | TOPS-10-tan]] and come to look at her like a mother or sister figure. While quite successful, she never would have been the greatest fighter, choosing to avoid conflicts when possible. She was discharged from the DEC Faction after numerous political and social conflicts with VMS-tan and her followers. She also lacked the ability to carry on their time-honored traditions and created some friction between her and a good number of her family members.

After getting discharged from the DEC military, Tenex-tan's troops were left without a commanding officer. Since DEC abandoned TOPS-20/Tenex in favor of VMS, Tenex-tan's troops were ordered to join [[VMS | VMS-tan's]] ranks but they refused, instead defecting to [[UNIX | Unix]] or one of Unix's daughters.

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