User:Aurora Borealis

Finally making a userpage if it means one less red link on this wiki. I'll work on this more later.

Currently using it as a sandbox to migrating the Annex Project bio format over for the OS-tan faction pages.

To do:

• Continue porting Annex bios to this page from the original thread.
• Add new bios here.
• Move them to a separate article once a faction's section on here becomes large enough.
  • completed: Windows Family section
  • mostly done: House of Mac
• create infoboxes for the factions

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Windows Family

Windows Family Annex Bios

House of Mac

House Of Mac Annex Bios

Binteeji Renmei

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.

Linux/Unix Consortium

UNIX

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• Name:Bell Labs Unix
• aka: "UNIX", "Unix-sama", "UNICS"
• Debut: 1969
• Height: 153 cm (5'0")
• Weight: ??kg
• Eye Color: Blue
• Hair: Dark Purple

• Quick Facts:
  • -Created at Bell Labs, Unix is the 'biological daughter' of Multics, but her caregiver and teacher was GECOS.
  • -Practised what many consider an early version of open sorcery.
  • -Initiated a ruthless takeover of the mainframe and minicomputer (and later workstation) markets.
  • -The ultimate ancestor of all Unices --genetically, in the case of true Unices; conceptually, for Unix-likes--.
  • -The co-leader of the Linux/Unix Consortium, and is very concerned over nominating an heir to her dynasty.
  • -Considered difficult, manipulative, even monstrous by some, Unix does have an agreeable side which only her friends and sympathizers are aware of.
  • -Wears plain, conservative and monotone clothing, boots and horn-rimmed glasses and carries an aluminum staff.
  • -Physically ageless, she's appeared to be in the mid-teens for nearly 40 years.
  • -Has owl ears.
  • -Has ridden a wheelchair since the early 1990s. (near the end of the Unix Wars)

GNU/Linux

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• Name: Linux-tan
• aka: "GNU/Linux"
• Debut: circa 1991
• Height: 168 cm (5'6")
• Weight: ??kg
• Eye Color: Purple
• Hair: Purple

• Quick Facts:
  • -The most successful Open Sourcer and Unix-like.
  • -Born in Finland in 1991, was turned over to Minix-sensei for tutoring at a young age.
  • -Effectively homeless, she traveled extensively throughout her youth; an experience that shaped her personality and worldview.
  • -Avoided the Unix Wars during her youth, allowing her to develop free of the conflict's damaging influences.
  • -Was powerless until her involvement with the GNU project, where she learned most of her sorcery and strategic skills.
  • -Her source code was made freely available, allowing her better health and many children to be created from her genes.
  • -An alliance with Apache-tan boosted her influence and made her a viable threat to the Unix dynasty.
  • -Initially considered harmless, her increasing power, following and growing family made her the target of suspicion and attack by mainstream Unixes.
  • -Since the mid 1990s has worked with Unix-sama to secure the mutual success and survival of their families.
  • -While best friends with Unix-sama, her relationship with most of the Unix-tans continues to be uneasy at best.
  • -Considered a possible heir to the Unix throne.
  • -Pragmatic, optimistic and idealistic, but perhaps a bit too blunt and verbose.
  • -Originally wielded a spear and wore a helmet, now carries a halberd and uses advanced cyber-armour.
  • -Prefers hand-to-hand combat in battle, instead using her sorcery in more constructive pursuits.
  • -Physically an older teen, athletic with long hime-cut hair. Wears white tights, a short skirt, a Compiz-style cape, navy blue jacket with gold accents and similarly colored boots.

Wanderer Class

Apple III

• Name: Apple III-tan
• aka: Apple ///, Sara
• Debut: May 1980
• Height: 163 cm (5'4")
• Weight: ??kg
• Eye Color: Red
• Hair: Red-brown

• Quick Facts:
  • -Born in 1978 (when development started), she was a cheery and proud young girl, but Apple I-tan's death sparked a series of mental breakdowns she'd later have.
  • -By the time of her grand debut in 1980, her attitude worsened and became a pyromaniac.
  • -Only got along with Apple I and II. Tried to improve herself (without much success) and left the family in 1984.
  • -Lives with her followers on a remote island and observatory.
  • -Has huge ambitions and the desire for self-redemption.
  • -Used to dislike the Mac-tans, but became proud of them after hearing of their remarkable recovery efforts after the OS Wars.
  • -But being a failure, she was for a long time too ashamed to ever see her relatives again.
  • -Is friends with SAGE, GENIAC and Adam.
  • -Within the past year, she has gotten enough courage to visit the Binteeji Renmei, to visit GENIAC and the Apple-tans there.
  • -Wears a black jumpsuit with a cloak and boots and decorates her hair with metal hair clips.

Barbie Linux

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• Name: Barbie Linux-tan
• aka: Barbie OS
• Debut: n/a
• Height: 221 cm (7'3")
• Weight: ??kg
• Eye Color: Light blue
• Hair: Blonde

• Quick Facts:
  • -Is the tallest living non-mainframe OS-tan.
  • -Friendly, outgoing and cheerful, although blunt at times.
  • -Has long blonde hair, and wears a pink+white polka-dotted minidress.
  • -Fond of nearly everything cute and trendy.
  • -Was a member of the Linux/Unix Consortium, but was shunned a lot by the more elitist members who derided her as a sell-out, or worse.
  • -Her cheerful demeanor is often a facade, hiding a broken ego turned unstable.
  • -Friends with Atari TOS, Coleco Adam, OS-9 and Mac OS9.
  • -Dislikes the elite Unix-tans, is also rivals with Windows XP, Vista and 7.
  • -Does not take rejection well.
  • -Frequently carries a machete.

Commodore VIC-20

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• Name: Commodore VIC-20-tan
• aka: VC-20, VIC-1001, Volkscomputer, Vixen, "Victoria"
• Debut: 1980
• Height: 143 cm (4'8")
• Weight: ??kg
• Eye Color: Orange
• Hair: Burgundy

• Quick Facts:
  • -Has a prim, but formidable, appearance and demeanour.
  • -Was stationed on land during her days in the Commodore military, unlike her naval-oriented sisters.
  • -Wields a M1903 Springfield rifle with bayonet.
  • -Wears her old military tunic, coat and brodie helmet, but with more the recent --and feminine-- additions of a skirt, lace-trimmed knee-high socks and mismatched shoes.
  • -Has a cynical and acerbic attitude.
  • -Has traveled the world since Commodore's downfall.
  • -Yearns to be a part of the modern world but refuses to let go of the past.
  • -Constantly laments the loss of her company and heritage.
  • -May not be aware of her status as a minor cult hero within the Linux family/community.
  • -Physically young, has long, wavy hair and keen eyes.

Evoke

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• Name: Evoke-tan
• aka: Damn Small BSD
• Debut: 12/31/2007
• Height: 18 cm (0'7")
• Weight: ??kg
• Eye Color: Pale Green
• Hair: Dark Red

• Quick Facts:
  • -Is extroverted, daring and mischievous.
  • -Hard-working, but not exactly ambitious, prefers minimalism and a laid-back attitude.
  • -Friends with the other Damn Small-tans, the four of them usually band together.
  • -FreeBSD's tiny little sister, they get along well, but Evoke keeps her distance out of the fear of getting eaten.
  • -An honorary member of the User Space Gang.
  • -Wears a sleeveless red dress with a green bow and sneakers.
  • -Has her hair tied with ribbons into horn-like pigtails.
  • -Wields a gold fork.

Macintosh System 3.4

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• Name: Macintosh System 3.4-tan
• aka: Mac System 3.4
• Debut: circa 1988
• Height: 180 cm (5'11")
• Weight: ??kg
• Eye Color: Dark Grey
• Hair: Dark brown

• Quick Facts:
  • -Is hot-blooded, boisterous and cheerful.
  • -Likes to make up conspiracies and is even the subject of some herself since there are no comprehensive records of her past.
  • -Lives as a wanderer by choice and is a traveling stunt performer.
  • -Is allegedly Macintosh System 6-tan's twin sister. (System 3.4 used the same Finder version as System 6.0.x) They used to have a bitter rivalry but have reconciled as friends.
  • -Her closest friends are Commodore 65-tan and Windows 3.2-tan, and the three of them are usually seen together.
  • -Initially felt she had no purpose in life because of her obscurity, so early in her life, she left the Apple Family to pursue her own dreams.
  • -Now she is very bold and confident and no longer cares about her obscurity. She has found a lot of satisfaction in her work.
  • -Has cheated death many times, much to her own amazement, but knows she is living on borrowed time (any day could be her last) and strives to make the most of it.
  • -May have been kept alive for several years through the sheer willpower to live.
  • -Wears a grey frilly blouse and blue skirt with ballet shoes.
  • -Keeps her hair tied in long, forked pigtails tied with red ribbons and decorated with hairclips. Has large, winged sunglasses with colored panels.

SAGE

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• Name: SAGE-tan
• aka: Semi-Automatic Ground Environment, "Gina"
• Debut: 1959
• Height: 162 cm (~5'4")
• Weight: ??kg
• Eye Color: Blue w/ yellow highlights
• Hair: Brown

• Quick Facts:
  • -Born at Lincoln Labs in 1953, is the daughter of Whirlwind.
  • -Had a close relationship with her mother despite rarely being with her
  • -Girlhood friends with GENIAC-chan.
  • -Was self-assured and capable in early adulthood.
  • -A powerful Air Force officer during the Cold War, her job was to intercept incoming enemy bombers; had a large entourage of hardwares-tans to assist her. She trained in piloting as well.
  • -While powerless against ICBMs, she was kept in service from 1958 to 1983.
  • -A willing servant of her country, she tried to hold onto her sense of self-worth but it slowly eroded.
  • -Became increasingly jaded and psychologically-unstable; being abandoned in 1983 was her snapping point.
  • -Cut off from her radar sites and assistants, she lost her vision, memories and sanity for the most part.
  • -Lives as a drifter and often inhabits her old radar sites.
  • -Psychotic and paranoid, she deals with loneliness and bouts of violence.
  • -Hates most smaller-scale OS-tans, but none so much as Unix
  • -Birds seem attracted to her but she hates them.
  • -Lapses into moments of mental clarity.
  • -Doesn't seem aware of the influence she's had on modern computers.
  • -Short/average height, wears thick glasses and usually keeps her hair tied in a squash blossom hairstyle. Wears parts of her old uniform mixed with civilian pieces.