Binteeji Renmei Annex Bios

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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.

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.