GENIAC
| Genius Almost-Automatic Computer-tan | |
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| Character Information | |
|---|---|
| Common Names | GENIAC-tan |
| Other Names | n/a |
| Appearance | |
| Design | |
| Creator | Aurora Borealis |
| First Appearance | Jul 2008 |
| Technical Information | |
| System Personified | ? |
| Developer(s) | Berkeley Enterprises |
| Debut | circa 1955 |
| Latest release | circa 1959 |
Description
GENIAC-tan represents the GENIAC and its variants, Tyniac (Tiny Almost-Automatic Computer), Weeniac (Weeny Almost-Automatic Computer) and Brainiac (Brain-Imitating Almost-Automatic Computer); a series of very early personal computers developed by Berkeley Enterprises and released from 1955 to 1959.
She is represented as a little girl, with an apparent age of 5 years old and is 3'3 [100 cm tall] and has shoulder-length light brown hair, orange eyes and wears glasses, a cream-colored gown with a brown belt, a bonnet with perforated holes (akin to the brown discs on the GENIAC), a blazer and Mary Jane-style shoes. She is extremely intelligent but frail, puppet-like and cannot function on her own without a caretaker holding the strings and handle on her back. She likes to play simple games, with Tic-Tac-Toe being her favorite.
OSC Notes
GENIAC-tan is the second oldest OS-tan character and was famous back in her early years and had a caretaker who loved to play with her but in the early 1960's, she was abandoned after her caretaker outgrew her for newer and more advanced personal computer systems. For decades, she lied motionless in an attic until discovered by some other Vintage-tans and she was revived again. Happy at first but soon saddened and frightened after realizing that more than 40 years have passed and the world and friends she once knew are long gone. She also developed a terrible fear of going back to sleep, as she dreaded the thought of waking up another several decades later.
She now lives with the Vintage-tans and is getting to know them better. She became best friends with EXEC-sama, who volunteered to be her caretaker and also because EXEC-sama grew up in the same time period as her and because of that, they can talk to each other using words, imagery and memories that both can relate to. GENIAC-tan also likes to chat with Commodore 64-tan (a fellow genius) but being unfamiliar with modern technology, GENIAC-tan ends up asking more obstructive questions than giving out constructive answers!