Commodore VIC-20

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Commodore VIC-20-tan
Character Information
Common Names	VIC20-tan
Other Names	VC-20, VIC-1001, Vixen, Volkscomputer
Human Name(s)	Victoria
Faction	Wanderer Class, formerly of the Commodore Family
Lineage	8-bit Commodore
Appearance
Height	143 cm (4'8")
Hair Color	burgundy
Eye Color	orange
Weapon(s)	M1903 Springfield rifle
Design
First Appearance	Aug 2008
Technical Information
System Personified	Commodore VIC-20 (hardware), Commodore BASIC 2.0 (OS)
Developer(s)	Commodore
Debut	1980 (VIC-1001), 1981 (VIC-20)
Latest release	circa 1985

Technical details

The Commodore VIC-20 was first released in Japan (as the VIC-1001) in 1980 and later released to other countries in 1981. It is the first color computer from Commodore, and the first home computer in history to sell 1 million units.

Character details

General

VIC20-tan is represented as pre-teen girl with wavy burgundy hair and fairly intimidating orange eyes. Her eyes are like PET-tan's, but while PET-tan doesn't want to intimidate, VIC-20-tan does.

She wears her military tunic with her insignia and Brodie helmet from her old Commodore days. Her tunic is light grey with black trim, colored after the original VIC-20 unit. On the trim of her tunic are rainbow stripes modeled after the rainbow-striped nameplate of the later (1982-85) VIC-20 model. On the upper sleeves of her tunic are a gold VIC-20 insignia, modeled after the gold-colored nameplate of the early VIC-20 model. She added many pockets onto her tunic to store ammo. She used to wear dark pants and boots with her uniform in service, but now prefers to dress more feminine, but still show some ties to her military past.

Her main weapon is an M1903 Springfield rifle. She also carries a bayonet, which she prefers to use as a melee weapon.

She is, or sees herself as prim and proper, despite a cynical attitude. She's been cynical since Commodore's downfall, and travels the world to try and forget about her hardships, but still laments the loss of her company and heritage. Her attitude is harsh towards others, but she yearns to be a part of the modern world, but doesn't feel like she can.

She has cheered up somewhat in the past few years since the first Commodore family reunion.

Family and relationships

PET

VIC-20-tan never had much of a rivalry with PET-tan, since they focused on different niches. PET-tan was more into education, and VIC-20-tan was more into gaming. VIC-20-tan admired her, wanting to be as prim, proper and intimidating as her.

C64

She and C64-tan used to have a fierce sibling rivalry when in service. VIC-20-tan was upset at becoming obsolete (her technical capabilities being vastly outclassed by C64's), having to hand leadership of the fleet over to her, and felt her own popularity and power get threatened. (VIC-20's sales declined after the debut of the C64)

After Commodore's bankruptcy, they didn't see each other very much and ended up parting ways.

C65

For a long time, she and C65-tan got into fights when they saw each other. She never met C65-tan until well after the family disbanded, so she thought that C65-tan was a bootleg Commodore-tan. It wasn't until recent years that a family reunion was arranged, and the other Commodore-tans found out the truth about C65-tan and accepted her into the family.

Linux

Referencing that the VIC-20 was the first computer that Linus Torvalds programmed on, Linux-tan and her oldest daughters admire her. She isn't aware of the idol status she has among the early Linuces, but if she did, she may have the self-confidence she needs to feel like she can finally be a part of the modern world.

OSC Notes (this section will be deleted later)

Her original attire and her attitude were modeled after turn-of-the-20th-century Doughboys and thus was involved in more land-based and close-quarter fighting than her sisters, who were all primarily naval captains. Since Commodore's collapse, she has turned cynical and travels the world rather than stay in one spot lamenting a past that few people bother to remember.

Her recent additions to her outfit are very feminine and dainty, contrasting with her old-fashioned military attire. It's a way of showing that, deep down inside, she wants to be more feminine and wants to be a part of modern life, but the memories of her past simply refuse to let her do that outright.