Mainframe Guild Annex Bios
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Mainframe Guild
BESM
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- Name: BESM-san
- aka:
- Debut: 1950's
- Height: 181 cm (~5'11")
- Weight: ??kg
- Eye Color: Green
- Hair: Black
- Quick Facts:
- -Outcast member of the IAS family. (Soviet computer, considering IAS Machine's political beliefs....)
- -Unlike BESK, is multilingual, including English. (widely exported throughout Eastern Europe)
- -Very arrogant and a braggert, insists she's always been and always will be better then her sisters. (Claimed to be better then US contemporaries of the 70's)
- -Attempted to challenge CDC6600 & SCOPE for fastest computer in the world, but lost.
- -As fond of jokes as IAS, often regales listeners with tales of her past works.
- -Beloved by her users, friend to many European OS's.
- -Not afraid to work hard at any number of tasks.
- -Second tallest of the IAS-tans.
- -Wears her hair in a bun, wears a grey overcoat with a striped sweater and casual slacks.
- -Almost always smiling.
CP/CMS
CRAY-1
IAS
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- Name: IAS-sama
- aka: "Institute for Advanced Study Machine"
- Debut: 1951
- Height: 163 cm (5'4")
- Weight: ??kg
- Eye Color: Gold
- Hair: Silver
- Quick Facts:
- -Mother of the large IAS machine family, proud of her children and their descendants. Except for BESM.
- -Avowed enemy of her cousin, the Manchester Small-Scale Experimental machine.
- -Has a poor sense of time and trouble keeping up with assignments, but proud of her advanced design and achievements.
- -Speaks Hungarian and English, occasionally slipping between the two.
- -Interested and knowledgeable in a wide range of scientific fields.
- -Too fond of explosions for her daughter ILLIAC's taste.
- -Likes to play games and tell limericks.
- -Far more conservative politically then most of her colleagues.
- -Sometimes overindulges in food and drink.
- -Likes to drive, but forbidden to. Settles for the occasional trip with the good doctor.
- -Renowned for her ability to mimic "normal" people, sometimes used in conjunction with her fondness for playing games.
- -Embarrassed by being afflicted with von Neumann Bottleneck.
- -Described as being rather imposing, average height, slightly overweight, and dresses in conservative business attire all the time.
KRONOS
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- Name: CDC KRONOS-kun
- aka: KRONOS
- Debut: 1970's
- Height: ??? cm
- Weight: ??kg
- Eye Color: Blue
- Hair: Blond
- Quick Facts:
- -Direct son of MACE-kun, but are mostly opposite personality-wise.
- -More modest and tries to keep the peace amongst the others. SCOPE-sama considers him her second in command.
- -Extremely time conscious, doesn't put up with tardiness.
- -A shrewd businessmen, quite popular with the customers, who managed to secure his position within the family.
- -Wears glasses, a top hat and three-piece suit. Always has a watch with him.
MACE
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- Name: MACE-kun
- aka: "Mansfield and Cahlander Executive"
- Debut: 1960's
- Height: 176 cm (~5'9.5")
- Weight: ??kg
- Eye Color: Blue
- Hair: Blond
- Quick Facts:
- -The loose cannon of the CDC family.
- -Intense personality; loud, boisterous, arrogant and self assured. The opposite of his twin sister SCOPE-sama.
- -Adaptable, takes change easily and willing to help others understand whats going on, despite his arrogance.
- -Proud of his roots as a single programmer's off hour project, considers his accomplishments superior to the others.
- -"Working Man's OS", created at an assembly plant, not a lab. Despite this, he isn't as hands on as SCOPE-sama.
- -Likes to wear work clothes, has bright shiny teeth, almost always grinning . Is of medium height and rather stocky.
MCP
Music/CP
NOS
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- Name: NOS-san
- aka: Network Operating System
- Debut: 1970's
- Height: 166 cm (~5'5.5")
- Weight: ??kg
- Eye Color: Blue
- Hair: Brown
- Quick Facts:
- -The second (and more successful) usurper of control from SCOPE-sama (the other being SPIROS).
- -Arch-enemies against SCOPE and KRONOS, has attempted to massacre them.
- -Was defeated by SCOPE and KRONOS in battle, forcing her to accept a lesser position in the family.
- -Even more arrogant then MACE, but not quite as personable.
- -Pretty much despised by the other CDC-tans.
- -One of the most arrogant and violent among the Mainframes, regarded as a diabolical mastermind.
- -Known to impersonate her rivals, frequently wears wigs as part of a disguise. Her usual outfits are flamboyant, frilly gowns.
- -Has stitching on her body similar to SCOPE's, but less noticeable.
