PC-DOS
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| Original Creator: | Unknown |
| First appearance: | Unknown |
| OS Personified: | All versions of PC-DOS |
| OS Developer: | IBM |
| First Released: | August 1981 |
| Latest Stable Release: | v. 2000 April 1998 |
Technical details
PC DOS was released in 1981 during the era of IBM + Microsoft cooperation. It was essentially a renamed MS DOS but both were marketed seperately- PC DOS was marketed for the IBM PC while Microsoft marketed MS DOS to the open market. PC DOS diverged from MS DOS after the breakup between Microsoft and IBM.
Character details
PC-DOS-tan is MS-DOS-tan's (non-canon) twin sister as they were both released during the era of IBM + Microsoft cooperation, and that PC-DOS was essentially a renamed MS-DOS. She is similar in appearance to her with pigtails, round glasses and a school uniform. Her hair is blue, her skirt bears the IBM colors, and she carries an IBM ThinkPad as opposed to MS-DOS-tan's keyboard.
While she and MS-DOS-tan both still harbor an unconscious yearning to be reunited, time and distance have diverged their personalities, which is a parallel to how the PC-DOS and MS-DOS OSes diverged from one another after Microsoft's and IBM's break-up. PC-DOS-tan is now more mature, but ill-tempered and an extreme workaholic. Often she takes on more than she can handle at work. She also acts cool and brooding but it's all actually a facade since deep down inside she still longs for her twin sister, but when they do reunite -and the occasionally get the chance to-, both of their personalities temporarily revert to their former cheerful selves.
She usually accompanies PTS-DOS-tan and vents her feelings to her because PTS-DOS-tan speaks only in Russian, and is incorrectly assumed that she can't understand English. Pilot OS-tan is another of PC-DOS-tan's friends and her closest friend. Even then their favorite pastime is trading insults during a flight.
History and background
PC-DOS-tan is the twin sister of MS-DOS-tan; younger sister of QDOS-tan and biological daughter of DR-DOS-tan.
In the 1980's, she happily grew up as part of the Microsoft-IBM Family and lived with MS-DOS-tan, Windows 1.0-tan, Windows 2.0-tan, their stepsister OS/2-tan, and Xenix-tan the family caretaker. PC-DOS-tan and MS-DOS-tan were especially close and had nearly identical personalities but the break-up of the Microsoft-IBM Family changed both of their personalities radically and during the 1990s, they were only able to confront each other as rivals.
PC-DOS-tan in the present day is affiliated with the DOSSE, a subset of the Binteeji Renmei where she is reunited with most of her relatives but still has a hard time, being so shell-shocked from the Microsoft-IBM Family break-up in 1990. With the help of her friend Pilot OS-tan who arranges the get-togethers, PC-DOS-tan and MS-DOS-tan are able to reunite from time to time.
She works as a temp for OS/2-tan's struggling business and hates every bit of it, but that work gives what she feels to be a purpose in life. Because of her association with OS/2-tan, she is forced to be involved in some of the Anti$oft Coalition meetings and the silly antics that ensue and is sometimes tricked into their plans, all of this much to her chagrin.
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