CRAY-1
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| CRAY-1 | |
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| Character Information | |
|---|---|
| Common Names | CRAY-1 |
| Other Names | Cray-1 |
| Human Name(s) | Corina Seymour |
| Faction | Mainframe Guild |
| Lineage | Cray (matriarch/founder) |
| Rival(s) | NOS, UNIX |
| Appearance | |
| Height | 213 cm (7'0") |
| Hair Color | light blue |
| Eye Color | grey |
| Weapon(s) | Magical staff used to harness her ice powers |
| Design | |
| First Appearance | Nov 2009 |
| Technical Information | |
| System Personified | CRAY-1 (hardware), Cray Operating System (OS) |
| Developer(s) | Cray Research |
| Debut | 1976 |
| Latest release | circa 1985 |
Technical Details
The Cray-1 is one of the most successful supercomputers, and regarded as the first true supercomputer in history, released in 1976 with a clock speed of 80 MHz. Each one sold for $5-8 million, and over 80 were sold, successful for such an expensive computer. For years, it was the world's fastest computer. It was designed with optimal speed and efficiency in mind, was designed to deliberately crash a few times a day, and is easily recognizable by its distinctive appearance- tall, cylindrical, built-in seats on its edges, and the large, customizable color panels on the outside.
Another claim to fame is that the Cray-1 was used in the 1982 sci-fi movie "TRON", which was the first movie to be made with computer graphics, and also had a cameo appearance in the movie.
Its original OS was the Cray Operating System (COS), replaced by the UNIX variant UNICOS in 1985. Cray-1-tan also represents COS, and hates UNIX, referring to COS being abandoned in favor of UNICOS.
Character Details
General
Cray-1-tan is one of the tallest mainframe-tans with an imposing appearance. She has long, wavy light blue hair decorated with a black and silver headdress. She wears a futuristic-looking gown with a hoopskirt and long black gloves and boots; the gown is sleeveless with a metallic collar. Below the collar is a row of small square panels. Her gown has a grey corset with black panels on the sides, and on the top layer of her skirt are large vertical crystal panels that change color; the colored panel arrangement is modeled after the appearance of the CRAY-1 machine and its customizable appearance. She likes art, aesthetics, fashion design and weaving. Her interest in weaving is a reference to the CRAY-1's elaborate wiring, which was wired by hand by skilled weavers. She is also a sci-fi fan, and computer graphics artist in reference to the CRAY-1's role in the production of "TRON".
Contrasting with her appearance, which is among the fanciest and most imposing of the mainframe-tans, she is stoic, but is remarkably down-to-earth, being much more humble than she used to be. She still has high standards, but has become a bit more lenient than she was before, stemming from remorse over pushing her daughter too far.
Family and relationships
SCOPE
CRAY-2
Data General Family
She is acquainted with the Data General-tans, of whom RDOS-tan was hired as her assistant under contract (the Data General Nova running RDOS was used as a control unit in the early CRAY-1 model) until she became more self-sufficient. At first she didn't like them, being too arrogant to accept their help, even feeling insulted. RDOS-tan's persistence paid off, as Cray-1-tan learned to accept help, and RDOS-tan became one of her first friends. After RDOS-tan's work contract as Cray-1's assistant expired, they continued to keep in contact with each other.
