Apple III

Apple III-tan
Character Information
Common Names	Apple III-tan
Other Names	Apple ///, Sara
Appearance
Design
Creator	Aurora Borealis
First Appearance	Mar 2009
Technical Information
System Personified	Apple III and III Plus(hardware), SOS (software)
Developer(s)	Apple Inc.
Debut	1980
Latest release	1983 (Apple III Plus)

Technical details

The Apple III was released as a more advanced (and much more expensive) successor to the Apple II designed for business users. It ran a new version of BASIC and a new operating system called SOS (Sophisticated Operating System) while retaining backwards compatibility. The Apple III's release included much fanfare but is still regarded as Apple's first and biggest flop ever for its high price, few software titles, limited degree of backwards compatibility and poor design- the internal clock quickly failed, and due to a near lack of ventilation and no fan, the circuits of the Apple III overheated and warped. A revised Apple III was released in 1983 that fixed the design flaws but even that wasn't enough to save its reputation.

Apple III's SOS had some influence though: It influenced the design of Apple II's ProDOS and the Macintosh's Hierarchical File System.

Character details

Apple III-tan is represented as a woman with light red eyes, long dark red hair with three blonde streaks, and metallic accessories. Her black jumpsuit is based off the DHARMA uniform from Lost. Over her uniform she wears a dark green skirt and a beige hooded cloak. She has an overall stoic though pyromaniacal disposition along with some unusual fangirlish tendencies as she's highly fond of Lost and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (the former referencing the use of Apple IIIs in Lost, the latter as a silly reference to SOS). She lives with a few of her loyal followers on a remote island where she built an observatory to do research and strive to save the world and strive for self-redemption.

OSC Notes

In her very early life, Apple III-tan was a very proud young girl but was distant towards her family except for her mother, Apple I-tan and was deeply saddened over her death. Although Apple III-tan remained proud and arrogant, it was this event that led to her later mental breakdowns. After her introduction party in 1980, she showed severe signs of mental instability, bad temper and pyromania that worsened. She improved herself and overcame her problems by 1983 when she went to reintroduce herself to the people but it was too late- her reputation was already ruined, she went mad and later left the family in shame. She was around to teach Apple II-tan, Lisa-tan, and Macintosh System 1-tan but she was a 'tough love' kind of teacher since she was distant from her family. She left in 1984.

One day early in her life as a wanderer, Apple III-tan along with some of her remaining followers encountered a remote island where she built an observatory she inhabits to this day.

Even as a wanderer, Apple III-tan still knew what was going on with her family and was proud of Apple II-tan and GS/OS-tan for keeping up their work ethic but didn't think very fondly of Lisa-tan or the Mac-tans for several years. She disliked that the Mac-tans were pampered divas back then, even though they were still nice and had a similar work ethic as Apple II-tan's, and was especially ashamed by their shortsightedness just before and during the OS Wars.

But when she heard of when the Mac-tans took matters into their own hands instead of waiting on a successor for the job for them (such as the ill-fated Copland and Taligent) and united their remaining forces, served on the front lines to defend the last of their territory then afterwards rebuild their society and culture, she has been proud of them and her whole family since then.

However she is afraid to return because of past experiences and that she wasn't there for her family when they needed her most. She knows that she cannot just return home as if nothing happened.

See also:

• Apple III Chaos: Apple's First Failure