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My annual OS-tan Christmas drawing.... with a TWIST! This year's wasn't done digitally, and it isn't even in manga style.

Here we have the Binteji Reimei or "Vintage Federation", a collection of vintage OS-and-hardware-tans. Largely discarded and forgotten by the mainstream world and considered useless by many, the Vintage-tans have (along with their small but diehard userbase) carved out a small but meaningful place in today's world.

The name was taken from the "Island of Misfit Toys" segment of the famous Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer TV special; I arrived upon it when I began drawing SAGE-sama. She doesn't have much respect for micro/minicomputer OSes, and I can just imagine her thinking "god help me, I'm on the Island of Misfit Toys."

So anyway, here the Vintage-tans (and a few visitors) decorate one of their many apple trees--they live on an orchard you see-- and celebrate the holiday season.

COUNTERCLOCKWISE FROM FAR LEFT:

-ITS-tan (not a member of the Vintage-tans)
-PTSDOS-tan
-MSDOS-tan
-C-One-tan (who's shape-shifted into MSDOS-tan's form)
-DRDOS-tan
-ORIC-tan
-ZXSpectrum-tan
-filler
-EXEC-sama
-GENIAC-chan
-filler
-filler
-Commodore PET-tan
-Commodore 64-tan
-SAGE-sama (not a member of the group, she's visiting)
-Apple ///-tan (not a member?)
-GEM-tan
-DEC OS8-tan
-Apple Lisa-tan
-DOS/V-tan
-Apple ][-tan
-DEC RSX11-tan (above Apple ][-tan)
-QDOS-tan (above RSX11-tan)
-PCDOS-tan
-Commodore Amiga-tan
-Windows 2.0-tan
-Windos 1.0-tan
-DTSS-tan
-PilotOS-tan

This is also an Xmas gift for my dad. Looooooooong story. :XD:

Pen and ink, HUEG stock paper, surprisingly short time!
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Well it's not "manga style" depending on what you consider "manga style". Honestly I have see manga with these styles of eyes and noses (especially on older manga), so this could very well pass for a kind of manga style. ^^

And I can see now why it would be a big hit, since (like the Professor Clayton picture) it has such a charming, whimsical, almost nostalgic feel to the drawing that seems wonderfully appropriate for the vintage girls. ^_________^

And seriously, who can say no to the SHEAR NUMBERE OF CHARACTERS PRESENTED IN A SINGLE PICTURE!! You're very good with that, I must say. ^-^

LOL,... feel like socking one on SAGE-sama for that thought, but interestingly enough she's not too far off. Strangely enough, she IS older than all of them (including EXEC-sama, who I guess would feel less self-conscious about her age thanks to "Gina"), and with a few exceptions the vintage-tans are definitely considered "toys" in the present day.

But there's such lovely toys, fufu,.... ^__________^

Since there's so many girls, I'll rush through this one. ^.^

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ITS-tan - a little smaller than usual in this pic, but I reckon that makes her more Kino-like. ^^

PTSDOS-tan - hard to get used to with beady eyes, but still loves her hair [thogh it's missing some braids]. ^^

MSDOS-tan - uh,... it's "me". ^__^

C-One-tan - the lamb ears give her off. ^^

DRDOS-tan - haha! This old gal transferred quite well to this style ^-^

ORIC-tan - now with 50% more tomboyishness. ^____^

ZXSpectrum-tan - so sweet and serene, one of my favorite characters of the BR. ^___^

EXEC-sama - how pretty, although we don't see too much of her hair here. How sweet of her pointing to GENIAC's friend.

GENIAC-chan - her happiness has a whole new meaning now, it lifts the spirit. ^^

Commodore PET-tan - shame its only a side shot, but she shows off some wholesome charisma. ^___^

Commodore 64-tan - hmmm,... in this style, she actually looks almost like a DEC-tan,... or a very simplified Multics-sama. ^^;
But how nice of her to read a story. ^^

SAGE-sama - trying very hard to be polite? ^^;

Apple ///-tan - this girl has gone through so many character revisions,... I guess we've finally settled on the Dharma look. ^^

GEM-tan - looks a lot more youngish here, but still has the old school charm. ^.^

DEC OS8-tan - hmmm,... I can barely remember her, but did she finally decide to join? ^__^

Apple Lisa-tan 00 still as pretty as ever, and the HUEG cowlick transferred perfectly. ^o^

DOS/V-tan - still the bashful mystery girl that is much served by our revisions. ^^

Apple ][-tan - HAHA! even at Christmas she's still sorta-working. hasn't she ever taken a break in her life? ^_________________^

DEC RSX11-tan - fufufu, and I just saw her in the other picture. So when did she join? ^^

QDOS-tan - her cuteness also transferred over well in this style! ^.^

PCDOS-tan - uber-beady, for the lol. ^___^
Although i noticed that in this style, all the pigtails start from the lower part of the head. ^^

Commodore Amiga-tan - She still looks sweet as ever! Careful she doesn't get TOO close to the true and is confused with honey. ^-^

Windows 2.0-tan - she's drawn a lot like she's done in your comic, +15000 points! ^v^

Windos 1.0-tan - you can't see much of her, but she seems happy as ever. ^-^

DTSS-tan - oro? This girl chose to retire too? That's a relief, we need some more experience. ^^

PilotOS-tan -- a little taller than usual here (unless DTSS-sama is short), but still has an appropriate coolness about her. ^__~

Notable exceptions: ROMDOS-tan (Waaaaah! no quadruple pigtails!), and our two favored Atari-tans. A few others, but they're not as missed. ^^'