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	\|image = Whirlwind.png		\|image = Whirlwind.png

	\|cname = Whirlwind~~-hime~~		\|cname = Whirlwind
	\|alias = Whirlwind I~~, TX-0, TX-1~~		\|alias = Whirlwind I
	\|hname = Winifred Forrester		\|hname = Winifred Forrester
	\|debut = Late 2009		\|debut = Late 2009
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	\|eyecolor= Blue		\|eyecolor= Blue
	\|weapon = N/A		\|weapon = N/A
	\|apfaction = [[Deceased OS-tans]]		\|apfaction = Formerly of the MIT-tan quasi-faction; [[Deceased OS-tans]]
	\|lineage= MIT, founder		\|lineage= MIT, founder
	\|rival= ~~N/A~~		\|rival= US Navy, Air Force

	\|osper = Whirlwind		\|osper = Whirlwind
	\|osdev = MIT, Lincoln Labs		\|osdev = MIT, Lincoln Labs
	\|reldate = 20 Apr 1951		\|reldate = 20 Apr 1951
	\|lastrel = ~~as Whirlwind:~~ Circa 1959~~, as TX-0: Early-Mid 1970s~~		\|lastrel = Circa 1959

	}}		}}
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	==Technical Details==		==Technical Details==
	~~Whirlwind-tan~~ ~~personifies the~~ MIT ~~computer~~ ~~that~~ ~~formed~~ ~~the~~ ~~basis~~ ~~for~~ ~~most~~ ~~modern~~ ~~computers~~ ~~and~~ ~~directly led to~~ the ~~development of the SAGE air defense system. First begun~~ as a ~~Navy~~ flight simulator ~~project~~, when the Navy bailed out the Air Force stepped in to keep it alive. One of the first electronic computers, ~~she~~ is a pioneer in output display and an early user of magnetic core memory making ~~her~~ among the fastest computers in the world.		Created at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Whirlwind was an early general-purpose computer. First begun in the 1940s as an electromechanical flight simulator, when the Navy bailed out of the project the Air Force stepped in to keep it alive. One of the first electronic computers, it was a pioneer in output display and an early user of magnetic core memory, making it among the fastest computers in the world at its time of creation. Although its lifespan was relatively short, it had a major impact on the computer industry - the profoundly influential SAGE system, TX-0, TX -2 and PDP-1 computers are all direct descendants of Whirlwind.

	==Character Details==		==Character Details==
	===General===		===General===
	~~Whirlwind-tan - often called~~ Whirlwind-hime to ~~denote~~ ~~her~~ ~~high~~ ~~position~~ ~~within~~ ~~the~~ ~~MIT-tan~~ ~~clan -~~ is depicted as a ~~bespectacled~~ woman ~~in her~~ mid 30s. ~~Somewhat~~ ~~on the tall side~~, ~~she has~~ long black hair ~~(usually~~ ~~worn swept away~~ from her face ~~and~~ ~~tied~~ ~~into~~ ~~braids),~~ ~~bright~~ blue eyes and speaks ~~with~~ a heavy Boston accent. ~~Her~~ ~~typical~~ attire ~~varies,~~ ~~from~~ ~~work-wear~~ consisting of dresses and labcoats, to ~~ornate~~ ~~formalwear~~ ~~consisting~~ of ~~19th~~ ~~Century~~-~~inspired~~ style ~~dresses~~ ~~featuring~~ ~~bustles and~~ ~~corsetry~~. One constant ~~across her wardrobe~~ seems to be ~~accessories~~ ~~incorporating~~ black and white ~~checkers~~, hair ribbons and vacuum tube~~-based~~ jewelry. In her younger days she was a ~~Naval~~ ~~Reservist~~, and thus wore ~~the uniform of~~ a US ~~Navy~~ ~~Women's Reserve ensign,~~ but since her dismissal she has avoided any association with her former service.		Whirlwind-hime, as she is often referred to in OSC writings, is depicted as a somewhat tall and pale-skinned woman, apparently mid-30s in age, with long black hair pulled back from her face by a braid. She has turquoise-blue eyes, wears glasses and speaks in a heavy Boston accent, and though her attire was originally described as consisting of contemporary dresses and labcoats, she has often been portrayed as wearing elaborate, 19th-century style gowns in drawn depictions. One constant seems to be the inclusion of black-and-white checkerboard patterns, hair ribbons and vacuum-tube jewelry. In her younger days she was a US Navy Women's Reserve ensign, and thus wore a WAVES uniform, but since her dismissal she has avoided any association with her former service.

	Whirlwind is an intelligent and amicable woman, though a hidden temperamental side has been hinted at before. She generally has a positive attitude in life, her only real "enemies" being the US Navy (for ~~firing~~ her) and the Air Force (for its ~~perceived~~ theft of her first-born child). She is renowned as an engineer and ~~for her assistance~~ on various period computer projects; among her greatest creations were her ~~various~~ children, as well as pioneering many technologies that would be employed by generations of computers to come.		Whirlwind is an intelligent and amicable woman, though a hidden temperamental side has been hinted at before. She generally has a positive attitude in life, her only real "enemies" being the US Navy (for abandoning her) and the Air Force (for its theft of her first-born child). She is renowned as an engineer and assisted on various period computer projects; among her greatest creations were her children, as well as pioneering many technologies that would be employed by generations of computers to come.

	==History and Background==		==History and Background==
	===Early life===		===Early life===
	Whirlwind-tan was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, sometime in the mid-1940s, ~~and~~ fully matured by the early 50s. It is known that the was a US Navy (WAVES) reservist, but few other aspects of her early life have been documented.		Whirlwind-tan was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, sometime in the mid-1940s; she fully matured by the early 50s. It is known that the was a US Navy WAVES reservist, but few other aspects of her early life have been documented.

	===Children===		===Children===
	By her own admission, Whirlwind's greatest legacy is the creation of [[SAGE]]-tan - to a point her daughter could be considered the reason to her existence above all else. Indeed, when SAGE's development was completed in 1959 she was decommissioned and left at the mercy of a group of computer scientists who kept her alive half out of sympathy, half to experiment on her unique physical properties. A series of experimental operations - ~~the~~ ~~TX-0~~ ~~project~~ - improved her lifespan, speed and powers, but ~~cost~~ her numerous body parts as well as general mental and physical stability. Especially problematic were the coma-like states she fell in and out of for the next fourteen years.		By her own admission, Whirlwind's greatest legacy is the creation of [[SAGE]]-tan - to a point her daughter could be considered the reason to her existence above all else. Indeed, when SAGE's development was completed in 1959 she was decommissioned and left at the mercy of a group of computer scientists who kept her alive half out of sympathy, half to experiment on her unique physical properties. A series of experimental operations were performed in an attempt to improved her lifespan, speed and powers, but they were untimely unsuccessful, costing her numerous body parts as well as general mental and physical stability. Especially problematic were the coma-like states she fell in and out of for the next fourteen years.

	Despite the dire consequences to her health, there were several beneficial effects ~~of her transformation into "TX-0"~~. Foremost among these, the creation of her second ~~child~~, [[PDP-1]]-tan - whose ~~1959 birth~~ would have never been possible without the knowledge gained during Whirlwind's experimental surgeries. In many ways, ~~PDP-1~~ filled the nest left empty by SAGE's departure, and became a comfort and companion to the ailing Whirlwind.		Despite the dire consequences to her health, there were several beneficial effects. Foremost among these, the creation of her second and third children, [[TX-0]] and [[PDP-1]]-tan, whose births would have never been possible without the knowledge gained during Whirlwind's experimental surgeries. In many ways, her two children filled the nest left empty by SAGE's departure, and became a comfort and companion to the ailing Whirlwind.

	CTSS-tan was born in 1961, but the details of her creation and relationship with Whirlwind-tan are yet-unknown.		CTSS-tan was born in 1961, but the details of her creation and relationship with Whirlwind-tan are yet-unknown. It has been suggested that CTSS-tan may be an adopted child, rather than a blood-descendant.

	Unusually for the era, Whirlwind-tan's relationship with her daughters was not only close but mutually-affectionate despite intervening factors - distance, in the case of SAGE-tan, and worsening health with PDP-1 and CTSS.		Unusually for the era, Whirlwind-tan's relationship with her daughters was not only close but mutually-affectionate despite intervening factors - distance, in the case of SAGE-tan, and worsening health with TX-0, PDP-1 and CTSS.

	===Death and legacy===		===Death and legacy===
	Whirlwind-tan's health became steadily worse with advancing age, and by the 1970s she was in a comatose state more often than not. In 1973, she passed away, shortly after SAGE's final visit with her. Her slow decline and lingering death is suspected to have contributed to SAGE's eventual psychological instability.		Whirlwind-tan's health became steadily worse with advancing age, and by the 1970s she was in a comatose state more often than not. In 1973, she passed away, shortly after SAGE's final visit with her. Her slow decline and lingering death is suspected to have contributed to SAGE's eventual psychological instability.

	~~Whirlwind's~~ ~~transformation~~ ~~into~~ TX-0 ~~inspired not only the creation of~~ PDP-1-tan, ~~but~~ the creation of an ~~entire~~ new type of computer~~-tan~~: smaller, nimbler, more efficient minicomputer-tans, whose ranks would swell throughout the next few decades to the point of becoming the dominant computer class. In this way, all computer-tans of the 1960s and 70s can be said to owe their existence to Whirlwind.		Through the birth of TX-0 and PDP-1-tan, Whirlwind-tan inspired the creation of an entirely new type of computer: the smaller, nimbler, more efficient minicomputer-tans, whose ranks would swell throughout the next few decades to the point of becoming the dominant computer class. In this way, all computer-tans of the 1960s and 70s can be said to owe their existence to Whirlwind.

	==Family and relationships==		==Family and relationships==
			In addition to her children, Whirlwind-tan had several confirmed friendships. In her youth she befriended [[Harvard Mark I]]-tan, who at the time was also involved with the US Navy. Memory Test Computer-tan was her personal nurse and a close friend, and after SAGE-tan left Whirlwind looked after [[GENIAC]]-chan.

	==Theories and notes==		==Theories and notes==
			====Whirlwind-tan and the DECs====
			It has been theorized that the DEC-tans would revere Whirlwind-tan, since she is their earliest conceptual-ancestor and the mother of their founder.

	==Fanworks==		==Fanworks==
	====Writings====		====Writings====

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	*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/WIP-BUIC-Whirlwind-tan-pinups-166623046 Whirlwind and BUIC-tan Pinups]		*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/WIP-BUIC-Whirlwind-tan-pinups-166623046 Whirlwind and BUIC-tan Pinups]

	[[Category:Mainframe]][[Category:Deceased]]		[[Category:Mainframe]][[Category:Deceased]][[Category:Early Computers]][[Category:MIT]]

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	==Technical Details==		==Technical Details==
	Whirlwind I-~~hime~~ personifies the MIT ~~supercomputer~~ that formed the basis for most modern computers and directly led to the development of the SAGE air defense system. First begun as a Navy flight simulator project, when the Navy bailed out the Air Force stepped in to keep it alive. One of the first electronic computers, she is a pioneer in output display and an early user of magnetic core memory making her among the fastest computers in the world.		Whirlwind-tan personifies the MIT computer that formed the basis for most modern computers and directly led to the development of the SAGE air defense system. First begun as a Navy flight simulator project, when the Navy bailed out the Air Force stepped in to keep it alive. One of the first electronic computers, she is a pioneer in output display and an early user of magnetic core memory making her among the fastest computers in the world.

	==Character Details==		==Character Details==
	===General===		===General===
	Whirlwind I-hime is ~~usually~~ ~~shown~~ as a bespectacled woman in her mid 30s of ~~average~~ ~~height~~ ~~with~~ long black hair ~~wearing~~ an ~~ornate~~ ~~semi-19th~~ ~~Century~~ ~~style~~ ~~dress~~ and ~~sometimes~~ a ~~lab~~ ~~coat~~. ~~Fond~~ of ~~ribbons~~, ~~most~~ of her ~~jewelry~~ is vacuum tube based. In her younger days she was a Naval Reservist, and thus wore the uniform of a US Navy ~~officer~~ but since her ~~activation~~ she has avoided any association with her former service.		Whirlwind-tan - often called Whirlwind-hime to denote her high position within the MIT-tan clan - is depicted as a bespectacled woman in her mid 30s. Somewhat on the tall side, she has long black hair (usually worn swept away from her face and tied into braids), bright blue eyes and speaks with a heavy Boston accent. Her typical attire varies, from work-wear consisting of dresses and labcoats, to ornate formalwear consisting of 19th Century-inspired style dresses featuring bustles and corsetry. One constant across her wardrobe seems to be accessories incorporating black and white checkers, hair ribbons and vacuum tube-based jewelry. In her younger days she was a Naval Reservist, and thus wore the uniform of a US Navy Women's Reserve ensign, but since her dismissal she has avoided any association with her former service.

			Whirlwind is an intelligent and amicable woman, though a hidden temperamental side has been hinted at before. She generally has a positive attitude in life, her only real "enemies" being the US Navy (for firing her) and the Air Force (for its perceived theft of her first-born child). She is renowned as an engineer and for her assistance on various period computer projects; among her greatest creations were her various children, as well as pioneering many technologies that would be employed by generations of computers to come.
	A pleasant woman, Whirlwind-hime was renowned as an engineer for her assistance on various period computer projects but her greatest legacy is the creation of her daughter, [[SAGE]]. To a point her daughter could be considered the reason to her existence above all else. Indeed, when SAGE-sama's development was completed she was shut down. Unusually for the era, her relationship with her daughter was not only close but affectionate despite intervening factors. After her shut down for routine operations in 1959, Whirlwind-hime spent the next fourteen years in and out of a coma before her death in 1973. This lingering death may have contributed to SAGE's eventual instability. Notable as well is her rather heavy Boston accent.

	==History and Background==		==History and Background==
	===As ~~Whirlwind~~===		===Early life===
			Whirlwind-tan was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, sometime in the mid-1940s, and fully matured by the early 50s. It is known that the was a US Navy (WAVES) reservist, but few other aspects of her early life have been documented.

	===~~Transformation to TX-0~~===		===Children===
			By her own admission, Whirlwind's greatest legacy is the creation of [[SAGE]]-tan - to a point her daughter could be considered the reason to her existence above all else. Indeed, when SAGE's development was completed in 1959 she was decommissioned and left at the mercy of a group of computer scientists who kept her alive half out of sympathy, half to experiment on her unique physical properties. A series of experimental operations - the TX-0 project - improved her lifespan, speed and powers, but cost her numerous body parts as well as general mental and physical stability. Especially problematic were the coma-like states she fell in and out of for the next fourteen years.

			Despite the dire consequences to her health, there were several beneficial effects of her transformation into "TX-0". Foremost among these, the creation of her second child, [[PDP-1]]-tan - whose 1959 birth would have never been possible without the knowledge gained during Whirlwind's experimental surgeries. In many ways, PDP-1 filled the nest left empty by SAGE's departure, and became a comfort and companion to the ailing Whirlwind.

			CTSS-tan was born in 1961, but the details of her creation and relationship with Whirlwind-tan are yet-unknown.

			Unusually for the era, Whirlwind-tan's relationship with her daughters was not only close but mutually-affectionate despite intervening factors - distance, in the case of SAGE-tan, and worsening health with PDP-1 and CTSS.

			===Death and legacy===
			Whirlwind-tan's health became steadily worse with advancing age, and by the 1970s she was in a comatose state more often than not. In 1973, she passed away, shortly after SAGE's final visit with her. Her slow decline and lingering death is suspected to have contributed to SAGE's eventual psychological instability.

			Whirlwind's transformation into TX-0 inspired not only the creation of PDP-1-tan, but the creation of an entire new type of computer-tan: smaller, nimbler, more efficient minicomputer-tans, whose ranks would swell throughout the next few decades to the point of becoming the dominant computer class. In this way, all computer-tans of the 1960s and 70s can be said to owe their existence to Whirlwind.

			==Family and relationships==


			==Theories and notes==

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	\|weapon = N/A		\|weapon = N/A
	\|apfaction = [[Deceased]]		\|apfaction = [[Deceased OS-tans]]
	\|lineage= MIT, founder		\|lineage= MIT, founder
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	\|apfaction = [[~~Mainframe Guild~~]]		\|apfaction = [[Deceased]]
	\|lineage= MIT, founder		\|lineage= MIT, founder
	\|rival= N/A		\|rival= N/A

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	==Character Details==		==Character Details==
			===General===
	Whirlwind I-hime is usually shown as a bespectacled woman in her mid 30s of average height with long black hair wearing an ornate semi-19th Century style dress and sometimes a lab coat. Fond of ribbons, most of her jewelry is vacuum tube based. In her younger days she was a Naval Reservist, and thus wore the uniform of a US Navy officer but since her activation she has avoided any association with her former service.		Whirlwind I-hime is usually shown as a bespectacled woman in her mid 30s of average height with long black hair wearing an ornate semi-19th Century style dress and sometimes a lab coat. Fond of ribbons, most of her jewelry is vacuum tube based. In her younger days she was a Naval Reservist, and thus wore the uniform of a US Navy officer but since her activation she has avoided any association with her former service.

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	==History and Background==		==History and Background==
			===As Whirlwind===

			===Transformation to TX-0===

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	{{OSinfobox		{{OSinfobox
	\|~~tanname~~= Whirlwind ~~I-tan~~		\|image = Whirlwind.png
	\|image= Whirlwind.png

	\|cname= Whirlwind I-~~tan~~		\|cname = Whirlwind-hime
	\|alias= Whirlwind-~~hime~~		\|alias = Whirlwind I, TX-0, TX-1
			\|hname = Winifred Forrester
	\|creator= The Colonel
	\|debut= ~~Nov~~ 2009		\|debut = Late 2009
			\|height = 5'7")
			\|haircolor= Black
			\|eyecolor= Blue
			\|weapon = N/A
			\|apfaction = [[Mainframe Guild]]
			\|lineage= MIT, founder
			\|rival= N/A

	\|osper= Whirlwind I		\|osper = Whirlwind
			\|osdev = MIT, Lincoln Labs
	\|osdev= Massachusetts Institute of Technology
	\|reldate= 20 Apr 1951		\|reldate = 20 Apr 1951
	\|lastrel= Circa 1959		\|lastrel = as Whirlwind: Circa 1959, as TX-0: Early-Mid 1970s

	\|fnote=
	}}		}}


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	A pleasant woman, Whirlwind-hime was renowned as an engineer for her assistance on various period computer projects but her greatest legacy is the creation of her daughter, [[SAGE]]. To a point her daughter could be considered the reason to her existence above all else. Indeed, when SAGE-sama's development was completed she was shut down. Unusually for the era, her relationship with her daughter was not only close but affectionate despite intervening factors. After her shut down for routine operations in 1959, Whirlwind-hime spent the next fourteen years in and out of a coma before her death in 1973. This lingering death may have contributed to SAGE's eventual instability. Notable as well is her rather heavy Boston accent.		A pleasant woman, Whirlwind-hime was renowned as an engineer for her assistance on various period computer projects but her greatest legacy is the creation of her daughter, [[SAGE]]. To a point her daughter could be considered the reason to her existence above all else. Indeed, when SAGE-sama's development was completed she was shut down. Unusually for the era, her relationship with her daughter was not only close but affectionate despite intervening factors. After her shut down for routine operations in 1959, Whirlwind-hime spent the next fourteen years in and out of a coma before her death in 1973. This lingering death may have contributed to SAGE's eventual instability. Notable as well is her rather heavy Boston accent.

			==History and Background==