Fun fact: In universe the OS is called LCARS or Library Computer Access and Retrieval System. The name and how they use the computers are largely due to the main lore building happening in a time before PCs were ubiquitous and mainframes were still the norm.
Yep. The ship computers are basically terminals that are sub-space connected to the mainframe, called Memory Alpha, in San Francisco, where Starfleet is headquartered.
Well, obviously it is based on Linux. What, you don’t want root access to your holodeck?
At least you don’t need a Meta account to access the holodeck!
Oh! Edit! That’s the Ferengi model!
“Disable the safety protocols”
“That functionality is not permitted”
“Sudo disable the safety protocols”
“Okie dokie”
“Disable the safety protocols”
“That functionality is not permitted”
POP! hisssss “Computer! Observe verification can consumption”
I imagine a bit of a gap moe in how the cold heartless machine voice changes to a heavily accented voice for the Okie Dokie.
Fun fact: In universe the OS is called LCARS or Library Computer Access and Retrieval System. The name and how they use the computers are largely due to the main lore building happening in a time before PCs were ubiquitous and mainframes were still the norm.
Yep. The ship computers are basically terminals that are sub-space connected to the mainframe, called Memory Alpha, in San Francisco, where Starfleet is headquartered.
They were still outputing paper tape in the TOS era. Almost like they had to relearn computing from first principles at some point.