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Terry A. Davis was an odd fellow. If not for his struggle with schizophrenia, then perhaps his comments about him being the best programmer to ever live were what made him peculiar. Of course, everyone aware of his work and videos knew that he had a tendency to be racist, and I'm sure that had something to do with him never being famous or hired by a big organization. Then again, he was convinced that Big Brother and the CIA were watching him, so maybe he would have turned down a big career in one of the richest companies. Regardless of his deteriorating mental health and racist remarks, the guy did actually build an operating system.
As described online,
I know it may look odd to some of you, but this is what operating systems were like back in the day. They weren't pretty, but they were some of the first computers available and they did a lot of magnificent things. Considering Terry was able to create a working flight simulator in TempleOS, I think it speaks for itself with its capabilities.
Have any of you ever heard of Terry or TempleOS? What do you think about it? Have any of you ever USED it?
As described online,
TempleOS (formerly J Operating System, SparrowOS and LoseThos) is a biblical-themed lightweight operating system designed to be the Third Temple prophesied in the Bible. It was created by American programmer Terry A. Davis, who developed it alone over the course of a decade after a series of episodes that he later described as a revelation from God.
he system was characterized as a modern x86-64 Commodore 64, using an interface similar to a mixture of DOS and Turbo C. Davis proclaimed that the system's features, such as its 640x480 resolution, 16-color display and single audio voice, were explicitly instructed to him by God. It was programmed with an original variation of C (named HolyC) in place of BASIC, and included an original flight simulator, compiler and kernel.
TempleOS was released in 2013 and last updated in 2017. It was received with largely favorable reviews in tech communities and Davis amassed a small online following. He died on August 11, 2018.
I know it may look odd to some of you, but this is what operating systems were like back in the day. They weren't pretty, but they were some of the first computers available and they did a lot of magnificent things. Considering Terry was able to create a working flight simulator in TempleOS, I think it speaks for itself with its capabilities.
Have any of you ever heard of Terry or TempleOS? What do you think about it? Have any of you ever USED it?