TempleOS on real hardware Thinkpad T60 - RIP Terry Davis

I don't think most of people don't realize how insane (as in incredible, but more) this is. He made HIS OWN OS, there is reason why there are like three OS options after 30 years. And then he made 3D assets in it and some simple physics and made it work together. This unbelievable. I'm not a programmer but I did go through some lectures as side subjects and this truly fascinates me. Most of people can't make game like that after 3 years of uni using all the tools there are. They needs extra trainings or they end up specializting on just graphics or just the code. This guy made the tools to make the game and then made the game. The level of understanding of programming theory (something most people just sleep on) this man had - is stuggering.

Temple OS is the best OS. It only has one back door... straight to God.

I'm programmer. His system may not look like much graphically. But he made his own tools such as a compiler and the whole OS. ON HIS OWN. Almost all our popular advanced OSes were team efforts. I've never had to make a compiler, i doubt i could, that is a big project in itself. I feel sorry the guy has schizophrenia and his brilliance was hampered by it. This is why people who understand programming may respect him, I sure do!

Todd Howard is working on that Skyrim port as we speak

Writing that 3D car on a track: render engine, compiler, visuals, backend in 2MB would be a feat for your average programmer. Let alone an entire fricken operating system.

What impresses me is the fact that there is absolutely NO image assets of any kind in his source code. All the graphics you see is drawn using algorithms and only code. Unbelievable.

Terry A Davis may be a insane CIA Nibber Prison Inmate, but he once made the most profound statement that really stuck with me: "Teeth are the first reminder of mortality. That's when it hits ya. Because they (go away and) don't come back."

"640 x 480 just like you said" -Terry A Davis to Mr. God

Honestly the 3D racing game got me. Sure, he is no designer, but this is a working OS complete with 3D Racing Games and all kinds of shenanigans, in 2 megabytes of all things, and it's all done by a single man, meanwhile there is Microsoft with over a hundred thirty thousand (imagine that) employees and they can't even get their updates right like the complete s*** show windows is these days. It's an embarrassment. Looking at this I feel like 99% of IT went the wrong way at some point.

God : "Thou shalt have fun games." Terry : "Ok God, but isn't too much fun a sin ?" God : "Thou shalt add unfun games too." Terry : " I knew you had a plan !"

Temple OS (2 Mb) iPhone photo (2.59 Mb) That's amazing to me....

Maybe he actually was the greatest programmer in the world.

If this was released in 1988, Terry would have been a billionaire.

I want to buy cheap laptops and hand these out like bibles at a church.

I'll upgrade once the dark theme comes out.

2mb guys, 2 mb. He did all of this, shoved all of this into 2mb. A super nintendo rom/game is almost this size, a ps1 game would be anywhere from 200-700mb this is 2. I wonder if anyone 7nderstands the significance if this, it means he has his own micro optimized compiler/interpereter among many other amazing features.

There is a certain kind of beauty in how everything in the system was integrated. And I chuckle at him naming the programming language "HolyC".

I bet he hid some crazy Easter egg in there somewhere deep.

Terry built the only OS that won't spy on you or sell you shit you don't need. It's truly a sign from God.

I must admire God’s choices. 16 colors, 640x480 really is all you need