TempleOS should be left as a reference os. Fork it and do what you want with it but the reference os should be set in stone. It is his lifes work and it should be preserved.
Carrying the torch of templeos
Aiden Hill
Carson Wood
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Landon Howard
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James Phillips
I'd rather use my old pocket calculator from college, thanks.
Wyatt Diaz
The no-coders of Zig Forums sure have a lot to say about programming.
Grayson Watson
Heresy!
Nathan Carter
You just go on github and click "download release 1.x.x". It's idiot proof.
Carson Jenkins
I'm so sad, I am crying. Our beloved Terry martyred and ascended to sainthood. How! How sinful we are! May our sins be forgotten.
Henry Hernandez
Desired Features:
1) Floppy Disk Driver
- Temple OS and its previous incarnations used to Have a floppy disk A:\ Drive. Use this to store simple programs for backup. The entire system is 17.5 MB , 1.44MB should be enough for some really complex and interesting programs.
- Used to pass program code for games and applications to other Temple OS user developers at monthly Temple OS user group get together / Hacker Parties / Meetups .
- Used to backup code for personal use
- Used to Sneaker-net code to other near by Temple OS computers
2) RS232 serial console at 9600 bps , 11520 bps
-Allows two temple OS computers to talk to send ASCII and initiate a chat session (Instant Messaging) or send simple text files between two computers. Local Area network of 2 computers in a house to play simultaneous 2 player games with a friend.
-Allows for control of a US Robotics 56K Fax Modem or Hayes 56K Fax Modem
3) A simple Bulletin Board (BBS) Over Serial Console or 56K Modem
- Client and Server Software
- Allows for local area code telephone communication by ASCII or ANSI text
- Allows for the posting of messages and simple door games
- Allows for a telephone # blacklist for automatic hangup on connect for banning
- Allows for code sharing and Instant Messaging to other local area code Temple OS users.
4) Encryption to protect the communications streams
- TLS 1.2 or something like it to transport layer encrypt the Telephone Modem Session
- A simplified PGP program like GNU PG or something even simpler for posting encrypted messages on the bulletin board for a correspondent.
-With this user developers can create software and share the code on bulletin boards that they connect to and have telephone to telephone instant message chats and code sharing to build a Temple OS city user community.
At this point the NSA and CIA have been completely defeated in principal. Hackers can enjoy using high end systems without being spied on ever again.
Levi Gonzalez
5) Booting on Bare Metal
- Can automatically detect and identify IDE and SATA hard disks
- Can format in FAT 32 or REDSEA FS
- Can install on a single Hard Drive and Boot from It
- Can Format a Second Drive for extra file storage
6) More advanced menu driven installation.
- Formatting and Drive options for installation
7) Programming Tutorials
- Make a website dedicated to teaching and promoting User understanding and acclimatization to Temple OS
- Holy C programming tutorials in HTML as well as videos on Youtube and other Platforms
- A fan online message board / Image board dedicated to Temple OS users and developers for sharing ideas on future development and for code sharing .
At this point you will have a self developing and growing community that can share and communicate as well as meet up in real life.
I feel strongly that if Terry had a Monthly local user group to host with even just 3 members, he'd be alive right now. Don't let Temple OS users become isolated, and estranged from society. Build a new society with Temple OS members at the core.
8) Suicide prevention outreach
- Make sure members are never feeling lonely and in despair
- Make sure community is helpful and compassionate
- Eject people who say KYS from the community and ban them from the Bulliten boards.
- Help those in need , (From the TempleOS community), whenever you can, if you live within 1 state's distance of a member in distress.