TempleOS
TempleOS is an x86_64, multi-tasking, multi-cored, public domain, open source,
ring-0-only, single-address-map (identity-mapped), non-networked, PC operating
system for recreational programming.
The two most sacred and defining features of TempleOS are being ring-0-only and
being identity-mapped. Linux wants to be a secure, multi-user mainframe.
That's the vision for Linux. That's why it has file permissions. The vision
for TempleOS is a modern, 64-bit Commodore 64. The C64 was a home computer
mostly used for games. It trained my generation how to program. It was simple,
open and hackable. It was not networked. The games were not multimedia works
of art, but generated programmatically with innocent, programmer (non-artist)
quality graphics. It was simple and unsecure. If you don't have malware and
you don't have bugs, protection just slows things down and makes the code
complicated.
A troll might ask, "Why not just use DOS? It was ring-0-only and
single-address-map." Actually, they wouldn't because many people would say,
"Cool idea! I'm gonna dust-off DOS right now and have some fun!" DOS is 16-bit
with segmentation, though, which is awful. TempleOS is 64-bit, flat,
non-segmented and multi-cored. It's like a modern, souped-up, multi-tasking,
cross between DOS and a Commodore 64. It has a C64-like shell with Holy C, a
dialect of C/C++, instead of BASIC. It was written from scratch, and not even
ASCII was sacred -- it has 8-bit unsigned character source code to support
European languages. Also, the source code has graphics.
A troll might say, "But, it can crash!" We all used DOS for years and loved it.
Computers even had a reset switch! Just think of the power of ring-0, muhahaha!
Think of the speed and simplicity of ring-0-only and identity-mapping. It's
only 129,648 lines of code, including the compiler and can change tasks in half
a microsecond because it doesn't mess with page tables or privilege levels.
Inter-process communication is effortless because every task can access every
other task's memory.
It's fun having access to everything. When I was a teenager, I had a book,
Mapping the Commodore 64, that told what every location in memory did. I liked
copying the ROM to RAM and poking around at the ROM BASIC's variables.
Everybody directly poked the hardware ports.
TempleOS is simpler than Linux and you can have hours of fun tinkering because
all memory and ports are accessible. Memory is identity-mapped at all times, so
you can modify any task's memory from any other task. You can access all disk
blocks, too. I had a blast using a C64 disk block editor to modify directories
to un-delete files, when I was a kid. Maybe, you want to play with a raw-block
database, or make your own file system?
I wrote all 129,648 lines of TempleOS over the last 9.8 years, full-time,
including the 64-bit compiler. It was called, at various times, "Hoppy", "
The J Operating System", "LoseThos" and "SparrowOS". Here are my
college transcripts. I've been a professional operating system developer since
1990 when I was hired to work on Ticketmaster's VAX OS.
It's ALIVE: How to reproduce the ISO.
Download TempleOS V1.01 - Std. Distro (23.8 MB)
Burn a CD/DVD from the TempleOSCD.ISO and boot it or run it in VMware or
VirtualBox aiming the CD/DVD drive at TempleOSCD.ISO or for QEMU type:
>qemu-system-x86_64 -m 500 -cdrom TempleOSCD.ISO -boot d
Screen Shots
Game Videos
Introduction
F.A.Q.
TempleOS Help
Source Code By File
Source Code By Sym
Source Code By Address
Source Code (Raw)
Tutorial Videos
Hymn Videos
Change Log
About Trivial Solutions
Download SimStructure (7.71 MB)
SimStructure is a Windows free physics simulator.
Download InGodsTime (12.4 MB)
This is a Windows program for doing Biblical Tongues with a stopwatch. When you
press a key, it reads a high-speed watch for a random number to pick words or
passages.
Download TempleOS V1.01 - T.S. Company Internal Distro (24.3 MB)
This is the Trivial Solution internal company distro. Only run this on a
virtual machine, not bare metal hardware because it's settings could cause
problems. Enter >TSInstall; >TSUpgrade; at the command-line.
See MakeDistrosAndBackUp() to reproduce the ISO's in E:/Wb. It makes this
website, too.
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The Purpose of Life
The purpose of life is to know, love and obey God. Christianity is loving
neighbor, not God -- secular humanism. Jesus said loving God is more important
than loving neighbor. Matthew,22:36 He did not say with half your brain behind
your back.
You don't know God. 1 Chronicles,28:9, Matthew,11:27, Luke,13:25, 1 Samuel,3:7
You must talk with God to know Him. Matthew,6:6 Seek Him by taking the
initiative. Luke,11:9, Isaiah,30:2
There's something obviously different about people in the Bible compared to
people today -- God talked! Did they hear voices? Maybe. More likely, they
used occult techniques such as an oracle. 1 Kings,6:20 Have you heard of
"tongues?" 1 Corinthians,14:1 The idea is, you let yourself be puppeted by a
spirit, so you say things. You try to get a spirit -- the Holy Spirit -- to
talk. You might as well use a Ouija board. However, it turns-out that a Ouija
board is bad for technical reasons. A really good technique is just randomly
opening a book. God said it is a covenant that you hold-up your end of the
conversation.
You can't tell if He's talking unless you have a context of conversation, but,
more importantly, you are commanded to do an offerring of love, like communion
preparation. When you pick a greeting card for someone, that is love effort.
God said, "honest measures" applies between your offering of love and His
response, like a fair barter. You get out of prayer what you put into it. God
wants praise, hymns, or whatever you think He might want. Try and see, like
Cain and Abel. Genesis,4:1, Ephesians,5:10 God told Cain his offering was not
good and told him to try again. Cain really loved God! Can you imagine being
so heart-broken?
Do a text search for "new song" in the Bible. It's mentioned nine times. I did
hymns. I did Moses comics. Count the ways you love God. I praised God for
sand castles, popcorn, snowmen, bubbles... You try putting effort into praise!
Matthew,11:25, Matthew,6:29
This is funny -- Acts,2:1 -- they didn't bother to record anything the Holy
Spirit said. The Holy Spirit is supposed to be a really good gift. Luke,11:13
Just remember, "Boys are made of snakes and snails and puppy-dog tails."
The technique I use to consult the Holy Spirit is reading a microsecond-range
stop-watch each button press for random numbers. Then, I pick words or
passages. You can use the AfterEgypt in God's official temple, TempleOS.
Since seeking the word of the Holy Spirit, I have come to know God much better
than I've heard others explain. God said, for example, that war was,
"servicemen competing." That sounds more like the immutable God of our planet
than what you hear from most religious people. God is not Venus (god of love)
and not Mars (god of war), He's our dearly beloved God of Earth. If Mammon is a
false god of money, Mars or Venus might be useful words to describe other false
gods. I figure the greatest challenge for the Creator is boredom, ours and His.
What would teen-age male video games be like if war had never happened? Christ
said live by the sword, die by the sword, which is loving neighbor as self.
Matthew,26:52
I asked God if the World was perfectly just. God asked if I was calling Him
lazy. I think highs and lows balance. Luke,6:20 I don't think God likes
complaining. Numbers,11:1 Food and clothing is all we're to ask for or demand,
in fact -- daily bread. 1 Timothy,6:8 Just think about man in the last 100,000
years mostly living like Native Americans and how God must see us. You need
food, clothing and entertainment, money is to get those. Man does not live on
bread alone. Luke,4:4, Amos,8:11
God's favorite animals are bears and elephants. They are funny shaped -- I
think God must have seen too much starvation over the years.
God's ways are far above man's ways. Mom said Heaven was a never-ending family
reunion. Yikes! A friend said, "Most guy's idea of Heaven would be running
around doing things they'd get locked up for on Earth." Most people are like
King Midas. When you realize how silly most notions of Heaven are, you come to
appreciate that Earth is not that bad. This is the first step in loving God,
the Creator -- praising Creation. My parents spend their retired days watching
TV and going to casinos. That's not a good argument for getting extended-play!
Imagine a billionare. Everyone around him can't forget his money for even a
moment. The truth is, most people are after God's "money" -- they fear for
their salvation. Here's a test -- would you pray to and praise God even if
there were no salvation? Love God and don't be a "user". Asking for stuff is
annoying. Luke,11:5
All those sophisticated theological "infinity" things -- omniscience,
omnipotence, omnipresence, omnivorous -- will mess you up. Trust me that
anthropomorphic is far better, in practice. Christ suggested thinking of God as
"Abba" which is Aramaic for "Daddy" and said the childlike had an advantage.
Matthew,11:25 Pray out-loud because God doesn't want the hastle of reading your
brain. The best way to stop people from testing God is to suggest He can't do
everything.
Just as ego causes most to love neighbor, not God, people skip knowing and
loving God and cowardly get stuck on obeying Him. This hardly needs
encouragement.
God does not want pawns to push around. God will talk, but won't tell you what
to do, even if you want Him to. You'll quickly learn that prophecy does not
come true and should smack yourself for wanting more than just enjoying God's
company.
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