Terry Davis; However much he managed to make a name for himself with his works aliens, men in suits following him, what he said about black people These types of issues came up regularly.

The computer program he developed “written by a schizophrenic programmer” It was launched as. Indeed it was. Terry suffered from a severe case of schizophrenia and was frequently institutionalized. If you’re ready, grab your tea and coffee, let’s dive deeper into the life of this interesting man.

His life, which started with success, evolved into manic attacks.

Terry Davis was born in Wisconsin, USA in 1969. He used the Apple II as a child and teenager Programming language on Commodore 64 he had learned. He had earned a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Arizona State University in 1994 and had worked for several years as a mechanical programmer at VAX (a digital equipment company).

Raised Catholic, Terry was an atheist for part of his adult life before experiencing what he calls “revelation from God.” From 1996, recurring due to manic attacks He was admitted to the psychiatric ward every six months. He suffered from delusions about aliens and government agents. He thought people were following him by wearing suits.

There were increasing signs of how psychologically unstable he was.

Terry in those years, donating large sums of money to charities made. He later explained this situation as follows: “This probably caused God to reveal Himself to me and save me.”

Shortly afterwards Terry said for fear of people in suits He left town and hit the road. Thinking the car radio was communicating with him, he took his car apart and threw the keys into the desert. A police officer found him walking aimlessly along the side of the highway. Terry broke his collarbone while running from the police and was taken to hospital, but he was also afraid of the x-ray and ran away from the hospital.

He began to imitate Jesus.

Terry was initially diagnosed with bipolar disorder and later told he suffered from schizophrenia. Yourself, Because he is an atheist who defends technology so much He expressed that he felt guilty and decided to imitate Jesus by giving away all his possessions and leading a nomadic life.

Terry, who designs machines when it comes to technology He was always down to earth. The operating systems he created were advertised as “written by a schizophrenic programmer”.

Terry Davis single-handedly designed the operating system “TempleOS” through which he supposedly communicated with God.

Terry said he was in direct communication with God and God asked him to build an operating system. Project, programming language, core He created almost all the basic components, for example, from scratch.

This was an extremely complex and unusual undertaking for one person. “He also said the following about TempleOS:

“’TempleOS’ is an official temple of God. Like Solomon’s temple, this is a place where sacrifices are made and God’s oracle is consulted.”

He thought he could talk to God with the codes he wrote.

There were several random text generators in “TempleOS” and Terry believed that by generating this text you could talk to God. In view of this, designed a random number generator called “god” and used it to create the scripts for “TempleOS”. Terry believed that these were coded messages from God and compared them to speaking in tongues. To give an example of texts supposedly created by God:

“Among those sent perversion of the criminal consequence checked. Expressed emotion judgment air distress. Dakota Lip Suffer came closer. The canst who moved the party didn’t understand anything by giving alms.

According to Terry, operating system features such as a 630 x 480 resolution and a 16-color display are also available. They were God’s clear instructions.

He had his own fan base, but both his work and his statements were always the subject of controversy.

After “TempleOS” was completed, Terry spent most of his time there coding, surfing the internet and ‘talking to God’. spent on it. He also created a small fan base for himself, but was not taken seriously by most people due to his heavy racist and homophobic statements.

While showing his works “the smartest programmer who ever lived” said Terry, who was banned many times on YouTube for his vulgar expressions.

The schizophrenic programmer was walking along the railroad tracks one day. He died after being hit by a train. It is still not known whether his death was an accident or suicide.

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