<aname="l3"></a></span><spanclass=cF2>Terry A. Davis</span><spanclass=cF0> wrote all of TempleOS over a span of </span><spanclass=cF2>15.0</span><spanclass=cF0> years (full-time). ZealOS, written over a span of </span><spanclass=cF2>2.3</span><spanclass=cF0> years, is a
<aname="l4"></a>fork of ZenithOS, which itself is a fork of TempleOS. It can run on some bare metal 64-bit PC's from about 2007-2019 with no
<aname="l5"></a>layering, libraries, tools, modules or anything from other sources. Otherwise, you run it in a virtual machine, like </span><spanclass=cF2>VMware</span><spanclass=cF0>, </span><spanclass=cF2>Q
<aname="l6"></a>EMU</span><spanclass=cF0> or </span><spanclass=cF2>VirtualBox</span><spanclass=cF0>. It is independent and stands alone. 100% of the src code is including on all distro's, from the kernel to
<aname="l9"></a>*) </span><ahref="https://zeal-operating-system.github.io/ZealOS/Kernel/KernelA.HH.html#l2967"><spanclass=cF4>ATA Reg and Cmd Definitions</span></a><spanclass=cF0> are originally from Linux. Later, Terry got the spec.
<aname="l11"></a>*) The heap algorithm, </span><ahref="https://zeal-operating-system.github.io/ZealOS/Kernel/Memory/MAllocFree.CC.html#l1"><spanclass=cF4>::/Kernel/Memory/MAllocFree.CC</span></a><spanclass=cF0>, is adapted from one Terry saw at Ticketmaster when he worked on their
<aname="l14"></a>*) The adaptive-step-size-Runge-Kutta algorithm, </span><ahref="https://zeal-operating-system.github.io/ZealOS/System/MathODE.CC.html#l1"><spanclass=cF4>::/System/MathODE.CC</span></a><spanclass=cF0>, is adapted from the book, <u>Numerical Recipes in C</u>.
<aname="l16"></a>*) The mountain in some games is from </span><ahref="http://www.public-domain-photos.com"><spanclass=cF4>http://www.public-domain-photos.com</span></a><spanclass=cF0>. The wolf in BlackDiamond is also from there. Te
<aname="l17"></a>rry took watermarked photos and converted to 16 color.
<aname="l21"></a>*) A few features were inspired by </span><spanclass=cF2>MATLAB</span><spanclass=cF0>, such as </span><spanclass=cF2>ans</span><spanclass=cF0> in expressions at the command-line. There is a lot of </span><spanclass=cF2>MSDOS</span><spanclass=cF0> , </span><spanclass=cF2>Windows</span><spanclass=cF0>, </span><spanclass=cF2>
<aname="l22"></a>VAXTMOS</span><spanclass=cF0> (VAX Ticketmaster O.S.) and </span><spanclass=cF2>Unix</span><spanclass=cF0> inspiration, too, such as drive letters, command names, etc.
<aname="l24"></a>*) Terry included </span><ahref="http://www.pcidatabase.com/reports.php?type=tab-delimeted"><spanclass=cF4>PCIDevice List File</span></a><spanclass=cF0>.
<aname="l26"></a>*) Thanks to whoever wrote this </span><ahref="http://web.archive.org/web/20100325153025/http://home.scarlet.be/zoetrope/cpphtml.htm"><spanclass=cF4>CppHtml.CC</span></a><spanclass=cF0>. Terry was a novice on web stuff and you helped him with html. See </span><spanclass=cF4>
<aname="l38"></a>*) Terry got </span><ahref="http://www.templeos.org/files/DICTIONARY.DD"><spanclass=cF4>Webster's Dictionary</span></a><spanclass=cF0> and </span><ahref="https://zeal-operating-system.github.io/ZealOS/Misc/Bible.TXT.html#l1"><spanclass=cF4>The King James Bible</span></a><spanclass=cF0> from </span><ahref="http://web.archive.org/web/20110730111436/http://promo.net/pg/"><spanclass=cF4>Project Gutenberg</span></a><spanclass=cF0>.
<aname="l40"></a>*) John Carmack inspired Terry to use "</span><ahref="https://zeal-operating-system.github.io/ZealOS/Kernel/KMathB.CC.html#l1"><spanclass=cF4>Clamp</span></a><spanclass=cF0>" as a name instead of "Limit". He inspired Terry to use "needle" and "haystack"
<aname="l43"></a>*) Bill Gates inspired Terry to add comments to the </span><ahref="https://zeal-operating-system.github.io/ZealOS/Doc/HelpIndex.DD.html#l1"><spanclass=cF4>Help & Index</span></a><spanclass=cF0>.
<aname="l47"></a>*) The random number generator is from Donald Knuth in the wikipedia entry for </span><ahref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_congruential_generator"><spanclass=cF0>Linear_congruential_generator</span></a><spanclass=cF0>.
