rajamesandClaude Opus 5.5
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For Captain Bob to edit into his own voice: the sponsorship pitch and tiers, the first devlog
('Building an OS that keeps its own receipts'), and a 5-7 minute video script with an OBS setup.
Claims limited to what is true today: QEMU on three ISAs, the stick in progress, hardware next.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Video #1: "An OS that proves it's itself" (5-7 minutes)
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*Draft script and OBS setup (2026-10-28). Captain Bob presents; speak it in your own words, the
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script is a guide.*
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## OBS setup
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- **Scene 1, "Talking":** webcam full frame, a lower-third title: "Captain Bob · StarshipOS".
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- **Scene 2, "Terminal":** a screen capture of the terminal, with the webcam as a small corner
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inset. Use a large font (18-20 pt) and a dark theme so text reads on a phone.
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- **Scene 3, "QEMU":** a window capture of the QEMU display, webcam inset.
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- **Audio:** the microphone with OBS's noise suppression filter. Record at 1080p, 30 fps.
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- **Before recording:** run one boot so the build is warm. Use `make -f kernel/Makefile ARCH=amd64
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qemu` (the default disks log Zuse in), and have the aarch64 and riscv64 logs from the last
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acceptance run ready to show.
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## Script
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**1. Hook (Talking, 0:00-0:30)**
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"Most software can't prove it's the software you tested. This one checks itself every time it
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boots. I'm Bob, I spent years validating enterprise software, and this is StarshipOS."
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**2. What it is (Talking, 0:30-1:30)**
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- Boots straight from firmware: no Linux, no libc.
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- Runs FORTH, on an engine modelled on Chuck Moore's F18.
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- Why a stack machine: small enough to understand completely, and to prove things about.
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**3. The demo (Terminal, then QEMU, 1:30-4:00)**
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- Start the boot. While it runs: "It's emulating a PC from firmware up, so give it a minute."
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- Point out the POST line as it passes: `PARITY:V4_POST tests=538 pass=538 fail=0`. "538
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self-tests, every boot."
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- Point out `dict_hash=0xfec8c47cfc6f437f`. Then show the same line in the ARM and RISC-V logs:
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"Three different CPUs. Same hash. Same system."
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- The prompt appears: `[zuse@Hera] ok>`. "It greets its owner. No identity stick, no prompt."
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- Type `3 4 + .` and press Enter: `7 ok`. "And it's FORTH: it adds."
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**4. Why it matters (Talking, 4:00-5:15)**
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- The validation story: evidence produced while building, not dug up afterwards.
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- Content-hashed capsules: "Is this the approved version?" becomes a hash check.
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- The plan: real PC next week, FPGA in November, proven cores in silicon as the long goal.
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**5. Close (Talking, 5:15-6:00)**
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"Next video: the first boot on real hardware, whichever way it goes. If you'd like to follow along
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or help, links are below. Captain Bob, signing off."
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## Description box
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StarshipOS: a bare-metal FORTH operating system that tests and fingerprints itself on every boot.
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538 self-tests; one dictionary hash across x86-64, ARM64 and RISC-V; no prompt without its owner's
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identity stick. Built by Captain Bob.
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Sponsor: *[link]* · Devlog: *[link]*
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## Honesty checklist (before publishing)
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- Say "in emulation (QEMU)" for anything not yet shown on real hardware.
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- Say "patent pending" only for the filed provisional (the Steady State Machine).
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- Say "being specified in Isabelle/HOL" for the proofs; the v4 proofs are not finished.
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