Windows Task Manager’s Creator Rebuilt It 30 Years Later | Shop Talk #92

In 1994, Dave Plummer wrote the original Windows Task Manager. Three decades later, he has rebuilt the idea for modern hardware as Task Manager OG—and in this episode, he gives us a complete tour.Dave demonstrates TMOG running on a Mac, including its real-time performance graphs, long-term history, customizable colors and themes, process management, system information, thermal monitoring, benchmarks, disk analysis, and other tools. He also explains why he wanted to revisit such an iconic Windows utility using today’s CPUs, GPUs, memory, and graphics capabilities.After the demonstration, we answer viewer questions about the original Windows Task Manager, developing and dogfooding Windows NT, PDP-11 and BSD influences, Microsoft’s MIPS workstation, Mark Lucovsky, the famous FAT32 32 GB formatting limit, ScanDisk’s x86 assembly code, OS/2, AI-assisted debugging, Arch Linux, cross-platform development, and what classic Windows component Dave might reinvent next.Download Task Manager OG: https://tmog.org#Windows #TaskManager #TaskManagerOG #WindowsNT #RetroComputing #SoftwareDevelopment0:00 - Hey I’m Dave...00:30 Why Dave Built Task Manager OG01:07 Task Manager OG on Mac01:56 Colors, Themes and Visual Bloom03:39 Performance Monitoring and History05:24 Processes and System Tools07:05 Free and Pro Features07:23 The TMOG Benchmark09:25 App and Disk-Space Analysis10:16 How to Download Task Manager OG12:19 - Why Build Task Manager OG?16:01 - Running Task Manager OG on Mac18:59 - What Modern System Monitors Lost19:29 - Task Manager OG’s Most Popular Features22:35 - Using AI to Mine Old Videos23:42 - Does AI Replace Debugging?24:23 - Debugging This the Old-School Way26:16 - What Did the AI Actually Figure Out?27:14 - Memory Leak or Just History?27:45 - The Original Windows Task Manager28:18 - From PDP-11 top to Task Manager29:09 - Developing Windows NT on MIPS30:27 - Mark Lucovsky and Task Manager32:14 - The Story Behind FAT32’s 32 GB Limit34:11 - Why ScanDisk Was Written in Assembly35:19 - Dogfooding Windows NT36:27 - Was OS/2 Warp a Threat to Windows NT?37:27 - Could Modern Windows Run OS/2 Apps?38:40 - Dave Tries Arch Linux39:45 - Getting Productive in Arch40:15 - Making Task Manager OG Cross-Platform45:06 - What Would Dave Reinvent Next?45:57 - Why Old Mechanical Interfaces Feel So Good48:49 - Shenanigans and outtakes…