Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!mdivax1!mclaren Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Utility Please... Summary: Commercial Product? Message-ID: <1990Nov29.032010.613@mdivax1.uucp> Date: 29 Nov 90 03:20:10 GMT References: <9011262158.AA29395@luke.eecs.wsu.edu> Reply-To: mdivax1!mclaren (Gavin McLaren) Organization: Mobile Data International, Richmond, B.C., Canada Lines: 19 Return-Path: Apparently-To: van-bc!rnews In article <9011262158.AA29395@luke.eecs.wsu.edu> pcooper@LUKE.EECS.WSU.EDU (Phil Cooper - CS495) writes: >Question: Has anyone developed a utility that catches traps and other >exceptions and handles them without guru'ing the machine? > Yup. See you local dealer for a copy of GOMF! (stands for Get Outta My Face). Early versions were PD _I_THINK_, so may be available somewhere, free of charge. I know people want free software all the time, but I there are are reasons to buy commercial software. First, you are not reinventing the wheel, and it helps to encourage software developers so that the software you couldn't possibly get free is there when you need it to be. That said, I am thinking about my own compiler, harddrive backup, graphics stuff, etc. It is fun! --Gavin McLaren ...!uunet!van-bc!mdivax1!mclaren