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From: chanson@isis.cs.du.edu (Chris Hanson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Help --> How to prevent the visit from the dreaded guru
Summary: We've gone from 'how to prevent' to 'how to cause'...
Keywords: Crash & Burn, Alert(), GURU, Blitter, SPAM.
Message-ID: <1991Jan8.222111.9249@isis.cs.du.edu>
Date: 8 Jan 91 22:21:11 GMT
References: <611@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> <1991Jan4.203339.8800@maytag.waterloo.edu> <V2H++Q_@irie.ais.org> <1991Jan7.181114.19016@jato.jpl.nasa.gov>
Reply-To: chanson@isis.UUCP (Chris Hanson)
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In article <1991Jan7.181114.19016@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> jdickson@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Jeff Dickson) writes:
>In article <V2H++Q_@irie.ais.org> jph@ais.org (Joseph Hillenburg) writes:
>>Does anyone know how to FORCE a guru through C? What includes, etc, and
>>maybe a ForceGuru() call? I have a program where if you enter an incorrect
>	Yeah! Devide by zero.

  Another, perhaps more random way would be to set the blitter into it's
'NASTY' mode, and instruct it to fill all of CHIP memory with zeros. This
may be quick, or it may take a few seconds. I have (ostensibly) never
done this to my poor machine. I do however, guarentee that this WILL crash
the machine. It may not even get to GURUing, it may just Crash & Burn.
 
  Or, perhaps you could merely simulate the GURU with an appropriately
set up Alert(). I believe, if it is a DEADEND_ALERT, the machine will
happily reset for you after it is done displaying the ALert.

  Do I want to know what kind of program this is for, Joseph?

>>        Joseph Hillenburg, Secretary, Bloomington Amiga Users Group
>				Jeff

    Chris - Xenon

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