Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!csus.edu!ucdavis!csusac!sactoh0!pacengr!americ!erk From: erk@americ.UUCP (Erick Parsons) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: Why buy an Amiga? Message-ID: Date: 16 Mar 91 16:05:39 GMT References: <223@usna.NAVY.MIL> <1991Mar07.004452.1738@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <1991Mar9.040733.26395@ucunix.san.uc.edu> Lines: 26 >In article <1991Mar9.040733.26395@ucunix.san.uc.edu> reher@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Jay R. Reher) writes: >In article <1991Mar07.004452.1738@ddsw1.MCS.COM> whos@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Ben Feen) writes: >>I know this really isn't nice, but... I like IBM's because they break down >>more cleanly. Ibm's don't GURU - They "Run-time error at ..." and drop to >>dos. >> > > This simply proves your inadequate knowledge of an amiga and exactly >what a GURU implies. I have plenty of experience on MS-DOS machines and >beleive me, They rarely just run time at .... then drop to dos. Haven't you >ever had to ctrl-alt-delete to get out of a buggy program ??? I have had to >plenty of times (yes on MS-DOS machines). Amigas, instead of just sitting there >like an oversized paperweight, determine that the program has errored and tell >you what has happened.. such guru errors as not enough memory and things But that is not the end, if you are lucky enough to have a terminal hooked to your serial port, the Amiga will allow you use of the Debugger, IN ROM ! while the machine is GURU'd. Its a simple monitor program that allows full access to all memory locations for inspection and a readout of the registers at crash time ! Viva la Amiga ! -- Erick Parsons, Sacramento erick@sactoh0.sac.ca.us <-- Right off the freeway -- {ames att sun }!pacbell!sactoh0!pacengr!americ!erk <-- At the end of the road --