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From: jmpiazza@sunybcs.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: GOMF vs MetaScope (was: Cable to hook up Philips multi-sync ...)
Message-ID: <5569@sunybcs.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 30-Sep-87 13:19:36 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 30 13:19:36 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 2-Oct-87 03:21:26 EDT
References: <164@geocub.UUCP> <29417@sun.uucp>
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Reply-To: jmpiazza@gort.UUCP (Joseph M. Piazza)
Organization: SUNY/Buffalo Computer Science
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Keywords: guru
Summary: GOMF is easier to use

In article <29417@sun.uucp> cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (Chuck McManis) writes:
>In article <164@geocub.UUCP> anthes@geocub.UUCP (Franklin Anthes) writes:
>> ...
>> While I'm "on the air" I'd like to send out a plea for someone to post GOFM,
>>because it sounds like a real godsend for anybody who is doing development on
>>the amiga. (like maybe even me:-)
>
>Actually a better Godsend is metascope, even if you don't like to use it.
>Run Metascope programname and if the system traps to one of the GURU addresses
>it will (like illegal instruction, or address fault) it will jump into 
>metascope and you can look around. If it hits something like 'corrupt free
>list' you'll want to reboot anyway so why bother no? 

	Well, no.  GOMF (Get Out of My Face) handles a guru without
needing to know how to use (or purchase for that matter) a debugger.  This
could be helpful for neophyte and other light-weight programers.

(I'll have to pass on posting 'cause our phone-link is screwed up.)

Flip side,

	joe piazza

--- Cogito ergo equus sum.

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