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- GUI-Guru Version 0.9b
-
- a Graphical User Interface Guru analyser
-
- by DM Hollway 29th November 1993
-
-
- Standard American Legal Disclaimer-type thing:
-
- This piece of software is supplied "as-is"; the author cannot be held
- liable for any loss or damage occurred as a result of the use of this
- software. Even if your cat spontaneously combusts, or a piano falls
- on you, as a direct result of your using this program, it's *NOT MY
- FAULT*.
-
-
- System Requirements
-
- Any Amiga with 512K RAM or more, and Kickstart 1.3 or higher
- (GUI-Guru is enhanced under Kickstart 2.0 and above)
-
- GUI-Guru has been tested on the following Amiga configurations:
-
- A4000, EC030 @ 25MHz, 2MB Chip, 4MB Fast, Kickstart 3.0 (v39.106)
-
- A4000, EC030 @ 25MHz, 2MB Chip, 4MB Fast, Kickstart 2.04 (v37.175)
-
- A4000, EC030 @ 25MHz, 2MB Chip, 4MB Fast, Kickstart 1.3 (v34.005)
-
- A500, 68000 @ 7MHz, 1MB Chip, 2MB Fast, Kickstart 1.3 (v34.005)
-
- A1200, 68020 @ 14MHz, 2MB Chip, 0MB Fast, Kickstart 3.0 (v39.106)
-
-
- I'd therefore hazard a guess that GUI-Guru will work on any Amiga
- system meeting the above requirements (go on, prove me wrong..;)
-
- **NOTE: Although GUI-Guru *will* work under 1.3, the window might appear a
- little odd, due to the white & black colours being reversed under 1.3.
- There's nothing I can do about this; GUI-guru will still work fine!
-
-
- Running GUI-Guru
-
- GUI-Guru can be run from either the workbench (by clicking on its
- icon) or from the CLI/Shell.
-
- GUI-Guru supports the following command-line options:
-
- GUIGuru - starts the program and displays the main window.
-
- GUIGuru ? - displays usage information about the program.
-
- GUIGuru [X] - starts the program and displays the window, and
- displays in the window the meaning of Guru number
- [X].
-
- Plus a secret command line option - I leave it to you to discover it!
-
- What is GUI-Guru?
-
- Almost every Amiga owner has seen a "Guru" (or "Software Failure" as it's
- known under Kickstart 2.0 and above). That flashing red box causes a shudder
- of fear to pass through even the most hardened amiga expert. But the Guru
- has a purpose; the two numbers displayed in the flashing red box can tell
- you the reason why the Amiga crashed. The numbers take the following form:
-
- 12 34 5678 . ABCDEFGH
-
- The right-hand eight digits give the location in your Amiga's memory at which
- the problem occurred. The leftmost eight digits, however, give the most
- useful information. They can tell you which area (or SUBSYTEM) of the Amiga's
- operating system crashed, and they can also give specific information on the
- cause of the problem.
- But what do these mystical numbers mean? GUI-Guru is a program to display
- the meaning of Guru numbers in an attractive graphical form. On running
- GUI-Guru, a small window will open on your workbench screen. The window looks
- something like this:
-
- (1)--->[]Gui-Guru v0.9b=======================|]
- | _________ |
- | Number: |_(2)_____| (8 digit number) |
- | __________________________ |
- |Subsystem: | (3) | |
- | | | |
- |General: | (4) | |
- | | | |
- |Specific: |_(5)_____________________| |
- | _______ ________ |
- (6)----->| | About | | Quit |<-----(7)
- +--=======--------------------========--+
-
-
- What does it all mean?
-
- The areas of the window have the following purpose:
-
- (1) This is the CLOSE gadget. Click here with the mouse to exit the
- program.
-
- (2) This is a STRING gadget; to enter a number, click in this gadget and
- type in the guru number.
-
- (3) On typing in a number, this area of the window will show the subsystem
- of the amiga that reported the crash, for example "workbench".
-
- (4) This area of the window displays general details of the fault, if
- available.
-
- (5) Specific details of *why* the subsystem indicated in (3) crashed are
- displayed here.
-
- (6) Click here to display some information about the program and the
- author.
-
- (7) Click here to exit the program (as for (1), above).
-
-
- Distribution
-
- This program is FREEWARE. You may freely copy and distribute this
- program, but you may not charge more than a reasonable amount for the media
- on which the program is stored ("reasonable" denotes the amount typically
- charged by PD libraries).
- This program may be included in software collections (eg Fred Fish's
- excellent disk library, CDPD, Aminet, TBAG etc) provided that the author is notified
- by E-mail (see below) prior to the inclusion.
-
- Contacting the Author
-
- Should you feel an overwhelming urge to show your appreciation of
- this program, the author can be contacted at:
-
- E-Mail (Internet): dmh-a@minster.york.ac.uk
- or dmh11@tower.york.ac.uk
-
- but only until June 1994; after that date the author will be whooping it
- up at a secret location in Switzerland..
-
- Or if you want to send me gifts (4MB x 32-bit SIMMS are always welcome, as
- are SCSI controllers, multisync monitors etc :)
-
- SnailMail: DM Hollway
- Langwith College
- University of York
- Heslington
- York
- YO1 5DD
-
-
- Remember: Only //Amiga makes it possible!
- \X/ "Life begins at '030 and gets fun at '040.
- Senility strikes at '86"
-
- Picture this: Commodore release a new Amiga. It's HP/PA RISC-based,
- supports 2 gigabyte of CHIP memory, 8 gigabyte of FAST memory, has
- display resolutions of up to 4096x1280x16.7Million colours, comes with
- a 1 terabyte hard drive, two HD floppies and a CD drive as standard,
- and retails for £299.99.
- What's the first question the computer world asks about the new machine?
-
- "Is it PC compatible?"
-