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Nostalgia.

That was the famous guru meditation—what an Amiga did when something was wrong and it didn't know what else to do. It is similar to a "panic", "sad mac," or "blue screen of death" on other operating systems, but more mystical. In case you're wondering, the "guru meditation number" can be decoded to tell you what went down and who to blame.  The number shown on the previous page was #81000005.000FE800, which decodes to:

Type Location General Class Specific Error Address
8: Dead-end error
(system will reboot after mouse button clicked)		 1: exec.library
(the multitasking executive, basically the kernel)		 00: None applies
 		 0005: Memory list corrupted
(hmmm... bad news)		 000FE800
 

There is some Search:famous folklore behind the term "guru meditation."

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January 10, 2005 — Updated January 01, 2011