What is guru meditation?

Guru meditation is a message that is displayed similarly to the "blue screen of death" on computers with Microsoft Windows when the computer crashes. The original guru meditation report was synonymous with Commodore Amiga PC. An error message can also occur when using Winamp and an unofficial application running on the Nintendo DS hand -held game system.

This unusually named type of error arose during the development of Commodore Amiga computers. Along with Amiga systems, known as Joyboard, a resourceful peripheral device was developed. Joyboard worked with a player who dominated the screen actions using his feet, unlike a more traditional joystick or a joypad method of control. As a method of relaxation, Amiga developers invented a game where one person was sitting crossed with his feet on a joyboard and accepted a stereotypical Indian meditation position. As a result, any movement would feel Joyboard on the screen reporting that many people ended up as a "Guru's Meditation Error".

This unwelcome message is displayed on a black background with a red text closed in a red rectangular field. If the error is easily renewable, the text and rectangle may appear in light green. The warning system was developed in such a way that the message could be displayed even if the critical sources of the system were fatally damaged. The guru meditation errors show reference codes in two parts separated by periods. These reference codes identify error types, location of structure, memory block addresses or, in case of unknown accident sources, code 48454C50; This code will indicate the word "Help" in the US standard code for information exchange (ASCII) hexadecimal code.

Later versions of Amiga, the Guru Meditation System has expanded the text by converting error codes into the text. This meant that users without the required technical knowledge to interpret error codes could nowsee what caused the system failure. From the Amiga version 4.0, the user was able to select the possibility to end an active role that caused an exception. It is also known that these types of errors occur when choosing certain own leather in the Microsoft Windows, Winamp and also in the organizer of the organizer of the Nintendo DS, DSorganize. When an error occurs in DSorganize, the guru meditation is usually the result of file system errors that can be repaired using disk control applications.