A black screen with red text error message on early Amiga computers that occurs when a critical flaw is encountered on the computer. For users familiar with Microsoft Windows, you can think of this error message like the Blue Screen of Death or BSOD. Below is an example of a Guru Meditation error.

Software Failure, Press Left mouse button to continue. Guru Meditation #00000003,48454C50

With the introduction of AmigaOS 4.0, this error message was replaced by The Grim Reaper error, however, these errors still contain a Guru Meditation error message.

Amiga, BSOD, Error, Software terms

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