jdresser@altair.uucp (Jay Dresser) (03/14/91)
(Here's a copy of a message I sent to CBM) As long as you're releasing a new version of the operating system, I thought I might tell you about a nifty bug that I discovered some years ago. Since it's so obvious, and easy to invoke, I assumed that you already knew about it. But my friends think you may not, so to be safe I'll tell you. It's the "drag the window off the screen" bug. By using nothing more than the normal Intuition controls, you can make the windows drag off the screen and, if you do it right, meet the guru. All you do is this: Place the mouse over the dragbar of any window (I've only tried this with WorkBench, but I assume it would work with other screens). Click and hold the left mouse button down. While holding the mouse button down, press left-Amiga-N or -M. Nothing appears to change, but you can now drag the window off the screen. Moving left and right you will see the edge that went off the screen wrap around to the other side. In most cases you can drag it back onto the screen and release the mouse button without harm. If you drag off the top or bottom, you will trash the memory lists and crash the machine immediately. Pretty neat, huh? No special code, nothing fancy, just the keyboard and mouse. Works every time. It seems to me like it's something that shouldn't be allowed, so I hope you can fix this before the next release. Happy bug hunting! Jay Dresser, jdresser@Tymnet.com