Some peculiar things I found on MacNosy
MacNosy (also known as the Jasik Debugger) is a debugging software solution written by Steve Jasik. Wikipedia mentions it has a *peculiar* UI. Indeed, it is.
Here's a Wikipedia page on it.
I know this is software that many might've used, or that it's still being used for homebrew/modding/maintaining(?????) Classic MacOS software.
But what surprised me the most was the verbosity and tone of most of the UI and documentation. Here are some of the spicier ones I was able to find, with messages transcribed:
"The Memory Manager is running low on the Good Stuff. The penalty for further abuse is blindness."
Using discipline is hard enough without Apple Programmers violating fundamental principles of Computer Science.
Here are some examples that I have discovered in the last couple months.
1) Sound Mgr V3.0 Does a DisposPtr (or handle) on a Structure and then disposes a member of the Structure.
Discipline with Handle Zapping ON will catch this error.
Wondering what you did wrong?? What part of your body to scratch for mental stimulation ??
Turn towards Cupertino, and bow to the gods who wrote this wonderful code.
finder.dsi - turn off Discipline for it as it violates so many mac rules as to be a pain in the Ass
The funny thing here are the Error Messages verbosity levels: Slightly Salacious and Whip Me. Quite a kinky dialog box to start The Debugger(tm).