From jpotter@guest.adelaide.edu.au Sat Feb 6 12:46:02 1993 Received: from wattle.itd.adelaide.edu.au by toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu (4.1/UCD.CS.2.0) id AA18278; Sat, 6 Feb 93 12:45:57 PST Received: by wattle.itd.adelaide.edu.au (5.61+IDA+MU/UA-5.26) id AA26542; Sun, 7 Feb 1993 07:15:50 +1030 From: Jonathan Potter Message-Id: <9302062045.AA26542@wattle.itd.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Directory Opus 4 To: announce@cs.ucdavis.edu Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1993 07:15:49 +0100 (WET DST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL3] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Length: 5123 Status: RO Directory OPUS 4.0: More Versatile, Infinitely Customizable ____ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (_ _) December 4, 1992 - World of Commodore, Toronto / / _/ / (____)NOVAtronics announces Directory OPUS 4.0, a major revision of their best-selling Amiga disk and file management utility. Along with A4000 and A1200 compatibility, increased audio/image file support, and many other new features, Directory OPUS 4.0 is now more intuitive, more helpful and more flexible than before. You can even completely re-configure the interface to suit the way you want to use the program. Graphics Compatibility, Improved File Support, Other New Features Directory OPUS 4.0 now supports all Amiga graphics hardware, including the AGA and AA chipsets used in the Amiga 4000 and Amiga 1200. Graphics and Audio support have also been expanded. Now you can use Directory OPUS 4.0 to play Anim and Anim Brush files, or view images saved in all ILBM formats. You can also play sound files stories as Noisetracker, SoundTrackers, ProTracker, and MED w/MIDI, Oktalyzer, 8SVX or Raw Data. Together with expanded ARexx support (now over 100 commands), Directory OPUS now has a convenient Hotkey feature for launching any Amiga application from the keyboard, so long as OPUS is either running or iconified. (Amiga-D, for example, could be set to launch DeluxePaint.) Directory OPUS 4.0 now also lets you print individual frames from full screen and brush animations. Also new: a new Font View facility that lets you print out an entire alphabet of any font you select, including Amiga and Compugraphic Bitmap fonts under Kickstart 2.04 and beyond. Other new features include improved documentation, players for CanDo decks, and a completely revised approach to using system resources. Instead of loading the entire program at once, OPUS now runs individual functions as they are called for. This not only reduces demands on system RAM, it gives users a way to access individual program features directly from the CLI, without ever having to load Directory OPUS. Infinitely Configurable, More Easily Configurable Directory OPUS 4.0 is now very user-configurable, meaning that you can optionally modify the interface to suit your needs or personal preference. You could, for example, configure as many buttons or add as many actual or virtual devices as you'd like, modify the size of each directory window, or minimize the program so that only one, or two or three rows of buttons are visible. Directory OPUS 4.0 now lets you select any screen font for use in any part of the interface. You can also filter the files you see displayed -- such as only file names that match the DOS pattern "#?.doc." Configuring OPUS to meet your needs is a lot easier than you might expect, thanks to an extensive new configuration system that gives instant on-line assistance for whatever you need to do. For instance, if you are in the middle of attaching an AmigaDOS command to an onscreen button, you could instantly call up a list of executable command names. Whatever you're doing in OPUS, help is always close at hand. And (under AmigaDOS 2.0) configuring buttons to run programs also got easier; just drag any program icon over any OPUS button, and release! We Didn't Kill a Good Friend Most important, the new features added to Directory OPUS 4.0 won't put off users of previous versions for day-to-day tasks -- like formatting floppy disks, copying or deleting files, viewing directory lists, viewing image, text and HEX files, or playing sound files. "We didn't kill off an old friend," says Tim Martin, the new president of INOVAtronics. "Many upgrades make changes that kill the usability that made people like the program in the first place. With Directory OPUS 4.0, we solved this problem by making everything optional, and by making it extremely easy for OPUS owners to use any or all of the new features they want. Despite all the changes," Tim says, "OPUS will remain the most useful tool on your Amiga computer." New Price and Upgrade Policy Directory OPUS 4.0 carries a new retail price of $99.95, and will be available after December 4, 1992. Registered owners of Directory OPUS version 3.4 or later can upgrade for $40, plus $5 for shipping and handling. If you own a version of Directory OPUS prior to 3.4, the upgrade is $50, plus $5 shipping and handling. Directory OPUS 4.0 works with any Amiga with one Megabyte of RAM or better, running any version of Kickstart. To learn more, contact INOVAtronics, 8499 Greenville Ave. #209B, Dallas, TX 75231; telephone 214/340-4991, fax 214/340-8514. You can now communication directly with INOVAtronics on the *StarShip* Bulletin Board! Type M555;1 from any numbered GEnie page prompt. At the bulletin board prompt, type SET 28 to reach Category 28. Then type TOPics for a list of ongoing discussions between INOVAtronics representatives and GEnie members. READ whatever topics interest you by number, such as READ 1. The company is also available on GEnie by leaving GE Mail to INOVATRONICS. -*-