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- Copyright 1993, Hyperion Softword
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- THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR THE USE OF SHAREWARE DISTRIBUTORS
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- PROGRAM TITLE:
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- Orpheus
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- VERSION:
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- 1.53
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- RELEASED ON:
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- April 8, 1993
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- NEW IN THIS VERSION:
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- (Please see the WHATS.NEW file)
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- PROGRAM AUTHOR:
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- Rod Willmot
- Hyperion Softword
- 535 Duvernay
- Sherbrooke, QC
- Canada J1L 1Y8
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- (819-566-6296)
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- INTENDED USER:
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- Writers of online books, manuals, tutorials, or any other form of
- electronic documentation with a hypertext component.
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- SHORT DESCRIPTION:
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- Orpheus is a writer-friendly hypertext authoring system, consisting of
- two programs: OH.EXE, the authoring program itself, and OHREAD.EXE, a
- reader to distribute with compiled electronic books.
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- WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT THIS SOFTWARE:
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- * Hypertext authoring in Orpheus is easier, faster, more intuitive
- than in any other system on the market.
- * Compiled books form a seamless package with an impressive user-
- interface. Readers see a gorgeous end-product that is easy to
- navigate and fun to read.
- * Link to graphics, embed hotspots in graphics, launch programs,
- play music... or just do fabulously readable text. The end-user
- can click on a word and get anything you can imagine.
- * Import existing text or use the powerful hypertext word processor in
- the authoring program's Integrated Development Environment.
- * The Orpheus Reader has bookmarks, a notepad, printing, online help,
- configurable colors, even a Tour Mode for self-running displays.
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- CAPACITY AND LIMITATIONS:
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- Documents can contain up to 32,000 linked cards and graphics. A text card
- can hold up to 250 links to any combination of text cards and graphics.
- There are 7 link types, of which one can be reserved for the author's
- notes and excluded from the compiled version, while three others are
- for script commands entered in the easy Orpheus Command Language.
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- REQUIREMENTS:
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- Orpheus requires an IBM XT- or AT-compatible computer with DOS 3.1 or
- later. The authoring program requires a hard disk; the Orpheus Reader
- does not.
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- IS A MANUAL INCLUDED?
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- Yes. The file MANUAL1.DOC provides an introduction to hypertext and a
- series of step-by-step tutorials on how to make hypertext with Orpheus.
- (Both programs include online help -- context-sensitive, with hypertext
- links of course! Help in the authoring program is an exhaustive resource
- with nearly 250K of texts on every facet of the system.) In addition
- the file MANUAL2.DOC provides a complete guide to using the Orpheus
- Command Language (for authors who wish to display graphics, launch
- programs, play music, etc).
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- SUPPORT:
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- Orpheus is supported on three levels, all of them free: (1) voice
- support over the telephone (11:30 am to 11:30 pm, Eastern Time);
- (2) email support via Internet and GEnie, as well as the shareware
- conferences of several public echomail networks; (3) two support BBS's
- providing free updates. See the README file for details.
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- HOW TO START THE PROGRAM:
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- At the DOS prompt, "OH [Enter]" starts up the authoring program; you
- can also give the name of a file. For example, to start up Orpheus
- Author and simultaneously initiate a new project called "Test", you
- would give the command "OH TEST [Enter]". See MANUAL1.DOC
- (Chapter 1) for more information.
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- To start up the Orpheus Reader with the demo book "Introducing Orpheus",
- give the command "OHREAD INTRO.HTX [Enter]" at the DOS prompt.
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- REGISTRATION:
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- Orpheus is distributed as shareware, with a registration fee of $49.
- Registered users receive bonus utilities and an unlimited licence to sell,
- give away, or otherwise distribute their compiled works together with the
- Orpheus Reader. Registration numbers are built right into compiled books
- as the ultimate proof of copyright. Site licensing is available to
- companies requiring multiple copies of the authoring program.
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- SUGGESTED CATALOG TEXT:
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- For hypertext writers, for anyone wishing to create electronic books and
- manuals, Orpheus is a dream come true. The system is two programs:
- Orpheus Author (OH.EXE), an Integrated Development Environment for
- composing hypertext; and Orpheus Reader (OHREAD.EXE), a slick but easy-to-
- use program for registered users to distribute with their finished works.
- Both programs come with pulldown menus and online help, mouse support,
- and configurable colors.
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- Orpheus Author gives you seamless integration between the act of writing
- and the act of hypertext linking. All features are accessible through
- menus and dialogs, and most have keyboard accelerators. There are no
- special codes or brackets to insert; you can quickly develop a complex
- hypertext network that is a joy to navigate and a pleasure to read.
- Extensive word processing tools include reformatting, search and replace,
- block operations including column mode and mouse-marking, a boxdraw mode
- for making tables and boxes, everything you need to write well and make
- text look great onscreen. Hypertext tools let you refine and restructure
- your hypertext network at will, letting it grow and change following the
- flow of ideas -- safely and easily, with a couple of keystrokes or clicks
- of the mouse. With 4 independent Edit windows you can keep separate
- "growing points" of your work close to hand (Orpheus saves your window
- configuration when you end a session). A fifth window provides read-only
- access to other files for quickly importing external text. Every Orpheus
- book can hold up to 32,000 cards; each card can have up to 250 links to
- any combination of text cards and graphics; graphics in turn can have
- hotspots linked to other graphics or to text. Finished works are compiled
- into two or more compressed files for efficient distribution with the
- Orpheus Reader.
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- The Orpheus Reader is the public's gateway to you and your work. It
- offers a user-friendly interface combined with the under-the-hood
- sophistication to take full advantage of the user's hardware. (Even if
- you wrote your book in monochrome, users with color will get glorious
- color; but if you used graphics that the reader's system can't display,
- Orpheus handles this gracefully.) Features on the menu include a notepad
- with hypertext linking, a bookmark dialog where the user can enter
- descriptive comments for up to 10 bookmarks, and printing.
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- The author of Orpheus provides support through GEnie and Internet
- addresses, as well as the shareware conferences of several public echomail
- networks. A sample book included with the Reader (INTRO.HTX) demonstrates
- what the system can do.
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- FILES IN THIS PACKAGE:
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- README ....................... general info and file list
- OH.EXE ....................... Orpheus Author, the authoring program
- WHATS.NEW .................... new features, fixes, changes
- REGISTER.DOC ................. order form
- VENDOR.TXT ................... this file
- OH.HLP ....................... online help for the authoring program
- MANUAL1.DOC .................. manual/tutorial on OH.EXE
- MANUAL2.DOC .................. guide to Orpheus Command Language
- OHREAD.EXE ................... the Orpheus Reader
- OHREAD.HLP ................... its online help
- INTRO.HTX .................... demo book to read with Reader
- INTR_.1 ...................... part of demo book
- WORLDMAP.PCX ................. graphic for demo
- HOME16.PCX ................... graphic for demo
- FLAGS.ANS .................... ansi for demo
- SHOWRUN.BAT .................. sample batch file called by demo
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