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- Directory Opus 5 Magellan version release notes 11th May 1997
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- If you have purchased a new Opus package, you should have
- obtained BOTH the original Opus 5.5 manual and two disks, the
- Magellan suplementary manual and this Maggellan upgrade disk.
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- If you have purchased the upgrade only, you should have obtained
- the Magellan supplementary manual plus one disk.
-
- NOTE: The Magellan version is designed to be installed over the
- top of a previous version of Opus 5.5 ONLY. You MUST have already
- installed Opus 5.5 before installing the Magellan upgrade.
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- Opus Magellan Installation:
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- Before you install this new version, make a note of your Opus 5.5
- registration number. (It's in the About requester if you have
- forgotten!) . You will need this to complete your Magellan
- installation.
-
- Installation of this version is straight forward. Open the disk
- window, double-click the Install_Opus_Magellan icon and follow
- the directions. When the installation is complete, reboot your
- Amiga.
-
- Since all program components of this new Magellan version have
- been updated, once you have finished the installation and
- rebooted your Amiga, you will need to re-enter your registration
- details from your original Opus 5.5.
-
-
- Introduction: Welcome to the Directory Opus Magellan upgrade!
-
- From its first release in early '95, many Amiga users could see
- the raw power provided by Opus 5 with its unique concept
- integrating Workbench Replacement Mode (tm), file management and
- custom functions in the one package. These concepts were further
- refined in the Opus 5.5 release in '96. During this time of great
- uncertainty for the Amiga platform as a whole, we have been
- buoyed by the support of Opus users, many of whom have given us
- continual encouragement as well as much valuable feedback and
- suggestions on future directions for Opus 5. After a long
- struggle we are also pleased to have been able to convert a
- number of Neo- Luddite journalists from superfluous glitz to
- dedicated followers of fashion. (The wine's in the mail, guys ;-)
-
- Through your support Opus 5 has now become firmly established as
- the premier workbench replacement and file management program for
- the Amiga.
-
- Thanks!
-
- With this new version we have attempted to return your loyalty
- with on-going support for the Amiga platform and a continuation
- of our development plan for Opus 5. We have also tried to add
- many of your user suggestions as possible which are consistent
- with the metaphor of Opus.
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- The Magellan version is not just a simple upgrade but involves
- extensive redevelopment of many components of the Opus 5 system
- to give you enhanced usability, especially in the Workbench
- Replacement Mode. We give you greater control over icons, actions
- on and with icons, plus many new features such as Start Menus,
- extra popup sticky menus and new background images to name but a
- few. After extensive testing from our Beta testers we have also
- improved the compatibility with Workbench and other Amiga
- programs with in-built support for the NewIcons system, better
- Cybergraphics support, faster icon layout, dragging and display
- routines and so on. A rewritten OpusFTP module complements these
- changes and not only gives you up to five times faster access to
- the Internet but now has a full GUI for the Address Book and
- operational parameters.
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- We hope you will enjoy the advanced features in this new version
- which we call the Directory Opus 5 Magellan version.
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- OpusSDK:
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- Also on this disk you will find the latest version of the Opus
- Software Developers Kit - OpusSDK.lha. This archive contains all
- you will need to write Opus modules and other programs which
- interface directly with Opus and call the internal Opus routines.
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- With Opus Magellan we have added more than 40 new callback hoks
- to make programming with Opus easier for you.
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- Support and Contact:
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- For other details, please contact us via our WWW pages or by
- email.
-
- We maintain a couple of Opus mailing lists. Details of these can
- be obtained from the WWW pages.
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- Dr Greg Perry, May 11th 1997
- GPSoftware, PO Box 570 , ASHGROVE AUSTRALIA 4060
- Phone/Fax +61 7 33661402
- MailTo:zzgperry@mailbox.uq.oz.au
- http://www.livewire.com.au/gpsoft