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| Welcome to DOpus PLUS! The Essential Companion to Opus Magellan II! |
Introduction [Setup-Install]
[Contents of the CD] [Copyrights] [Thanks] Thank you for purchasing the DOpus PLUS collection and for supporting our efforts on the Amiga with Directory Opus Magellan! This collection of tutorials, ARexx scripts, icons, images, sounds and associated support files and utilities for Opus Magellan has been produced by GPSoftware from material custom written for this CD by some of the leading DOpus experts in the world. We have also incorporated collections of other material kindly supplied by many Opus users from around the world over the last few years. The tutorials may be accessed in a stand-alone manner directly from the CD by double-clicking on the appropriate icon. To make best use of the collection you will need to have Directory Opus Magellan II (version 5.8 or higher). This tutorial has been designed for different screen resolutions. You may view the tutorial either in Fixed or Scalable proportions. For quick access to the tutorial, click either:-
Before you begin accessing this CD, you should read these instructions. The Opus Tutorial on this CD is HTML-based, and as such requires a web browser to access it (note that you do not actually need access to the Internet, as a web browser can also access local files). If you do not have a web browser installed already (the three most common are AWeb, IBrowse and Voyager), you may like to install one from this CD. The Tools/Browsers directory on this CD contains demo versions of these three browsers which you can install using the supplied install scripts. If you do want or need to install a web browser we suggest you go and install it now, and then come back and read on... You can also run the Tutorial direct from the CD. In this case, the Tutorial defaults to using the demo version of IBrowse. If, however, you already have a web browser installed, you will probably want to use it instead of installing another one. The supplied install script (Install_DOpusPLUS, found in the root directory of this CD) lets you choose whichever browser you want to use. To use this tutorial and also the DOpus Magellan themes on this CD, you will
need to install various Amiga datatypes such as jpeg, gif, png, bmp, wav etc.
If you do not already have these installed we have provided a set for your
convenience in the Datatypes drawer in the Tools directory of the CD. Install
these or see AmiNet util/dtype for newer or related datatypes. After you have installed a browser (if applicable), run the Install_DOpusPLUS installer script. This script will ask you to either locate the browser you want to use (either one you already had installed, or the one you just installed), or to choose to run the Tutorial using the IBrowse demo on the CD. The Install script creates a DOpusPLUS sub-directory in your DOpus5: folder and copies
the Tutorial icon there with the default tool set to your chosen browser. From now on, you
can access the Tutorial simply by double-clicking on this icon. The installer also creates
a DOpus Program Group containing the icon for quick access to the tutorial. Apart from the Tutorial, this CD contains many other interesting and useful Opus things. The CD is split up into different directories; a brief description follows.
The DOpus PLUS CD collection, the tutorials and related material are Copyright GPSoftware, 1998. Please return the registration card to GPSoftware. Technical support will be provided ONLY if your have registered and if you can quote your personal registration number. You may also register via our web site or by sending your registration details to us by email. This material has been supplied for private use of registered Directory Opus Magellan users and no part of this publication or the accompanying software may be copied or distributed, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, made available on the Internet, or translated into any human or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, manual or otherwise, or disclosed to any third party without the express written permission of GPSoftware. Also included are supplementary materials obtained from public domain, freeware and shareware sources and their associated Internet sites. Unless explicitly stated, any copyrights, trademarks or other legal entities residing in this supplementary material remains the property of the original owners or authors of the material. GPSoftware and its associated distributors supply the material 'as is' and express no rights or claims on any such material nor provide any warranty to such material. Disclaimer GPSoftware and its associated distributors make no representation or warranties with respect to the performance of the Software nor of the contents of this publication and specifically disclaim any implied warranties of merchandisable quality or fitness for any particular purpose. Further, GPSoftware reserves the right to revise the Software and this publication and to make changes to them from time to time without obligation of GPSoftware to notify any person or organisation of such revisions or changes. Program Licence GPSoftware provides this CD, files and programs and any updates under the terms set out below and licenses its use world-wide. You assume responsibility for the selection of the program to achieve your intended results, and for the installation, use and results obtained from the program. Warranty All care has been taken to ensure that the programs perform the functions as set out in this manual. However, GPSoftware provides the program 'AS IS' and makes no express or implied warranties with respect to the software, its documentation, performance, or merchantability. Should the medium on which the program is supplied fail within 30 days of purchase by the original purchaser, GPSoftware will provide a replacement copy for the cost of the disk plus postage, provided the original disk is returned to the address below (shipping prepaid and properly packed). Proof of purchase (a copy of, or reference to, the original Registration Card) must accompany any request for warranty. Technical Support At the discretion of GPSoftware, any and all warranty or technical support is available only to the original purchaser of this package. Please contact your local GPSoftware distributor in your local country for Technical Support in the first instance. Licence This CD is supplied under the following conditions. If you do not agree to abide by these conditions, you must return the package to the place of purchase together with the disk package unopened and a full refund will be given. You accept responsibility for the serial numbered version of the software supplied in this package. GPSoftware will institute legal action against any individual, company or organisation found to be creating, duplicating, selling, or distributing in any manner, unauthorised copies of this software or its associated user manual. You may a) Use the program on a single machine at a specific site only, unless a multiple site licence has been negotiated at time of purchase from GPSoftware; b) Make a maximum of one copy of the software for your own personal backup purposes only. If you transfer the program to another party, you must at the same time transfer all copies to the same party or destroy all copies not transferred. YOU MAY NOT USE, COPY, OR TRANSFER THE PROGRAM OR MANUAL, OR A COPY, IN WHOLE OR IN
PART, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED. IF YOU TRANSFER POSSESSION OF ANY COPY OF THE PROGRAM
TO ANOTHER PARTY, YOUR LICENCE IS AUTOMATICALLY TERMINATED. This CD would not have come into existence without the encouragement, support and hard work of a number of dedicated Opus users. We wish to extend our heartfelt appreciation to those who took part in the development of the CD and who provided custom written materials in support of giving the Directory Opus user such a valued resource to complement their Opus Magellan. Very special thanks to Ben Vost, Dave Clarke, Helmut Hummel and Martin Steigerwald with valued support from Trevor Morris and others. Opus, DOpus PLUS, Directory Opus and Workbench Replacement are registered trademarks of GPSoftware. Installer and Amiga Workbench TM (c) Copyright 1991-1992 and 1985-1988 Commodore Amiga, Inc. All Rights reserved. Amiga, AmigaDOS, Workbench, Intuition, Exec, etc are registered trademarks of Amiga Inc and Gateway 2000. Other products mentioned in this work are trademarks or copyright of their respective owners. Dr Greg Perry, GPSoftware, Brisbane, Australia, October 1998 |