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- INOVAtronics 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.
-
- 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.
-
- 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!
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- 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."
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- 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.
-