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This is a lightwave render of my computer. I built the models (monitor,
CPU, keyboard, mouse, etc.) for fun. I was playing around with trying
to make it look realistic, and in my opinion, it looks good, but not
photo-realistic (so I will keep playing :-).
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I am an official DOpus beta tester and this is just a snapshot of my
workbench which has been "replaced" by DOpus5 Magellan 2. I have tried
to show off as many features as was possible in one picture so that you
get a good idea of what the newest version of DOpus5 is capable of.
This environment runs on the following:
Machine: A3000 CPU: 68030 25MHz/33Mhz 882 FPU
Memory: 2M Chip, 16M Fast.
Gfx: CyberVision64 4M (Picasso96 Software)
OS: OS3.1 (Kickstart 40.62, Workbench 40.42)
HD: Quantum 50MB (SYS), Quantum 270MB (WORK), & iomega Zip100 x12
Misc: 1960 multisync, 14.4k modem, 12X CD-ROM
WB: DOpus5-replacement, CVision: 8Bit 800x600 (Prolite16 locked)
Patches: KingCon, FullPalette, VisualPrefs, PatchControl, FastIPrefs,
NewIcons, Birdie
Cxs: MCP 1.32, Directory Opus M2, KeyReq, SoundJunkie, ClipHistory,
MagicMenu
Misc: MUI 3.8, RainBoot2.42
Short greets to: George Hornmoen, Steve Praught, Roman Patzner, Leo
Davidson, Jonathon Potter, Greg Perry, Mario Cattaneo,
Malcolm Harnden, Tom Mersereau, James Hayes, Helmut
Hummel, and all the DOpus5 beta testers!
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Opus Magellan II
The Essential Workbench Replacement and File Managment system for Amiga!
Summary of Enhancements
The Magellan-II version not only upgrades many of the earlier
functions but also involves an extensive re-development of many
components of the Opus 5 system to give you enhanced usability,
especially in the Workbench Replacement Mode. Amongst other features,
in this version we have concentrated on providing greater user control
over your custom Environment with a more powerful but easier to use
configuration section, plus many new features such as custom Themes,
custom sounds and scripts, improved User and Start Menus, greater
Lister functionality, and a dramatically enhanced OpusFTP system where
you can now tailor custom setting for individual remote sites and even
leave out the site or remote files on your Opus desktop for instant
access.
Amongst many other features, the Magellan version gave you:-
. Enhanced Lister functionality including:- command functions
which act on icon mode Listers; new popup menus; optional
Space Gauge showing free space on drives, Inline Editing for
Name mode Listers and the ability to drag and drop files
directly into sub-directories.
. A new integrated system of Start Menus.
. A new Desktop Folder mechanism: Drag and drop items to the
desktop with the support of optional popup menus.
. A new Icon Positioning system. Configure areas where icons
will appear and their priority.
. Improved Icon dragging routines plus global control of icon
labels and borders; icon label splitting for long labels; a
new Icon Command function for special "command" files; and
the ability to use traditional Workbench icon positions for
icons or exclusive Opus positioning.
. New Popup menus with shadow look.
. Integrated NewIcons support not just for icons but for all
system images including graphic button banks plus support for
image and animation file formats including DPaintV/PPaint
AnimBrushes.
The new Magellan-II version refines and extends these features
further. The new features include:-
. Custom Themes - customise your system with your favourite
images, sounds, fonts and colours.
. Improved Lister layouts including proportional fonts,
resizable fields, sort indicator, better in-line editing.
. An amalgamated Options and Environment editor to give you a
more intuitive layout for better management of the display
and program operations.
. Background pictures in button banks and start menus.
. Random Background images.
. New Outline and Shadow font options for Workbench display.
. Fully user configurable screen title for display of used and
available memory, OS versions, processes etc.
. New Sound events for Opus and system events - attach a sound
to inserting and removing a disk! USe Random Sounds
. New Opus Path List settings allowing you to easily set the
system paths for commands etc.
. Support for Filesystems with filenames up to 107 characters.
. New graphical layout and better configurability of Button
banks and start menus including an 'auto-close' feature.
Buttons now support "Active Popups" - an extended popup menu
feature where each button act as a start menu.
. Revised internal commands with many now replaceable by
user-defined scripts and functions.
. Enhanced Scripts system with more events and linking to
internal commands and OpusFTP.
. Improved Start Menus. You can now have multilevel menus and
start menus are now always 'sticky'
. Improved filetype identification system with better control
of multitasking for large directories and CDs and new
filetype matching functions to match foreign disk types.
. New and extended icon and Lister popup menus.
. Improved Snapshot ability for Listers, Icon modes and
Groups.
. New Icon Information requester with more detailed display
plus new functionality such as ability to change icon type
and edit the icon images.
. Improved support for Drag and Drop functions.
. Better Icon support with faster displays.
. Many new ARexx commands to control Opus.
This functionality is complemented by a dramatically enhanced OpusFTP
module with many new features including:-
. Completely revised GUI with new FTPAddressbook, FTPOptions
and FTPConnect requesters.
. Individual configuration Options for each site including
custom format and custom tool bars on a site-by-site basis.
. Enhanced Drag and Drop allows you to create shortcuts to
your favourite FTP sites, directories and files by leaving
them out on the Opus Desktop for instant access.
. Full recursive directory copying. Copy whole directories in a
single operation!
. More support for normal Opus commands including Getsizes,
FindFiles and the Copy command now supports the UPDATE and
NEWER flags. Great for web site maintenance!
. Protect is fully supported with a new GUI allowing you to set
remote protection bits in either Amiga or Unix fashion.
. Seven new Scripts exclusively for FTP events on a site by
site basis.
. Automatic reconnection on failure or lost connection.
. Better site-to-site transfer capability - transfer files
between two remote sites without going via your Amiga.
. Optional transfer and progress displays with more detailed
information.
. Support for firewalls and IP Masking with PASSIVE transfer
mode.
. Lister path gadgets accept industry standard URL syntax.
. Inline editing of Name and Protection fields now supported.
. Synchronous command structure so interactive ARexx scripts
are now possible! Write BATCH files to transfer selected
files.
. Speed and efficiency improvements with better management of
socket options and improved support for all AmigaTCP stacks.
. Special popup menus for FTP Listers to access custom Options
and Add the current site entry details and custom options
directly to the address book.
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DOpus PLUS
The Essential Companion to Opus Magellan II
To coincide with the release of Opus Magellan II, GPSoftware has
commissioned a new CD specially for Opus users. It gives you custom
written tutorials to complement Opus Magellan and collects hundreds of
megabytes of images, sounds, icons and scripts and other utilities to
complement your Opus installation.
* Specially commissioned tutorials in html and AmigaGuide by some
of the leading DOpus experts in the world covering such diverse
topics as :-
. The definitive Opus tutorial - the ideal companion for the
new Opus Magellan II that gives you the much more depth than
the manual ever could!
. Superfluous glitz - and how to make the most of it. Advice on
how to make your DOpus look and sound as good as it can
without the strain.
. Coding - the ins and outs of the extensive DOpus ARexx port
and SDK by the best programmers around. Includes the
indispensable Opus Arexx guide and tutorial and the Opus C
programming guide.
. Filetypes - We explain how to really get the most from the
internal power of Opus.
. FAQ - All the questions you ever wanted answered about Opus -
and some you didn't know about!
* Themes galore! Special DOpus Themes can be immediately installed
on your Amiga, plus megabytes of freeware and shareware Windows 95
Themes which you can load into Opus Magellan II and convert to
Amiga formats.
* Lots and lots of icons for StartMenus, Button banks and Amiga
files and folders etc, plus specially designed sets of Toolbar
icons from DOpus experts.
* Lots of predefined Filetypes to support almost any Amiga program
or file.
* Complete collection of all Opus related files from Aminet and
other sources.
* Indispensable Opus Arexx utilities and scripts including:-
. Enhanced ArcDir - open archives directly in an Opus Lister.
. BatchFTP script - automate your FTP downloads.
. ImageConvert - a custom script to convert Windows Themes and
associated files to Amiga formats.
. DirTree - view directories in Tree style.
. AppLauncher - custom launcher for your favourite programs.
. plus many more essential items to make your Opus the envy of
the neighbourhood!
* Includes many other utilities to support your Opus Magellan II
installation.
Contact your local Amiga dealer or distributor for availability and
pricing information. Or contact us directly for further information.
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