Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!rutgers!njin!uupsi!sunic!tut!mt87692 From: mt87692@tut.fi (Mikko Tsokkinen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Review of a new EXCELLENT AMIGA DirUtil Message-ID: Date: 7 May 90 08:35:33 GMT References: Sender: News@tut.fi Distribution: comp.sys.amiga Organization: Tampere University of Technology Lines: 56 In-reply-to: rfrost@spam.ua.oz.au's message of 4 May 90 17:22:17 GMT In article rfrost@spam.ua.oz.au (Richard Frost) writes: > I have seen this program myself and consider it to be the most innovative > Directory Utility for the Amiga yet developed. I will try to get the > demo version FTP'd to Xanth so people can judge this for themselves! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ do that! > Richard Frost. > +-------------------------+ > | | > | DIRECTORY OPUS REVIEW | > | | > | by Ian Steuart | > | | > +-------------------------+ > MOVE OVER CLIMATE AND DISKMASTER!!! > For the past 3 months, I have been involved with a very > talented Australian Software author, Jonathan Potter, in the BETA testing > of a new and very POWERFUL Utility program, DIRECTORY OPUS. [ Lotsa program information deleted ] > Many enhancements have been added to the original > version, so much so that it is almost a version two before its release... > Many bugs occurred along the way which was to be expected in a program of > this magnitude, but happily Jonathan Potter believes Directory Opus to be > stable and that all functions if used correctly, should operate as they > were intended. I don't think any programmer alive would ever use the term > " BUG FREE ", but this program has been extensively tested and I must > admit, that since it has reached v1.52 ( the release version ) that it > is almost impossible to freeze or crash, unless you attempt to multitask > a program with others ( eg TurboBackup ) that don't hit it off, or very > low memory situations.. These conditions, unfamiliarity with the program, > and the unknown bug ( J.P. believes not ) should be your only source of > frustration............. As usual if any of your team should be killed, > this office will deny any knowledge of you, but NOT when it comes to BUG > /PROBLEM reports. Contact J.P. at the address below if you become stuck. Doesn't multitask, if used correctly, very low memory situation!!! WHY IN EARTH ?????? Who needs this kind of programs? As one of the program requirements (for all programs), It DOESN'T do what it isn't supposed to do! Otherwise sounds nice :-) > Ian Steuart Mikko -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Mikko Tsokkinen : I'm not a number ... I'm a free man : : Internet mt87692@tut.fi : UUCP tut!mt87692 : Bitnet mt87692@fintut : -----------------------------------------------------------------------