For me, I plan to use opus anyway. it works. it meets my needs and its 
reciving more popularity here in CT again. several Maximus sysops are looking 
to instal it now.
        One Proboard sysop is going to be installing it. and I will 
be helping him get it up.
        AS I heard said in a photography Magizine. refering to older 
cameras " Its not obsolete unless, 1. You cannot get parts for it anymore and 
it needs repair. 2. It no longer meets your requirements"
Opus parts can be easily obtained, and it meets my needs very well. Plus 
since I do have the Opus 1.73 Structs I can easily cobble something in 
GWbasic for opus if I need to. but translation frm C structs to GWBASIC is 
not exactly fun. My co=sysop is planning to write an opus specific online 
game. so Opus isn't gone (YET).
                                Michele Marie Dalene
P.S Incidently I am running opus barefoot again as something is wrong with 
Binkleyterm 2.60. Worked great on XT but crasho at midnight on 386. sounds 
like a programming error to me.
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