Juiced.GS has released a new version of Opus ][, the complete collections of The Byte Works‘ compilers, utilities, and tutorials.
The updated editions — the first in 23 years — include Stephen Heumann’s ORCA/C v2.2.0, which was demonstrated at KansasFest 2023. v2.2.0 offers the following enhancements over v2.1.0:
- Added support for almost all language and library features required by the C17 standard
- Improved lint checks and debugging features to help detect errors
- New options for pre-include files and C standard selection
- Improvements to generated code
- Auto-segmenting linker
- Hundreds of bug fixes
Opus ][ now also features these improvements:
- Floppy disk images have been converted to .2mg format and given appropriate filename suffixes
- GS-20 Toolbox C.pdf has been corrected to its full length
- Macintosh-specific MS Word documents converted to universal DOC format
Originally released in 2000 by Syndicomm, Opus ][ includes 35 commercial applications, 16 unreleased applications, and over a million lines of code, all of which were originally sold separately for US$1,680. The Opus ][ volumes were re-released by Juiced.GS in 2015 and are available at the same price as always: The Software and The Source are $25 each, or $40 from both, with instantaneous download access. (CD & USB formats are also available for an additional fee.)
Customers who have previously purchased Opus ][ from Juiced.GS can get the new versions for free in the downloads section of their online store accounts.