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          Read Before Installing or Using X.25 V1.2 for OpenVMS Alpha
          Systems

          This cover letter provides information on X.25 V1.2 for OpenVMS
          Alpha systems. You should read this letter, especially the
          section Installation Information, before attempting to install
          the product.

          Wide Area Network (WAN) Device Drivers

          This version of the X.25 for OpenVMS Alpha product extends
          WANDD functionality previously available only on OpenVMS VAX
          to OpenVMS Alpha. The WAN device drivers support synchronous
          communications and offer a supported user ($QIO) interface. This
          version also includes a pseudodriver (WANDRIVER) that provides
          a programming interface to the Data Link level for the LAPB,
          DEC-HDLC, and LLC2 protocols and an interface to the physical
          layer of the synchronous communication devices supported by this
          product.

          The WANDD programming information is contained in the DECnet/OSI
          for VMS VAX WANDD Programming manual. For your convenience, a
          PostScript copy of the manual is provided in the kit. Informa-
          tion on Alpha-specific differences for WANDD is included in the
          Release Notes.

          OpenVMS Alpha Software Products Library

          X.25 Version 1.2 for OpenVMS Alpha Systems software and doc-
          umentation ship on the OpenVMS Alpha Layered Product CD-ROM
          distribution:

          o  The OpenVMS Alpha Software Product Library CD-ROM contains
             the installable software kit, Release Notes, Software Product
             Description (SPD), and cover letter in ASCII (.TXT) and
             PostScript (.PS) formats.

          o  The OpenVMS Alpha Online Documentation Library CD-ROM con-
             tains user documentation in Bookreader format.

          The OpenVMS Alpha Layered Products Compact Disc User's Guide
          booklet (CD booklet) and a Read First letter accompanies the CD
          distribution kit. The CD booklet:

          o  describes the directory names on the Software Product Library
             CD where product subsets are located;

          o  lists the documentation files on the Online Documentation
             Library CD provided for each product; and

          o  contains information on using Bookreader.

 






          The following manuals are provided in Bookreader formats on the
          documentation CD:

          o  X.25 for OpenVMS Alpha Systems-Management Guide

          o  X.25 for OpenVMS Alpha Systems-Security Guide























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          o  X.25 for OpenVMS Alpha Systems-Problem Solving Guide

          o  X.25 for OpenVMS Alpha Systems-Accounting Guide

          o  X.25 for OpenVMS Alpha Systems-Configuration Guide

          o  X.25 for OpenVMS Alpha Systems-Programming Guide

          o  X.25 for OpenVMS Alpha Systems-Programming Reference Manual

          o  X.25 for OpenVMS Alpha Systems-Utilities Guide

          o  X.25 for OpenVMS Alpha Systems-NCL Reference Guide

          o  DECnet/OSI for VMS-VAX WANDD Programming (also on the DECnet
             for OpenVMS VAX bookshelf)

          You may also order a hardcopy X.25 documentation kit using the
          following order number: QA-OTHAA-GZ.1.2.

          Installation Information

          Installing X.25 V1.2 requires the OpenVMS Alpha Operating System
          Version 7.1 or later and DECnet-Plus Version 7.1 or later.

          The Release Notes for X.25 contain installation instructions and
          a summary of technical changes, known problems, restrictions,
          and incompatibilities. Compaq recommends that you read the
          Release Notes before installing X.25. The release notes are
          located on the OpenVMS Alpha Software Product Library CD-ROM in
          PostScript (.PS) and ASCII (.TXT) form.

          License Management Facility (LMF) Information

          A License Management Facility (LMF) Product Authorization Key
          (PAK) allows you to access a software product and its documenta-
          tion in Bookreader format. A PAK must be registered and loaded
          before you can install X.25 from the Digital CD-ROM Software
          Library for OpenVMS Alpha Layered Products. Refer to the CD Read
          First letter for information on LMF requirements needed to read
          the X.25 documentation using Bookreader.

          Accessing Bookreader Documentation

          To enable access to the X.25 Bookreader files, your system
          manager needs to define the DECW$BOOK environment variable
          as described in the OpenVMS Alpha Layered Products Compact
          Disc User's Guide in the CD distribution kit. To read the X.25
          documents, run Bookreader on a graphics terminal:

          1. Invoke Bookreader (refer to the OpenVMS Alpha Layered Prod-
             ucts Compact Disc User's Guide); the initial or navigation
             Bookreader window is displayed.

          2. Select the appropriate X.25 document. The table of contents
             for that document will be displayed.

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