Compaq Cover Letter for Compaq OpenVMS/Hanyu Alpha Version 7.3-1 AV-PXHBN-TE September 2002 Dear Compaq OpenVMS/Hanyu Alpha Customer, Compaq is pleased to introduce the Compaq OpenVMS/Hanyu Al- pha Version 7.3-1 operating system. Enclosed is your Compaq OpenVMS/Hanyu Alpha Version 7.3-1 kit. It runs on top of Compaq OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3-1 and provides the following sophisti- cated Chinese features: o a rich set of Chinese utilities for programmers, system managers and general users o a Chinese environment for users to run Compaq's Chinese lay- ered products as well as third party and in-house developed Chinese applications o a programming environment for the development of Chinese applications o Translated Image Environment for application software migra- tion from Compaq OpenVMS/Hanyu VAX platform to Compaq OpenVMS /Hanyu Alpha platform o a high quality Chinese printing support (Asian Printing Support sub-kit) o world wide languages text-to-PostScript printing subsystem Please note that DECwindows Motif/Hanyu Alpha V1.2-3 (or earlier version) is no longer supported in Compaq OpenVMS/Hanyu Alpha Version 7.3-1. The next version of DECwindows Motif/Hanyu Alpha, which will be supported in Compaq OpenVMS/Hanyu Alpha Version 7.3-1, is currently under development. For more information about the new features and changes since Compaq OpenVMS/Hanyu Alpha Version 7.3, please refer to Compaq OpenVMS/Hanyu Alpha Version 7.3-1 Release Notes. Chinese Utilities Compaq OpenVMS/Hanyu Alpha Version 7.3-1 provides the following Chinese utilities: o HMAIL Extended OpenVMS MAIL utility that supports Chinese o HDUMP Extended OpenVMS DUMP utility that displays English and Chinese characters properly o HTPU and HEVE Utilities to perform Chinese text processing and editing o SEARCH Extended OpenVMS SEARCH utility that supports Chinese charac- ters in the search string o SORT/MERGE Extended OpenVMS SORT/MERGE utility that supports Chinese collating sequences and character-based sorting o CMGR Character management utility to support user-defined charac- ters o Chinese TFF Extended OpenVMS Terminal Fallback Facility that enables Com- paq OpenVMS/Hanyu to support Chinese terminals and printers that support the Big 5 or Telex Code codeset o Phrase Input Utility A utility that enables users to use the phrase input capabil- ity of the VT382-D Chinese terminal o World-Wide PostScript Printing Subsystem (WWPPS) WWPPS extends the DECprint Supervisor for OpenVMS (DCPS) capability and allows users to print Chinese text document with DCPS supported PostScript printers. User Environment Compaq OpenVMS/Hanyu Alpha Version 7.3-1 provides the following features in its Chinese environment for general users: o Terminal I/O support for Chinese characters o Terminal I/O support for user-defined characters o Chinese support in DCL o Chinese help text o Chinese system messages o Chinese date and time display Programming Environment Compaq OpenVMS/Hanyu Alpha Version 7.3-1 provides the following features for the development of Chinese applications: o SORT and MERGE callable routines for sorting and merging English and Chinese data o Chinese SMG for screen management o Chinese Processing Run Time Library for general Chinese processing requirements o HTPU built-in procedures and callable routines for English and Chinese text processing in a character cell terminal or DECwindows Motif environment 2 o DEBUG utility with Chinese characters support High Quality Chinese Printing Support Compaq OpenVMS/Hanyu Alpha Version 7.3-1 provides high quality Chinese printing support in the Asian Printing Support sub- kit called ASPS010, which is included in the same distribution media. This sub-kit installs Asian Printing Support Version 1.0 for OpenVMS, which adds high quality Chinese character printing capability to DECprint Supervisor software Version 1.0C or above. It allows users to print Chinese text and PostScript documents with Compaq laser printers. For information on features of Asian Printing Support, please refer to Asian Printing Support for OpenVMS Version 1.0 Release Notes. Installation Requirements Global Pages 6,100 pagelets Global Sections 48 sections Maximum disk space utilization during installation with DECwindows Motif /Hanyu fonts 72,500 blocks without DECwindows Motif /Hanyu 43,500 blocks fonts Net disk space utilization after installation with DECwindows Motif /Hanyu fonts 62,500 blocks without DECwindows Motif /Hanyu 33,500 blocks fonts Upgrade and Installation Compaq OpenVMS/Hanyu Alpha is distributed as a binary kit on the Compaq Software Products Library CD-ROM. Procedures for setting up the system disk and for preparing the system for day-to-day operations are described in Compaq OpenVMS/Hanyu Alpha Version 7.3-1 Installation Guide. Compaq OpenVMS/Hanyu Alpha Version 7.3-1 requires Compaq OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3-1 as the prerequisite software. Follow the steps below to install Compaq OpenVMS/Hanyu Alpha Version 7.3-1: 1. Prepare a Compaq OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3-1 system. For details, please read OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3-1 Upgrade and Installation Manual. 2. Register the Compaq OpenVMS/Hanyu Product Authorization Key on your system using the License Management Facility (LMF). For information about LMF, please refer to OpenVMS License Management Utility Manual. 3 3. Use POLYCENTER Software Installation (PCSI) utility to install Compaq OpenVMS/Hanyu Alpha Version 7.3-1. For in- formation on PCSI, please refer to the POLYCENTER Software Installation (PCSI) Utility User's Guide. 4. If users want to have Chinese characters support on the DEBUG Utility, the proper locale file from ALPVMSI18N02_073 kit must be installed using the VMSINSTAL procedure. For more information, please refer to the Compaq OpenVMS/Hanyu Alpha Version 7.3-1 Installation Guide. 5. If users want to utilize the World-Wide PostScript Printing Subsystem (WWPPS), the proper locale file from ALPVMSI18N02_ 073 kit and DECprint Supervisor (DCPS) for OpenVMS V1.0c or later must be installed. For more information, please refer to the Compaq OpenVMS/Hanyu Alpha Version 7.3-1 Release Notes, Compaq OpenVMS/Hanyu Alpha Version 7.3-1 Installation Guide and DECprint Supervisor for OpenVMS Installation Guide. For information on the installation of Asian Printing Support sub-kit, please refer to Asian Printing Support for OpenVMS Version 1.0 Installation Guide. Media and Documentation Compaq OpenVMS/Hanyu Alpha Version 7.3-1 media and documentation can be ordered separately. Compaq OpenVMS/Hanyu Alpha binaries are distributed on the Com- paq Software Products Library CD-ROM. Compaq OpenVMS/Hanyu Alpha documentation is also available. Users who want the documenta- tion have to order it separately. Media and documentation order numbers are as follows: o Compaq Software Products Library CD-ROM: QA-03XAA-H8.AX01 o Compaq OpenVMS/Hanyu Alpha Version 7.3-1 Release Notes: AA- PXHAH-TE o Compaq OpenVMS/Hanyu Alpha Version 7.3-1 Installation Guide: AA-PXH9H-TE o Compaq OpenVMS/Hanyu User Guide: AA-PXHCA-TE o HEVE User Guide: AA-PXHFA-TE o HTPU and HEVE Reference Manual: AA-PXHGA-TE o Character Manager User Guide: AA-PXHHA-TE o Phrase Input Utility User Guide: AA-PXHJA-TE o Compaq OpenVMS/Hanyu RTL Chinese Processing (HSY$) Manual: AA-PXHEA-TE o Compaq OpenVMS/Hanyu RTL Chinese Screen Management (SMG$) Manual: AA-PXHDA-TE o Asian Printing Support for OpenVMS Version 1.0 Installation Guide: AA-Q5TLA-TE 4 o Asian Printing Support for OpenVMS Version 1.0 Release Notes: AA-Q5TMA-TE © Compaq Computer Taiwan Limited 2002 All rights reserved. 5