DIGITAL Cover Letter for OpenVMS/Thai Alpha Version 7.1 and Version 7.1-1H1 AV-PXJ0E-TE Dear OpenVMS/Thai Alpha Customer, Enclosed is your OpenVMS/Thai Alpha Version 7.1 and Version 7.1-1H1 kit. It runs on top of OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.1 and Version 7.1-1H1 and provides the following sophisticated Thai features: o a rich set of Thai utilities for programmers, system man- agers and general users o a Thai environment for users to run Digital's Thai layered products as well as third party and in-house developed Thai applications o a programming environment for the development of Thai appli- cations o Translated Image Environment for application software mi- gration from OpenVMS/Thai VAX platform to OpenVMS/Thai Alpha platform o a high quality Thai printing support (Thai Printing Support sub-kit) OpenVMS/Thai Alpha Version 7.1 and Version 7.1-1H1 is supported by installing OpenVMS/Thai Alpha Version 7.1 on OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.1 and Version 7.1-1H1. That is, the enclosed kit contains the binary kit of OpenVMS/Thai Alpha Version 7.1 which is to be installed on OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.1 and Version 7.1-1H1. For more information about the new features and changes since OpenVMS/Thai Alpha Version 7.0, please refer to OpenVMS/Thai Alpha Version 7.1 and Version 7.1-1H1 Release Notes. 1 Thai Utilities OpenVMS/Thai Alpha Version 7.1 and Version 7.1-1H1 provides the following Thai utilities: o DECTPU and EVE Editor Utilities to perform Thai characters text processing and editing o ThaiEDT Extended OpenVMS EDT editor that supports Thai characters o SORT/MERGE Extended OpenVMS SORT/MERGE utility that supports Thai let- ters o Thai Print Symbiont A print symbiont that prints Thai characters on Thai print- ers User Environment OpenVMS/Thai Alpha Version 7.1 and Version 7.1-1H1 provides the following features in its Thai environment for general users: o Terminal I/O support for Thai characters o Thai support in DCL o Thai date and time display Programming Environment OpenVMS/Thai Alpha Version 7.1 and Version 7.1-1H1 provides the following features for the development of Thai applications: o SORT and MERGE callable routines for sorting and merging Thai data o character code translation functions in the OpenVMS RTL Library (LIB$) that have been extended to comply with TIS 620-2533 o the National Character Set (NCS) utility for string compar- ison and code conversion that supports the DECTIS collating sequence 2 o Record Management Services (RMS) that supports Thai letters as record keys o Thai-Specific Run Time Library for general Thai processing requirements High Quality Thai Printing Support OpenVMS/Thai Alpha Version 7.1 and Version 7.1-1H1 provides high quality Thai printing support in the Thai Printing Support sub-kit called THAIPS010, which is included in the same distri- bution media. This sub-kit is to install Thai Printing Support Version 1.0 for OpenVMS, which adds high quality Thai character print- ing capability to DECprint Supervisor software Version 1.0C or above. It allows users to print Thai text and postscript documents with Digital laser printers. For information on features of Thai Printing Support, please refer to Thai Printing Support for OpenVMS Version 1.0 Release Notes. Installation Requirements Global Pages 500 pagelets Global Sections 6 sections Maximum disk space utilization during 10,000 blocks installation Net disk space utilization after 9,000 blocks installation Upgrade and Installation OpenVMS/Thai Alpha is distributed as a binary kit on Software Binaries CD-ROM. Procedures for setting up the system disk and for preparing the system for day-to-day operations are described in OpenVMS/Thai Alpha Version 7.1 Installation Guide. OpenVMS/Thai Alpha Version 7.1 and Version 7.1-1H1 (by in- stalling the binary kit of OpenVMS/Thai Alpha Version 7.1) requires OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.1 and Version 7.1-1H1 as the prerequisite software. Follow the steps below to install OpenVMS/Thai Alpha Version 7.1 and Version 7.1-1H1: 1. Prepare an OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.1 and Version 7.1-1H1 system. For details, please read OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.1 3 Upgrade and Installation Manual, and OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.1-1H1 Release Notes and Installation Procedures. 2. Register the OpenVMS/Thai 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. Use POLYCENTER Software Installation (PCSI) utility to in- stall OpenVMS/Thai Alpha Version 7.1. For information on PCSI, please refer to the POLYCENTER Software Installation (PCSI) Utility User's Guide. For information on the installation of Thai Printing Support sub-kit, please refer to Thai Printing Support for OpenVMS Version 1.0 Installation Guide. Installation Notes on Using DECwindows Motif /Thai V1.2-3 Users need to install a patch kit after installing DECwindows Motif I18N V1.2-3 in order for DECwindows Motif /Thai to work properly. The patch kit named ALPDWMW01_U3012 is shipped to- gether with OpenVMS Alpha V7.1 and V7.1-1H1. This kit is to be installed using VMSINSTAL procedure. Media and Documentation OpenVMS/Thai Alpha Version 7.1 and Version 7.1-1H1 media and documentation can be ordered separately. OpenVMS/Thai Alpha binaries are distributed on Software Binaries CD-ROM. OpenVMS/Thai Alpha documentation is also available. Users who want the documentation have to order it separately. Media and documentation order numbers are as follows: o Software Binaries CD-ROM: QA-4KL8H-A8 o OpenVMS/Thai Alpha Version 7.1 and Version 7.1-1H1 Release Notes: AA-PXHZE-TE o OpenVMS/Thai Alpha Version 7.1 Installation Guide: AA-PXHYE- TE o OpenVMS/Thai User Guide: AA-PXJ1A-TE o Thai Printing Support for OpenVMS Version 1.0 Installation Guide: AA-Q5UKA-TE 4 o Thai Printing Support for OpenVMS Version 1.0 Release Notes: AA-Q5ULA-TE © Digital Equipment (Thailand) Ltd. 1998 All rights reserved. 5