Compaq Cover Letter for Compaq OpenVMS/Thai Alpha Version 7.3-1 AV-PXJ0M-TE September 2002 Dear Compaq OpenVMS/Thai Alpha Customer, Compaq is pleased to introduce the Compaq OpenVMS/Thai Al- pha Version 7.3-1 operating system. Enclosed is your Compaq OpenVMS/Thai Alpha Version 7.3-1 kit. It runs on top of Compaq OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3-1 and provides the following sophisti- cated Thai features: o a rich set of Thai utilities for programmers, system managers and general users o a Thai environment for users to run Compaq'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 migra- tion from Compaq OpenVMS/Thai VAX platform to Compaq OpenVMS /Thai Alpha platform o a high quality Thai printing support (Thai Printing Support sub-kit) Please note that DECwindows Motif/Thai Alpha V1.2-3 (or earlier version) is no longer supported in Compaq OpenVMS/Thai Alpha Version 7.3-1. The next version of DECwindows Motif/Thai Alpha, which will be supported in Compaq OpenVMS/Thai Alpha Version 7.3-1, is currently under development. For more information about the new features and changes since Compaq OpenVMS/Thai Alpha Version 7.3, please refer to Compaq OpenVMS/Thai Alpha Version 7.3-1 Release Notes. Thai Utilities Compaq OpenVMS/Thai Alpha Version 7.3-1 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 printers User Environment Compaq OpenVMS/Thai Alpha Version 7.3-1 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 Compaq OpenVMS/Thai Alpha Version 7.3-1 provides the following features for the development of Thai applications: o SORT and MERGE callable routines for sorting and merging English and 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 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 Compaq OpenVMS/Thai Alpha Version 7.3-1 provides high quality Thai printing support in the Thai Printing Support sub-kit called THAIPS010, which is included in the same distribution media. This sub-kit installs Thai Printing Support Version 1.0 for OpenVMS, which adds high quality Thai character printing capa- bility to DECprint Supervisor software Version 1.0C or above. It allows users to print Thai text and PostScript documents with Compaq laser printers. For information on features of Thai Printing Support, please refer to Thai Printing Support for OpenVMS Version 1.0 Release Notes. 2 Installation Requirements Global Pages 50 pagelets Global Sections 5 sections Maximum disk space utilization during 12,500 blocks installation Net disk space utilization after 9,500 blocks installation Upgrade and Installation Compaq OpenVMS/Thai 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/Thai Alpha Version 7.3-1 Installation Guide. Compaq OpenVMS/Thai 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/Thai 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/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 install Compaq OpenVMS/Thai Alpha Version 7.3-1. For in- formation 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. Media and Documentation Compaq OpenVMS/Thai Alpha Version 7.3-1 media and documentation can be ordered separately. Compaq OpenVMS/Thai Alpha binaries are distributed on the Com- paq Software Products Library CD-ROM. Compaq OpenVMS/Thai 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/Thai Alpha Version 7.3-1 Release Notes: AA- PXHZH-TE o Compaq OpenVMS/Thai Alpha Version 7.3-1 Installation Guide: AA-PXHYH-TE 3 o Compaq OpenVMS/Thai User Guide: AA-PXJ1A-TE o Thai Printing Support for OpenVMS Version 1.0 Installation Guide: AA-Q5UKA-TE o Thai Printing Support for OpenVMS Version 1.0 Release Notes: AA-Q5ULA-TE © Compaq Computer (Thailand) Limited 2002 All rights reserved. 4