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From: cetron%utah-ced@UTAH-CS.ARPA.UUCP
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Subject: Re:  ?? on VMS releases for uVAX-II
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Date: Fri, 23-Jan-87 11:31:25 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 23 11:31:25 1987
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1) I have been told (by the DEC distributor that sold us the system) that
   4.5 for the MicroVAX is somewhere in the software production pipe.
   Is this true? If so, when can I expect it?

		I have had 4.5 for about 2 months.....

2) The same source indicates that 4.5 for the MicroVAX is the (long) rumored
   VMS that is not different from the big system VMS. (IE the end of the
   two (subtlely/annoyingly) different VMSen.) Is this true?

		4.5 is not yet the same, it will be in 4.6 (and since it will
		all of the software used to limit the number of users will not
		be there, 2,4,8,16-user licensed folks will be on the honor 
		system.....

3) When (if) DEC decides that us MicroVAX folks get upgraded to real VMS,
   are they also going to upgrade us to a real manual set?

		No, they are downgrading the VMS set to include the uVMS set.
		And actually for 90% of the microvax sites here, only the 
		uVMS set is needed.  Only the three 'central' management sites
		need the big set...


->	3) A lot of the HELP library is missing. Specifically, I have
		found RTL (help on the LIB$, STR$ etc calls) missing,
		SYSTEM_SERVICES (help on the SYS$calls) missing,
		ANALYZE/DISK (and most of the other ANALYZE) missing,
		and a few others. 

		And there are some ADDITIONS to the VMS files for uVMS....

-ed cetron
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