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OpenVMS Documentation Overview
7.1 OpenVMS Documentation Changes
Table 7–1 (Cont.) Changes to Documentation for OpenVMS Version 7.3
Area of Change Description
Restructured Documentation
OpenVMS Programming
Concepts Manual
The OpenVMS Programming Concepts Manual has been restructured
and expanded. It now consists of the following two volumes:
• OpenVMS Programming Concepts Manual, Volume I
Contains an introduction to OpenVMS programming followed by
three parts: Process and Synchronization; Interrupts and Condition
Handling; and Addressing and Memory Management.
• OpenVMS Programming Concepts Manual, Volume II
Contains two additional parts: Calling a System Routine; and I/O,
System, and Programming Routines.
DCL command MOUNT Reference information about the MOUNT command is now located in
the OpenVMS DCL Dictionary: A–M.
Information about OpenVMS
documentation
The Overview of OpenVMS Documentation manual no longer exists
as a separate manual. Instead, information about OpenVMS
documentation is included in the OpenVMS Version 7.3 New Features
and Documentation Overview.
Archived Manuals
Four archived manuals Beginning with Version 7.3, the following manuals are archived. The
online versions are included with other archived manuals in a separate
directory on the OpenVMS documentation CD-ROM.
• Migrating an Application from OpenVMS VAX to OpenVMS Alpha
• OpenVMS Alpha Guide to 64-Bit Addressing and VLM Features
Portions are now included in the OpenVMS Programming Concepts
Manual, Volume I.
• OpenVMS Programming Interfaces: Calling a System Routine
Portions are now included in the OpenVMS Programming Concepts
Manual, Volume II.
• TCP/IP Networking on OpenVMS Systems
For information about using TCP/IP on OpenVMS systems, see the
OpenVMS System Manager’s Manual and the documentation set for
the Compaq TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS product.
Addition to the archived
manuals offering
The Standard TECO Text Editor and Corrector for the VAX, PDP-11,
PDP-10, and PDP-8 manual is now included with the archived manuals
on the documentation CD-ROM. Note that this manual is not available
in printed form.
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