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Product Retirement Notices
This appendix contains notifications about OpenVMS products that are no
longer supported as of this release or that are slated for retirement. It also lists
manuals that have been archived with this release.
Freeware
Once a product is retired, Compaq does not accept or act on problem reports
posted against the product. However, for those interested in doing their own
development and support, the source code for many former products is available
as freeware from the following sources:
• On the freeware CD–ROM that ships with the OpenVMS operating system.
The freeware CD-ROM also includes internal tools such as SDL, NMAIL,
MAILWATCH, and popular Internet programs.
• On the World Wide Web at the following URL:
http://www.openvms.compaq.com/openvms/freeware/index.html
A.1 Adobe Display PostScript Software No Longer Available
V7.3
Starting August 1, 1998, Compaq discontinued support for the Adobe Display
PostScript software. Compaq took this action because Adobe Systems
Incorporated discontinued its former ongoing support for Display PostScript.
This action has had a varying degree of impact on the behavior of those Compaq
DECwindows Motif applications that used the Adobe Display PostScript software.
For example, starting with DECwindows Motif Version 1.2-6, Bookreader can no
longer continue to display graphics in PostScript format.
For detailed information about the effects of this action on applications designed
for the DECwindows Motif environment, see the Compaq DECwindows Motif for
OpenVMS Release Notes, included on the OpenVMS Documentation CD–ROM.
A.2 POSIX 1003.4a Draft 4 Interface to Be Retired
V7.0
The POSIX 1003.4a, Draft 4 (or "d4") interface of the Compaq POSIX Threads
Library (formerly named DECthreads) is slated for retirement in a future release.
Applications that were written using the POSIX 1003.4a, Draft 4 interface should
be migrated to the new POSIX 1003.1c standard (or "pthread") interface provided
by the POSIX Threads Library. A compatibility mode for the Draft 4 POSIX
1003.4a interface has been provided in this release to help ease migration. This
compatibility mode will be removed in a future release.
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