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Product Retirement Notices
A.3 Adobe Display PostScript Extension Support No Longer Available
A.3 Adobe Display PostScript Extension Support No Longer
Available
V7.3
Support for the Display PostScript extension (XDPS) has been removed from
DECwindows Motif Version 1.2-6. The XDPS extension and its associated files
are no longer supplied by Compaq and are removed from the system during
an upgrade. If your system has been configured to use a nondefault list of
extensions that includes XDPS, modify the system startup procedure to remove
the dependency on this extension.
In addition, the PSWRAP application has been removed from the DECwindows
Motif client and the associated online help has been removed from the OpenVMS
base operating system. As a result, the font compiler (DECW$FONTCOMPILER)
ignores the DPS_INFO qualifier and no longer produces Display PostScript font
map information.
A.4 ISA_CONFIG.DAT Unsupported in Future Release (Alpha Only)
V7.1
Support for using the SYS$MANAGER:ISA_CONFIG.DAT file to configure ISA
devices will be discontinued in a future release of OpenVMS Alpha. If you use
this file, you should convert to using the ISACFG utility from the console, and the
new file-based autoconfiguration method for loading device drivers (as described
in Writing OpenVMS Alpha Device Drivers in C).
A.5 TK50 and Magnetic Tape Media for OpenVMS VAX to Be
Retired
V7.3
OpenVMS VAX Version 7.3 is the last OpenVMS release for which TK50 and
magnetic tape media will be distributed. The release of layered software products
that supports OpenVMS VAX Version 7.3 will also be the last release distributed
on TK50 and magnetic tape media. Future OpenVMS VAX and layered software
releases will be distributed only on CD–ROM until new media types become
available.
If you are a Software Update Distribution service customer, your Service
Agreement will automatically be changed to remove the software update options
on TK50 and magnetic tape. OpenVMS VAX Operating System software
updates will continue to be available on CD–ROM or through the Software
Product Library (SPL) subscription service. For Layered Software Products, it
is recommended that you obtain updates through the Software Product Library
subscription service.
A–2 Product Retirement Notices