HP DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS Version 1.6

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HP DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS V1.6

Please note that not all the information in the CDE doc-

umentation and reference pages applies to the New

Desktop. For a description of the New Desktop, see

the Getting Started With the New Desktop manual.

HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS

DECwindows Motif runs on any of the supported pro-

cessors but requires either a workstation, a Microsoft

Windows based PC, a Macintosh, or an X terminal for

display. These display devices must be running an X

Window System, Version 11, Release 6 (R6) compliant

display server.

Supported Processors

DECwindows Motif supports all the processors listed in

the OpenVMS Operating System for Software Product

Description (SPD 82.35.xx).

OpenVMS I64 supports all Integrity Servers.

Disk Space Requirements for OpenVMS Alpha

(Block Cluster Size = 1)

Disk space required for

DECwindows Motif use

(permanent)

210,000 blocks

To support full OpenVMS Alpha and full DECwindows

Motif for OpenVMS Alpha, a system disk with at least

550 MB is recommended. However, a subset of the

DECwindows Motif environment can be installed. Instal-

lation of DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS Alpha, Ver-

sion 1.6 gives the user the option to install any or all of

the following components:

• Run-time support (base kit) - 66,000 blocks. This

section provides support for running DECwindows

Motif for OpenVMS Alpha applications on Alpha com-

pute servers and is a required part of the installation.

• New Desktop - 50,000 blocks. This is an optional

component that allows use of the New Desktop en-

vironment. It includes applications and application

programming interfaces (APIs).

• DECwindows desktop - 21,000 blocks. The DECwin-

dows desktop is the user interface that was included

in previous versions of DECwindows Motif and in-

cludes the DECwindows Session Manager, FileView,

and the Motif Window Manager.

• Programming support - 70,000 blocks. This number

includes support for the C, Pascal, and Fortran pro-

gramming languages and for the New Desktop. If

only a subset of languages is installed, the amount

of disk space required will be less.

• Programming examples - 80,000 blocks. This num-

ber includes example audio ﬁles, the DECwindows

desktop, and the New Desktop. If only a subset of

example ﬁles is installed, the amount of disk space

required will be less.

• Translated Image Environment - 40,000 blocks.

Disk Space Requirements For OpenVMS I64 (Block

Cluster Size = 1)

Disk space required for

DECwindows Motif use

(permanent)

270,000 blocks

To support full OpenVMS I64 and full DECwindows Motif

for OpenVMS I64, a system disk with at least 707 MB

is recommended. However, a subset of the DECwin-

dows Motif environment can be installed. Installation of

DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS I64, Version 1.6 gives

the user the option to install any or all of the following

components:

• Run-time support (base kit) - 120,000 blocks. This