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| 490.1 | | TLE::REAGAN | All of this chaos makes perfect sense | Wed May 28 1997 11:05 | 6 |
| The SDL kit on the Freeware CD has some "instructions" (incorrect
by the way). There isn't a VMSINSTAL-able or PCSI-able kit on the
Freeware CD. It is just a whole bunch of logical name definitions
and a SET COMMAND.
-John
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| 490.2 | duh | PROXY::HUTCHESON | the revolution will not be televised | Wed May 28 1997 14:29 | 1 |
| duh, I figured it out when I accidentally read the CD label.Thanks. -seh
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| 490.3 | People read the instructions? | STAR::DIPIRRO | | Thu May 29 1997 14:54 | 6 |
| There's supposed to be a README.TXT file (maybe with a slightly
different name) on the freeware CD in each of the areas, including the
SDL area. Each should explain how to "install" the component. I thought
I had written the SDL one, but now that I hear that it's incorrect, uh,
I must be mistaken...Yeah...It was somebody else. I haven't looked at
it for a while. Can anyone point to what's wrong in the instructions?
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| 490.4 | | TLE::REAGAN | All of this chaos makes perfect sense | Fri May 30 1997 14:45 | 31 |
| In the [SDL]FREEWARE_README.TXT file, it has:
To use this SDL, copy all the images into a particular directory,
such as DAD$FREEWARE:[SDL], and create a local command file such as the
following (to use the "native" SDL images):
$ AXP_NATIVE == 1
$ AXP_CROSS == 0
$ DEFINE EVMS$BUILD_TOOLS DAD$FREEWARE:[SDL.NATIVE], SYS$LIBRARY
$ @EVMS$BUILD_TOOLS:SDL ""
1) It should say copy all the images from the [.NATIVE] or the [.CROSS]
directory. It should mention the difference between [.NATIVE] and
[.CROSS]. It means Alpha-hosted or VAX-hosted. But depending on
your system, native might mean either... Customers don't know
that "EVMS" means Alpha-based. And saying "images" is misleading
because you need more than .EXE files. See the following...
2) The SDL.COM file isn't in either the [.NATIVE] or [.CROSS] directories
but rather in the [SDL] top-level directory. The
$ @EVMS$BUILD_TOOLS:SDL ""
command won't work since you wouldn't have copied the SDL.COM file from
the Freeware CD.
3) Similar problem with the SDL.CLD file. It isn't in either the
[.NATIVE] or [.CROSS] directories and probably wouldn't be copied
from the CD to the user's disk
-John
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