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| Title: | DEC Ada |
| Notice: | Ada is no longer a trademark of the US Government |
| Moderator: | KMOOSE::CMCCUTCHEON |
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| Created: | Mon Jan 27 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3874 |
| Total number of notes: | 16668 |
3850.0. "DEC Ada V3.4 - OpenVMS VAX Availability" by TEAMLK::AXEL () Thu Mar 06 1997 09:49
Hi,
We are in process of recruiting external field test sites for DEC Ada
T3.4 on OpenVMS VAX The field test dates are: FT Start - March 1997
FT Ends - May 1997.
Attached below you'll find more details on software requirements and a
description about DEC Ada T3.4 on OpenVMS VAX. If you know of any
customers that may be interested or if you have any questions please
send a note or call the product manager or field test manager.
Product Manager: Cathy Axel (SDTPMM::AXEL, DTN: 381-1413)
Field Test Manager: Pat Mulvey (LEGO::FIELD_TEST, DTN: 381-0120)
-CAA
**********************************************************************
March 5, 1997
Dear Interested Customer:
The Applications Compilers & Environment (ACE) Organization is pleased
to inform you of the DEC Ada T3.4 for OpenVMS VAX field test.
The following offers you the information needed to consider testing
DEC Ada T3.4 for OpenVMS VAX. If you would like to be considered for
participation, please complete and return the attached Pre-Field Test
Questionnaire (PFTQ) as soon as possible.
We expect to receive more requests to field test this product than the
number of sites our developers can support, so we suggest that you
return the completed PFTQ to us as quickly as possible. Please
understand that completing the questionnaire is not a guarantee that
you will be selected to participate in the field test; final site
selection will be at the discretion of the DEC Ada Field Test Team.
Sincerely,
Pat Mulvey
Field Test Management
DEC Ada T3.4 for OpenVMS VAX Field Test Description:
DEC Ada V3.4 for OpenVMS VAX Systems is Digital's full
ANSI/MIL-STD-1815A-1983 Ada language implementation for the
OpenVMS VAX. The DEC Ada V3.4 Professional Development Option for
OpenVMS VAX Systems is also available. The Professional
Development Option is a separately licensed product that increases
productivity and performance while compiling Ada programs through
the use of the following capabilities:
o Smart recompilation
o Program Library File-Block Caching
DEC Ada V3.4 includes the following:
o Support for OpenVMS V7.1
o Bug fixes -
- Improved application performance as a result of DEC Ada runtime
usage of LIB$CREATE_VM_ZONE.
- SCA analysis data improvements for correctly identifying
symbols as module_specific or inheritable.
- Resolution of miscellaneous compiler error tracebacks
- Resolution of incorrect ACS error message:
%ACS-E-CL_VFYFIL, disk:[directory]file.OBJ is not
cataloged in library disk2:[directory2]
o Enhanced compatibility guide featuring a chapter on porting from
DEC Ada (Ada 83) to GNAT (Ada 95) on OpenVMS Alpha.
Field Test Software and Hardware Requirements:
-----------------------------------------------
To participate sites MUST have:
o OpenVMS V6.1 or higher
o VAX Systems supporting OpenVMS
Field Test Schedule:
---------------------
Following are the current field test dates for DEC Ada T3.4 for
OpenVMS VAX which are accurate but always subject to change.
FT1 - start of field test .................... 12-Mar-97
Sanity kit ................................... 16-Apr-97
Field Test Ends .............................. 07-May-97
Pre-Field Test Questionnaire
*********************************
Please note that completing the questionnaire does not guarantee that you
will be selected to participate in the DEC Ada T3.4 for OpenVMS VAX field
test. Final site selection will be at the sole discretion of the DEC Ada
Field Test Team.
This completed questionnaire may be returned by any of the following ways
as soon as possible.
INTERNET: For those with internet access, you may send
your answers to [email protected]
FAX: Digital Equipment Corporation
Attn: Pat Mulvey
603-881-0120
MAIL: Digital Equipment Corporation
Attn: Pat Mulvey
MS: ZK02-3/L20
110 Spit Brook Road
Nashua, NH 03062-2698
X.400: C=us;A=mci;P=digital;S=ftquestions;G=digital
Today's Date:
Name of the company:
Group/department/mailstop:
Street address:
City, State/Country:
Zip code/Postal Code:
Facsimile number:
Internet address:
X.400:
Name and phone number of the primary contact person responsible for the actual
testing of the software:
Name and phone number of the person who has authorization to sign Digital's
Field Test Agreement:
Name and phone number of your DEC Sales/Account Representative:
I. Introduction
************
01. Please supply us with a short summary of your site to help
us better know you.
02. Why are you interested in testing the DEC Ada T3.4 product?
II. Administration
**************
01. Does your site have 3rd party users that will be using DEC field
test software?
[ ] No. [ ] Yes.
02. Will DEC Ada T3.4 be used by students? Non-employed students of
Colleges or Universities are considered 3rd parties. In this case,
the license agreement will have to be modified.
[ ] No. [ ] Yes, by approximately students.
III. Communication
*************
01. We require all U.S.A. sites access our online Quality Assurance
Reporting (QAR) system. If you are a U.S.A. site, will your site
have a modem that allows you access?
[ ] Yes. [ ] No.
SDT Field Test Management has minimum technical support when dealing
with modem issues. We highly recommend that you use a Digital modem,
or one of equal quality and features, in order not to run into modem
problems that cannot be supported and which may effect your timely
feedback to this test.
02. We depend heavily on sites being able to give us status and
problem reports on a weekly basis. Can you commit to weekly
reporting for the entire duration of this field test?
[ ] Yes. [ ] No.
03. Once the software portion is shipped, we expect all field test
sites to both install the software and to enter at least one
problem report in 2-3 working days. Will your site do this?
04. If you encounter problems, will you provide us with all sources
and all commands necessary to reproduce the problem?
[ ] Yes. [ ] No, because
IV. Software/Hardware
*****************
01. Please check which type of media you prefer.
[ ] TK50 [ ] TLZ04
02. Please list the version of the operating system installed, the CPU(s)
that will be used during this field test and the layered products
installed.
Version of O/S CPU type(s) Layered Products
--------------------|-----------------|----------------------
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| |
| |
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V. Specific To DEC Ada T3.4
************************
01. What version of DEC Ada is currently running at your site?
02. How many users will be using the field test version of DEC Ada T3.4,
approximately how many hours per week will this software be used
and what level of experience do these users have (e.g., novice,
intermediate, advance).
# of Users Hrs/week Level of expertise
------------|-------------|------------------------
03. Will you be able to review and comment back on all the DEC Ada
manuals during this test?
[ ] Yes [ ] No
Thank you for completing this questionnaire and please remember to send it to
us as soon as possible.
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| 3850.1 | FT1 of V3.4 for OpenVMS VAX | KMOOSE::CMCCUTCHEON | Charlie McCutcheon | Tue Mar 11 1997 16:13 | 121 |
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A network kit is now available for the first field test of DEC Ada
Version 3.4 for OpenVMS VAX. Note that this is expected to be a
short field test, the next update will be the sanity kit.
This is a follow on release to DEC Ada V3.3.
NOTE
Please see note 2695 for terms and conditions of
this field test kit. This information is
important, and describes conditions for using and
releasing this kit.
New features added for this release:
o Problem fixes; see release notes.
Please use the Ada QAR system, database ADA_T34, if you have any
problems or bug reports. The account is QAR_INTERNAL, password
QAR, on node LEGO. Please enter a status QAR telling us that you
have installed DEC Ada and how you plan to use it.
Please use the TURRIS::ADA notesfile rather than the QAR system
notes file for comments since the QAR system notesfile can be
accessed by customers.
DEC Ada requires a License Management Facility (LMF) PAK loaded on
the system to install and test DEC Ada. A registered and loaded
Product Authorization Key (PAK) for Version 3.4 is required for a
successful installation and running of the Installation
Verification Procedure (IVP). Internal users can obtain a PAK
from VTX PAK. The LMF product names for DEC Ada on OpenVMS are:
o ADA - DEC Ada
o ADA-PDO - Professional Development Option
Information about future updates can be found in the TURRIS::ADA
notesfile.
1 RELEASE NOTES INFORMATION
We have an online copy of the field test release notes for your
convenience. We suggest that you read these carefully before
installing DEC Ada Version 3.4. In particular, the following
points should be noted, with references to the release notes:
o This kit requires OpenVMS Version 6.1. The installation will
fail if you are not running at least V6.1.
o This kit contains a DEC Ada run-time library (ADARTL.EXE),
V6.2-01. This runtime will only be installed if your system
has a less recent runtime.
The release notes are available outside the kit in the following
files (text and postscript):
TLE::ADA2$:[ADA.VAX_VMS_34_KIT]ADA034.RELEASE_NOTES*
These notes will be in SYS$HELP: after you have installed DEC Ada
Version 3.4.
2 INSTALLATION INFORMATION
The kit is located in TLE::ADA2$:[ADA.VAX_VMS_34_KIT]ADA034.%.
The network identification number for TLE is 2.476.
Please refer to the V3.3 installation guide prior to installing
the product. It is located in ADA_IG.PS in the kit directory. We
are not expecting to update that guide in this release.
Please note the following installation changes from previous
versions of DEC Ada.
o This kit requires 88,000 disk blocks for full installation
when DEC Ada has not been previously installed. Other
variants may require less disk space.
o The Ada Predefined Library has been recompiled and will
require users to recompile all compilation units depending on
them, or to use the
ACS REENTER ADA$PREDEFINED:
command.
Please see the installation guide for more information.
3 DOCUMENTATION
Documentation for this release is not being updated at this time.
DEC Ada documentation is available in the V3.3 kit directory in
postscript (.PS) and Bookreader (.DECW$BOOK) formats. See Ada
note 3715 for the location of the V3.3 kit.
o Installation Guide for OpenVMS Systems - ADA_IG.
DEC Ada documentation is available in the V3.2 kit directory in
postscript (.PS) and Bookreader (.DECW$BOOK) formats. See Ada
note 3427 for the location of the V3.2 kit.
o Language Reference manual - ADA_LRM.
o Developing Ada Programs on OpenVMS Systems - ADA_DAP.
o Run-time Reference Manual on OpenVMS Systems - ADA_RTR.
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| 3850.2 | Sanity kit for V3.4 for OpenVMS VAX | KMOOSE::CMCCUTCHEON | Charlie McCutcheon | Wed Apr 16 1997 15:24 | 121 |
| A network kit is now available for the Sanity field test of DEC
Ada Version 3.4 for OpenVMS VAX. Note that this is the sanity kit
and it is expected to be the last field test update before
submission to SSB, pending unexpected serious problems.
This is a follow on release to DEC Ada V3.3.
NOTE
Please see note 2695 for terms and conditions of
this field test kit. This information is
important, and describes conditions for using and
releasing this kit.
Please see the release notes for a list of changes, including bug
fixes to this release.
Please use the Ada QAR system, database ADA_T34, if you have any
problems or bug reports. The account is QAR_INTERNAL, password
QAR, on node LEGO. Please enter a status QAR telling us that you
have installed DEC Ada and how you plan to use it.
Please use the TURRIS::ADA notesfile rather than the QAR system
notes file for comments since the QAR system notesfile can be
accessed by customers.
DEC Ada requires a License Management Facility (LMF) PAK loaded on
the system to install and test DEC Ada. A registered and loaded
Product Authorization Key (PAK) for Version 3.4 is required for a
successful installation and running of the Installation
Verification Procedure (IVP). Internal users can obtain a PAK
from VTX PAK. The LMF product names for DEC Ada on OpenVMS are:
o ADA - DEC Ada
o ADA-PDO - Professional Development Option
Information about future updates can be found in the TURRIS::ADA
notesfile.
1 RELEASE NOTES INFORMATION
We have an online copy of the field test release notes for your
convenience. We suggest that you read these carefully before
installing DEC Ada Version 3.4.
In particular, the following points should be noted, with
references to the release notes:
o This kit requires OpenVMS Version 6.1. The installation will
fail if you are not running at least V6.1.
o This kit contains a DEC Ada run-time library (ADARTL.EXE),
V6.2-01. This runtime will only be installed if your system
has a less recent runtime.
The release notes are available outside the kit in the following
files (text and postscript):
TLE::ADA2$:[ADA.VAX_VMS_34_KIT]ADA034.RELEASE_NOTES*
These notes will be in SYS$HELP: after you have installed DEC Ada
Version 3.4.
2 INSTALLATION INFORMATION
The kit is located in TLE::ADA2$:[ADA.VAX_VMS_34_KIT]ADA034.%.
The network identification number for TLE is 2.476.
Please refer to the V3.3 installation guide prior to installing
the product. It is located in ADA_IG.PS in the kit directory. We
are not expecting to update that guide in this release.
Please note the following installation changes from previous
versions of DEC Ada.
o This kit requires 88,000 disk blocks for full installation
when DEC Ada has not been previously installed. Other
variants may require less disk space.
o The Ada Predefined Library has been recompiled and will
require users to recompile all compilation units depending on
them, or to use the
ACS REENTER ADA$PREDEFINED:
command.
Please see the installation guide for more information.
3 DOCUMENTATION
Documentation is not being updated for this release.
DEC Ada documentation is available in the V3.3 kit directory in
postscript (.PS) and Bookreader (.DECW$BOOK) formats. See Ada
note 3715 for the location of the V3.3 kit.
o Installation Guide for OpenVMS Systems - ADA_IG.
DEC Ada documentation is available in the V3.2 kit directory in
postscript (.PS) and Bookreader (.DECW$BOOK) formats. See Ada
note 3427 for the location of the V3.2 kit.
o Language Reference manual - ADA_LRM.
o Developing Ada Programs on OpenVMS Systems - ADA_DAP.
o Run-time Reference Manual on OpenVMS Systems - ADA_RTR.
|
| 3850.3 | SSB release | KMOOSE::CMCCUTCHEON | Charlie McCutcheon | Thu May 01 1997 17:21 | 113 |
|
DEC Ada Version 3.4 for OpenVMS VAX is available; it has been
submitted to SSB.
This is a follow on release to DEC Ada V3.3.
New features added for this release:
o DEC Ada Technical Overview and Comparison on Digital
Platforms.
Chapter on porting from DEC Ada OpenVMS VAX to ACT/gnat (Ada
'95).
o Problems fixed, see release notes.
DEC Ada includes support for the License Management Facility
(LMF). A registered and loaded Product Authorization Key (PAK) is
required to use this version. Internal users can obtain a PAK
from VTX PAK. The LMF product names for DEC Ada are:
o ADA - DEC Ada
o ADA-PDO - Professional Development Option
Problem reports can be made either to the TURRIS::ADA notesfile or
by reporting SPRs. SPRs are recommended when a formal answer is
required for a customer.
Information about future releases can be found in the TURRIS::ADA
notesfile.
1 RELEASE NOTES INFORMATION
We have an online copy of the release notes. We suggest that you
read these carefully before installing DEC Ada Version 3.4.
To view the release notes prior to installing this kit, copy one
of the following files:
TLE::ADA2$:[ADA.VAX_VMS_34_KIT]ADA034.RELEASE_NOTES
TLE::ADA2$:[ADA.VAX_VMS_34_KIT]ADA034.RELEASE_NOTES_PS
These notes will be in SYS$HELP:ADA034.RELEASE_NOTES* after you
have installed DEC Ada Version 3.4.
In particular, the following points should be noted:
o This kit requires OpenVMS Version 6.1. The installation will
fail if you are not running at least V6.1.
o This kit contains a DEC Ada run-time library (ADARTL.EXE),
V6.2-01.
o Updated DEC Ada Technical Overview and Comparison on Digital
Platforms.
o Problems fixed.
2 INSTALLATION INFORMATION
The kit is located in TLE::ADA2$:[ADA.VAX_VMS_34_KIT]ADA034.%.
The network identification number for TLE is 2.476.
o Please refer to the installation guide prior to installing the
product. See the release notes for installation changes, such
as disk space requirements.
o You may save the currently installed DEC Ada (ie V3.3) on your
system when installing. Please see the installation guide for
more information.
o This kit contains DEC Source Code Analyzer (SCA) analysis data
for the Predefined Library. It must be loaded into a library
after installation, using the SCA installed on your system.
3 DOCUMENTATION
The following has been updated for this release:
o DEC Ada Technical Overview and Comparison on Digital Platforms
This is available in
ADA$EXAMPLES:DEC_ADA_OVERVIEW_AND_COMPARISON.* in text and
postscript formats after installation, and in the kit
directory.
o Release notes
DEC Ada documentation is available in the V3.2 kit directory in
postscript (.PS) and Bookreader (.DECW$BOOK) formats. See Ada
note 3524 for the location of the V3.2 kit.
o Language Reference manual - ADA_LRM.
o Developing Ada Programs on OpenVMS Systems - ADA_DAP.
o Run-time Reference Manual on OpenVMS Systems - ADA_RTR.
o Installation Guide for OpenVMS Systems - ADA_IG.
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