Customer Software Release Notice

                                      for

                          VSOS 7.53.01 Update Package

                                   Version 1


                                 December, 1999















                       Copyright GetronicsWang Co., 1999















                         DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND
                           LIMITATION OF LIABILITIES


       The staff of GetronicsWang Co., has taken due care in preparing this
       manual; however, nothing contained herein modifies or alters in any
       way the standard terms and conditions of the GetronicsWang purchase,
       lease, or license agreement by which this software package was
       acquired, nor shall GetronicsWang Co., or its subsidiaries be liable
       for incidental or consequential damages in connection with or arising
       from the use of the software package, the accompanying manual, or any
       related manuals.



                                    NOTICE


       All GetronicsWang Program Products are licensed to customers in
       accordance with the terms and conditions of the GetronicsWang Co.,
       Standard Program Products License; no ownership of GetronicsWang
       Software is transferred and any use beyond the terms of the aforesaid
       License, without the written authorization of GetronicsWang Co., is
       prohibited.










                                    PREFACE


      This Customer Software Release Notice (CSRN) provides important
      information for using the files in Version 1 of the VSOS 7.53.01 Update
      Package.  It describes enhancements and/or problems corrected as well as
      detailing procedures for installation.  This notice also contains system
      requirements, and any restrictions or special considerations that may
      apply to the release.











CHAPTER 1
ENHANCEMENTS

      N/A



CHAPTER 2
HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

2.1 HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS

      This release is supported on CP8, CP9, CP10, CP11 (genned as a CP9),
      CP12, CP14 and CP16 systems and requires a minimum of 2 MB of physical
      memory.


2.2   SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

      The files in this package require VS Operating System 07.53.01.






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CHAPTER 3
PROBLEMS CORRECTED

3.1 VS OPERATING SYSTEM

    @SYSTSK@

    This version of @SYSTSK@ performs print queue validation to prevent
    operator tasks from invalidly attempting to move print queue entries
    between different print classes.



3.2 UTILITIES AND RELATED FILES

    IOELOG

    This version of IOELOG removes the problem users were experiencing in
    which they would receive the error "PC0A - Decimal Overflow Exception".





CHAPTER 4
RESTRICTIONS AND SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS


    Please refer to the 7.53.01 CSRN for a listing of Restrictions and Special
    Considerations.





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CHAPTER 5
MEDIA CONTENTS

    OVERVIEW

    This chapter describes the files that make up Version 1 of the VSOS
    07.53.01 Update Package.

    The information in this chapter will help to determine which files to
    maintain on the system volume.  To conserve space on the system volume,
    delete all unnecessary files after completing the installation of this
    release.

    The CODE column indicates whether or not a file should be installed on a
    customer system.  The code consists of at most three characters: the first
    is an alphabetic character which indicates the installation option;  the
    second is a digit which restricts the code to a certain CP type only;  the
    third is used to indicate a footnote, which may describe additional
    information or documentation about the file.

    The installation option codes are as follows:


    M  MANDATORY:  This file must always be installed.  This installation
       option code applies primarily to the operating system files, files
       required during IPL, and certain utilities such as SECURITY.

    C  HARDWARE CONFIGURATION DEPENDENT:  This file should be deleted if the
       corresponding device is not part of the system configuration.

    U  USER-DEFINED:  This file must reside on the system volume, but the
       contents are user defined.  This installation option code applies to
       data files used by system programs (for example, the USERLIST file,
       which is maintained by the SECURITY utility).

    O  OPTIONAL:  This file should be included only if it will be used.  Most
       utilities are assigned this code.




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5.1   PACKAGED UTILITIES AND RELATED FILES

      LIBRARY = UPDATE

M     @SYSTSK@   07.53.67     System Task

O     IOELOG     07.53.00     I/O Error Log utility


      LIBRARY = CSRNLIB

O     UPDATE1    01           Software Release Notice (this document)





CHAPTER 6
INSTALLATION

      Follow the Installation Instructions for the VS Operating System
      outlined in Chapter 6 of the CSRN for VSOS 7.53.01.  Prior to IPL'ing
      with the new OS, run BACKUP and RESTORE the contents of library UPDATE
      to @SYSTEM@ and library CSRNLIB to CSRNLIB on the newly created system
      volume, specifying DUPFILES = SCRATCH.




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