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OpenVMS AXP Version 6.1 Release Notes for DEC 3000 Models 700 and 900 AXP

EK–VMS61–RN. A01

August 1994

Dear Customer,

This document describes anomalies in some of the applications running under

OpenVMS AXP Version 6.1 on DEC 3000 Models 700 and 900 AXP systems.

These problems will be ﬁxed in the next release of the OpenVMS AXP operating

system.

DECsound Application

A problem was discovered in OpenVMS AXP on DEC 3000 Models 700 and 900

AXP systems late in the development cycle that adversely affects the use of the

DECsound application.

To automatically disable the use of this driver at startup, edit the SYCONFIG.COM

procedure to exclude SOdriver startup as follows:

$ MC SYSMAN IO AUTOCONFIGURE/EXCLUDE=SO*

DECevent Application

DECevent interrupt error code additions for DEC 3000 Models 700 and 900 AXP

systems are as follows:

The OpenVMS AXP V6.1 version of DECevent is missing ten (10) error codes in

the interrupt/exception register in the DEC 3000 Models 700 and 900 AXP system

support.

If the ﬁeld labeled as

error_code

(immediately following the BC_TAG register) is

higher than hex 3F, then the following translations are used:

1 2

Hex Value Translation 2

Summary of Contents

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OpenVMS AXP Version 6.1 Release Notes for DEC 3000 Models 700 and 900 AXPEK–VMS61–RN. A01August 1994Dear Customer,This document describes anomalies in

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Hex Value Translation0x80 Bcache Tag parity error0x82 Bcache Tag Control parity error0x84 External Hard Error detected0x88 Multiple bit ECC Error dete