Field Test Layered Products CD User Guide

This document, the "OpenVMS AXP Mar 94 Field Test Layered Products Compact Disc User's Guide" by Digital Equipment Corporation, published in March 1994, serves as an introductory guide for users of the Digital CD-ROM Software Library for OpenVMS AXP Layered Products.

The guide covers:

1. Overview and Purpose: It introduces the CD-ROM software library, describes the contents, the location of software kits, and general handling guidelines for compact discs.
2. CDMENU Utility: Explains how to use this menu-driven utility for tasks such as displaying product indexes, finding new/updated products, fetching release notes, displaying/printing installation guides, and installing software. It details the necessary logical name definitions (CD_DIRECTORY, CD_EDIT) and the command to invoke the utility.
3. Disc Handling and Mounting: Provides step-by-step instructions for physically handling a compact disc, loading it into an RRD42 caddy, inserting the caddy into an RRD42 disc drive, and mounting/unmounting the disc using OpenVMS DCL commands (e.g., MOUNT device-name: volume_label).
4. Accessing Software Discs: Describes the directory structure of software binaries discs, where product save sets and documentation (in PostScript and text formats) are located. It highlights the [README] directory for essential "read-first" documents (like the user guide itself, product listings, and installation instructions) and provides DCL commands for printing these documents.
5. Accessing Online Documentation Discs: Explains that documentation is available in Bookreader (.DECW$BOOK) format. It details how to enable access to online documentation by registering licenses and running BOOKBROWSER.COM, and how to read the books, requiring DECwindows Motif and redefining the DECW$BOOK logical name. Basic instructions for navigating Bookreader software are also included.

The document also provides contact information for technical support and ordering additional documentation.