SOFTWINDOWS10 IGUIDE.PDF

This document is the "DEC SoftWindows Installation Guide for the OpenVMS AXP Operating System," published by Digital Equipment Corporation in November 1994. It details the steps required to install DEC SoftWindows V1.0 (which includes DEC SoftPC V5.0) on a Digital workstation running OpenVMS AXP V6.1 or higher.

DEC SoftWindows provides a full MS-Windows and DOS emulator for the OpenVMS AXP environment. The installation process involves four main steps:

1. Logging into the system account.
2. Defining the logical location of the SoftWindows installation kit.
3. Performing the installation using the OpenVMS Polycenter Software Installation utility (PRODUCT INSTALL), noting that accepting default options typically leads to a successful installation. This step also identifies SoftWindows as a PC emulator for OpenVMS, specifies disk space requirements, and states a prerequisite of MOTIF V1.2-2 or later. Post-installation, a startup script needs to be executed and added to the system's startup configuration.
4. Configuring the keyboard type by executing a specific command (@SOFTWIN$SYSTEM:CONFIGURE) after logging out and back in, which applies configuration changes and completes the installation.