Operating Systems - Digital Equipment DEC 3000 500X AXP Owner's Manual

Operating Systems

Operating Systems
A Choice of Digital's Alpha AXP architecture allows you to choose from
Operating various operating systems for use on your DEC 3000 Model 500X
AXP system. The operating system is the core software installed
Systems
on your DEC 3000 Model 500X AXP system, which allows you to
install and run applications.
Supported Currently, both of the following operating systems are supported
for use on your DEC 3000 Model 500X AXP system:
Operating
Systems
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These two are the operating systems supported with the first
shipments of the DEC 3000 Model 500X AXP system. Other
operating systems may be supported at a later time.
The OpenVMS AXP operating system is a general purpose,
OpenVMS AXP
multiuser operating system that can be used in many different
Operating
environments for a wide variety of applications.
System
Features of The OpenVMS AXP operating system promotes ease-of-use and
OpenVMS AXP improved programming productivity, and it facilitates system
management.
OpenVMS AXP offers a combination of commercial features and
open system benefits, including the following capabilities:
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Additionally, OpenVMS AXP supports a large number of
industry standards to facilitate application portability and
interoperability.
1–4 Introduction to Your System
OpenVMS AXP
DEC OSF/1 AXP
Integrated networking
System security
Distributed computing
Windowing capabilities