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Conventions Used in This Document
Terminology . Unless specified otherwise, the use of "system" refers to
either a DEC 10000 AXP or VAX 10000 system. The DEC 10000 AXP sys-
tems use the Alpha AXP architecture. References in text use DEC 10000
to refer to DEC 10000 AXP systems.
When a discussion applies to only one system, an icon is used to highlight
that system. Otherwise, the discussion applies to both systems. Thus, the
abstract for a module that applies only to DEC 10000 systems would look
like this:
Book titles.
In text, if a book is cited without a product name, that book is
part of the hardware documentation. It is listed in Table 1 along with its
order number.
Icons . Icons such as those shown below are used in illustrations for desig-
nating part placement in the system described. A shaded area in the icon
shows the location of the component or part being discussed.
Documentation Titles
Table 1 lists the books in the DEC 10000 and VAX 10000 documentation
set. Table 2 lists other documents that you may find useful.
DEC
10000
This section shows a sample boot of OpenVMS Alpha AXP
from the RRD42 CD drive for DEC 10000 systems. The first
step is issuing the show device command to determine the
location of the RRD42.
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