| SAS Companion for the OpenVMS Operating Environment |
OpenVMS is an interactive virtual-memory operating environment
that runs on computers with CPUs developed by Compaq Computer
Corporation. To communicate with OpenVMS, you
most commonly use the Digital Command Language (DCL).
Like any operating environment, OpenVMS is
designed to manage information. It accepts, stores, retrieves, and processes
many types of information, such as data, text, programs (such as SAS programs),
and output from programs. The OpenVMS system
performs all data processing functions in response to DCL commands that you
issue. These functions include
- managing a terminal session
- submitting jobs for
execution
- storing and retrieving data files
- allocating resources (for example, disk space,
time, and internal memory) to individual jobs
- controlling peripheral equipment such as printers,
plotters, disk drives, and tape drives.
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| OpenVMS VAX and Alpha Platforms |
Compaq Computer Corporation
offers the OpenVMS operating environment
on VAX and Alpha platforms. In most
ways, the SAS System runs the same on both hardware platforms. However, certain
differences in the hardware do require the SAS System to operate somewhat
differently on the two platforms.
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