  -                          [WINFX]AAAREADME.TXT   H ------------------------------------------------------------------------F   Although considerable effort has been expended to make this softwareD   correct and reliable, no warranty is implied; the author disclaimsD   any obligation or liability for damages, including but not limitedE   to special, indirect, or consequential damages arising out of or in :   connection with the use or performance of this software.H ------------------------------------------------------------------------  @ This is Windows File Exchange (WINFX), version 1.0. This programE can be used to exchange files between VMS systems and various Windows ? operating systems using the FAT file system. It supports floppy A disks and hard disks, such as ZIP disks, connected either through ? SCSI or IDE interfaces on Alpha systems, or SCSI on VAX systems ? (good old-fashioned Sneaker Net). It also supports file systems 2 within container files resident on the VMS system.  C See the FREEWARE_README.TXT file for a functional summary of WINFX. C Use the built-in HELP within WINFX for more detailed information on D specific commands and functions. No other documentation is available
 at this time.   D To install WINFX, install or copy the contents of the main directoryC to a location suitable to your environment and policies. The source 6 directory ([WINFX.SRC]) is not required for operation.  C To make it available system-wide, place a call to WINFX_STARTUP.COM B in your system startup file. Also place the following line in your SYLOGIN.COM file:      $ @WINFX_ROOT:WINFX_SETUP   A Alternatively, individual users interested in using WINFX can put  this in their LOGIN.COM file.   @ Please see comments in WINFX_STARTUP.COM and WINFX_SETUP.COM forD more information on specific configurations and for enabling certain options.  H To build WINFX from source, set default to the SRC directory and executeB the command file MAKE.COM. If you just want to re-link it, executeI LINK.COM. WINFX was built using DEC C version 6.2 and version 6.0 on VAX. I It also has a small amount of Macro-32 for building the shareable images. D It should work on Itanium when that becomes available (obviously not supported yet).   A WINFX has been tested quite extensively with floppy disks and ZIP E disks (FAT12 and FAT16), but has not been tested thoroughly with hard A disks using FAT32. It has beed tested with VMS versions 6.2 (with C SCSI08 ECO), 7.1-2, 7.2-2, 7.3, and 7.3-1 on Alpha, and version 7.2 E on VAX. I have found that some older versions lack the necessary SCSI F support for certain disk types (specifically, IOMEGA ZIP disks). I useC an ACARD AEC-7720 SCSI-to-IDE adapter for hard disks, and the Alpha E and VAX firmware do not quite work right sometimes with this adapter. @ On the Windows side, I have tested it only with Windows 98SE andF Windows 95 OSR2 (but floppy disks and ZIP disks appear to work alright with Windows NT 4.0 SP6).   ? Please direct suggestions for improvement or bug reports to the ? author at the following e-mail address. Please be sure that the 2 word "WINFX" is in the subject line of the e-mail.     SCamp30790@cs.com   H ------------------------------------------------------------------------     Scott Campbell   July, 2003  