  V7.1-2 Release Contents, Scheduling? 
 The Question is:
 
A customer of ours was at a DECUS symposium in Memphis and was told that
there is a 7.1-2 version out that which would include all accumulated ECOs.
 
I have placed several calls to the pre-sales support lines and they say they
have heard of it but they couldn't figure out how to order it.
 
Can anyone there give me the proper part number or procedure to get this
kit?
 
Thanks,
 
Rick Peacock
Systems Engineer, Wyle Electronics
 
 
 The Answer is:
 
  The Wizard is quite familiar with the DECUS LUG meeting that was
  held in Memphis, and particularly with the session that was presented
  at Memphis that covered the OpenVMS Alpha V7.1-2 release.  During the
  session, it was stated that the release was not available quite yet,
  as it was, after all, a futures presentation.
 
  That said, the OpenVMS Alpha V7.1-2 release contains a roll-up of the
  new hardware that was supported by the existing V7.1, V7.1-1H1 and
  V7.1-1H2 releases, the ECO kits that were available at the time, and
  support for specific new hardware based on the 21264 (EV6) Alpha
  microprocessor.
 
  Because there are few new features -- the release contains new hardware
  support and the aforementioned ECO roll-up -- OpenVMS Alpha V7.1-2 is
  considered a maintenance release.  The release will be distributed to
  all contract customers -- customers on the standard OpenVMS operating
  system software distribution will receive the media automatically.
 
  As was stated in the Memphis session, the V7.1-2 release was expected
  by the end of 1998 and would begin shipments to customers subscribing
  to the standard distribution in early 1999.  To quote an earlier response
  to a similar discussion of the availability of the V7.1-2 release posed
  here in Ask The Wizard, "The Wizard still hasn't fully reached the
  lattermost parts of 1998."
 
