[DIGITAL]    [OpenVMS - Nothing Stops it]
                                                      Updated: 23 June 1998
               OpenVMS Freeware CD License Workaround

               The OpenVMS Freeware V3.0 CD-ROM contains a software
               expiration mechanism embedded in the freeware menu system.
               When the software expires, it will return the following
               fatal error when the freeware menu is invoked:

                Loading freeware Menu System...

                *** Your INTOUCH license has expired. ***

                %SYSTEM-F-ABORT, abort

               To suppress this license expiration and thus re-enable use
               of the freeware menu subsystem, please set up the following
               two DCL symbols immediately prior to invoking the freeware
               menu command procedure:

               $ INT_ID1 :=  51330359
               $ INT_ID2 :=  65029501
               $ @DISK$FREEWAREV30:[FREEWARE]FREEWARE_MENU.COM

               As an alternative to using the menu, you can directly access
               the directories containing the desired freeware software on
               the freeware CD-ROM, entirely bypassing the use of the menu.
               For example, to access the directory containing OpenVMS
               logos, entire the command:

               $ DIRECTORY DISK$FREEWAREV30:[VMS_LOGO]

               In each directory, you will find the file
               FREEWARE_README.TXT, a file that describes the contents of
               the particular directory.

               You will also find listings of the contents of the freeware
               CD-ROM in the file

               DISK$FREEWAREV30:[000000]00FREEWARE_ABSTRACT.TXT;1

               The expiration mechanism was unplanned and we apologize for
               any inconvenience this has caused. This product expiration
               will be disabled in the upcoming V4.0 release of the OpenVMS
               Freeware CD-ROM.



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