Please review this document before proceeding with the installation of Charon-AXP.
The Release Notes apply to Charon-AXP for Windows version 4.12, up to build 210-1213.
Products included in the Charon-AXP 4.12 for Windows 64-bit
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1) Charon can be installed and will run, but Microsoft Windows versions are EOL and are not recommended for deployment.
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Hosting hardware requirements and configuration recommendations
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Support for Windows 11, Windows Server 2022
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Problems fixed and other changes
Build 210-13
Fix EISA configuration table in emulator to eliminate Tru64 UNIX on boot (ID#5844). Relevant for AlphaServer 2000/2100.
Product kits now include PCI PassThrough drivers signed by Microsoft (ID#5846). This makes possible use of drivers with Windows 10 and Windows 11 and eliminates signature verification problem when loading the driver. Sample message in case the problem occurs:
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Windows cannot verify the digital signature for the drivers required for this device.
A recent hardware or software change might have installed a file that is signed incorrectly or damaged,
or that might be malicios software from an unknown source. (Code 52)
Fix terminal emulator activation to pass user environment to the process created. In particular, this allows to use Reflection Workspace Terminal Emulator and eliminates Reflection TE startup problem. Sample message in case the proble occurs:
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(X) An application error occured. Please contact Technical Support.
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Unable to access Micro Focus\Reflection\Desktop\v18.0.
Build 210-12
Fix for AXP CPU emulation to avoid CPU halts due to KERNEL STACK NOT VALID exceptions, followed by CPUSANITY or CPUSPINWAIT BUGCHECKs in case of AXP configurations with more than one CPU or more than 4GB of RAM (ID#5836).
