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OS/8 MONITOR COMMANDS CMD PROG EXPL ABSLDR LOAD LOADS AND EXECUTES ASSIGN KBM ASSIGNS LOGICAL NAME BACKSP CAMP BACKSPACES DEV BASIC BASIC ENTERS BASIC SYSTEM BOOT BOOT BOOTSTRAPS TO DEV CCL CCL DISABLES CCL COMPARE SRCCOM COMPARES FILES COMPILE PAL8 COMPILES PROG F4/FORT BASIC RALF SABR COPY FOTP COPIES FILES CREATE EDIT OPENS FILE FOR EDITING CREF PAL8 ASSEMBLES AND CHAINS TO CREF CREF CREF'S LISTING DATE KBM/CCL SPECIFIES DATE DEAS CCL DEASSIGNS LOGICAL DEVICES DELETE FOTP DELETES FILES DIRECT DIRECT PRINTS DIRECTORIES DUPLIC RXCOPY COPIES RX DISKS EDIT EDIT EDITS FILE EOF CAMP WRITES END-OF-FILE EXECUTE PAL8 COMPILES AND EXECUTES F4/FORT BASIC RALF SABR GET KBM GETS CORE-IMAGE HELP HELP LIST'S HELP FILE LIST FOTP LISTS FILES LOAD ABSLDR LOADS FILES LOAD(ER) MAKE TECO MAKES NEW FILE FOR EDITING MAP BITMAP PRINTS BITMAP MEMORY CCL SPECIFIES MACHINE CORE SIZE MUNG TECO MUNGS FILE WITH TECO MACRO ODT KBM RUNS OCTAL DEBUGGER PAL PAL8 RUNS PAL8 PRINT LPTSPL RUNS 'LPTSPL' IF PRESENT PUNCH FOTP PUNCHES DATA R KBM RUNS PROGRAM FROM SYS: RENAME FOTP RENAMES FILES RESORC RESORC PRINTS RESOURCES OF SYSTEMS REWIND CAMP REWINDS DEV RUN KBM RUNS PROGRAM SAVE KBM SAVES CORE IMAGE SET SET ALTERS PARAMETERS SKIP CAMP SKIPS RECORDS SQUISH PIP SQUISHES DEV START KBM STARTS PROG SUBMIT BATCH STARTS BATCH JOB TECO TECO EDITS FILE TYPE FOTP TYPES FILES UA CCL REMEMBERS COMMAND UB CCL UC CCL UNLOAD CAMP UNLOADS DEV VERSION CCL TYPES VERSION # ZERO PIP ZEROES DEV @SWITCHES: -L OUTPUT TO LPT: -S OUTPUT TO TV: -T OUTPUT TO TTY: -P OUTPUT TO PTP: -D OUTPUT TO DUMP: -N OUTPUT TO NULL: -LS PRODUCE LISTING -NB NO BINARY YET -MP PRODUCE MAP -EXT SET DEFAULT EXTENSION @FEATURES: /X PASS SWITCH OPTION X TO PROGRAM (XYZ) PASS SWITCH OPTIONS TO PROGRAM [N] MAX OUTPUT SIZE =NNN PASS OCTAL NUMBER TO PROGRAM #NNN TAKE INTERNAL OCTAL FORM OF FILENAME @FILE REPLACE IN CMD LINE BY FILE'S CONTENTS $ COMPLEMENT DEFAULT ALTMODE SWITCH ABSLDR.SV Absolute Binary Loader @CALLING COMMANDS: .LOAD DEV:BINFILE.BN,... .LOAD BINFILE.BN,... /FROM DSK @SWITCHES: /8 PROG DOESN'T USE BELOW 02000 /9 PROG DOESN'T USE BELOW 12000 /G GO /I CORE IMAGE FILE /P PROG DOESN'T DESTROY EXTENDED BATCH RESIDENT /R RESET /S MULTIPLE BINARIES/FILE /N FORCE LOADING TO FIELD N (N IS AN OCTAL DIGIT) =FNNNN SET STARTING ADDRESS BOOT.SV Boot From a Device @CALLING COMMANDS: .BOOT/DV @SWITCHES: /CA TA8E CASSETTE CAPS-8 /DK ANY DISK /DL LINCTAPE DIAL /DM ANY DISK DISK MONITOR /DT ANY TAPE /LT LINCTAPE /PT PT8E (LOADS BINLDR) /RE RK8E DISK /RF RF08,DF32 DISKS /RK RK8 DISK /RX RX8E FLOPPY DISK /TD TD8E DECTAPE /TY TYPESET (UNIT 4) /VE VERSION # /TC TC08 DECTAPE ALL SYSTEMS /ZE ZEROES CORE (FIELD 0) DEVICES ARE UNIT 0 IF NOT SPECIFIED DV. HALT AFTER LOADING BOOTSTRAP BUILD.SV OS/8 System Builder @INTERNAL COMMANDS: $ALTER GRP,LOC $ALTER GRP,LOC=VALUE $BOOT $BUILD $CTL ACTNAM $CTL ACTNAM=VALUE $CORE N $DCB ACTNAM $DCB ACTNAM=VALUE $DELETE ACTNAM,... $DSK ACTNAM $DSK GRP:NAME $EXAMINE GRP,LOC $INSERT GRP $INSERT GRP:NAME,... $LOAD DEV:FILENM.BN $LOAD ACTNAM $NAME ACTNAM=NEWNAM $PRINT $QLIST $REPLACE ACTNAM,...=GRP:NEWNAM,,, $SIZE ACTNAM $SIZE ACTNAM=VALUE $SYS GRP $SYS GRP:NAME,... $UNLOAD GRP $UNLOAD GRP:NAME,... @ERRORS: ?BAD ARG NO DEVICE NAME IN LOAD COMMAND ?BAD INPUT INPUT NOT A VALID BINARY FILE ?BAD LOAD BINARY HANDLER NOT IN CORRECT FORMAT ?BAD ORIGIN ORIGIN IN BINARY FILE NOT IN RANGE 200-577 ?CORE NOT ENOUGH MEMORY AVAILABLE ?DSK DSK IS NOT FILE STRUCTURED ?HANDLERS MORE THAN 15 HANDLERS ARE ACTIVE I/O ERROR ERROR DURING LOAD ?NAME MISSING NAME NO ROOM TOO MANY DEVICE HANDLERS LOADED NAME NOT FOUND DEVICE OR FILE NAME NOT FOUND ?PLAT TOO MANY PLATTERS SPECIFIED FOR DEVICE ?SYNTAX BAD SYNTAX ?SYS HANDLER IS NOT A SYSTEM HANDLER OR TWO SYSTEM HANDLERS ARE ACTIVE OR HANDLER CORESIDENT WITH NON-ACTIVE SYS SYS ERROR I/O ERROR OCCURED WITH SYSTEM HANDLER. PRESS CONTINUE TO RETRY SYS NOT FOUND NO ACTIVE HANDLER BY NAME OF SYS DURING BOOTSTRAP CREF.SV PAL Cross Reference @CALLING COMMANDS: .CREF DEV:BINFILE.BN,DEV:LISTFILE.LS,DEV:TEMPFILE.TM<DEV:INFILE.PA .CREF DEV:INFILE.PA /LISTING TO LINE PRINTER ONLY .CREF INFILE.PA /LISTING TO LINE PRINTER, INPUT FILE ON DSK @SWITCHES: /E DON'T DELETE CREFLS.TM /M MAMMOTH (TWICE AS MANY SYMBOLS, TWICE AS SLOW) /P NO PASS 1 LISTING /Q SABR /R RALF /U NO LISTING OR SYMBOL TABLE /X NO LITERALS EDIT.SV Editor @CALLING COMMANDS: .EDIT DEV:OUTFILE.PA<DEV:INFILE.PA .CREATE OUTFILE.PA @SWITCHES: /A RETURN TO EDITOR ON CLOSE /B CONVERT 2 OR MORE SPACES TO TAB /D PREDELETE @ERRORS: ?0 INPUT ERROR ?1 OUTPUT ERROR ?2 CLOSE ERROR ?3 OPEN ERROR ?4 COULDN'T LOAD DEVICE HANDLER @INTERNAL COMMANDS: A APPEND TEXT B LIST # OF CORE LOCATIONS LEFT C CHANGE TEXT D DELETE TEXT E OUTPUT BUFFER, TRANSFER REST OF DATA, AND CLOSE F AFTER J, SEARCH FOR NEXT OCCURRRENCE OF SAME STRING G GET AND LIST TAGGED LINE I INSERT J INTER-BUFFER STRING SEARCH K KILL BUFFER L LIST TEXT M MOVE TEXT N WRITE BUFFER, KILL AND READ NEXT PAGE P WRITE TEXT BUFFER TO OUTPUT Q IMMEDIATE END OF FILE R READ TEXT FROM INPUT DEVICE S CHARACTER SEARCH T PUNCH TRAILER TAPE V PRINT ON LP08 Y INPUT TEXT PAGE, NO OUTPUT # PRINT VERSION NO. EPIC.SV Edit Punch and Compare @SWITCHES: /0$ PAPER TAPE I/O TO/FROM OS/8 FILES /E DON'T PUNCH EOT /H SET HIGH BIT=N /L LOW SPEED /P PUNCH PATCH /Z REL BLOCK=0 =N REL BLOCK TO PATCH NO OUT FILE IS READ FILE</1$ EDIT 'FILE' C CURRENT STATUS E EXIT TO CD O,N OPEN BLOCK N R,N READ BLOCK N S,N,M SEARCH FOR N WITH MASK M W WRITE FILE1<FILE2/2$ COMPARE FILE1 AND FILE2 /A ABORT /B BAD BLOCKS ONLY LOAD.SV Fortran IV loader @CALLING COMMANDS: .LOAD DEV:OUTFILE.LD<DEV:INFILE1.RL,... @SWITCHES: /C MORE INPUT TO LOAD /G CHAIN TO RUN-TIME SYSTEM /L ACCEPT LIBRARY FILE /O MORE OVERLAYS /S SYMBOL MAP /U IGNORE RULES GOVERNING SUBROUTINE CALLS BETWEEN OVERLAYS LOADER.SV Fortran II Loader @CALLING COMMANDS: .LOAD MAPFILE.MP<INFILE.RL,... @SWITCHES: /G GO /H 2 PAGE HANDLERS /I OS/8 FILE INPUT /L 1ST INPUT FILE IS LIBRARY FILE /M PRODUCE MAP /O OS/8 FILE OUTPUT /P OUTPUT COUNT OF FREE PAGES /R RESTART /U OUTPUT UNDEFINED SYMBOLS /N LOAD IN FIELD N (0-7) OR HIGHER =N SET STARTING ADDRESS BITMAP.SV Generate map of locations used by binary file @CALLING COMMANDS: .MAP MAPFILE.MP<INFILE.BN,... @SWITCHES: /N FORCES MAPPING OF ALL FILES TO FIELD N (0-7) /R RESET INTERNAL MAP /S ALLOW MULTIPLE BINARIES PER FILE /T INVERT TTY-STYLE OUTPUT SWITCH ODT Octal Debugging Technique @CALLING COMMANDS: .ODT @INTERNAL COMMANDS: NNNNN/ OPEN LOC / REOPEN LAST OPENED LOC NN<CR> DEPOSIT NN IN OPEN LOC, CLOSE LOC NN<LF> DEPOSIT NN IN OPEN LOC, CLOSE LOC, OPEN AND DISPLAY NEXT LOC NN;... DEPOSIT NN IN OPEN LOC, CLOSE AND OPEN NEXT LOC <CR> CLOSE PREVIOUSLY OPENED LOC <LF> CLOSE LOC, OPEN NEXT LOC N+ OPEN CUR LOC+N N- OPEN CUR LOC-N ^ CLOSE LOC, OPEN LOC ADDRESSED BY CONTENTS _ CLOSE LOC, OPEN POINTED TO BY CONTENTS NNG GO NNB ESTABLISH BREAKPOINT B REMOVE BREAKPOINT A OPEN AC L OPEN LINK C CONTINUE FROM BREAKPOINT NNC CONTINUE, ITERATE NN TIMES M OPEN SEARCH MASK <LF> OPEN LOWER SEARCH LIMIT <LF> OPEN UPPER SEARCH LIMIT NNW SEARCH CORE FOR NN MASKED BETWEEN LIMITS D OPEN DATA FIELD (0010=FIELD 1) F OPEN FIELD FOR ^, _, W (0010=FIELD 1) ^O SUPRESS PRINTING PAL8.SV PAL8 Assembler @CALLING COMMANDS: .PAL DEV:BINFILE.BN,DEV:LISTFILE.LS,DEV:TEMPFILE.TM<DEV:INFILE.PA/C .PAL DEV:BINFILE.BN,DEV:LISTFILE.LS<DEV:INFILE.PA .PAL INFILE.PA /FROM DSK .HELP PALERR PRINTS PAL8 ERROR MESSAGES @SWITCHES: /B TREAT ! AS BYTE SHIFT /C CHAIN TO CREF /D DDT-COMPATIBLE SYMBOL TABLE /E ENABLE ERROR MSG ON LINK GENERATED /F DISABLE 0-FILL IN TEXT /G GO /H NON-PAGINATED OUTPUT /J DON'T LIST LINES CONDITIONALIZED OUT /K USE EXTRA CORE /L LOAD /N NO LISTING /O DISABLE ORIGIN 200 AFTER FIELD /S NO SYMBOL TABLE /T NO FORM FEEDS /W DON'T REMEMBER LITERALS PAL8.SV (ERRORS) @ERRORS: BE TABLES OVERLAPPED CF CREF.SV NO ON SYS: DE DEVICE ERROR DF DEVICE FULL IC ILLEGAL CHARACTER ID ILLEGAL REDEFINITION IE ILLEGAL EQUALS II ILLEGAL INDIRECT IP ILLEGAL PSEUDO-OP IZ ILLEGAL PAGE ZERO REF LD SYS:ABSLDR.SV NOT FOUND LG LINK GENERATED PE PAGE EXCEEDED PH END OF SOURCE CONDITIONALIZED OUT RD REDEFINITION SE SYMBOL TABLE EXCEEDED UO UNDEFINED ORIGIN US UNDEFINED SYMBOL ZE PAGE 0 EXCEEDED PIP.SV Peripheral Interchange Program @SWITCHES: /A ASCII MODE /B BINARY MODE /C ELIM TRAILING BLANKS /D DELETE OUTPUT FILE BEFORE TRANSFER /G IGNORE ERRORS /I IMAGE MODE /O OKAY TO COMPRESS OR ZERO /S SQUISH /T CONVERT TABS TO SPACES, ETC. /V VERSION # /Y COPY SYSTEM HEAD /Z ZERO OUTPUT DIRECTORY BEFORE TRANSFER =N # OF ADDITIONAL INFO WORDS (/Z OR /S) =N SIZE TO CLOSE OUTPUT FILE (/I) PIP10.SV PDP-10 Peripheral Interchange Program @SWITCHES: /B BINARY MODE /D DELETE OLD OUTPUT FILE BEFORE TRANSFER /F FAST PDP-10 DIRECTORY /I IMAGE MODE /L LIST PDP-10 DIRECTORY /P PRESERVE LINE NUMBERS /Z ZERO PDP-10 DIRECTORY BEFORE TRANSFER SABR.SV Symbolic Assembler for Binary Relocatable Programs @CALLING COMMANDS: .COMPILE BINFILE.RL,LISTFILE.LS,MAPFILE.MP<INFILE.SB .EXE DEV:BINFILE.RL,DEV:LISTFILE.LS,DEV:MAPFILE.MP<DEV:INFILE.SB @SWITCHES: /F INPUT IS FROM FORT /G CHAIN TO LOADER AND GO /L CHAIN TO LOADER /N NO LISTING /S NO SYMBOL TABLE @ERRORS: A WRONG NO. OFARG'S C BAD CHAR D I/O ERROR E NO END STMNT I ILLEGAL SYNTAX L SYS:LOADER.SV NOT FOUND M MULTIPLY DEFINED SYMBOL S SYMBOL OVERFLOW U UNDEFINED SYMBOL SET.SV @CALLING COMMANDS: .SET DEV PARAMETER(S) .SET DEV NO PARAMETER(S) @PARAMETERS: HANDLER CHANGE DEVICE HANDLERS WITHIN BUILD READONLY DECLARE DEVICE TO BE READ ONLY FILES DECLARE DEVICE TO BE FILE STRUCTURED DVC CHANGE DEVICE CODES VERSION X CHANGE VERSION LOCATION N[=M] EXAMINE OR CHANGE LOCATIONS LV8E DECLARE LINE PRINTER TO BE AN LV8E LA8A DECLARE LINE PRINTER TO BE LA180 ON DKC8-AA LA78 SAME AS .SET LPT NO LA8A WIDTH N SET WIDTH OF LINE PRINTER OR TTY LC DECLARE LINE PRINTER OR TTY TO HAVE LOWER CASE ECHO RESTORE TTY CHARACTER ECHOING PAGE RESTORE TTY ^S AND ^Q FACILITIES TAB IN TTY PRINT TABS (DON'T SIMULATE WITH SPACES) FILL IN TTY APPEND FILL CHARACTERS AFTER TABS FLAG IN TTY FLAG LOWER CASE CHARACTERS SCOPE ERASE CHARACTER ON TTY RUBOUTS ESC PRINT ESC(ASCII 033) WITHOUT CONVERTING IT TO $ SIGN ARROW PRINT CONTROL CHARACTERS WITH UP ARROW (E.G. ^C, ^S) HEIGHT [M] SET TTY SCREEN HEIGHT PAUSE [N] SET TTY PAUSE TIME COL N SET DIRECT TO USE N COLUMNS (.SET TTY COL 2) CODE N CHANGE TTY IOTS OR CARD READER CODES PARITY EVEN/ODD SET MAGTAPE PARITY OS8 DECLARE SYS TO BE OS/8 OS78 DECLARE SYS TO BE OS/8 INIT XXXXX CAUSE SYS TO EXECUTE XXXXX ON BOOTSTAPPING SRCCOM.SV Source Compare Utility @CALLING COMMANDS: .COMPAR DEV:OUTFILE.PA<DEV:INFILE1.PA,DEV:INFILE2.PA .COMPAR OUTFILE.PA<INFILE1.PA,INFILE2.PA /FILES ON DSK @SWITCHES: /B COMPARE BLANK LINES /C DON'T COMPARE (SLASHED) COMMENTS /S DON'T COMPARE TABS AND SPACES /T CONVERT TABS TO SPACES ON OUTPUT /X DON'T COMPARE OR PRINT COMMENTS @ERRORS: ?0 INSUFFICIENT CORE ?1 INPUT ERROR FILE 1 (OR LESS THAN 2 INPUT FILES) ?2 INPUT ERROR FILE 2 ?3 OUTPUT FILE TOO LARGE ?4 OUTPUT ERROR ?5 CAN'T OPEN OUTPUT FILE BATCH.SV Run a Batch File @CALLING COMMANDS: .SUBMIT SPOOLDEV:<INPUTDEV:FILE.BI @SWITCHES: /C CARDS /E DON'T ABORT ON MONITOR, CD AND CCL ERRORS /P PTR /Q NO BATCH LOG /H HUSH /T OUTPUT TO TTY /U UNATTENDED /6 USE 026 CARD CODES TECO.SV Editor @CALLING COMMANDS: .TECO DEV:OUTFILE.PA<DEV:INFILE.PA .TECO FILE.PA /ON DSK .MAKE DEV:OUTFILE.PA .MAKE OUTFILE.PA /ON DSK .MUNG DEV:INFILE.PA,TECO MACRO ARGUMENT TEXT @ERRORS: ?ILL ILLEGAL COMMAND ?UTC UNTERMINATED COMMAND ?IQN ILLEGAL Q-REGISTER NAME ?PDO INTERNAL PUSH DOWN OVERFLOW (RECURSION) ?MEM MEMORY OVERFLOW ?STL SEARCH STRING TOO LONG ?ARG ARGUMENT ERROR ?IFN ILLEGAL FILE NAME ?SNI SEMICOLON NOT IN ITERATION ?BNI CLOSE BRACKET NOT IN ITERATION ?POP POINTER OFF PAGE ?QMO Q-REGISTER OVERFLOW ?UTM UNTERMINATED MACRO ?OUT OUTPUT ERROR ?INP INPUT ERROR ?FER FILE ERROR ?FUL OUTPUT COMMAND WOULD HAVE OVERFLOWED ?NAY NEGATIVE ARGUMENT TO Y ?IEC ILLEGAL E CHARACTER ?IQC ILLEGAL " CHARACTER ?NAE NO ARGUMENT BEFORE = ?NAU NO ARGUMENT BEFORE U ?NAQ NO ARGUMENT BEFORE " ?SRH FAILING SEARCH ?NAP NEGATIVE OR 0 ARGUMENT TO P ?NAC NEGATIVE ARGUMENT TO , ?NIC NEGATIVE OR 0 ITERATION COUNT ?NAS NEGATIVE OR 0 COUNT TO SEARCH ?WLO CAN'T WRITE OUT ERROR MESSAGE OVERLAY ?NFO NO FILE FOR OUTPUT More TECO information FOTP.SV @CALLING COMMANDS: .COPY DEV:OUTFILE.EX<DEV:INFILE.EX /* IS WILD NAME OR EXTENSION .REN DEV:NEWFILE.EX<DEV:OLDFILE.EX /? IS WILD CHARACTER .DEL DEV:FILE.EX .LIST DEV:FILE.EX /= .COPY LPT:<DEV:FILE.EX .TYPE DEV:FILE.EX /= .COPY TTY:<DEV:FILE.EX @SWITCHES: /C MATCH ONLY FILES WITH CURRENT DATE /D DON'T TRANSFER (I.E. AT MOST ONLY DELETE) /F REQUEST NEW DEVICE IF OUT OF ROOM /L TYPE LOG OF INPUT FILENAME MATCHES (*) /N NO PRE-DELETE /O MATCH ONLY FILES WITH OTHER THAN TODAY'S DATE /Q QUERY USER ABOUT FILE BEFORE OPERATION (*) /R RENAME /T USE TODAY'S DATE /U TREAT EACH INPUT SPECIFICATION SEPARATELY /V MATCH FILES NOT OF FORM SPECIFIED /W PRINT VERSION # NOTES: (*) /D CAUSES LOG OF OUTPUT FILES (IF /L ALSO) IF INDEV: EQUALS OUTDEV:, THEN /N IS FORCED. IF NO INPUT FILE, *.* IS FORCED EXCEPT FOR /D IF OUTPUT DEVICE SPECIFIED, BUT NO FILE, *.* IS ASSUMED. ^P ABORT OPERATION, FIX OUTPUT DIRECTORY ^C FIX OUTPT DIRECTORY, RETURN TO OS/8 ^O SUPPRESS TYPEOUT KEYBOARD MONITOR AN OTHER COMMANDS @CALLING COMMANDS: .ASSIGN DEV NAME /ASSIGN NAME TO DEVICE .DAY DD-MON-YY /ENTER DATE INTO SYSTEM .DEASSIGN /DEASSIGN LOGICAL DEVICE NAMES .GET DEV FILE.EX /LOAD CORE IMAGE .MEMORY N /SPECIFY HIGHEST MEMORY FIELD AVAILABLE .R FILE /EXECUTE FILE.SV FROM SYS .RUN DEV FILE.EX /EXECUTE FILE.EX FROM THE DEVICE .SAVE DEV FILE.EX /SAVE CORE IMAGE .SQUISH DEV: /COMPRESS FILE STORAGE ON DEVICE .START FNNNN /START EXECUTION .UA COMMAND /SAVE COMMAND(.UA<CR> EXECUTES IT) .ZERO DEV: /ZERO DEVICE'S DIRECTORY CONVRT.SV SAVE FORMAT - BINARY FILE PUNCHER THIS PROGRAM PRODUCES AN ABSOLUTE BINARY FILE FROM AN OS/8 SAVE FILE. ONLY THOSE AREAS OF MEMORY SPECIFIED IN THE CORE CONTROL BLOCK ARE ACTUALLY PUNCHED. COMMAND DECODER RESPONSE IS: OUTPUT < INPUT, INPUT ..... DEFAULT INPUT EXTENSION IS ".SV", DEFAULT OUTPUT IS THE HIGH SPEED PAPER TAPE PUNCH. FUTIL.SV FUTIL IS AN OS-8 UTILITY PROGRAM THAT IS EXTREMELY USEFUL I F Y O U K N O W W H A T Y O U ' R E D O I N G -- ----- ------- ------- ----------- --------- IT IS EQUALLY AS DANGEROUS IF YOU DON'T !!!!! FUTIL IS TOO COMPLICATED TO EXPLAIN IN A SIMPLE HELP FILE, SO PLEASE READ ABOUT IT IN THE OS-8 HANDBOOK UPDATE (DEC-S8-OSHBA-A-DN4) APPENDEX K. ONE ESPECIALLY HANDY FEATURE IS THE ABILITY TO "SCAN" A GIVEN DEVICE TO ESTABLISH IF THERE ARE ANY "BAD BLOCKS". THIS IS SIMILIAR TO RT-11 PIP OPTION K. Futil documentation SORT.SV - ASCII FILE SORTER SORT: SORTS INFINATE NUMBER OF LINES IN ASSENDING OR DESENDING SEQUENCE ACCORDING TO ASCII CHARACTER SET, FAST! (TIME IN SECONDS TO SORT FILE OF N BLOCKS APROX= 3 + N/3 + N/10*(LOG10(N/10)) ). TO RUN: .R SORT * OUTPUT < ORDER, INFIL [,INFIL ...] WHERE: OUTPUT WILL CONTAIN SORTED FILE INFIL IS THE UNSORTED INPUT FILE ORDER SPECIFIES THE COLUMNS (IN DECIMAL, 1 IS LEFTMOST) TO BE SORTED; POSITIVE FOR ASSENDING, NEGATIVE FOR DECENDING; MAY USE FROM-TO: EG: "1-10,-12-19,11,-20,25-21<CR>" ERRORS: USER ERROR 2 SYS: I/O (HANDLER, FETCH, ETC) USER ERROR 3 INPUT DEVICE I/O USER ERROR 4 OUTPUT DEVICE I/O USER ERROR 5 BAD NUMBER IN ORDER FILE USER ERROR 6 NO INFIL USER ERROR 7 TO MANY NUMBERS IN ORDER FILE USER ERROR 8 NUMBER IN ORDER FILE TOO LARGE USER ERROR 9 LINE TOO LONG IN INFIL (128. CHAR MAX) OR A "^Y" IN INFIL DIRECT.SV @CALLING COMMANDS .DIR DEV:LISTFILE.DI<DEV:FILETYPE /* IS WILD NAME OR EXTENSION .DIR FILETYPE /? IS WILD CHARACTER @SWITCHES: /A ALPHABETIZE DIRECTORY BEFORE PROCESSING /B INCLUDE STARTING BLOCK NUMBERS (OCTAL) /C LIST ONLY FILES WITH THE CURRENT DATE /D SORT FILES BY DATE, THEN ALPHABETICALLY /E INCLUDE EMPTIES IN THE LISTING /F FAST MODE (NO LENGTHS OR DATES) /H LIST CONTENTS OF THE HEADER BLOCK /I PRINT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WORDS /M LIST ONLY THE EMPTIES /N PRINT DATES IN NUMERIC FORM (MM/DD/YY) /O LIST ONLY FILES WITH OTHER THAN TODAY'S DATE /P ELIMINATE PAGING (NO FORMFEEDS IN THE OUTPUT) /R LIST REMAINDER OF FILES AFTER THE FIRST ONE /T PRINT THE MOST TIMELY (RECENT) FILES FIRST /U TREAT EACH INPUT SPECIFICATION SEPARATELY /V LIST FILES NOT OF THE FORM SPECIFIED /W PRINT THE VERSION NUMBER /X ALPHABETIZE BY EXTENSION, THEN BY NAME =N USE N COLUMNS - OUTPUT IS ORDERED BY COLUMN OCOMP.SV - COMPARE & DUMP FILES UNDER A MASK DEFAULT OUTPUT IS TO TTY: DEFAULT OUTPUT EXTENSION IS .LS. THE MASK IS SPECIFIED AS THE LEAST SIGNIFICANT 12 BITS OF =. 1) COMPARE: TWO INPUT FILES ARE COMPARED UNDER A MASK. IF MASK=0, USE 7777. 2) DUMP: ONE INPUT FILE. DUMP ALL WORDS WITH NO MASK BITS OFF. IF MASK=0, USE 7777. 3) SEARCH: ONE INPUT FILE WITH /S. DUMP ALL WORDS EQUAL TO THE MASK. AFTER SPECIFIED OPERATIONS ARE COMPLETED, THE COMMAND DECODER IS RECALLED, UNLESS INPUT WAS TERMINATED BY AN ALT MODE CHARACTER. OTHER COMMAND DECODER OPTIONS: /I IMAGE MODE INPUT FILE IS CORE IMAGE (SAVE) FILE. ADDRESSING IS BY MEMORY ADDRESS, RATHER THAN FILE ADDRESS. DEFAULT INPUT EXTENSION IS .SV. /C CCB OUTPUT WHEN COMBINED WITH /I, CCB IS PRINTED AS PART OF THE RUN TITLE. /D DIFFERENCE MODE ONLY OUTPUT IS A MESSAGE TELLING THAT COMPARED FILES ARE SAME OR DIFFERENT. /F FORM FEED ALL BLOCKS WHICH CAUSE OUTPUT HAVE THEIR OUTPUT PRECEEDED BY A FORM FEED CHARACTER. /T TELETYPE OUTPUT FORMAT IS NARROWED FOR OUTPUT TO 72 COLUMN TELETYPES. THIS IS ALSO USEFUL FOR SCOPES. /H HEADER OUTPUT HEADER LINE EVEN IF OUTPUT DEVICE IS TTY:. ERRORS ARE SIGNALED BY "USER ERROR ..." MESSAGES ERROR CONDITION 1 MORE THAN TWO INPUT FILES. 2 OUTPUT FILE TOO SMALL. 3 OUTPUT HANDLER FETCH OR ENTER FAILED. 4 INPUT HANDLER FETCH OR LOOKUP FAILED. 5 INPUT FILE #1 ERROR. 6 INPUT FILE #2 ERROR. 7 OUTPUT FILE ERROR. 8 OUTPUT FILE CLOSE FAILED. 9 CCB DECODE ERROR. HELP.SV @CALLING COMMANDS: .HELP List CCL Commands .HELP COMMAND Help on Command RXCOPY.SV RX Floppy Copy @CALLING COMMANDS: .DUPLIC OUTDEV:<INDEV: @SWITCHES: /C Default, copy and match /D Format output diskette to double-density (RX02) /M Match with no implied copy /N Copy with no implied match /P Pause before and after accessing disk /R Read output device with no implied copy or match /S Format output diskette to single-density (RX02) /V PRINT VERSION NUMBER Not all switches will work with all versions of RXCOPY DECX8 SYSTEM EXERCISER REFERENCE THE FILE DECX8.TX FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. ALSO, THERE ARE DOCUMENTS ON THE MICROFICHE LIBRARY FOR BUILDING AND INITIALIZING DECX8. ALIGNX - RK05 ALIGNMENT UTILITY To run this utility, type: .R ALIGNX.DG for a full explaination of the utility and a step-by-step procedure for aligning an RK05, type: .LIST RKB0:ALIGN.TX RXREAD - RX01 Floppy read check utility This program is used to read a RX01 floppy disk and check it for any errors. The error report consists of the following: - The track and sector number (in octal) of the bad sector - The RX01 error and status (RXES) register contents - The explanation of the RXES value (for example, if the error is a CRC error, it will say "CRC Error") - The RX Definitive error code, and its description. After an error, the program will ask if it is to re-write the bad sector. This question should be answered with "N" (no), unless the error was a CRC error. In this case, the sector can be re-written, which may (but may not) correct the error. In any case, the data is re-written with a good CRC. This may make at least part of a bad block usuable. QUIT.SV - Directory Backup Program By typing: ".QUIT" , you can backup your Directory to a file called "DIRECT.TS" on RKB0:. If the disk crashes, and the directory area is destroyed, it may be restored by booting to the "B" area of the disk, and using FUTIL to write this file back onto the "A" area as the new directory. PLEASE NOTE that this is for extreme cases only ! Read the section on Advanced Techniques on the file "DIAG.TX" on RKB0: before attempting this procedure. Periodic use of this program is an essential part of the housekeeping discipline that allows use of the Disk Recovery Techniques described on the file "DIAG.TX" RKCOPY RK05 DISC COPY PROGRAM This utility, written by Dick Murphy, copies and verifys RK05 packs between any drives. Since this is a sector by sector copy, it will copy any operating system . When called, the dialog is self explainatory. To run type: .R RKCOPY RKUTIL RK05 UTILITY PROGRAM This utility has several handy options including a - Disk Copy Program that will copy & verify any 16 sector disk - Disk Read Program that will verify that a disk has no CRC errors - Disk Formatter Program to format new disks - Disk Confidence Test that runs data patterns on a suspect disk HEADER.SV .R HEADER DEVICE NAME? SYS or SYS: or DSK or RKB1 or RXA1: etc. DEVICE LENGTH? 737 or 3248 or 494 or (incl. directory blocks) if the device contains a system area the following applies: SYSTEM ID? OS/8, OS/12, OS/78, DS/8, or PS/8 VERSION NO.? 3 or whatever RELEASE CODE? C or D or ...... if there is no system area the questions above are skipped LOGICAL DEVICE NAME? CHEM or BOB: or UWF or ?? (1-4 letters) VOLUME NO.? 1 or any number up to 4095; 0 = none DESCRIPTIVE LABEL? Here you may enter any identifying information (UPPER/lower case, as you wish) - up to 128 characters, including CR/LF. Terminate input with a CTRL/Z. Rubout and linefeed work in their normal OS/8 fashion.(^Z) LOADING THE INUSE MACRO .R TECO *ERINUSE.TE$YHXIHK$MI$$ "WILD.TE" - Wildcard Macro The Wildcard macro, with the new version of CCL, allows the use of "*" and "?" in otherwise illegal commands. ex: .MAC RKB0:<RKB0:CCL???.MA compiles all the files of the form "CCL.MA" on RKB0: also .MUNG WILD,PRINT *.LS prints all the .LS files, etc. "WILD.TE" is automatically called by: COMPILE PAL MAC LINK EXECU VTEDIT.TE TECO VT52 Editor Macro KEYPAD LAYOUT for VTEDIT for VT52 OTHER KEYS _________________________________________ | "BLUE" | "RED" | "GREY" | "^" | CTRL/C Exit from Macro | SAVE | TECO | UNSAVE | UP IN | CTRL/D Kill rest of line * | TEXT* | COMMAND | TEXT | COLUMN* | CTRL/K Kill line * |---------|---------|---------|---------| CTRL/N File search | "7" | "8" | "9" | "V" | CTRL/U Kill start of line | OPEN | PAGE* | QUOTE | DOWN IN | [ESC] CTRL/P Exit & execute | LINE* | | NEXT* | COLUMN* | [ESC] CTRL/Z Exit & close file |---------|---------|---------|---------| | "4" | "5" | "6" | ">" | BK SP Go to end of line * | UP | DELETE* | DELETE | CURSOR | DELETE Delete previous * | LINE* |CHARACTER| LAST | RIGHT* | |---------|---------|---------|---------| | "1" | "2" | "3" | "<" | ARGUMENTS | TOP | BOTTOM | START | CURSOR | | OF PAGE | OF PAGE | OF LINE | LEFT*| All starred (*) commands |---------|---------|---------|---------| Optionally take an argument | "0" | "." | "ENTER" | entered as [ESC] [digits] | DOWN LINE* | SEARCH* | SEARCH | | | |ARGUMENT*| ----------------------------------------- WPFLOP User's Guide This document describes the operation of the word processing to OS/8 conversion program, WPFLOP. USAGE WPFLOP is used to transfer documents from word processing floppy disks to OS/8 media or from OS/8 media to word processing diskettes. The WPS floppy is accessed using the COS compatible floppy handlers included in this package. There are various modes of conversion which will be explained later. OPERATION WPS->OS/8 Before using WPFLOP to access a WPS floppy, one must know the number of the document which is to be read from the WPS floppy. For example, in the sample index below, the column labeled "Document number" is the number that WPFLOP uses to reference a document. -- DOCUMENT INDEX -- Drive: 3, Name: DOC3 , # of Docs: 3, Blocks left: 621 (of 627) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Document Elapsed Time Number Name Created Modified Size Version Last Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - 3 Floppy Index 12/7/79 NO/DA/TE 3 1 0:00 0:00 2 WPFLOP User's Guide 12/7/79 12/7/79 13:09 2 1 0:07 0:07 1 12/3/79 12/7/79 13:10 1 4 0:00 0:00 The document "WPFLOP User's Guide" (this file) is document number 3. This is the number that WPFLOP uses to access the file. Before running WPFLOP, the COS mode floppy handlers must be install ed in your OS/8 system. See the BUILD chapter in the OS/8 System Ref erence Manual for details on using BUILD. You can type ".HELP COSHAN" for further information on the handlers. This document assumes that the handlers have been installed with names of "RXB0:" for drive zero, and "RXB1:" for drive one. Another method for installing the BYTE mode handlers is via the SET HANDLER command. To enable BYTE mode, type ".SET HANDLER FLOP = BYTE" and to return to normal mode, ".SET HANDLER BYTE = FLOP". To copy the document "WPFLOP User's Guide" to a file on the OS/8 system device called WPFLOP.DC, use the following commands: .R WPFLOP *WPFLOP.DC<RXB0:2$ (Assumes WPS floppy in drive 0. $=ESC, ALT or SEL, depending on the terminal.) If no OS/8 output file is specified, the program assumes that the user wants the output on the console terminal (TTY:). Therefore, to print the same document on the console: .R WPFLOP *RXB0:2$ The "2" here is the number of the WPS document which is to be transferred. The general WPS->OS/8 command syntax is as follows: *[dev:file.ex]<wdev:docn[/S][/S...][$] | | | | | | ! ! ! ! ! ! ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | | | | | |_ALT or ESC to exit when done. ! ! ! ! ! ! | | | | | ! ! ! ! ! | | | | |_ Optional switches ! ! ! ! ! | | | | ! ! ! ! | | | |_ WPS Document number ! ! ! ! | | | ! ! ! | | |_ Name for the OS/8 handler for the WPS floppy ! ! ! | | ! ! | |_ OS/8 Output file specification ! ! | ! |_ OS/8 output device The asterisk (*) is printed by the OS/8 command decoder. The items enclosed in braces [] are optional. For example, if no OS/8 output file is specified, TTY: is assumed. If the command line ends with an altmode, the program returns to OS/8 when it is finished. If it does not, the program responds with another "*" and inputs another command string. There are two options accepted when transferring from WPS to OS/8. These are the version switch (/V) and the compatibility switch (/C). If the version switch is in the command line, WPFLOP prints its version number before executing the command. If the compatibility mode switch is present, WPFLOP transfers the WPS document in a form compatible with OS/8 system programs. In this mode, underlines, dead keys, and bolding are ignored, but tabs are converted to tabs (ASCII 11). Also, the file is not justified. In normal mode, the output file contains overprinting as necessary to duplicate the WPS file. Compatibility mode is used to transfer a WPS file to OS/8 in a form that can be used by, for example, OS/8 BASIC. This allows WPS to be used to enter and edit a BASIC program. To do this, create the file under WPS and transfer it to OS/8 using compatibility mode. If there are any errors, transfer it back to WPS, edit it there, and then back to OS/8, etc. OS/8->WPS To transfer an OS/8 File to WPS, use the following syntax: *wdev:<dev:file.ex/O[/S][$] Note that this is similar to the above example. The most important differences are the output switch (/O) and the fact that no WPS document number is given in the command line. WPFLOP will use the next available document for the new file. The number that WPFLOP uses will be reported as a message of the form: "Creating document number:n" Where "n" is the number of the document created. The /O switch is required to specify to WPFLOP that the output file is on the WPS floppy. Without this switch the program will assume that the input file is the WPS file. The other switch allowed is the /W (word-wrap) switch. If this switch is specified, the returns in the OS/8 file will be converted to word-wrap returns. If there are two returns in a row, hard returns are used. Normally, all the returns in the OS/8 file are converted to hard returns. The document created on the WPS device is not totally compatible with WPS as it is initially created. The most obvious problem is that tabs are output as only one space. To correct this, the WPS editor must be allows to scroll thru the document. The initial ruler MUST be changed in order for the editor to correct the document. To facilitate this, the ruler that WPFLOP creates has tabs at locations 8 and 9. The first tab, at location 8, is incorrect. It is included to be deleted in order for the WPS editor to re-tabluate the document. Therefore, the correction sequence is: 1.Create the WPS document from OS/8 2.Call the WPS editor to correct the document 3.At the top of the document, type GOLD Ruler. 4.Space to column 8 with ADVANCE WORD. 5.Type the space bar. The first of the adjacent T's will disappear. 6.Type RETURN to embed the new ruler. 7.Type GOLD ADVANCE to scroll thru the document and correct it. 8.Type GOLD File to re-file the corrected document. RESTRICTIONS The ruler created for the WPS document has a ragged ruler with a width of 80 columns and tabs every eight columns. This is the only ruler that can be created. However, you can change the ruler under WPS after the conversion. The WPS to OS/8 code does not support bolded dead keys. The dead key sequence prints properly, but the sequence is not bolded. The document created on the WPS device does not have an index entry. It will show up in the index as just the document number. To give the file a name, edit the index document,(document 1) to include an entry for the document. For example, if you created document 4, and want it to be called "Foobar", include the following line in the index: <n>Foobar <#>4<> The form used is: <n>Name space <#>doc#<> The n in the <> must be lower case, and the name must end with a space. RT-11 Floppy Interchange Program This program is used to manipulate RT-11 floppy disk file structures under OS/8. (RX01 ONLY, RX02 Not supported). The operations available allow most of the functions of OS/8 PIP to be simulated on the RT-11 disk. Full instruction for RTFLOP, RTIN, RTOUT COS Compatible (BYTE MODE) RX01 floppy handlers for OS/8 These files allow an OS/8 user more efficient usage ot the space available on an RX01 floppy disk. The two files, RXBNS.PA and RXBSY.PA are the non-system and system handlers, respectively. They are fully compatible with the OS/8 operating system. The system handler is two pages long and follows the conventions for two page handlers that allows BASIC and FORTRAN to work properly. They allow the OS/8 diskette to hold 658 blocks as opposed to only 494 with the OS/8 handler. The system handler can not be booted with the conventional RX01 bootstrap program. To correct this, a program called RXFIX is included. This program is run after BUILD to modify the system head (block 0) to allow bootstrap with the conventional program. It is very important that this program be run again to restore block 0 before BUILD is run from the system. Examples on how to install the handlers: .SET SYS NO INIT !In case there is an initial command set up. .RUN SYS BUILD $LOAD RXBNS !Load the handlers. $INSERT RX8:RXB0-1 !Install the non-system handlers $BOOT SYS BUILT .SAVE SYS BUILD !Now the non-system handlers are on your OS/8 !system. To build a system floppy, first boot your conventional OS/8 system in drive 1. Then: .RUN SYS BUILD $LOAD RXBSY !Load the system handler $REPLACE SYS=BYTE,SYS !Change the system handler $INSERT BYTE,RXB0-1 !Install the co-resident drive 0 and 1 handlers. $BOOT !Boot the new OS/8 system. WRITE ZERO DIRECT?YES SYS BUILT .SAVE SYS BUILD !Save the new build. .RUN RXA1 FOTP !Copy files to the new drive *SYS:<RXA1:BUILD.SV/V !Except BUILD. *^C .R RXFIX !Fix the boot. Before running BUILD on the new system device, run RXFIX to repair block zero: .R RXFIX .RUN SYS BUILD . . !BUILD Commands . $BOOT SYS BUILT .SAVE SYS BUILD .R RXFIX !Make it bootable. A patch must be installed to OS/8 PIP to allow the ZERO and SQUISH commands to work with the new handlers. .GET SYS PIP .ODT ! NOTE: If you are using the NED Diagnostic 13650/0000 6556 ! System, these patches are already ^C ! incorporated into PIP.SV .SAVE SYS PIP Since these handlers are COS compatible, they can be used to copy files to and from COS-310 diskettes. Also, COS310 FILEX can convert a COS file to an OS/8 file on these diskettes that is readable by OS/8. RXFIX.SV BYTE Mode Floppy Bootstrap Fixer The system handler can not be booted with the conventional RX01 bootstrap program. To correct this, a program called RXFIX is included. This program is run after BUILD to modify the system head (block 0) to allow bootstrap with the conventional program. It is very important that this program be run again to restore block 0 before BUILD is run from the system. This is only done when using the BYTE Mode handler, and this action is incorporated into the Batch Streams that make the BYTE Mode Floppys. This program acts like a flip flop; run it once and it makes the target floppy bootable; run it again and it makes it "Buildable". Before running BUILD on the new system device, run RXFIX to repair block zero: .R RXFIX .RUN SYS BUILD . . !BUILD Commands . $BOOT SYS BUILT .SAVE SYS BUILD .R RXFIX !Make it bootable. The macro to eliminate the imbedded "bolds" in a converted WPS to OS8 document is: <N [CR] [Rubout] ^N [LF] $R10I$>$$ SHELLY.DG or RFCRUNCH This program was written around 1974 by Bob Shelly of Product Support. It provides an excellent checkout of the RF08 Disk System. It is an especially good check of a TSS-8 System. It does, however need an MQ to operate. This means an 8E or later or an 8I with an EAE. This program is best used as a GO / NO GO test since the error printouts are poor at best. The typeouts are interperted as follows: D XXXXXXXXXXXX = total number of errors W XXXXXXXXXXXX = positive word count that should have been transferred Unit Track Disk Mem Addr ---- ----- ------------- X XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX = address where xfer SHOULD have started X XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX = calculated address where xfer DID start XXXXXXXXXXXX = DMA of last WRITE done XXXXXXXXXXXX = DMA of last READ done -----------X = bit 11 is 0 if writing; 1 if reading S XXXXXXXXXXXX = status register minus photo-sync bit Program Locations ----------------- 120 - momory where program was running 121 - Field disk was breaking to 122 - unit # and 6 bits of track address 123 - 7th bit of track address and DMA 124 - 125 - stall 126 to - next transfer SDUMP.SV or SVDUMP.SV THIS PROGRAM DUMPS THE CONTENTS OF A SAVE FILE IN OCTAL AS A LOADED CORE IMAGE. APPROPRIATE COMMAND DECODER RESPONSE IS "OUTPUT < INPUT1,INPUT2,..." DEFAULT OUTPUT IS LPT, DEFAULT INPUT EXTENSION IS .SV. DUMP FORMAT IS NORMALLY 20 (OCTAL) WORDS WIDE, ABOUT 105 COLUMNS. SPECIFYING A "/N" OPTION CHANGES THE FORMAT TO 10 WORDS WIDE, ALLOWING IT TO FIT ON A TTY. CAMP.SV Cassette & Magtape Positioner To call camp from the system device type: R CAMP Camp prints a # to indicate that it is ready to receive a command. The command line entered may be terminated with carriage return (CAMP retains control) or an ALTMODE (ESC, control returns to the keyboard monitor). Each CAMP command begins with a keyword consisting of two or more letters. Letters that are required at in upper case. BAckspace EOf HElp REwind SKip UNload VErsion The following commands are supported. DEV: is the permanent name of a cassette or magnetic tape drive. The "N" is an unsigned decimal number representing the number of files or records to perform the operation over. The number must be in the range 0-4095. If no number is entered 1 is assumed. BACKSPACE DEV: N FILES BACKSPACE DEV: N RECORDS EOF DEV: SKIP DEV: N FILES SKIP DEV: N RECORDS SKIP DEV: EOD REWIND DEV: UNLOAD DEV: VERSION HELP The EOF command writes a single file mark.