THIS VERSION OF THE PS/8 SYSTEM DECTAPE CONTAINS THE ENTIRE PS/8
SYSTEM AS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 6, 1970.  IN ADDITION, A NUMBER OF
OTHER USEFUL PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN ADDED.  THE FILES ON THIS DECTAPE
ARE, AS FOLLOWS:


  NAME    SIZE  DATE
ABSLDR.SV   5 10/31/70		ABSOLUTE BINARY LOADER FOR PS/8
LIB8  .RL  30 10/30/70		FORTRAN SUBROUTINE LIBRARY
PIP   .SV   9 11/2/70		PHERIPHERALINTERCHANGE PROGRAM
EDIT  .SV   9 11/5/70		SYMBOLIC EDITOR FOR PS/8
PAL8  .SV  14 11/5/70		NEW PAL8 ASSEMBLER
FORT  .SV  25 11/1/70		PS/8 FORTRAN COMPILER
SABR  .SV  23 11/5/70		PS/8 VERSION OF 8K SABR
LOADER.SV  11 11/2/70		PS/8 LINKING LOADER
CONVRT.SV   8 10/29/70		DECTAPE CONVERSION PROGRAM
CONFIG.PA 119 11/6/70		SOURCE FOR PS/8 CONFIGURATOR
SWAP  .SV   3 11/6/70		DF32 TO DECTAPE SWAP PROGRAM (DECUS)
CONV10.SV  11 11/6/70		PDP-10 DECTAPE CONVERSION
ESCAPE.SV   2 11/6/70		EXIT PS/8 (SEE NOTE 1)
PS8   .BN  19 11/6/70		PS/8 BINARY, USED TO BUILD A SYSTEM
CD    .BN   9 11/6/70		COMMAND DECODER BINARY, DITTO
TC01  .BN   6 11/6/70		DECTAPE CONFIG BINARY
RF08  .BN   5 11/6/70		RF08 DISK CONFIG BINARY (1 DISK)
DF32  .BN   5 11/6/70		DF32 DISK CONFIG BINARY (2 DISKS)
RK8   .BN   6 11/6/70		RK8 DISK CONFIG BINARY
DTC8  .SV   5 11/6/70		DECTAPE COPY (DEC-08-YPTA)
TOG8  .SV   7 11/6/70		DECTAPE FORMATTER (DEC-08-EUFB)
BLURB      10 11/6/70		THE SOURCE OF THIS WRITEUP


NOTE 1--ESCAPE LOADS A BINARY LOADER INTO FIELDS 0 AND 1, STORES
	THE PS/8 DECTAPE BOOTSTRAP AT LOCATION 7613, REWINDS ALL
	DECTAPES AND HALTS.  ESCAPE IS USEFUL ANYTIME YOU NEED
	TO RUN A NON-PS/8 PROGRAM.

SEVERAL PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED ON THIS DECTAPE SO THAT YOU
CAN BUILD ANY PS/8 CONFIGURATION YOU MAY WANT.  TO BUILD A SYSTEM
ON A DISK, SIMPLY LOAD PS8, CD, AND THE PROPER CONFIG AS
GIVEN BELOW.  (IF YOU WANT TO BUILD ANOTHER DECTAPE SYSTEM,
JUST PUNCH THE PAPER TAPES OF PS8, CD, AND TC01, AND
BUILD THE SYSTEM FROM THE PAPER TAPE READER AS SPECIFIED IN THE
MANUAL).  FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WANTED TO BUILD AN RF08 SYSTEM, YOU
WOULD FOLLOW THE FOLLOWING THREE STEPS:

A)	COPY PS8.BN, CD.BN, AND RF08.BN ONTO DECTAPE UNIT 1
	(USING A SECOND DECTAPE GREATLY SPEEDS THE BUILDING
	PROCESS).

B)	USE THE ABSLDR TO CONFIGURE THE SYSTEM, AS FOLLOWS:

	.R ABSLDR
	*DTA1:PS8,RF08/G

C)	THE SYSTEM WILL HALT WITH AC=7777, PRESS CONTINUE TO
	RESTART PS/8.  THEN USE THE ABSLDR TO LOAD THE COMMAND
	DECODER, AS FOLLOWS:

	.R ABSLDR
	*DTA1:PS8,RF08,CD/G

THE RF08 SYSTEM WILL BE BUILT AND AUTOMATICALLY STARTED.  NOW
USE THE /S FEATURE OF PIP TO COPY THE SYSTEM PROGRAMS FROM
DECTAPE TO DISK.

IN THIS CASE A SINGLE DISK RF08 SYSTEM IS BUILT.  IF YOU HAD
A MULTIPLE DISK CONFIGURATION, YOU COULD BUILD IT AS FOLLOWS (ASSUMING
THAT ALL THE FILES ARE NOW ON THE RF08):

	.R PAL8
	*NEWRF8<TTY:,SYS:CONFIG
	DIRECT=1			/DO NOT DESTROY OLD DIRECTORY
	RF08=3				/SET RF08 TO THE NUMBER OF DISKS
	^Z				/CLOSE FILE WITH CTRL/Z
	^Z				/ONLY NEED CTRL/Z FOR PASS 2

	.R ABSLDR
	*PS8,NEWRF8/G
(SYSTEM HALTS WITH AC=7777, PRESS CONTINUE)

A THREE DISK SYSTEM WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY BUILT AND STARTED.  NOTE
THAT YOU COULD HAVE BUILT A THREE DISK DF32 SYSTEM IN THE SAME FASHION,
EXCEPT THAT YOU WOULD HAVE USED THE DF32 CONFIG, AND SET THE SYMBOL DF32
EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF DISKS YOU HAD WHEN ASSEMBLING CONFIG.
(NOTE--ON DF32 YOU WOULD HAVE TO KEEP THE SOURCE OF CONFIG ON THE
DECTAPE SINCE THERE IS INSUFFICIENT ROOM ON A DF32 FOR IT).  TO FIND OUT
ABOUT THE OTHER FEATURES THAT YOU CAN ASSEMBLE INTO YOUR SYSTEM
WITH CONFIG, LIST THE FILE CONFIG.PA.

IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH PS/8 PLEASE CONTACT ME.
GEORGE BERRY    X3272