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&ABSLDR
	ABSLDR.SV

@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

&BASIC BASIC.SV (V5) @CALLING COMMANDS: .BASIC .R BASIC .R BCOMP @INTERNAL COMMANDS: BYE EXIT FROM BASIC LIST LIST CURRENT PROGRAM'S STATEMENTS LISTNH (SAME, WITHOUT HEADER) NAME RENAME CURRENT PROGRAM NEW PREPARE FOR A NEW PROGRAM OLD RETRIEVE AN OLD PROGRAM RUN RUN CURRENT PROGRAM RUNNH (SAME, WITHOUT HEADER) SAVE SAVE CURRENT PROGRAM SCRATCH DELETE CURRENT PROGRAM .HELP BCOMP PRINTS BASIC COMPILER ERROR MESSAGES .HELP BRTS PRINTS BASIC RUN-TIME ERROR MESSAGES @BCOMP SWITCHES: /B INCLUDE A COPY OF BRTS IN THE CORE IMAGE FILE /K CREATE CORE IMAGE FILE, RETURN TO KBM FOR .SAVE /N DO NOT ALLOW '12K' SYSTEM HANDLERS /V PRINT VERSION NUMBER OF BCOMP, BLOAD, AND BRTS =N SPECIFIES MEMORY SIZE (1=8K=DEFAULT, 2=12K, ETC)
&BCOMP BCOMP.SV (ERRORS) @ERRORS: CH ERROR IN CHAIN STATEMENT DE ERROR IN DEF STATEMENT DI ERROR IN DIM STATEMENT FN ERROR IN FILE NUMBER OR FILE NAME FP INCORRECT FOR STATEMENT FR ERROR IN FUNCTION ARGS IF ERROR IN IF STATEMENT IO I/O ERROR LS MISSING EQUALS SIGN IN LET LT STATEMENT TOO LONG MD MULTIPLY DEFINED LINE NUMBER ME MISSING END STATEMENT MO OPERAND EXPECTED AND NOT FOUND MP PARENTHESIS ERROR MT OPERAND OF MIXED TYPE NF NEXT STATEMENT WITHOUT FOR NM MISSING LINE NUMBER OF OUTPUT FILE ERROR PD PUSHDOWN STACK OVERFLOW QS STRING LITERAL TOO LONG SS SUBSCRIPT OR FUNCTION ARG ERROR ST SYMBOL TABLE OVERFLOW SY SYSTEM INCOMPLETE TB PROGRAM TOO BIG TD TOO MUCH DATA IN PROGRAM TS TOO MANY CHARS IN STRING LITERALS UD ERROR IN UDEF STATEMENT UF FOR STATEMENT WITHOUT NEXT US UNDEFINED STATEMENT NUMBER UU USE STATEMENT ERROR XC EXTRA CHARS AFTER LOGICAL END OF LINE
&BRTS BRTS.SV (ERRORS) @ERRORS: BO NO MORE FILE BUFFERS AVAILABLE CI INQUIRE FAILURE IN CHAIN. DEVICE NOT FOUND CL LOOKUP FAILURE IN CHAIN. FILENAME NOT FOUND. CX CHAIN ERROR DA ATTEMPT TO READ PAST END OF DATA LIST DE DEVICE DRIVER ERROR DO NO MORE ROOM FOR DRIVERS DV ATTEMPT TO DIVIDE BY 0 EF LOGICAL END OF FILE EM ATTEMPT TO RAISE A NEGATIVE NUMBER TO A REAL POWER EN ENTER ERROR FB ATTEMPT TO USE A FILE ALREADY IN USE FC CLOSE ERROR FE FETCH ERROR FI ATTEMPT TO CLOSE OR USE AN UNOPENED FILE FM ATTEMPT TO FIX NEGATIVE NUMBER FN ILLEGAL FILE NUMBER FO ATTEMPT TO FIX NUMBER GREATER THAN 4095 GR RETURN WITHOUT A GOSUB GS TOO MANY NESTED GOSUBS IA ILLEGAL ARGUMENT IN UDEF FUNCTION CALL IF ILLEGAL DEV:FILENAME SPECIFICATION IN INQUIRE FAILURE IO TTY INPUT BUFFER OVERFLOW LM ATTEMPT TO TAKE LOG OF A NEGATIVE NUMBER OE DRIVER ERROR WHILE OVERLAYING OV NUMERIC OR INPUT OVERFLOW PA ILLEGAL ARGUMENT IN POS FUNCTION RE ATTEMPT TO READ PAST END OF FILE SC STRING TOO LONG AFTER CONCATENATING SL STRING TOO LONG OR UNDEFINED SR ATTEMPT TO READ STRING FROM NUMERIC FILE ST STRING TRUNCATION ON INPUT SU SUBSCRIPT OUT OF DIM STATEMENT RANGE SW ATTEMPT TO WRITE STRING INTO NUMERIC FILE VR ATTEMPT TO READ VARIABLE LENGTH FILE WE ATTEMPT TO WRITE PAST END OF FILE
&BOOT BOOT.SV @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 /RL RL01,RL02 DISKS /RX RX8E FLOPPY DISKS /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 BUILD.SV @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
& &CCL OS/8 MONITOR COMMANDS CMD PROG EXPL 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 DUP RXCOPY COPIES/FORMATS RX DISKS EDIT EDIT EDITS FILE EOF CAMP WRITES END-OF-FILE EXECUTE PAL8 COMPILES AND EXECUTES F4/FORT BASIC RALF SABR ABSLDR LOADS AND EXECUTES BATCH LOAD(ER) 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 PIP 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 ('.R U' TO DISPLAY UC CCL (CCL REMEMBRANCES) 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 (DECIMAL) 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
&XREF CREF.SV @CALLING COMMANDS: .XREF DEV:BINFILE.BN,DEV:LISTFILE.LS,DEV:TEMPFILE.TM<DEV:INFILE.PA .XREF DEV:INFILE.PA /LISTING TO LINE PRINTER ONLY .XREF INFILE.PA /LISTING TO LINE PRINTER, INPUT FILE ON DSK .PAL DEV:INFILE.PA/C-NB-LS /NO BINARY, OUTPUT TO DSK:INFILE.LS @SWITCHES: /A 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
&DIR &DIRECT DIRECT.SV @CALLING COMMANDS .DIR DEV:LISTFILE.DI<DEV:FILESPEC /* IS WILD NAME OR EXTENSION .DIR FILESPEC1,FILESPEC2,... /? 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 PRINT CONTENTS OF THE HEADER BLOCK /I PRINT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WORDS (OCTAL) /M LIST ONLY THE EMPTIES AND THE FILE SUMMARY /N PRINT DATES IN NUMERIC FORM (MM/DD/YY) /O LIST ONLY FILES WITH OTHER THAN TODAY'S DATE /P PAGE AFTER EACH LISTING /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 ALL FILES NOT-OF-THE-FORM SPECIFIED /W PRINT VERSION NUMBER ON THE TERMINAL /X ALPHABETIZE BY EXTENSION, THEN BY NAME =N USE N COLUMNS - OUTPUT IS ORDERED BY COLUMN
&EDIT &CREATE Command: EDIT Abbr: ED Utility: OS/278 EDIT.SV Command: CREATE Abbr: CR Utility: OS/278 EDIT.SV The new screen editor (EDIT) can be used with the Z19 after the terminal has been put in the proper mode. To do this, type: .VT100 before you .EDIT or .CREATE a file. This also programs the F1-F5 keys to do the following::18l F1: pRUB CHARq F2: pRUB WORDq F3: pRUB LINEq F4: p COPY q F5: p q DEL CHAR DEL WORD DEL LINE CUT PASTE To reset the terminal for normal use, use the .VT52 command. Arrow keys move cursor through text pBLUE functions are highlightedq BLUE Arrow keys: Top, Bot, Bol, Eol --------------------------------- BLUE E Save off-screen text & | pRUB<LINq | p q | p BOL q | BLUE F Save all text and exit | DEL>LIN | TAB | EOL | BLUE G Global search and replace --------------------------------- BLUE M Edit main text buffer | p q | p q | pRUB<EOLq | BLUE N Insert page mark (FF+NL) | WORD | PARA | DEL>EOL | BLUE O Restore last deleted text ---------------------------------- BLUE Q Quit (nothing saved) | p<SCROLLq | p q | p q | BLUE S Toggle status display | BACK UP | LINE | CASE> | BLUE U# Edit UDK text buffer (0-9) ---------------------------------- BLUE V Toggle view mode | pSCROLL>q | pUN-SELq | p q | BLUE X# Repeat func key 01-99 times | ADVANCE | SELECT | SEARCH | BLUE , Define search string ---------------------------------- BLUE ' Define replace string BLUE / Search and replace <> BLUE [ Toggle UDK command mode BLUE 0-9 Insert from UDK buffer Notes: (<)=Backward, (>)=Forward CTRL/A Stop current operation (Rub) takes chars left of cursor CTRL/C Exit to monitor (no save) (Del) characters right/at cursor BKSPAC Go to beginning of line DELETE Rubout previous character LNFEED Rubout previous word @Example of a User Defined Key procedure: BLUE:U1 (select UDK buffer 1) <CR> (create a blank line) BLUE:[ (toggle command mode) <BOL> <UPARROW> <PASTE> <DEL CHR> BLUE:[ (toggle command mode) BLUE:M (return to main buffer) BLUE:1 (copies text 10x faster than <PASTE>!)
&EDITX EDITX.SV @CALLING COMMANDS: .EDITX DEV:OUTFILE.PA<DEV:INFILE.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 EPIC.SV @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
&FORT FORT.SV @CALLING COMMANDS: .COMPILE DEV:BINFILE.BN,DEV:LISTFILE.LS,DEV:MAPFILE.MP<DEV:INFILE.FT .EXE INFILE.FT @SWITCHES: /G GO /K KEEP FORTRN.TM /L LOAD @ERRORS: ALOG ATTEMPT TO COMPUTE LOG OF NEGATIVE NUMBER IOER INPUT/OUTPUT ERROR CHER CHAIN ERROR FMT1 INVALID FORMAT STATEMENT FMT2 ILLEGAL CHARACTER IN I FORMAT FMT3 ILLEGAL CHARACTER IN E OR F FORMAT DIVZ ATTEMPT TO DIVIDE BY 0 EXP ARGUMENT TO EXP TOO LARGE OVFL FLOATING POINT OVERFLOW FLPW ATTEMPT TO RAISE NEGATIVE NUMBER TO REAL POWER SQRT ATTEMPT TO TAKE SQUARE ROOT OF NEGATIVE NUMBER FIX ATTEMPT TO FIX NUMBER GREATER THAN 2047
&FRTS FRTS.SV @SWITCHES: /C CARRIAGE CONTROL SWITCH /E IGNORE ERRORS /H HALT BEFORE STARTING /P PUNCH TO PAPER TAPE
&F4 &FORTRAN F4.SV @CALLING COMMANDS: .COMPILE DEV:RALFFILE.RL,DEV:LISTFILE.LS,DEV:MAPFILE.MP<DEV:INFILE.FT .COMPILE INFILE.FT /FROM DSK @SWITCHES: /A RETURN TO KBM AFTER COMPILATION /F PRODUCE RALF LISTING /N SUPPRESS INTERNAL STATEMENT NUMBERS /Q OPTIMIZE .HELP F4ERR PRINTS FORTRAN IV COMPILER ERROR MESSAGES
&F4ERR F4.SV (ERRORS) @ERRORS: AA MORE THAN 6 SUBROUTINE ARGUMENTS ARE ARRAYS AS BAD ASSIGN STATEMENT BD BAD DIMENSIONS BS ILLEGAL STATEMENT IN BLOCK DATA SUBPROGRAM CL BAD COMPLEX LITERAL CO SYNTAX ERROR IN COMMON STATEMENT DA BAD SYNTAX IN DATA STATEMENT DE ILLEGAL STATEMENT AT END OF DO DF BAD DEFINE FILE STATEMENT DH HOLLERITH FIELD ERROR IN DATA STATEMENT DL DATA LIST AND VARIABLE LIST ARE NOT SAME LENGTH DN DO-END MISSING OR INCORRECTLY USED DO SYNTAX ERROR IN DO OR IMPLIED DO DP DO LOOP PARAMETER NOT INTEGER OR REAL EX SYNTAX ERROR IN EXTERNAL STATEMENT GT SYNTAX ERROR IN GOTO STATEMENT GV ASSIGNED OR COMPUTED GOTO VARIABLE NOT INTEGER OR REAL HO HOLLERITH FIELD ERROR IE ERROR READING INPUT FILE IF IMPROPER STATEMENT USED WITH LOGICAL IF LI ARGUMENT TO LOGICAL IF IS NOT LOGICAL LT INPUT LINE TOO LONG (TOO MANY CONTINUATIONS) MK MISSPELLED KEYWORD ML MULTIPLY DEFINED LINE NUMBER MM MISMATCHED PARENTHESES MO EXPECTED OPERAND IS MISSING MT MIXED VARIABLE TYPES OF ERROR WRITING OUTPUT FILE OP ILLEGAL OPERATOR OT OPERAND TYPE WRONG FOR GIVEN OPERATOR PD COMPILER STACK OVERFLOW, STATEMENT TOO BIG OR TOO MANY NESTED LOOPS PH BAD PROGRAM HEADER LINE QL NESTING ERROR IN EQUIVALENCE STATEMENT QS SYNTAX ERROR IN EQUIVALENCE STATEMENT RD ATTEMPT TO REDEFINE THE DIMENSIONS OF A VARIABLE RT ATTEMPT TO REDEFINE THE TYPE OF A VARIABLE RW SYNTAX ERROR IN READ/WRITE STATEMENT SF BAD ARITHMETIC STATEMENT FUNCTION SN ILLEGAL SUBROUTINE NAME IN CALL SS ERROR IN SUBSCRIPT EXPRESSION ST COMPILER SYMBOL TABLE FULL SY SYSTEM ERROR; PASS MISSING OR NO ROOM FOR OUTPUT TD BAD SYNTAX IN TYPE DECLARATION STATEMENT US UNDEFINED STATEMENT NUMBER VE VERSION ERROR
&HELP HELP.SV CALLING COMMANDS: .HELP [TOPIC1,TOPIC2,...TOPIC5] .HELP LDF[,TOPIC2,...] GETS HELP FROM THE LDF HELP FILE .R HELP CALLS THE C.D. FOR LIST OF TOPICS * LIST -NAMES- OF ALL TOPICS FOUND IN THE CURRENT HELP FILE ? WILDCARD FOR USE IN GETTING HELP: ?????? LISTS ALL TOPICS NOTE: OUTPUT MAY BE DIRECTED TO ANY DEVICE. THE DEFAULT DEVICE IS 'TTY:'. 'HELP.LS' IS THE DEFAULT FILE NAME. @SWITCHES: -L SEND OUTPUT TO THE LINEPRINTER -S SEND OUTPUT TO THE 'SCOPE, ETC. /P PUT A FORMFEED AFTER EACH TOPIC /T USE TABS INSTEAD OF SPACES $ CALLS C.D. OR RETURNS TO K.B.M. NOTE: '-' SWITCHES ONLY WORK WITH CCL. '/' SWITCHES ONLY WORK WITH C.D.
&LIBRA LIBRA.SV @SWITCHES: /C CONTINUE INPUT SPECIFICATIONS /I INSERTION DECISION /R REPLACE MODULE /Z REPLACE LIBRARY =N EXTRA BLOCKS
&LOAD LOAD.SV @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 LOADER.SV @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
&MAP &BITMAP BITMAP.SV @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 ODT @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 &PAL PAL8.SV @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
&PALERR 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 &PUNCH &SQUISH &ZERO PIP.SV @CALLING COMMANDS: .R PIP /FOR GENERAL USAGE .PUNCH DEV:INFILES(1-9) /SENDS FILES TO PTP: .SQUISH DEV: /ELIMINATES 'EMPTIES' .ZERO DEV: /REMOVES ALL PROGRAMS @SWITCHES: /B BINARY MODE /C ELIMINATE TRAILING BLANKS /D DELETE OUTPUT FILE BEFORE TRANSFER /E EXTENDED DIRECTORY LISTING /F FAST DIRECTORY LISTING (NO DATES) /G IGNORE ERRORS /I IMAGE MODE /L LIST DIRECTORY (NO EMPTIES) /N NUMERIC (MM/DD/YY) DATES (/E OR /L) /O OKAY TO SQUISH OR ZERO /S SQUISH /T CONVERT TABS TO SPACES, FF'S TO 9 LF'S /V PRINT VERSION # (FIRST CD LINE ONLY) /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 PIP10.SV @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
&DUP &RXCOPY RXCOPY.SV @CALLING COMMANDS: .DUP OUTDEV:<INDEV: @SWITCHES: /M MATCH WITH NO IMPLIED COPY /N COPY WITH NO IMPLIED MATCH /P PAUSE BEFORE AND AFTER ACCESSING DISKS /R READ OUTPUT DEVICE WITH NO IMPLIED COPY OR MATCH /V PRINT VERSION NUMBER
&SABR SABR.SV @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. OF ARG'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 SET.SV (V3) @CALLING COMMANDS: .SET DEV: [NO] PARAMETER(S) DEV: = SYSTEM SYS: (COLONS OPTIONAL) TERMINALS TTY:, SLU?: OR VLU?: LINEPRINTER LPT: OTHER HANDLERS CDR:, MTA?:, ETC. @PARAMETERS: ARROW DISPLAY CTRL CODES AS ^CHAR INSTEAD OF CODE BLOCK NN SPECIFY BLOCK (NOT ON SYS:) TO BE CHANGED CODE N CHANGE TERMINAL IOTS OR CARD READER CODES COL N SET NUMBER OF COLUMNS IN DIRECTORY LISTING DVC XX CHANGE DEVICE CODE TO XX (30 <= XX <= 77) ECHO RESTORE TERMINAL CHARACTER ECHOING ESC ECHO ESC (033) AS DOLLAR SIGN (044) ON TTY FILES DECLARE DEVICE TO BE FILE STRUCTURED FILL APPEND FILL CHARACTERS AFTER TABS FLAG FLAG LOWER CASE CHARACTERS ON TERMINAL HEIGHT N DECLARE TERMINAL TO HAVE N LINES INIT XXXXX 5 CHAR COMMAND TO BE EXECUTED ON BOOT UP LOC N[=M] EXAMINE [CHANGE] LOCS IN HANDLER OR BLOCK LC DISABLE LOWERCASE TO UPPERCASE CONVERSION LA8A NORMAL SITUATION: SAME AS .SET LPT NO LA78 LA78 CHANGE LPT FOR USE WITH M8317 OPTION BOARD LV8E DECLARE LINE PRINTER TO BE AN LV8E OS8 DECLARE SYSTEM TO BE OS/8 (NO RESTRICTIONS) OS78 DECLARE SYSTEM TO BE OS/78 (CAN'T .R CUSPS) PAGE RESTORE TERM CTRL/S AND CTRL/Q FACILITIES PARITY EVEN/ODD SET MAGTAPE PARITY PAUSE N SET TTY PAUSE TO N SECONDS (1-85); [NO] = 0 READONLY DECLARE DEVICE TO BE READ ONLY SCOPE DECLARE THAT TERMINAL CAN ERASE CHARACTERS TAB DECLARE TERM TO HAVE TABS (DON'T SIMULATE) VERSION N CHANGE VERSION NUMBER OF HANDLER WIDTH N SET LPT OR TERM WIDTH TO N (TERM MUST BE X8) .SET HANDLER OLD=NEW OLD= FILE NAME OF HANDLER TO BE REPLACED (.HN) NEW= FILE NAME OF HANDLER TO BE INSERTED (.HN) .SET HANDLER/L DISPLAY PARTIAL LIST OF CURRENT HANDLERS
&SRCCOM &DIFFER SRCCOM.SV @CALLING COMMANDS: .DIF DEV:OUTFILE.PA<DEV:INFILE1.PA,DEV:INFILE2.PA .DIF 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 TOO MANY DIFFERENCES ?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 &SUBMIT BATCH.SV @CALLING COMMANDS: .SUBMIT SPOOLDEV:<INPUTDEV:FILE.BI .EXECUTE 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 &MAKE &MUNG TECO.SV @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
&FOTP &COPY &TYPE &LIST &RENAME &DELETE 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
&TERMIN TERMIN.SV @CALLING COMMANDS: .TERMIN /OS/78 CCL CALL .R TERMIN .R TERMIN/N=XX/P /CHANGE DEVICE CODES PERMANENTLY @OPTIONS: (ONLY FIRST LETTER IS SIGNIFICANT) /NORMAL=XX NORMAL INTERFACE (KL8E, KL8JA): IDC=XX, ODC=XX+1 /DECSTATION[=2] VT/WT/78 OR VT/278 (USES SLU3 OR [2] @9600 BAUD) /SPEED=NNNN SET BAUD RATE (DECSTATIONS ONLY, SEE LIST) /BAUDRATE=NNNN SAME AS '/SPEED=NNNN' /INPUT=XX CHANGE INPUT DEVICE CODE (IDC) (01-77 OCTAL) /OUTPUT=YY CHANGE OUTPUT DEVICE CODE (ODC) /ARROW PRINT CONTROL CHARACTERS AS '^CHAR' /VERSION PRINT VERSION NUMBER /HELP PRINT OPTION SUMMARY /PERMANENT SAVE CHANGES IN LOAD FILE BAUD RATES: 50, 75, 110, 134, 150, 300, 600, 1200 1800, 2000, 2400, 3600, 4800, 7200, 9600, 19200 @ERRORS: INPUT DVC = OUTPUT DVC NOT UNDER BATCH! BAD SPEED OR BAUD RATE WRITE ERROR ON LOAD DEV KEYBOARD INPUT: CTRL/B SEND 'BREAK' (KL8E, M707, DECSTATIONS) CTRL/C,CTRL/Y CLEAR INPUT BUFFER CTRL/E EXIT FROM PROGRAM CTRL/S STOP OUTPUT (RUBOUT THEN CLEARS BUFFER) CTRL/Q RESTART OUTPUT
&HOSTX HOSTX.SV @CALLING COMMANDS: .R HOSTX /OPTION LIST /MODIFY HOST HANDLER @OPTIONS: (ONLY THE FIRST LETTER IS SIGNIFICANT) /NORMAL[=XX] IDC=XX, ODC=XX+1 (KL8E, KL8-JA, M707) /DECSTATION[=2,3] SLU2,3 (NONE=3) (VT/WT/78, '278) /INPUT=XX CHANGE INPUT DEVICE CODE (01-77 OCTAL) /OUTPUT=YY CHANGE OUTPUT DEVICE CODE /COMBINE OMIT CTRL/Z AFTER SENDING FILE /LINEFEED ALLOW LF AFTER A CR (RESET BY /N) /TIMEOUT=NNNN SET INPUT TIMEOUT CONSTANT (0-10?) /SPEED=NNNN SET BAUDRATE (DECSTATIONS ONLY) /BAUDRATE=NNNN SAME AS SPEED OPTION - SEE LIST /VERSION PRINT VERSION NUMBER /HELP PRINT OPTION SUMMARY BAUD RATES: 50, 75, 110, 134, 150, 300, 600, 1200 1800, 2000, 2400, 3600, 4800, 7200, 9600, 19200 @ERRORS: INCORRECT VERSION HOST HANDLER NOT FOUND SYSTEM READ ERROR INPUT DVC = OUTPUT DVC SYSTEM WRITE ERROR BAD SPEED OR BAUD RATE
&ASSIGN &DATE &DEASSIGN &GET &MEMORY &R &RUN &SAVE &START &UABC KEYBOARD MONITOR AND OTHER COMMANDS @CALLING COMMANDS: .ASSIGN DEV NAME /ASSIGN NAME TO DEVICE .DATE (DD-MON-YY) /PRINT (OR CHANGE) SYSTEM DATE .DEASSIGN /DEASSIGN LOGICAL DEVICE NAMES .GET DEV FILE.EX /LOAD CORE IMAGE FILE .MEMORY (N) /PRINT (OR SET) HIGHEST MEMORY FIELD .R FILE /EXECUTE FILE.SV FROM SYS .RUN DEV FILE.EX /EXECUTE FILE.EX FROM THE DEVICE .SAVE DEV FILE.EX (PARAMETERS) /SAVE CORE IMAGE FILE .START (FNNNN) /START EXECUTION (AT FNNNN) .UA,B,C (COMMAND) /EXECUTE (OR SAVE) MONITOR COMMAND



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