THIS PROGRAM IS TO GIVE YOU A BETTER UNDERSTANDING
OF THE DIFFERENT FACILITIES OF THE PDP-8E COMPUTER
AND IT'S SOFT WARE.FOR BASICS THE SYBOLS ^WILL MEAN 
CTRL AND $ WILL MEAN THE ALT MODE KEY.


PIP
<R PIP>
PERIPHIAL INTERCHANGE PROGRAM

PIP'S COMMANDS ARE EASY AND THEY ARE VERY SIMPLE TO 
EXPLIAN.

FORMAT FOR PIP STATEMENT

DEV:FILENAME.EXT<DEV:FILENAME.EXT/FUNCTION

THE FUNCTIONS ARE:

/E	LIST THE DIRECTORY SHOWING THE EMPTY BLOCKS
/F	LIST DIRECTORY IN SHORT FORM<FILENAMES ONLY>
/L	LIST DIRECTORY AND INHIBITS THE EMPTY SPACE LISTINGS
/S	MOVES FILES AND COMPACTS THEM,MAY BE USED TO COPY ONE TAPE
	FROM ANOTHER

THE LISTING FUNCTIONS ARE TO USE THIS FORMAT:
DEV:/FUNCTION

THE DEVICES FOR THE PDP-8E SYSTEM ARE:
DTA-:     DEC TAPE - IS REPLACED BY WHICH TAPE TO BE USED
SYS: 	  THIS IS REFERENCE TO DTA0: AND CAN BE OMITED
CDR:	  THE CARD READER 80 OR 40 COLUMS
TTY:	  THE TELETYPE

TO TRANSFER OR MOVE FILES WE USE THESE FUNCTIONS:


/A	TO MOVE AN ASCII FILE,CAN BE OMITTED
/I	TO MOVE A SV FILE OR AN RL FILE
/B	TO MOVE A BINARY FILE
/Z	ZERO THE DIRECTORY ON THAT PARTICULAR TAPE
/Y 	TO TRANSFER THE MONITOR FROM ONE TAPE TO ANOTHER
/D	DELETES THE FILE
/C	ELIMINATE TRAILING BLANKS (ASCII MODE ONLY)
/T	CONVERTS TABS TO SPACES(ASCII MODE ONLY)
/G	SUPPRESSES ERRORS
=N	SAVE N EXTRA WORDS PER FILE ENTRY IN THE DIRECTORY TO CONTIAN
	DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FILE.(WITH/Z ONLY)



















EDIT
<R EDIT>




THE TEXT EDITOR IS USED TO CREATE FILES FOR OTHER SOFTWARES TO USE

WHEN YOU LOG ON TO EDITOR IT PRINTS A * HERE YOU TYPE IN
YOUR FILE'S NAME

*DEV:FILENAME<DEV:FILENAME,SECOND FILE ONLY IF YOU MEREGE
THIS FORMAT SHOWS AN OLD FILE BEING BROUGHT INTO EDIT
TO CONTINUE WITH THE OLD FILE THE USER RESPONDS TO THE #
WITH A R WHICH BRINGS HIS FILE INTO CORE.

TO CREATE A NEW FILE THE USER TYPES :
DEV:FILENAME.EXT<


WHEN EDIT RESONDS WITH A #
YOU TYPE IN
#A	(APPEND)

AND TYPE IN YOUR FILE
TO RETURN TO EDITOR TYPE A ^L

THE OTHER EDITOR FUNCTIONS ARE

I	INSERT BEFORE THE LINER POINTER
S	SEARCHES FOR THE CHARATER TYPED AFTER THE <CR>
^L	IN SEARCH MODE WILL LOOK FOR THE SEARCH CHARCTERS
	NEXT APPEARANCE
^G	TO CHANGE THE SEARCH CHARACTER
D	DELETES THE LINE AT THE PRESENT LINE POINTER
/=	TELLS THE NUMBER OF LINES IN THE FILE
C	WILL CHANGE THE LINE A PRESENT LINE POINTER
L	LIST THE LINE AT THE PRESENT LINE POINTER
E	EXITS FROM EDITOR SAVING THE FILE ON THE TAPE

THE I,D,C COMMAND CAN ALSO BEGIVEN AS NC TO CHANGE LINE N ECT.
YOU CAN ALSO GO FROM N TO M WITH THESE COMMANDS
N,ML