TSS/8 Time-Sharing System User's Guide

Company:Digital Equipment Corporation
Part:DEC-T8-MRFB-D
Date:1970-02
Keywords:PDP-8 TSS/8

Table of Contents

  • Chapter 1 Introduction
    • 1.1 General Description
    • 1.2 User Programs
    • 1.3 User Files
    • 1.4 TSS/8 User Console
      • 1.4.1 Power Control Knob
      • 1.4.2 Printer
      • 1.4.3 Keyboard
      • 1.4.4 Paper-Tape Reader and Punch
      • 1.4.5 Positioning Tape in the Tape Reader
    • 1.5 Use of This Manual
  • Chapter 2 Elementary Monitor Commands
    • 2.1 Calling Monitor
    • 2.2 Logging In on TSS/8
    • 2.3 Logging Out of TSS/8
    • 2.4 System Library Program Control
    • 2.5 Communication with other Users
    • 2.6 System Status Reports
    • 2.7 Resource Sharing
    • 2.8 Error Messages
  • Chapter 3 Description of TSS/8 System Library Programs and the Interactive Languages
    • 3.1 Introduction
    • 3.2 General Characteristics of System Library Programs
      • 3.2.1 Controlling the Execution of System Library Programs
      • 3.2.2 Returning to Monitor
      • 3.2.3 Additional Manuals
    • 3.3 BASIC-8
      • 3.3.1 Example of a BASIC-8 Program
      • 3.3.2 Summary of BASIC-8 Statements
      • 3.3.3 Functions
      • 3.3.4 Complex Functions
      • 3.3.5 Summary of Edit and Control Commands
      • 3.3.6 Error Messages
      • 3.3.7 Implementation Notes
    • 3.4 FOCAL
      • 3.4.1 FOCAL Command and Operation Summary
      • 3.4.2 FOCAL Operations
      • 3.4.3 Mathematical Functions
      • 3.4.4 Control Characters
      • 3.4.5 Reading FOCAL Paper Tapes
      • 3.4.6 FOCAL Error Messages
  • Chapter 4 FORTRAN-D Compiler
    • 4.1 Introduction to TSS/8 FORTRAN
    • 4.2 Calling and Using FORTRAN-D
    • 4.3 FORTRAN I/O
    • 4.4 Examples of FORTRAN Programs
    • 4.5 Summary of FORTRAN-D Statements
    • 4.6 FORTRAN-D Compiler Systems Diagnostics
    • 4.7 FORTRAN-D Compiler Compilation Diagnostics
    • 4.8 FORTRAN-D Operating System Diagnostics
  • Chapter 5 PAL-D Assembler
    • 5.1 Introduction to PAL-D
    • 5.2 TSS/8 PAL-D
    • 5.3 Example of a PAL-D Program
    • 5.4 Symbol List for TSS/8
    • 5.5 Error Diagnostics
  • Chapter 6 Utility Programs
    • 6.1 EDIT
      • 6.1.1 Summary of Symbolic Editor Operations
      • 6.1.2 EDIT Command Summary
    • 6.2 LOADER
    • 6.3 ODT (Octal Debugging Technique)
      • 6.3.1 Programming Notes
      • 6.3.2 ODT Command Summary
    • 6.4 CAT
      • 6.4.1 Example of CAT Usage
    • 6.5 SYSTAT (System Status)
      • 6.5.1 Example of SYSTAT Usage
  • Chapter 7 Programs for Paper Tape and DECtape Control
    • 7.1 PIP (Peripheral Interchange Program)
      • 7.1.1 PIP Conventions
      • 7.1.2 Using PIP to Load a Paper Tape to a Disk File
      • 7.1.3 Using PIP to Punch Out a Disk File
      • 7.1.4 Using PIP with the High-Speed Reader and Punch
      • 7.1.5 Using PIP to Transfer BIN Format Files
      • 7.1.6 Moving Disk Files
      • 7.1.7 Deleting Disk Files
      • 7.1.8 Transferring BASIC-8 Files
      • 7.1.9 Transferring SAVE Format Files
      • 7.1.10 Summary of PIP Options
    • 7.2 COPY
      • 7.2.1 Using and Calling COPY
      • 7.2.2 Loading Files from DECtape
      • 7.2.3 Saving Disk Files on DECtape
      • 7.2.4 Listing Directories
      • 7.2.5 Deleting Files
      • 7.2.6 Deleting All Files on a Device
      • 7.2.7 Summary of COPY Options
      • 7.2.8 Example of COPY Usage
  • Chapter 8 Advanced Monitor Commands
    • 8.1 Introduction
    • 8.2 Control of User Programs
    • 8.3 Defining Disk Files
      • 8.3.1 Creating a Disk File
      • 8.3.2 Opening and Closing a File
      • 8.3.3 Extending, Reducing, and Renaming a Disk File
      • 8.3.4 Protection Codes
      • 8.3.5 Error Conditions
    • 8.4 Saving and Restoring User Programs
    • 8.5 Utility Commands
  • Chapter 9 Writing Assembly Language Programs for TSS/8
    • 9.1 Introduction
    • 9.2 Console I/O
    • 9.3 Files and Disk I/O
    • 9.4 Assignable Devices
    • 9.5 Program Control
    • 9.6 Program and System Status
    • 9.7 PDP-8 Compatibility
  • Appendix A TSS/8 Character Set
  • Appendix B Summary of Monitor Commands
  • Appendix C Summary of IOT Instructions
  • Appendix D Off-Line Tape Preparation and Editing
  • Appendix E System Configuration and Optional Hardware
  • Appendix F Storage Allocation
  • Appendix G Glossary of Abbreviations and Terms

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