TSS/8 System Manager's Guide for the PDP-8/I Time-Sharing System

Company:Digital Equipment Corporation
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Date:1971-07
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Table of Contents

  • Part One Operating TSS/8
  • Chapter 1 Introduction
    • 1.1 Use of This Manual
    • 1.2 Planning a TSS/8 Installation
      • 1.2.1 Size
      • 1.2.2 Power Requirements
      • 1.2.3 Teletypes, Dataphones, and Cables
      • 1.2.4 Environment
  • Chapter 2 Building a TSS/8 System
    • 2.1 Initializing the System
      • 2.1.1 Read-In Mode (RIM) Loader
      • 2.1.2 Binary (BIN) Loader
    • 2.2 Loading Monitor
    • 2.3 Refreshing the Disk and Starting the System
    • 2.4 Building the System Library
      • 2.4.1 Logging In
      • 2.4.2 Loading System Programs from Paper Tape with PIP
      • 2.4.3 Loading System Programs from DECtape with COPY
    • 2.5 Defining Account Numbers and Passwords
    • 2.6 General Instructions for Dumping Disks to DECtape
  • Chapter 3 Operating the TSS/8 System
    • 3.1 Loading the System
    • 3.2 Starting System
    • 3.3 Restarting the System
    • 3.4 System Backup
    • 3.5 Passwords and Accounting
    • 3.6 Maintaining the System Library
    • 3.7 Assignable Devices
    • 3.8 Controlling Disk Usage
    • 3.9 Controlling System Users
    • 3.10 Communicating With Users
    • 3.11 Special IOTs
  • Chapter 4 Modifying TSS/8
    • 4.1 Modifying System Library Programs
    • 4.2 Modifying TSS/8 Monitor
    • 4.3 Controlling Monitor Execution
  • Part Two TSS/8 Monitor
  • Chapter 5 Introduction and Basic Execution of User Programs
    • 5.1 Introduction
    • 5.2 An Outline of the System
    • 5.3 Sharing Time
    • 5.4 Some Definitions
    • 5.5 Talking to the User Program
  • Chapter 6 Monitor: A More Detailed Look
    • 6.1 Monitor as Interrupt Handler
    • 6.2 I/O Wait Condition
    • 6.3 Other Parts of Monitor
    • 6.4 The Monitor Data Base
  • Chapter 7 System Storage and Communication
    • 7.1 Talking to the System
    • 7.2 Disk Storage and Files
    • 7.3 Talking to the Disk: The File Phantom
    • 7.4 Disk Transfers
    • 7.5 Assignable Devices
    • 7.6 Error Handling
  • Chapter 8 Details of Monitor's Data Base
    • 8.1 Input/Output Data Base
    • 8.2 User Program Status
    • 8.3 Monitor Scheduling Data Base
    • 8.4 Disk File Data Base
    • 8.5 File Phantom Data Base
  • Appendix A TSS/8 Character Set
  • Appendix B Building a TSS/8 System from Paper Tape
  • Appendix C Building a TSS/8 System from DECtape
  • Appendix D TSS/8 Hardware Configurations
  • Appendix E Required Modifications

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