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TSS/8 System Manager's Guide for the PDP-8/I Time-Sharing System
Company:
Digital Equipment Corporation
Part:
Date:
1971-07
Keywords:
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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