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CONTENTS

COMMAND

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l.

Scope Organization Availability

HARDWARE

2.

Introduction Hardware Main

Secondary

Peripheral Equipment Requirements and

Miscellaneous

SYNTAX

RODUCTI

and

Purpose of

Remote Error Logging SYSERR Device On-Line

Memory Memory

Memory

RBM

User

Removable Disk Packs

Additional

Assistance

Interrupt

Storage

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Secondary Secondary

Area

Pack/Cartridge

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3

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5 6 6 6 6

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Optional

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SYSTEM GENERATION

4.

Introduction

System-Release

Defin

LOADING

5.

SystemStartup

Additional

SYSTEM MAINTE

6.

Foreground Faci I Symbiont Character-Oriented

System

Storage Disk SYSGEN

SYSGEN

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loading Input Parameters

Definition

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UPD System

RBM

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Plotting

Program (RCOC)

Interface

Allocation

Disk-Allocation Master Expl Default Area

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Dictionary

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Write

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Functional

Overview Tape Format

Operation

SYSGEN

General

Option

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Other

Syntax

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to

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RBM

SYSTEM PROCESSORS

and Processor

the

New

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Map

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it

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Guidelines

Parameters

Formation

Allocation

Overview

of

Input

Output

Operator

Operations

loading

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Processors

lity

15 15

17 17 17 18 18

18 20 20 21 23

24

24 24 24 25 25 25 27

27 37 37 38

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45

SOFTWARE

3.

Introduction Main Memory Resident

Nonoptional Optional

Resident

File Control Operational

Nonresident

CONFIGURATION

Allocation

RBM

Modules

Resident Modules 10

I/O

Resident

Tables

RBM

Modules

and

Routines 13

Table

Allocation

Label Assignments 13 Replace Diagnostics

Modules

GUIDELINES 10

10 10

10

13 Replace

15

Introduction

Hardware/Software

Hardware Requirements Software Requ i SYSGEN

Ma.intenance

RBM

Module

RBM

Overlay

Repl

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rements

Considerations

Procedures

Update

Replacement

Operations

Operator

Requ i rements

Procedure

Messages

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Generation Hexadecimal

Hexadecimal

INDEX

of

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Processors

Method Method Method

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Patching

for for Punched Cards for Paper Tape

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Magneti

FIGURES

RBM

1.

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Lowest-Cost,

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Typical

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Management

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location

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Disk

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System-Load REPLACE

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Table Device

Requirements

Data

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Type

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Storage

Requirements

Allocations

Options

Model Numbers

Phase Error Messages

Storage Devices

and

Subsystem

Summary

and

Messages

Configuration

Parameters

Comparison_

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Secondary Storage Requ i rements 7

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Disk

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Table 11.

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specifications

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22 Disk

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Guidel

ines

not

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Disk

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ines 23

4.

SYSTEM

GENERATION

System RBM installation. the requirements,

of

cluding

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generation

system IItai

least

system

criti

cal

or

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described

of

chapter.

(SYSG E N) is a process

lored

The primary

overhead

in terms

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excluding

size

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in

Chapter

the

SYSGEN

System

program. The process and on user

1.

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generation

consolidation

input

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definition

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erates a core

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generates completes

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into

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nonresident),

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INTRODUCTION

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OPERATIONAL

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3.

The

magnetic tape

form

of

system release also contains compressed I istings

of

fi

les

1-8,

14-22, and

27

indi cated above;

consult the program description document

(-11 element)

for

the release in question, since the

exact

format may vary.

Figure 6. System

Release Tape Format Example

Table

12 lists phase 1 and to

be

entered

All

of

the

parameters

the

card

reader keyboard. DEVICES")

as

an

output

desired.

paper in

Special of from the

tape,

the

exact

system

the

card

If

Note

release

card

reader,

• When

the

input-parameter

the

remaini

the

first

INPUT

PARAMETERS

the

parameter

defi nes

by

the

operator

except

or

paper

The first

defines

device

the

they

input

must

parameter

the

- for parameters

sequence

on

Card

is

utilized

reader)

the

file

and

do

the

message "INPUT DEVICES" is issued,

ng

portion

will

requests

syntax

of

in

the

tape

reader

input

device

request/response

be

ordered

in

which

Deck

Input. (that

if

the

following:

deck

of

system-release

have

been

that

the

parameters

response

first

to

one

instead

(in response

to

be

are

entered

(one

per

they

are

listed

If

the

is,

if

SYSGEN

parameter

in

the

reader

read

at

this

Table

may

so used,

card

12. SYSGE N Input

are

issued

that

these

requests.

be

input

of

the

to

"INPUT

logging -if

via

cards

physi

cal

in

Table

deck

is

input

is

ahead deck.

point.)

by

are

via

console

as

well

or

record)

12.

form

loaded

also

via

place

of

(Only

Special "INPUT load input place

Note DEVICES" is issued,

SYSGEN

parameters the

parameter

GENERAL SYNTAX

All

numerical

either

decimal omitted; sign by All

must

are

in

When response VICE

as

by

Options

hexadecimal

(+). Comments

leaving

inputs

via

be

terminated

used

to

Table

12.

entering

to

FILE

identifiers.

RBM

are

and

Parameters

on

Paper

Tape

should

values

or

at

least

the

separate

input/output

are

Input.

the

be

removed

also

to

be

tape

in

the

OF

INPUT PARAMETERS

indicated

hexadecimal

values

must

can

be

added

one

space

following

keyboard/printer

with

a NEW LINE

fields

except

device

When

paper

tape

from

the

entered

reader

at

in

Table

form

with

be

preceded

to

any

or

paper

character.

as

specifically

specifications

12

the

INPUT DEVICES, DISK ALLOCA

INFO.),

listed

standard

Xerox model numbers

The model numbers

in

Table

13,

according

of

the

reel

reader.

via

paper

this

point.

may

leading

of

the

required

tape

nON

devices

to

device

message

used

to

If

the

tape,

be

input

zeros

by

a plus

parameters

input.

reader

Commas

indicated

(i.

e.,

and

DE-

are

used

supported

type.

in

Output

RBM

Message

SYSGEN

INPUT DEVICES

VERSION XX

Input

Parameters

I/O

device

address(es),

model nurmer{s)

in

the

form

in-device[/dn1[,out-device/

Examples:

7122/03,

7020/40,

7122/03

Special

7012 -

address

7012/40 -KP

Two

alphanumeric

A 1 or A2

7450/02 -CR

7012/40 -PT

-CR

Cases/

KP

in

read

or

B 1,

in,

no

and

out,

from

data

in

and

characters

etc.)

and

in,

output.

device switches.

out.

(e.

LP

KP

dn

g.,

2JJ

out.

Description

Input

and

output

devi SYSGEN input ceptabl e devi

for

options

reading

and

parameters.

ces

are

Keyboard/printers -7012,

4193,

4192,

Paper

tape

readers -7020,

Card

readers-

Line

printers -3451,3461,3462,3463,3464,

7120,

3465,3466,7440,7441,7445,7446,7450.

If

DATA

switch 1 is

devi

ce

parameter

wi"

be

read

from the

!EOD

is

encountered.

II

SYSLOAD-Phase

The

RBM

version

The

version

the

start

whenever

number is

of

each

it

runs.

set

is

entered,

Operations".

wi

II

job

ce

(s)

to

be

used

and

listing

SVSGEN-

The

8091,

4194. 7060,

7121, 7122, 7140.

at

the

time

SYSGE N

input

device

See

PA

option

be

stored

in

output

by

RBM

and

by

Postmortem Dump

during

only

ac-

4191,

8092.

the

input

patches

unti I an

under

K:VRSION.

on

LL

at

MEMORY SIZE

t

KP

devices

only,

i.e.,

model numbers

Numeric

size

7012,8091,4091,

or

4193.

Total of

INDUMP

table

size

of

location

memory

residence

to

be

(if

K:UNAVBG.

Definition-Phase

utilized,

any).

exclusive

Stored

in

Operation

zero

27

Table

12.

SYSGEN Input

Options

and

Parameters

(cont.)

Output

MAX.

Message

INT.

CONTROL

LOC

TASK

INT.

LOC.

Input Parameters

Address

Description

Maximum address for terrupts. wi

II

Address of

Must

be

allocated

be

the

The

space

to

interrupt

lowest-priority

real-time

unused by

RBM

tables.

used by

external

the

interrupts

RBM

Control Task.

interrupt

used.

NO.

LINES/PAGE

NO.

DEFS

IN

PUB.

LIB

NO.

ENTRIES

NONRES.

r--------------------------r-----------------------------------~----------------------------------------;

NO.

EXTRA

IN

FGD.

QUEUE

DICT. ENTRIES

Number /

Number

(O<n<

(n<

+100)

(n ~ 40)

+8000)

Number during will use in printing

page.

32,768

Number of

Library, up needed

be SYSGEN assumes

Reflects the maximum

of

an

assembly

save

the

Input

(decimal).

so

correctly

lines

to

be

printed on

or

compilation.

input

value

in K:PAGE, for

out a title

value

n must

definitions

to

255 (decimal). This input

that

the

allocated.

Transfer

there

(DEFs)

If

is

no Public Library.

queue

resident foreground programs.

Specifies

Master

cated

from ditional

the

number

Dictionary.

for SP, SD, S

0

to

40

may be input,

Master

of

optional

Entries

L,

CP,

Dictionary

each

at

the

top

be

less

in

the

Vector

Table

zero

is

size

for

entries

are

already

and

BT.

specifying

entries.

in-

to

be

page

SYSGEN

later

of

each

than

Public

is

can

input,

non-

in

the

allo-

A number

the

ad-

DISK

ALLOCA

nON

xxxx/dn

For

example,

7242/E1,E,S

[,

[i][,

S]]

The

valid

model numbers (xxxx)

3203 3204 -2.6 3231 3232 3233 -2x4. 7202 7203 -

1.3

megabyte

2.4

megabyte

4.

9megabyte 9megabyte

.75

megabyte

1.5

megabyte 7204 - 3 megabyte 7232 - Extended performance 7242 - Disk 7246 - Disk 7251 7252

dn

is

the

being

defined.

once,

but as many as

area

allocations,

pack, pack,

2.3

-2 x 2.

3 megabyte

hardware

dual single

megabyte

device

Each

device

12

may

be

are

as follows:

RAD

RAD cartridge cartridge cartridge

di

sk

system disk system disk system

RAD

RA

D

spindle

spindle cartridge cartridge

disk system disk system

number for this disk

can

only

be

input

devices,

each

with

input.

28

Definition-Phase

Operation

Output

Message

Table 12. SYSGEN Input

Input Parameters

Options

and

Parameters

Desc

ri

pt i on

(cont.)

DISK

ALLOCA

nON

(cont.)

For

example,

SP

=

SD

=

D1 = 100, D2

=

In

the

example

D 1,

and

of

tracks

will

be scribed in device.

30 20

FG

200,

BG

given,

D2 will

specified.

default

Chapter

areas

receive

allocated

the

SL, CP,

3) on this same

SP, SD,

number

and

(as

de-

BT

device

Any seek

another

The

parameter i specifies Sigma E

to

an External 32Ox, assumed. I 725x. and E to

used, next

indicates

S system disk

device only specified,

is

assigned (see

fault

Hi

ed

yy

is

following:

SP BP

where n except

cial

zz

is

last

specified

zz

= 0,

additional available.

the remainder may entered, next

another

is

not

a system area areas

bootstrap

controller

overlap

parameter

the

allocations. or

an

meaning

the

be

area

will actual-Iy

may

controller.

3,

an I refers

7232,

7242,

or

For Model

IOP2.

an

intervening

that

default

is

specified

last 5 is

the

S P

area

mnemonic, usually from

SD

UP

is a decimal

X ~ (The

and

number of

disk

area

yy

Master

If

zz

of

made for this

zz

tracks

is

allocated.

area

must

SK = zz,

bootstraptt

are

allocated will

be

capable

not

share a channel

to

an

lOP.

E is

or

7246; otherwise I

E must

be

530,

an

If

this

parameter

comma before

is necessary_

this

device

allocations.

with

recognized.

device

area

this

to

below)

SL UL

will

(Either

must be defi

BT

UD

digit

combination

is

not

.a

tracks

device

wi"

be

undefi

Dictionary

= ALL,

the

RAD

RAD.

wi

II

be

But

be

input.

RAD

or

in

sector 0 and

begin

on disk

written.

of performing

with

the

IOPtype.

Integral

the

default

input for a 720x or

I refers

is

to

receive

If more

the S parameter,

If S is

wh

ich

the

receive

an

S must

ned.

CP

Xn

and

a is

"SKI!

valid

mnemonic. )

to

allocate

for

area

ned, entry

area

will

and

no

other

If

SK = zz

ski pped before

to

be

If

the

disk

will

in

sector

dn,

however,

For

lOP,

and

for a

is

to

IOPl

is

not

the

than

one

not

SP

area

the

de-

be

spec-

)

the

FP

aa

any

letter

has a

spe-

on

the

yy.

If

and

an

will

be

occupy

inputs

the

meaningful,

first input

receive

the next

1.

Ifno

no

is

tt

If

the

system

is

to

be

saved

on

magnetic

the

disk

containing

the

effective

bootstrap)

tape,

the

must not be

first

area

BT

allocated

or

CP.

wp

is

SY,

FG,

the

SP, SD, SL,

For

all

on the disk

a write

or

other

from

protection

BG.

areas,

which

Definition-Phase

Th

is

BT,

CP, FP, or

the

code

option

default

system

for

the

is

not

BP

is SY.

is

booted

Operation

set

NO, val id for areas.

(i.e.,

29

Table 12. SYSGEN Input

Options

and Parameters

(cont.)

Output

Message

DISK ALLOCA

BLOCKING

OPTIONAL

(The

specification

or

all

the

the column

FEATURES

keywords in

correspondi ng

included.

)

nON

BUFFER

of

causes

feature

(cont.)

SIZE

any

the

to

be

Input Parameters

END

A

value

N,

where

and

is a power

multiple

ANALYSIS, CP or

ANALYSIS,

of

5.

,./

MT

CLK1FREQ, n

64 ~ N ~ 1024,

2 or

an

~

Description

Terminates

Specifies for

all

If

a

SYSGEN

This

system

the

checkpoint

the

event

Controls ceiver Clock

the

monitor

is

input,

configuration

feature

envi

of a criti

the

and

1.

Clock 1 is

the

RAD

blocking

blocked

the

largest

provides for saving

ronment

area

frequency

optionally

software timeouts of date

and

time-of-day. recommended by

SYSGEN.

not

allow

value

of prevent the

100

value

n represents

quency any

value

an

even

is resolution). an

even divisor will as 67,

set

to

1/50

n

is

10, which provides for a

Clockl

for

zero

RBM

IS

cells

of

the in

divisor of

divisor

be

the

clock

second).

receiver.

and

Only

RBMls

be

specified

use of

of

resident

Clock 1 receiver

the

range

If n

is

of

used

receiver

A LLOCA

buffer

fi

les in this system. sector

is

used.

and

memory

or on

magnetic

cal

system

of

the

disables

used by

I/o

RBM

and

Clockl

is

automatically

if

an

installation

use of

Clock for n which

the

c lock Monitor

the

reciprocal

of

1 ~ n ~ 100 which

500

(Clock 1 has 2

specified

500,

the

if n

frequency

The

default

nON

parameter.

size

(K:BLOCK)

size

of

the

current

contents

tape,

error.

Clock 1 re-

RBMls

use of

to

invoke

provides for

is

strongly

selected

can-

1 should a

and

recover

space.

of

the

and

may

as

other

than

lower

is

specified

wi"

value

1/10

second

the

on

in

wi"

The frebe

ms

even

be

of

COC

DEBUG

r----------------------------------------------------------------------------;

DISMISS

ERROR

30

Definition-Phase

Operation

LOG&entries]

This

feature functions on tion

lines. RCOC, ident

separate

Th

is

feature ground program

(Debug Input)

vi

ces must be

FILE

This

feature priority foreground

permits

input 1 output 1 and

character-oriented

The communication

must

subsequently

foreground program

catalog

number).

provides foreground and

debugging

and

DO

specified

INFO".

improves background

throughput dismissing a foreground with

wait".

This

feature

creates

and

information on errors and

be

loaded

(available

aids.

(Debug

under

task

perform ing

maintains

other

pertinent

control

communica-

handler,

as a

res-

under

back-

The

DI

Output)

..

DEVICE

and

de-

low-

by temporari

"I/O

a disk fj

events

Ie

a

Iy

of

Table 12.

SYSGEN Input Options and Parameters

(cont.)

Output

Message

OPTIONAL (cont. )

FEATURES

Input Parameters

ERRORSUM

HEXDUMP

IOEX

JOBACCT

POWER

PROTECT

R:IDxx

where

xx

is

identifier

resident

RSVPTABL

RBM

,entries

the

hexadecimal

of

an overlay.

optionally

Description

detected entries.to

This option also implies the Entries

K:BLOCK= In ERRFILE,SD

This feature provides counts, for channel, SIOs) and the number included (This option selection

This dump key-ins (DM, DF, and dump key-in boot-time

byRBM, with the maximum number

be buffered in memory as

ERRORSUM

default

addition,

feature includes the

key-in

to K:BLOCK/S

180;

16

for K:BLOCK= 128

SYSGEN will

with a

file

sizedefaultof

of

the

number of accesses

of

to

display and reset

is

automatically

of

E RRORLOG.)

(DR),

the

create

errors. Key-ins

hexadecimal

file

control

(f), the !HEX control command,

system

patching.

specified.

option.

(S

= 15 for

or

the

file

100 records.

each

I/o

(initial

the

counts.

included by

memory

DB),

the

RAD

table

and

512).

are

dump

The optional monitor service routine M:IOEX provides

This background job cording,

The vironment in the fai tile ating

The

direct

control over

feature includes the

accounting,

and

background time limitation.

power-off

task preserves

event

lure.

The power-on task restores

I/O

operations.

Clockl

feature

elapsed time

the

volatile

of

a system power

environment when power returns to

limit.

protection violation interrupt

task

the

plus

re-

en-

vola-

oper-

pre-

vents background programs from chang ing

protected task), as tected or

Specifies by

is

to be loaded as a resident module. (This option may overlays.

This device. status device.)

.3 words

entry.

the

in

"table

ified the

memory

executing

input/output),

memory (other than

"public

library" routines).

that

xx,

normally nonresident (see

(i.

e.,

RBM

or a real-time

privileged instructions (such

or

the

executing

RBM

code

mon

itor services

overlay identified

Chapter

be

repeated

for several such

in

)

feature allows foreground to reserve a

(Other

at

an

of

If

option is zero,

system

full

default

tasks

receive

attempt

The "entries"

table

to

access

value

space reserved in core per

RSVP

(a

call

to M:RSVP

II

return). If

RSVPT

of 5 entries

a "busy"

a reserved

results in

is

not included

receives

ABL

is

will be used.

not

pro-

3),

a spec-

of

END

Terminates

optional-features

selection

the

process; the keyword must be the last rameter

entered.

Definition-Phase

Operation

pa-

31

Table 12. SYSGEN Input

Options

and Parameters (cont.)

Output

DEVICE (INC.

Message

FILE

INFO.

DEBUG)

Input

Parameters

Description

Parameters of this form specify

information where

model

dn

{Ll

specifies

and

number viously listed tax

of

model requires

specifies

number for

Debug only been feature)

must

Input

Parameters".

the

indicates background, DI

if

Debug

output.

be

accepted

included

•

an

I/O-device

be

one

under

"General

M:IOEX

hardware

unit.

the

file

F if foreground, input,

(DI

and

if

DEBUG

as

an

device

of

those

xx used in

option.

device

type: B if

DO

has

optional

file

model

pre-

Syn-

if

will

{~}

"

"'-,

BCD

ASC

specifies unit

th~

IIOP EIO/:tor,JQP2. I fault. ignored

-unit

type.

indicates punch)conversion from version i ng devi

Card readers 7120, or

Card punches

Seven-track or 7372 with

indicates version is ASCII only and

3335 which

translation

is

not

(EBCDIC) is

the

lOP

( for a

multicontroller). I specifies or

IOP1, E specifies

is

assumed by

This--s~ication

if

the

device

that

BCD is

internal

7140.

for

EBCDIC.

is

available

ces:

7160

magnetic

BCD

that

tobe

invoked by

code

conversion is

9-trackmagnetic

have

option

installed.

specified,

the

no

default

is not a

(026

to

be

for

7121,

or

option.

ASCII

the

code

will

key-

done

BCD

the

follow-

7165.

tapes 7362

code

default. avai tape

1046ASCII

If

conversion

mode.

the

de-

be

multi-

to/

con-

7122,

con-

lable 3325

ASC

32

Definition-Phase

Operation

Table 12. SYSGEtJ Input

Options

and Parameters

(cont.)

Output

DEVICE (INC.

Message

FILE

DEBUG)

INFO.

(cont.)

Input Parameters

RD,{~},nn

Description

The

fi

rst

device

one

of

the

7012/dn,F

8091/dn,F

4191/dn,

7193/dn,F

This parameter

RAO/disk file OFNs, or foreground F, foreground.

SYSGEN always ground RAD/disk DFNs for use by

in

addition ground OFNs specified the

total

the

sum

of signed, plus for foreground use plus two (to six), plus number plus

if

00

nine,

is

of

specified (see

file

following:

F I

is

use.

to

the

size

of

the number

the

DF

Ns

plus one

entry,

Model 530 on

used

allocates

number

the File Control Table will be

total

reserved for background use

OF

N =

1,

must be

Iy

to

reserve

either

B specifies background,

of

by

of

nondisk DFNs

number

if

01

is

example).

entries

for background

two

to

six

fore-

th~

Monitor

RAD/disk

the user.

of

specified

OF

Hence,

Ns

reserved

and one

for

fore-

as-

the

LD/yy,{

where:

Examples:

~}

LD mnemonic. Any mnemonic than Th

device

is

Line printer symbiont.

yy

'number

LD/OO,

LD/08,F

B1/09, F1/09,F

represents a

RD

and

XX

is

mnemonic may

type

the

to represent;

Printer, as required by

is a pseudo-device

and

~'OO'

~

yy

~

F}

LO#

B}

LO#2

2-charater

can be used

indicate

logical

e.g.,

device

LP

X'FF'

1

other

a

for

the

Logical Device reserve for background or foreground use. B specifies

background, F foreground.

The

number

~

device. used for

entries

pseudo-device

that

A unique channel number should

each

(lD)

for

number,

typically

LO

DF

definition

lD

OFN groups,

is

unused

N group.

yy,

by

is

used to

either

is a channel

any real

be

Definition-Phase

Operation

33

Table 12. SYSGEN Input Options and Parameters

(cont.)

Output

DEVICE (INC.

N\essage

FILE

INfO.

DEBUG)

(cont.)

Input Parameters

Examples:

7012/40,F

7450/02,8

7121/03,8

7165/04,B

7012/40,8

7020/40,B

7322/DO, 8, E

7362/00,8,

7362/EO,

7121/03,

7165/04,8,BCD

B,

E,

8CD

E

8CD

Descri ption

DFN

--

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

Device/FHe

Keyboard/printer for

line

printer, 2251pm

Card reader,

Card punch, 100 cpm

Keyboard/printer for background

Paper tape

9-trackmagnetic

7-track

Card reader,

Card punch,

200

reader/punch

magnetic tape

magnetic

200 cpm,

100 cpm,

cpm

tape

tape,

R8M

BCD

use

conversion

txx

devices

are

only allowed

RD,

B,20

7450/02,F

7121/03,

XX/FO,F,

7121/03,01

7450/02,

RD,F,12

lD/09, lD/09,

lP/OA, B lD/OA,F

(See note 2)

Notes: 1.

END

if

the IOEX optional feature

F

Et

DO

B F

RAD

of

entry,

2.

DFNs DFNs 49 and

file DFNs

15

29-48

12

13

14

15

16

17-28

29 30

31 32

49-50

are

always high-order as shown above, regardless

and foreground files and 16,

in

this

50 are automatically reserved for use

Background disk files (see note 1)

line

printer, 225

Card reader, 200 cpm

9-track

Debug input (see note 2)

Debug output (see note

Foreground disk files (see note

logical

OF

logical

DFN's. DFN

Printer symbiont output, without requiring

modification

printer output library routines.

Debug input, output

wi

example,

magnetic tape for M:IOEX

Device group with the 2 associated

N's.

Device group with 2 associated

n have the lower value DFN assignments.

may

be

I Signifies end

is

specified.

Ipm

use

only

2)

1)

31

can be used as Line

to the COBOL and

used as normal foreground files;

by

DEBUG

of

device-file

FORTRAN

of

sequence

instead.

information.

34

Definition-Phase Operation

Table 12.

SYSGEN Input

Options

and

Parameters

(cont.)

Output

BCKG.

Message

OP.

LBl.

Input Parameters

OPlabel = dfn}

fdun

= dfn (one per

0=

n

I

where

o = n means reserve n

tions

in

Operational Table for temporary assignments.

oplabel

operational of

dfn is a background

fdun is a

range device cluding

Examples:

SI

= 3

102

= 4

is a two

which must

fi I e number defi "DEVICE

decimal

1-32,764

unit

"F: ").

o = 3 (reserves

entries

in

Label Table).

entry)

character

label,

be

alphabetic.

ned

FILE

INFO".

number in

(FORTRAN

number,

three

additi

Operational

loca-

Label

the

first

device

under

ex-

ona

I

Description

Background device-unit equivalents

(Note

that

no

signed

to

disk fj les

following

RBMi

operotional

thus,

they

Label Use

GO

LI,

LS,

RS

OV

PI

operational

number

for

permanent

operational

may

labels

or

FORTRAN

and

device-file

I/O

assignments.

labels

can

at

SYSGEN labels

not

Normally RBMGO

and

go"

Used by OLOAD for loading.

Normally RBMOV

and

go

II

Should

be

ground program with

to

load

the

from

processors,

the processor ground programs loaded with an

XEQ command,

signed

to programs must assign

an

the

fi

to

segments

time.)

are

defined

be

specified:

assigned to

file

for "assemble

type

operations.

assigned to the

file

for "assemble

type

operations.

used by

the

overlay

RAD.

Ie whi ch

For

PI

is assigned to

fi

Ie.

OV.

Foreground

specifically

operational

are

to

be

number

be

as-

The

the

library

any

back-

overlays

segments

system

For

PI

is

label

overlay

read.

by

back-

as-

END

FGD.

OP.

LBl.

Same space

labels

as

for

background, for two to si x is

automatica

except

operationa

IIy assigned.

that

I

S2

XO-X6

Signifies label

Foreground number for

No foreground

signed to disk

the

specifications.

operational

and

device

permanent

XSYMBO L

procedures.

Processor

end

of

file

foreground

operational

fj

les

at

Definition-Phase

scratch

background

lobe

number

I/o

SYSGEN time.

standard

fi

operational

Is

or

device

equivalents

assignments.

labels

can

Operation

les.

be

unit

as-

35

Table 12. SYSGEN Input

Options

and

Parameters

(cont.)

Output

FGD.

Message

OPe

LBL.

(cont.)

Input Parameters

END

Description

The foreground are

normally

operational

associated Therefore, assigning fi

les

at

SYSGEN time is

Label

AL

CK

DP

EL

ML

Use

Used for

Used to

Used by

Used for error log

Used by M:LOAD to load

resident

RM

Used by lays

and

RBM.

Signifies

label

the

end

of

specifications.

labels

listed

with RAD/disk files.

these

labels

to non-RAD

not

permitted.

accounting

write/read

RBM

for M

log

data.

checkpoint

and

R keyins.

data.

non-

foreground programs.

RBM

to load

reserved

foreground

the

excl

usively for

operational

RBM

be

area.

over-

low

PUB.

LIB.

FWAt

RES.

FGD. FWAt

NONRES. FGD. FWAt

BCKG. FWAt

Address (omit

PUB.

Address

if

LIB.

no.

DEFs

= 0)

in

If

zero

has

been

input

in

the

Public Library, this occur. the

Otherwise,

first word address

Library (which may be

An

input

of

zero

is

illegal.

stored in

First word address area. foreground. This table

First word address area. resident zero

First word address address must multiple zero

zero

table

An

input

of

location

An

K:RFFWA.

input

foreground. This

table

location

start

of

10016)' This

table

location

of

zero

value

of

K:NFFWA.

of

on

K:BACKBG.

for

the

typeout

the

input

(FWA)

equal

location

the

resident

indicates

is

number

to

This

K:PLFWA.

stored in

of

DEFs

will

not

should

reflect

of the Public

RBM

LWA).

value

is

foreground

no

resident

zero

nonresident foreground

zero

indicates

value

no

non-

is stored in

background memory. This page

boundary (some

value

is stored in

tThese four addresses must be in

increasing SYSGEN input. If nonresident foreground is used, This

area

is used as a buffer for

36

Definition-Phase

Operation

the Q key-in.

order. That is,

it

must

the

be

core

at

allocation

least

17

cells

must

be

plus the

made in blocking

the

same order

buffer

size

(K:BLOCK).

as

the

Table 13.

I/O

Device Model Numbers

Device Type

Keyboard/

Paper Card Card punch

tape

reader

pr i

tt

RAD

Disk Pack Cartridge disk

Magnetic

Line printer

Graph

tape,

packed

tape,

BCD

option

plotter

binary option

nte

7-track

rtt

9-track

with

I Numbers

Mode

4191, 4193, 7020, 7060, 7120, 7160

or 7165

3203, 3204, 7202, 7203, 7204, or 7232

7242,

3231, 3232, 3233, 7251, 3325,

7323, 7332, or 7333

7362,

7373,

3451, 3461, 3466, 7440, 7441, 7445, 7446, or 7450

7530 or 7531

7012, or 8091 or

8092

7121, 7122,

or

7246

3335,

or

7372 (with 7374 option)

or

7362 (with 7365 option)

3462,

7315,

3463, 3464,

or

7140

7316, 7322,

or

7252

3465,

Run-time Device Name

KP

PT CR CP RD

RD RD MT

MT

LP

PL

t

This

t

is

the

device

and

is

returned in the A register for a

tt

For

keyboard/printers indicated, printer

MESSAGES

The

error messages listed in Table SYSGEN. must be

After

issues the message

and enters the wait cessed to

from

all

from

the SYSLOAD phase.

instead

and

model 7020 for

DEFINITION

TO

THE·

Note

the

input parameters have been processed, phase 1

LOAD

the

wait

state

is

cleared,

the

SYSGEN-input

mnemonic

of

OPE

that

for input errors the

keyboard/printer

RESIDENT

state

output

with paper

the model number

the

PHASE

RA

TOR

(unless magnetic

the

file

device

tape

paper

OUTPUT

14

may

exclusively.

MODULES

of

resident modules

and control is passed

by the

read/write

call

to

reader/punch, of

the

tape

reader/punch

be

issued

corrected

tape

in·put). When

routines for operator communication (e.

M:READ/M:WRITE with a zero

the model number input for

entire

unit.

For

example, use model number 7012 for

where

the

model number

If an error condition occurs during the loading

individual modules making up the resident ing message

by

input

where

xx

XX

TO

is

pro-

TY

g.,

! !CR03

order

code.

keyboard/printer

of

the complete unit is 7020.

is

output:

XX

ERR,

is

one

of

the following error types

Error Type

Table overflow - loading overflow into symbol of

RBM

has

been

table

allocation.

Illegal load item type in module.

use must be as

the

ID:yy

exceeded -decrease

EMPTY)

keyboard/

RBM,

of

table.

of

the

follow-

module would

Maximumsize

Definition-Phase

Operation

37

Table 14.

SYSGEN

Error Messages

Message

PARAMETER

FORMAT

INTERRUPT

IN/OUT

ALLOCA

TOO

ERROR

lION

MANY

ERR

AREAS

Meaning

Input

parameters

range,

or

inputs

have

Input

format

Control priority

level,

or

cannot

An

error

input.

No

disk was

disk.

Not

enough

the

Master

is

maximum number

been

made.

not

val

id.

task

interrupt

level

than

the

control

be

triggered.

has

occurred

defined

entries

Di

cti

onary.

out

of

is

at a higher

I/O

task

interrupt

on

as

the

were

expected

of

allowed

interrupt

the

last

system

defined

in

Recovery

Retype

input

Retype

input

Requires

control task

Correct

last

Since

eter

been assigned wi

puter

isolated The

input

Fewer entries allocation

hardware

the

input.

this

is

input

completed),

to

II

be

restored for

wi

II

and

corrected

device.

entries

must

with

correct

with

valid

interrupt

problem

alarm

is

(i.

e.,

the

system disk.

enter

a wai t

corrected

inputs must be made on

must

be

made

must be

value.

format.

modification,

to

another

with

the

output

only

after

the

user must

the

second

state

unlike

be

input

avai

lable.

restarted.

or reassignment of level.

input

device

and

retype

after

the

END

poram-

disk

allocation

reallocate

The

default

iteration.

so

that

the

other

SYSGEN errors.

the

or

more Master Dictionary

In

any

has

all

areas

allocations

The

com-

error

can

origina

event,

be

I

disk

CAN'T

ILL.

OP.

BOOT

LBL.

XX

CS

SQ

IB

IN

yy

is

the

After

the

message is

state.

causes error types effect -SYSGEN

For

the

error

loader

TO,

RBM

Error Type

Checksum error.

Sequence

Invalid

Input

ident

types CS,

to

proceed

TY,

must be

binary

de

vi

or

the

output,

SQ,

and

IB,

restarted.

RBM a

The user has assign

labels.

resides on a

cy

I i

nder

one

error.

format.

ce

error.

current

the

and

with

the

clearing

boundary.

.of

module.

loader

IN,

record

724x

attempted

the

reserved

enters

clearing

as

read.

the

wait

disk

to

permanently

operational

the

wait

the

wait

For

has no

and

crosses

The

SP

area

must be

allocation.

disk

Retype

input

with

different

SYSLOAD-PHASE

Initiation

automatic;

messages:

The second message requests this data

the ory) is options. The

tered

of

the

SYSLOAD

it

is

indicated

point

whether a complete,

SYSGEN is

newly-generated

required

via

the

ALL

occur

(Described further

to

prior to a

specific

keyboard/printer)

specifies

and

RBM

SYSLOAD

INPUT

be

performed, or

resident

choice

meanings

that a complete

nothing

reallocated

operational

OPERATIONS

phase

by

the

OPTION

that

"new"

monitor image (now in mem-

on

below.

during a second

label.

(phase 2)

following

the

of

the

are

as follows:

the

)

of

sequence

operator

SYSGEN or an

whether

either

of

operations

system load

disk is to be saved.

SYSGEN

indicate

patching

the

former

(to be

is

of

at

up-

of

en-

to

38

Definition-Phase

Operation

UPD

only, has

sion. Portions

loaded,

allocation.

PA

specifies subsequently device;

where

specifies

addr,

j

!EOD (terminates

addr

that

an

been

made

of

the disk may have to

depending

(Described further

that

one

to

be

read

the

record is

patch1

,patch2 ... , patchn.)

is

the

be

applied.

any)

are

applied

addr

+ 1 through

the

value

one

of

the following forms:

;;~~~~

symbol

I

where

value

updated

to

replace

on

the

new

or more

of

location

to

patch

from

the

form

PA

input)

where

Patch2 through

to

successive

addr + (n-1).

be

applied,

)

±value

is a hexadecimal

version

the

existing

RBM

below.

records

SYSGEN

patch

and

of

RBM,

ver-

be

rememory )

are

input

is to

1

patchn (if

locations

Patchi is

may

be

value.

ALL

The

ALL

option

system disk

the

initial

the

system disk

In

this

case,

left

by

phase 1

been

completely

A

check

is then made

allocation

If

it

is not, the following message is

The CP background) system corrected the was write

If

is made

large enough

following message is used.

area

operation

default

specified

out

the

ANALYSIS, CP was

to

specifies

is

to

occur. A complete

generation

areas

has

phase 2 first

to

determine

defined.

is

large

enough

CP

wi

II

be

only

if

an

to

checkpoint

only

by a complete

size

for

the

(duringphase

memory image.

determine

to

whether

contain

and

to

AREA

undefined.

attempt

checkpoint

specified

all

OPTION

that a complete

load

is

subsequently

to

change

searches

if

determine

to

contain

TOO

is made during subsequent the

re-SYSGEN,

1),

it

(during phase 1), a

the CP

of

memory.

whenever

size.

the Master

any

disk

if

the

output:

SMAll

This error is

background.

area.

wi

II

be modified

area

areas

checkpoint

entire

If ANALYSIS, CP

If

loading

necessary

Dictionary

have

background.

fatal

It

using

allocation

it

is not,

of

any

can

at

to

check

the

for

of

not

area

(to

be

least

not

is

the

If a patch

PA

is

output

wait

condition.

patch

record

After

an

II

TION

Note:

modated

to

since with

, must

SYSGE N

symbol

record is in

ERR,

ID

:00

on

the

keyboard/printer Clearing

to

be

lEaD

is

is reissued.

Patches

just

tiating message. Patches must

by +200016

input

IEOD command.

to

via

described.

SYSGE

N,

the

SYSGEN

24K or more

be

taken

patches

device

is symbol for value.

error,

the

read.

read,

the

SYSGEN

absolute

If

patches

set

data

response to

relocates

of

to

bias

from

the listing

are

and

are'

the.

an

the

waH causes

request

itsel.fcan

patches

switch

the

memory,

all,

read from

external-definition

RBM-module

message

followed by a

the

in

are

to

1 prior

"INPUT DEVICES"

be

absolute

itself

special

location

references.

terminated

OP-

be

accom-'

the

format

be

applied to

ini-

and

on systems

care

references

the

SYSGEN by

an

CP

AREA

TOO

SMALL

ANALYSIS DUMP

In

the

event

of a call memory wi in turn

After wi

II monic and sector of

At

this

and

module input is

mount the

required nonresident modules (i.

from the

in .the track

appropriate

,Phase 2

lected

by an

tive,

by phase 1 in

identification.

II

be

prevent a complete

the

Master

write

into

the

bounds

each

area.

point,

phase 2 issues the following message:

LOAD NONRESiDENT MODULES

enters

the

SP

area

on

the

system disk upon

message is issued giving

only

loads

during phase

!EOD. The

IDNT, used to

the

written

directory

RBM

bootstrap.

file

in

the

After

the

RBM

fi

Ie,

Transfer Transfer service

The final program copy and hardware-loaded may the from a disk sector

loading

The file

routines

of

on

sector

be

output

user to

other

MAP

partitioning symbols is

The format

SYMBOLS

symbo I address

alphabetic

by

the

enced

appearing

by

an

the

before

the

is

(see

any,

entries

for

System

nonresident

the

resident Vector Vector

the

RBM

zero

to

start

pack.

than

the

bootstrap

output

which

printed

of

the

order)

is

an

external

is

the

hexadecimal

symbol, or

if

it

is

not

on

the

unsatisfied

absence

symbol. After

tested

to

SYSlOAD

are

RBM,

the

Each

of

these

area

(see Table 9, in

portion

Table

is

written

Table

contains

and

Public

output

to the System Processor

bootstrap,

of

the

system disk, from

into

core.

the

foreground

RBM

on

any

If

the

user chooses to

sector

zero,

punched

to

the

RAD

contains

parameters

on

map is

symbol

-definition

the

address

defined.

map

is

reference

ofa

standard

the

determine

PA

option).

made

in

Transfer

items is

of

the

is

written,

into

transfer

library

written

Also, a copy

BO

sector

he

can

on

the

wi"

be

the

files

were

valid,

the

SYSGEN

address

(i

n numeri

memory address

undefined,

the

Vector

RBM

the

routines.

device,

of

the

corder)

symbol (EBCDIC).

at

which

which may

in a

user-written

module,

symbol map

whether

System Processor

assigned a separate

Chapter

vectors

into

the

reboot BO

System Data itemized

any

Following

Table,

is

written

and

TVECT

the

where

of

the

which

RA

D or to

start

RBM

device.

the

then

for monitor

BOOT

a map

output

defined

it

is

refer-

letter

is

output,

patches

patch

area

and

the

3).

in

the

file.

The

area

is a fi

Ie

it

can

bootstrap

enables

boot

at

any

on

Iy

by

area

in Table 9.

U

be

After

the

overlays

output

RBM

lWA

where

xxxx

is public resident parameters at this

40

library FWA,

foreground FWA.

are

this

point.

case.

Definition-Phase

have

= +xxxx

the

lowest address

resident

inval

id,

The

SYSGEN

been

loaded,

that

foreground FWA, or

If

any

of

the memory

a message

Operation

must

so

be

SYSlOAD

may be used for

indicating

completely

will

the

non-

partitioning

is

issued

redone

in

If

the

installation

SD

area

file

via

the

RAD Chapter contains tines. at routines.

When SD

goes

Chapter

6. the

These

load

time

the

system

area,

it

through its normal

11

of

does

not

wish to

allocations

Editor may be performed as

Note

definitions

DEFs

to satisfy

load

transfers control to

the

as

defined

that

the

RBM

(DEFs)

are

needed

any

reference

phase

loading

RBM/RT,BP Reference

in

Symbol Table (fi

for

the

by

the

completes

the

RBM

procedure (as

retain

Table

monitor

Overlay

to

the

its

bootstrap,

Manual,

the

standard

9,

reallocation

described

Ie

RBMSYM)

service

loader

monitor servi

writing

of

which

described

90 10

in

rou-

ce

the

in

37).

UPD

(UPDATE)

The

UPD

option

been

made

increase

are

•

• Resident Foreground FWA

•

• Sac UPD

either ground

require a change could a CP

user's

Phase 2 reads sion

Constant

the

must

The

large

message will

comparison ages

in

made in

Public Library

Nonresident

kg

may

not

size

FWA

necessitate a complete

AREA

information.

of

the

Table,

new load addresses

be

reloaded.

size

as

the

will RELOAD PUB. RES.

FGD. NONRES. BCKG. MSR/PL NOTHING

but size.

any

round

be

or

to

TOO

RBM

of

the

old

checks

be

issued on

LIB.

USERS

specifies

none

of

the

This

option

of

the

following phase 1

(PL)

FWA

Foreground FWA

FW

A

used if

any

location.

increase

in

size

SMALL

the

bootstrap is

located

and

compares

to

new Master

Master

be

output

FGD.

and

are

made, a subsetofthe

the

AND

that

of

Note

the

of

alarm

determine

Dictionary.

keyboard/printer:

PL

OPTION

a new

version

areas

on

the

can

alsobe

the

disk

areas

that a change

total

size

of

the

checkpoint

new

SYSGEN.

would be

to

determine

on

the disk, reads the Monitor

the

old load addresses

which

Dictionary

If

phase 2 wi

II

of

system disk

used when

input

parameters:

must

in

background

area,

In

output

where

the

files

on

must

be

it

is

not,

continue.

following mess-

RBM

need

changes

change the

back-

might

which this for

the

old

against

the

at

least

an

As

has

in

case,

ver-

disk

as

error

the

Relocated

TVECT

dress has

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and

phase 2 for considerations.

After new version

the area area

If

a

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information,

version

new version will

updated

BO

Vector and

Module

Table load

changed.

these

checks

enters

the

proceeds

the

ALL

the

overlays

of

old

version. If so,

must be

is necessary

reload

is

the

necessary

of

RBM

of

then

be

written

bootstrap

device

then

(if

Table

rewritten

Re

routines

Table

reference

outputs

the

wait

as

described

following

is made to

space

the

of

the

first

are

output

is

read

fj

Ie,

followed

and

on

Finally,

Table

will be

loading

referencing

allocated

System Processor

file

from

area

the

Required

adt

are

LOAD NONRESIDENT MODULES

wait

state.

to

load

option,

reloaded.

necessary,

the

and

but

are

RBM

exceeds

because

RELOAD alarms

Master

and

stored

RBM

in memory. The new version

onto

in

the

one

was

the

RBM

on

the

All programs

tor

service

the

Public Library

the

TVECT ternal relocated.

made, phase 2

When

the

overlays

with

the

loaded,

all

assigned).

check

the

disk

programs in

(Reloading

RBM

is

the

following message is

RELOAD SP

AREA

Dictionary

into

its

allocated

the

RBM

BOOT

fi

Ie

Symbol

disk.

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(MSR)

(PL)

through

via

an

ex-

must

be

the

message

is

cleared,

earlier

additional

see

if

the

to

in

the

area.)

output:

for the user's

the

di

sk

in

the

of

RBM

by

an

foreground

Transfer

updated

or

If

any

of

the

following modules

the

contents

Relocated

Public

reloading

load address has

changed.

Resident or

foreground was

Background was

relocated.

of

Module

library

because

nonresident

other

affected

required

its

relocated.

are

relocated

areas

Required Reloading

All programs the

Public Library must

be

reloaded.

Public

library,

tem

processors would

be

reloaded.

The

appropriate

be

reloaded

All

system processor ground user programs must reloaded.

must

be

that

in

(See

on

the

reloaded:

reference

None

of

and

no

have

routines

these

areas.

and

Chapter

disk,

also

the

sys-

must

back-

5.

to

be

SYSTEM

In

addition

those

concerned

given

in Table 15

2.

phase

t . •

The

TYECT

word address

)

changed.

LOAD

PHASE

to

the

RELOAD messages

with

loading

can

be

load address Will

of

the

area

Definition-Phase

ERROR

the

overlays,

generated

change

adjacent

MESSAGES

listed

previously

the

and

are

any

time

to

RBM

Operation

messages

unique

in

core

the

and

to

first

has

41

Table

15.

System-load

Phase Error Messages

Message

AREA

TOO

ENTIRE

SMAll

SMALL

CP

AREA CONTAIN ANAL YSIS DUMP

INVALID

UPROTECT

EOT

E OT

PARAMETER

ON

SP

ON

SD

RAD

AREA

TO

Meaning

The

size

of

background

and/or

CP

area

disk

is

area

too

allocated

sma"

ground memory.

The ANALYSIS, CP and

the

CP

area

a IIocation was not

sufficient

An to

the

One has that

An turned

Not

for

Some has

to

contain

invalid

response has

INPUT

of

the

write-protect

been

set

on

phase 2 is

end-of-tape

whi Ie

writing

enough

the

SP

as

room has

area.

for SP,

overflowed.

OPTION

the

attempti

status has

except

has

changed

for

all

of

option

was

all

of

memory.

been

request.

switches

disk for

ng to modify.

been

on

the

been

allocated

the

SD

Recovery Procedure

If

the

back-

entire

a allocation specified

be

selected

If

run fault)

mode Retype

Reset

an

SP

area

re-

area.

area

propriate

A new SYSGEN will with

Same

background

SYSGEN must be

larger

CP

area

for

during phase 1,

able

to

write

complete

entire

analysis

SYSGEN with a

CP

area

either

the

write area.

an

increase

as

for SP.

checkpoint

is

required,

redone

allocation

CPo

(If ANALYSIS, CP was

or

SYSERR

to

the

CP

area.)

dump is

larger

allocation.

All,

UPD, or

protect

in the

switches for

have

to

SP

area.

with

the

default

will

required,

(or

PA.

be

performed

the

either

not

re-

de-

the

ap-

RDdn

FAULT

MASTER

UPDATE

A for a

DICT.

O'FlOW

Version Master

UNSUCCESSFUL The

could si

ze

nonexistent

seek

operation.

of

RBM

Dictionary

be

of

one

or more

address has

on

disk has a larger

than

Moster

located,

Dictionary

or

areas

been

given

new version.

the

location/

has

changed.

Check

disk

for

allocation

this disk.

last

areas

complete

The new address the

ALL

allocation

of

Repeat

of

old

parameters

more

tracks

Phose 1

dictionary

in phase 1

than

and/or

were lost.

exist

Phase 2.

new SYSGEN may be necessary.

SP

area

as

the

option

must be previous must

be

at

SP

used.

the

same disk

area,

otherwise,

on

A

42

Definition-Phase

Operation

5.

LOADING

RBM

SYSTEM

PROCESSORS

SYSTEM

Upon completion of the

messages

!AFTER

!

!SET

! !KEYIN

it

wi

II

be

SP

area. vating the control sponse operatorls by typing KP.

The following message

The time. Following RBM

to

! !KEYIN:

operator

wi

II

STARTUP

WAIT,

FAULT

necessary to

This process is

this,

console

output

(!

AN

lSI

panel

the

(OC

DT

M,

interrupts and keys in

the

! UCP

and

turn

on

the

Keyboard/printer

'ill in

the

case

of

K P Mode

three

control commands:

!JOB

!ASSIGN CC=device

ICC

Loading begins tioned

to

tape

containing for loading release

This position is

the

SYSGEN process, or

files on

The loading the

printed

of

RBM.

The system RBMand

Overlay RAD

(Note:

device.

from

the

portion

the

standard

materials

automatically

the

system re lease

of

all

description

release

RBM

overlays

Loader

Editor

working system. )

the

is

processors and symbionts

tape

AND

PROCESSOR

the

SYSGEN process, as

SET

PROTECT

!SET

PARITY

TO BEGIN

place

initiated

'INTERRUPTI switch.

message ! !KEY-IN

device).

is

issued

0,

Y,

DT

key-in

This job-stream

file

the

CC

of

the

control commands

RBM

shown in

can

tape.

(-11)

contains

binary

for Sigma

the

system processors in the

by the

The

at

th

is

HRMN

the

(e.g.,

input light (or prompt with

Is

419x). The

number or

device,

transmittal (system-release)

processors. This portion the

printed

attained

be

achieved

for the

current

(besides

files)the

LOADING

indicated

2/3)

operator

is

issued

operator

point:

current

DT

11,4,73,2004),

operator

operation

oplabel

which must

and

object

description

at

the

conclusion

by skipping

is

described

release version

the

SYSGEN,

JCl

and

acti-

In

re-

at

the

responds

data

and

then types

verifies

of

input

be

posi-

modules

of

the

(-11).

three

binary for:

by

a

of

rn

Utility

XSYMBOL

Standard Procedures

Basic FORTRAN IV Compiler

BLOAD

BSS

(Basic Spool ing System) ANALYZE EXPAND COMPRESS

REPLACE ELLA EXERCISE INDUMP

PLOT

(Plotter Symbiont System)

R:COC SI

Other

processors

ANS FORTRAN IV

RPG SORT COBOL XSP

It is

desirable

at

this

point.

ter

the

following commands:

!JOB

!ASSIGN

!RADEDIT

!#SAVE

!#END

!FIN

are

available

SAVING

to

save

If

a

magnetic

BO=oplabel

netic

ADDITIONAL

RBM

MAINTENANCE/UTILITY

The following

transmittal

RBM/RT,

ANALYZE,

Reference

Chapter

additional

tape

BP

Reference

described

Manual,

6 of this

and

are

903054

manual).

by

THE

NEW

the

newly completed

tape

or

device

tape

unit

RBM

PROCESSORS

processors

described Manual, in

90

the

RBM/Availability

and

Library

catalog

SYSTEM

REPLACE,

number:

unit

is

available,

file number

PROCESSORS

are

available

in

Appendix A

10

37,

(excepting

RBM

system

of

mag-

on

of

Features

described

en-

the

in

Loading

RBM

System Processors

43

Name

Purpose

OTHER

RIM

PROCESSORS

ANALYZE

EXPAND

COMPRESS

REPLACE

BSS

INDUMP

PLOT

If

ANALYSIS

optional

written

magnetic

failure. displays display at

the

time

A processor for compressed to

fi

les composed of records records.

A processor for creating blocked pressed preparing the source and the

transmittal

A processor for replacing monitor

lays, useful in system

Basic symbiont system.

A

stand-alone

conjunction

in

A symbiont subsystem for

graph

7531

is

included as a SYSGEN

feature,

on

tape ANALYZE produces formatted of

of

all

or

110-byte

EBCDIC

a snapshot

either

the CP

in

the

event

all

major

RBM

avai

lable

hardware status

of

the

failure.

expanding~

file

created

files on

tape.

DUM

with

plotter.

by COMPRESS

either

line printer listing

maintenance.

P program to

RBM.

of

area

of

a system

tables

the

blocked,

aO-byte source

tape,

listing files on

be

the

7530 or

core

is

or on

and a

com-

used in

over-

used

The

fol lowing

the case

Name

ANS FORTRAN

RPG

SORT

XSP

COBOL Compiler and Library

The

instructions for loading these programs

the printed description (-11

applicable

LOADING

The

actions

maintenance/utility

REPLACE,

1. Position the transmittal

(e.g., ! FS

CC

additional

of

RCOC)

are

IV

catalog

RBM

and INDUMP

is

assigned to transmittal

number.

MAINTENANCE/UTILITY

required to

KIP

processors (foreground program in

available

Purpose

Compi

Re

port

Record Sorting

Xerox Processor

initiate

processors EXPAND, COMPRESS,

are

CC,

15

by separate

ler

and Library

Gene

rator

Satellite

element)

tape

to position

corresponding to the

loading

to the desired processor

at

tape).

catalog

are

number:

Catalog

described in

No.

706277

706401

706257

706491

706500

PROCESSORS

of

the

RBM

EXPAND, where

ELLA

X RCOC

EXERCISE

Error log listing program.

Character Handler.

Peripheral

Oriented

exerciser.

Commun ications

2.

Assign the background CC operational label or DFN

Loading proceeds commands and tion

(-11)

for the current release version

from

object

operational

of

the

magnetic

CC,

wh

ich must

modules shown in the printed

label

contain

of

RBM.

tape.

the control

to

the

descrip-

44

Loading

RBM

Maintenance/Utility

Processors

6.

SYSTEM

MAINTENANCE

INTRODUCTION

This

chapter

quirements

rections

Loader,

and

maintenance

given

in

alog

number) for

and

or

changes

RAD

the

describes

the

Editor,

program

the

procedures for making

to

RBM

and

Utility).

procedures

description

the

individual

system

and

for

HARDWARE/SOFTWARE

HARDWARE

The minimum hardware resources

are

1.

18K

of

background memory.

2. 1 .5

3.

4.

megabytes

One

magnetic

card

reader.

of

tape

REQUIREMENTS

disk

storage.

unit.

hardware/software

source-level

the

RBM

subsystems

Hardware requirements

other

system processors

(-11

element

processor.

of

(Overlay

the

REQUIREMENTS

required

to

maintain

re-

cor-

are

cat-

RBM

Output VERSION

MEMORY

MAX.

CONTROL

NO.

QUEUE

NO.

DISK

BLOCKING

Message

INT.

LINES/PAGE

DEFS

ENTRIES

EXTRA

ALLOCATION

SIZE

LOC.

TASK

IN

DICT.

BUFFER

INT.

PUB.

IN

NONRES.

ENTRIES

LOC.

LIB.

SIZE

FGD.

Parameter

xx

+6000

+lOC

37

0

7203/FO,I,S

SL

=0

CP

=0

END

180

Value

SOFTWARE

The following

1.

The Uti

2.

Extended SYMBOL processor.

3.

EXPAND processor.

4.

REPLACE

The following

of

an

RBM

described

1.

To possible.

2.

To

as possib

RBM

software is

RBM

subsystems

Iity).

processor.

SYSGEN

guidelines

system using

above.

provide as much background memory

provide

The primary

as

much background temporary

Ie.

REQUIREMENTS

required:

(Overlay

CONSIDERATIONS

are

the

Loader,

directed

minimum hardware resources

objectives

RAD

toward

are

construction

space

fi

Editor, and

as

Ie

space

OPTIONAL

DEVICE

BCKG.

FGD.

RES.

FILE

OP.

FGD.

FEATURES:

INFO.

LBL.

FWA

END

4191/01,F

3451/02,B 7120/03,B 7316/80,B,1 4191/01,B

END CC

= 3

DO

=2

LL

= 2

LO

=2

MT

=4

OC

=5

SI

= 3

END

0

The SYSGEN parameters for constructing a Xerox above

objectives.

that

follow may

Model 530

RBM

be

used as a model

system to

meet

the

NONRES.

BCKG.

FWA

FGD.

FWA

0

+1400

System f..Aaintenance

45

MAINTENANCE

RBM

MODULE

The following procedure is used to modify

or subsystem:

1.

Load

the

subsystems, Extended SYMBOL,

and

the

EXPAND processor as

(as

necessary.

2.

Create area modules/subsystems. This the

a procedure

to

contain

following JCL: '

!JOB !PAUSE !RADEDIT

UtADD SP,S24RBM,ALL,108,B,SY

!END

!ASSIGN

!DEFINE !TEMP !EXPAND !TEMP !REWIND IUNLOAD

!ASSIGN

!ASSIGN !XSYMBOL !TEMP

!RADEDIT

!#TRUNC !#END

the

KEYIN

CI=MT EO,

.IOO,80,C

S

S,RSP

T

EO CI SI=EO

Xl=EO

S2=S24RBM,SP

PP

R

SP,S24RBM

PROCEDURES

UPDATE

fi

procedures used to assemble

SY,S

PROCEDURE

described

Ie in

the

system processor

can

be

(Transmittal

an

RBM

module

REPLACE,

in

ChapterS

(SP) RBM

accomplished with

tape)

5.

For a nonresident module,

be used to

For

example,

For a resident module

on

generation

replace

!OLOAD !$ROOT I$END !REPLACE !FIN

continuing

O,F

of SYSGEN input

RBM

REPLACE,

areas,

if

it

REPLACE

where

Patching

REPLACE

the

OVfile.

to

the patch calculated and

REPLACE

Once

area,

replace

will

had

been

may be

!

RE

PLACE

xx is any

overlay).

replaces

in

the

OPERATIONS

REPLACE

the

following

an

loaded

as

replace

done

called

IDxx

RBM

REPLACE

sector

boundary in

at

the

end

is inserted into

RBM

image on the

has

overlay:

the module with

the

0, + overlay

IDAI

replacement,

OVERLAY

a processor a monitor by SYSLOAD.

overlay

the

of

been

JCLsequence

REPLACEMENT

overlay

as follows:

identifier

xx,

overlay

also extends

order

the

overlay.

the

OVlOAD

disk.

establ ished

the

REPLACE

tape,

fi

Ie in

using the load module in

the

to

in

may

processor may

the

binary

example:

GO,

1

refer

to

the

below.

either

the

on the system disk as

(e.g.,

allow

The I ength val ue thus

either

be

size

table

used to

of

for

both

the

41

the

addition

update

output.

section

SP

or

is

the Hex

overlay

in

memory

SP

or

UP

of

UP

and

3.

Expand the to a temporary wi"

!JOB

4.

Perform

XSYMBOL as follows:

!ASSIGN !ASSIGN !XSYMBOL

The assembled binary output is now on the RBMGO file.

46

Maintenance

source

expand

!ASSIGN !DEFINE !TEMP !EXPAND !REWIND !UNLOAD

the

an

XSYMBOL

SI = EO S2

CR,LO,GO,UI,LU

file

of

file.

For

source

of

CI=MT EO,1000,80,C S

S,AI

EO

CI

= S24

Procedures

(Transmittal

update

RBM,SP

the

system module

example,

RBM

overlay

using plus

the

following JCL

A 1 :

tape)

(+)

of

interest

cards with

I

lFIN

1

lREPLACE

II$END

! $ROOT O,+overlay b

1iOLOAD

'----

.....

-:

lXSYMBOL

I !ASSIG N

r

!ASSIGN

IJOB

Overlay SYSGEN had

xx would now

placed

IDxx

ias,GO,

O,F

CR,LO,GO

SI = overlay

S2 = S24RBM,SP

exist

on the system disk

it

there.

1

source

-

as

-

if

Du

ri

ng

set

the

low

REPLACE

The

diagnostic

ings

are

REPLACE

The

REPLACE

during

execution.

the

RE

PLACE

PROTECT

DIAGNOSTICS

itemized

OPERATOR MESSAGES

processor may

switch

to

alter

messages

in Table

run,

the to

protected

output

operator

OFF

16.

output

wi"

be

and

then

memory.

by

RE

PLACE

the

messages in Table 17

requested

to

ON

and

their

to

al-

mean-

to

GENERATION

The procedures

or

customers who wish

netic

tape

containing

RBM

modu les

Step

1 - Expand

Step

2 - Assemble

replacing

described

all

source modules

each

OF

SYSGEN

here

to

generate a SYSGEN-input

updated

modules

module in

are

directed

resident

on

INPUT

and/or

the

system

that

require

order.

TAPE

to

analysts

nonresident

release

updating.

and/ mag-

tape.

Message

OVERLAY

NEW OVERLAY

OVERLAYS

NO

ERROR

ID

FOUND

CO

CODE xx

NOT

BIAS

DE

PRESENT

TOO

SHOULD

ON

xx 0 N

ON

IN

LARGE

BE

REPLACE

HEADER

OVERLAY

OVLOAD

+xxxx

CALL

READ

WRITE

Table 16.

Meaning

xx was

After available

The

bias

used by

the

proper

The

!REPLACE

be

located.

Error

code

Error

code

load

module,

Error

code

the

SP

REPLACE

t

not

found

extending

space

used when

the

bias.

xx

area.

Diagnostics

as

an

xx

to

its maximum

or

is

larger

the

system (this

IDxx

call

has

been

has

been

beginning

has

been

overlay

load module

received

identifier.

than

check

is

not in

while

at

record 1 from

while

size,

the

overlay

read

is

not made for

correct

attempting

the

new

overlay

area

(512 words).

from

OV

format; thus,

to read record 0

to read

OV.

to

exceeds

was found

xxxx

JCP).

the

write

the

is

ID

field

rest

overlay

the

not will

of

the

give

cannot

from

the

OV.

to

ERROR

CODE xx

ERROR

t See Tables 9

Message

Note:

CODE xx

!

!AFTER

! !BEGIN

!

!AFTER

! ! BEGIN

If

messages wi

WAIT

the

ON

and

10

SET

PROTECT

SET

PROTECT

II

RBM

of

the

switch on

be

output.

WRITE

READ

RBM

SWITCH

RT

the

and

BP

Table

TO

console

Error

Reference

17.

IOFFI,

INT.

I

,

ION

INT.

is

set

code

xx

code

xx

Manual

REPLACE

AND

to

the

has

been

received

has

been

received

for an

explanation

Operator

KEY-IN

OFF position prior to running

lSI

whi Ie

while

Messages

Action

lSI

Operator

the

Operator

the

attempting

of

error

message will

message wi

Generation

to

codes

xx.

must

fo

lIow

reappea

must follow

II

reappear.

the

job,

neither

of

write

RBM.

read

RBM.

the

instructions

r •

the

instructions

of

the

above

Sysgen Input Tape

or

47

Step

3 - Assign

Assign

where

to be the

The

BI

to

Assign UI to

UO

OMEDIT

) UTILITY OMEDIT )

*MO

file

n =

written

correct

inc Iud ing

!REWIND !REWIND

updated identically lease

tape.

HEXADECIMAL

Both

the

resident patched RBM SYSGEN). Whether determined tion

A temporary disk

ing

A permanent

altered;

for changes

setti

By checked then

When

the the the are

either

hex

patching

is

activated.

is

not

altered.

via

a!

HEX

and,

a"

future boots

are

ng

DATA

using

the out

be

made

the

patching two methods background CC background either

bias

and

temporarily

(if

by

the

manner in-which

patch

means

control

patch therefore,

effected

switch 1 before

two methods in

on

a temporary basis

permanent.

described

DO

or

patch

the

output

the

original

to

a new SYSGEN as

follows:

SY,n

(writes a Double EOF

on

UO)

the

numberoffilesfrom

to

the

output

number

the

named modules

RBM

processors.

UI

UO

files on

to

PATCHING

FOR

RBM

MOIlILES

overlay portions

or

permanently through use

the

HEXDUMP

the

patch

that

the

This is

achieved

command

means

that

the

changes

of

the

system from

through

function

operational

RBM

conjunction,

is

activated

above,

records.

activating

GO

file.

Release Tape

tape; n is

cover a complete

the

GO

from

and

tape.

Call

the Release Tape

file

will

the

original

PROCEDURE

of

RBM

feature

is

temporary or

the

copy

of

by

activating

or

an H operator

the

disk copy

will remain in the

is

booted from

and

when

it

will read records from

label

and

label.

is

hex

patching

RBM

located

disk.

hex

patches

verified,

by

either

write records on

The records

rewind

UTILITY

after

defaulted

SYSGEN

replace

Re-

can

be

of

included

permanent

func-

on

hex

patch-

key-in.

of

RBM

effect

Permanent

patching

the

disk.

can

be

can

one

of

read

UI.

last

to

at

is

the

is

by

in

Patch

records

where

aaaa

cccci

The

hex means the of

the

form

cccci

+ bias

An ! EOD term i

Figure 7 shows sample

last

cells tions, since and

the patches. area

words

+1041

y 0001

+IOPA

have

the

is

the

go.

(If

a bias record has

will

be

added

mine

the

location

is

the

tion

aaaa + bias + i.

patch

cccci

value

to

be

Pcccci

of

the

RBM

nates

of

the

RBM

the

first

last

contains

Each temporary

(taken

from

IIEOD

r 0030

4CO

1,

*HEX

10010

4C01,

*RBM

hex

may

which means

patch

contains

form

[*Comments

location

to

patch

also

stored

patch

the

number

overlay

the

POOO

1

PATCHING MODULE

lOFF

ROO

10

PATCH

where

been

the

value

so

of

the

patches.)

to be inserted

be

of

the

is

cccci

+ bias,

the

value

area.

input.

area

the

top

AREA

Note

may not be used for

length

of

temporary

patch

of

the

patch

*B

10FF

*B

PA+lO

the

encountered,

established

form

of

takes

PA+1

I]

corrections

to

at

the

Rcccci which

or

it may

to

be

stored

that

the

first

the

Patch Area

RBM

overlay

three

patch

area

down).

will

aaaa

deter-

loca-

be

is

and

correc-

-

Bias records

+ {

where

bbbb PA

xx

48

have

the

form

~:{~

Hexadecimal

} 1

[-commenn]

is a hexadecimal

represents

fined by SYSGEN)

is

an

the Hex Patching

the

RBM

overlay

Patching Procedure for

address.

bias

of

identifier

overlay.

the

RBM

(for

patch

area

(de-

example,

RBM

41

Modules/Hexadecimal

Figure

7.

Hex Patching Input Example

HEXADECIMAL

The following describes a procedure for inserting mal

patches

is

Overlay

to be used

Patching Procedure for Processors

into subsystems

Loader. Three methods

is

determined

PATCHING

FOR

PROCESSORS

and

processors by means

are

by

the

SYSGEN input medium.

PROCEDURE

hexadeci-

of

presented,

the

method

the

METHOD

1. Position the SYSGEN

FOR MAGNETIC

is

read

the first binary record

TAPE

tape

so

that

the

of

the desired processor. For example, the following control commands tion the SYSGEN tape to the

RAD

~ditor

.!JOB·

!FSKIP

!

2.

Load

segment

patch segment 3

mands wou

lPAUSE

RSKIP

the processor

KEYIN

AI, 4

AI, 3

of

interest after

of

Id

be

requi red :

SY, S

from

the

the AI

it

RAD

device,

is loaded. For example, to

Editor, the following

!REL !OLOAD

12

!$MS !$ROOT !$SEG !$SEG !$SEG !$MD !$MD !$SEG

+60"

GO,

1

1,0,GO,1

2,

1,GO,

3,

1,

SEG3+13,

GO,

1

+6203,

S E G3+3AD, +4801

4,

1,

GO,

1

binary records:

patching the

+67FD

to

be

will posi-

com-

3.

Insert

the!

$MD

cards following the ! $SEG card for the

segment being

4.

Run

METHOD

1.

Locate the

the job through the I$END command.

FOR

patched.

PAPER

TAPE

tape

reel containing the desired processor.

Consult the printed description

. organization

2.

Mount the

of

the

tape

reel and input the following:

!JOB !

PAUSE

!ASSIGN CC

KEYIN SY, S

=

where xx is the oplbl

3.

While the message

!MESSAGE LOADING

!

(705368~

reels for the release

xx

or

DFN

of

the paper

•••

11) for in

question.

tape

the

reader.

!$END

METHOD

1.

2.

FOR PUNCHED

Locate the !JOBC

that

delimit the desired binary

CARDS

LOAD

•••

and!

deck.

$END

Place the following cards in the reader preceding

!JOBC

card:

!JOB !

PAUSE

KEYIN

SY, S

control cards

the

is

being

output,

4.

When the interrupted message

be

given

interrupt and key in K P.

to

the

OCdevice,

control command should

!ASSIGN CC = xx

where xx is

theoplblor

Overlay Loader control commands.

is

completed, control will

from

which the following

be

entered:

DFN to read the appropriate

Hexadecimal

Patching Procedure for Processors

49

Note:

For

each

numerical

entry

in this index,

sequence.

the

number

of

the

INDEX

most

significant

page is listed

first.

Any pages

thereafter

are

listed in

A

ALL

option, ANALYZE, area

write ASCII Availability

protection,

code

39

44

conversion,

Features, 1

23

32

B

background,

background memory, 5 background memory usage background processor memory requirements, 17,

backup basic

spooling system, 9

blocked

blocking buffer BOOT fi Ie, bootstrap, BSS,

44

10

capability,

files, 6

size,

41

21

6

30

example,

12

c

Clock

1,

30,31

COBOL,

COC,

COMPRESS,

44

8,30

44

18

F

File Control Table, file

management, 6

foreground memory, 5 FORTRAN IV, 44

13

G

generation

of

SYSGEN

input

tape,

H

hardware

hardware hardware interrupt requirements,

hardware requirements,

hexadecimal

I/O

INDUMP, 44

input interrupts, 3, 4 ISAM

configuration floating-point

patching

tables,

13,

14

parameters, 27

data,

6

guidelines,

option,

45

procedure,

47

3

9

3,4

48

o

default devi device device-fi device-file disk disk disk packs, 6 disk

E

ELLA, error error log, 2, EXERCISE, EXPAND, expl extended

area

ce

exerc isolation,

Ie, 32

allocation data

organization,

storage

44

analysis,

44

icit

area

arithmetic

allocation,

isers, 2

2

number,

summary,

alloc9tion

2

30

allocation,

option,

13

guidel

21,22

18

20

ines,

9

18

K

keyboard/printer,

L

loading loading

loading SYSGEN, 25

RBM

8,

13,24,25,37

maintenance/utility system processors, 43

M

magnetic

main memory maintenance Master memory memory requirements, 5 messages

tape,

allocation,

procedures, 46

Di

ctionary,

allocation,

to

the

6,43

20,41

10

operator,

10

37

processors,

44

Index

51

Note:

For

each

numerical

entry

in this

sequence.

index,

the number

of

the

most

significant

page

is listed first. Any pages

thereafter

are

I isted in

N

nonoptional resident modules, nonresident nonresident

foreground, RBM

modules,

6,

10

15

o

on-line operational

operational optional optional

p

patch

patches

peripheral

PLOT,

plotter, processor processors,

protection

Public

device

exercisers, 2

label assignments,

labels, 15, foreground resident

records,

to SYSGEN, 39

equipment requirements

facilities,

modules,

48

44

9

avo

ilab

iI

i

ty,

5

43,48

code,

23

library,

10,

15,41

13,35

10

13

15

and

options, 8

software requirements, SORT,

spooling volume requirements, 20 standard symbiont plotting system,

SYSGEN,

SYSGEN

SYSG EN error messages, 38

SYSGEN input options

SYSGEN

SYSLOAD, system bootstrap, System system load phase error messages, system system processors, system system system startup

44

SIU handlers,

23-42,1,5,6,10,13,15,18,20,21,45,48 definition disk-allocation

patches,

18,24,25,38,40

Interface

maintenance,

release release

tape, tape

and

45

17

phase, 25

and

39

21

Units, 17

45

43

25

format

processor

15

parameters, 18

parameters, 27

example,

loading,

T

temp

stack,

5

41

26

43

R

RBM

memory

RBM

module

RBM

overlay

RBM

symbol map, RCOC program, Remote Assistance, 1 REPLACE, REPLACE REPLACE resident foreground, resident resident RPG,

update

44,46,47 diagnostics, operator

I/O RBM

44

allocation

replacement,

40

17,44

messages,

tables

modules,

s

satellite saving

SD

secondary

SIU handlers,

software

processor, 9

the

area,

configuration

new system,

15

storage

requirements,

17

example,

procedure,

46

47

5,

10

and

routines, 13

10

43

guidelines,

47

46

6,7

11

10

u

UD

area,

15

UP

area,

15

UPD

option,

v

Volume Table

w

wri

te

protection,

x

XSP,

44

XSYMBOL,

41

of

Contents, 6

23

46

52

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