2000A

TIME SHARED BASIC SYSTEM

OPERATOR'S GUIDE





CONTENTS

iii   PREFACE

I-1   INTRODUCTION

I-1     OVERVIEW OF TIME SHARED BASIC
I-2     THE SYSTEM OPERATOR
I-2     REQUIRED MINIMUM CONFIGURATION
I-3     OPTIONAL EXPANDED CONFIGURATIONS
I-3     Data Phones
I-3     Magnetic Tape Unit
I-4     Mass Storage Devices

1-1   SECTION I  --  SYSTEM OPERATOR'S CONSOLE

1-1     CONSOLE OPERATIONS
1-2     OPERATOR COMMANDS

2-1   SECTION II  --  ID COMMANDS

2-1     USE OF ID COMMANDS
2-2     NEWID
2-2     Examples of NEWID Commands
2-4     CHANGE
2-4     Examples of CHANGE Commands
2-6     KILLID
2-6     Examples of KILLID Commands
2-7     RESET
2-7     Examples of RESET Commands
2-8     REPORT
2-8     Example of a REPORT Command



3-1 SECTION III -- DISC DIRECTORY COMMANDS 3-1 DIRECTORY 3-2 Example of a DIRECTORY Command Output 3-3 PURGE 3-3 Example of a PURGE Command 3-4 Examples of PURGE and DIRECTORY Commands 4-1 SECTION IV -- HARDWARE CONFIGURATION COMMANDS 4-2 MAGTAPE 4-3 DISC 4-5 PHONES 4-6 LOCK 4-7 UNLOCK 5-1 SECTION V -- MISCELLANEOUS SYSTEM COMMANDS 5-1 ROSTER 5-1 Examples of ROSTER Commands 5-3 SLEEP 5-3 Examples of SLEEP Commands 5-4 STATUS 6-1 SECTION VI -- LOGGING 6-1 OPERATOR CONSOLE MESSAGES 6-1 LOGON, LOGOFF 6-3 HELLO LIBRARY PROGRAM 7-1 SECTION VII -- SYSTEM LIBRARY 7-1 THE PRIVILEGED USER-A000 7-2 PROTECT 7-2 UNPROTECT
8-1 SECTION VIII -- LOADING THE TSB SYSTEM 8-1 GENERATING AN INITIAL TSB SYSTEM 8-3 UPDATING A PRE-EXISTENT SYSTEM 8-3 RELOADING FROM MAGNETIC TAPE 8-4 EMERGENCY RECOVERY 8-5 THE LOADER OPTION 8-6 TSB Loader Diagnostics and Halts 8-8 BBDL-LOADING TSB SYSTEM FROM THE DISC 8-9 BBDL-PUNCHED TAPE LOADING 8-10 BBDL-OCTAL LISTING A-1 APPENDIX A -- SUMMARY OF COMMANDS