Xerox 900 series User manual

XEROX

Technical Information

Xerox

900

Series

9300

MONARCH

Technical

Manual

06 160 April 1968

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Xerox

900

Series/9300

MONARCH

Technicat

Manual

160 April

1968

Price: $3.75

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Printed in U.S.A.

REVISION

This

publication,

16D,

is a

revision

the

Xerox

900

Series/9300

MONARCH

Techni-

cal

Manual,

16C.

The

only

change

made

in this

edition

the

restoration

the

description

for

the

MONARCH

Loader

Routine

(Cata

log

No.

042010-900

Series,

642025-9300)

NOTICE

The

specifications

the

software

system

described

this

publication

are

subject

change

without

notice.

The

availability

performance

some

features

may

depend

on a

specific

configuration

equipment

such as

additional

tape

units

larger

memory.

Customers

should

consult

their

Xerox

sales

representative

for

details.

CONTENTS

Catalog No.

900 Series 9300 Page

Introduction

MONARCH Operating System for 900 Series/9300 Computers ,042012 642028 1

MONARCH Control Routine (CONTROL) 042004 642027 3

Type Message Subroutines

(TYPM,

TYPOUT)

Standard Action Subroutine

for

System Routines (GSYSP) 5

MONARCH Message Analysis Tables

(TABLES)

042005 642019

MONARCH Control Message Input Subroutine (QMSGRD) 042006 642020

MONARCH

I/O

Subroutine Loader

(LDIOSR)

042007 642021

Card

Read

Subroutine

(CARD)

042031 642030 22

Paper Tape/Typewriter

I/O

Subroutine (MTYIO) 042032 642031 23

Magnetic Tape

I/O

Subroutine

(MAGTP)

042033 642032 24

Line Printer Subroutine

(MPRNT)

042034 642033 26

MONARCH Control Supplementary Action Routines

(LDI2)

042030 642034 27

Transfer to

MOf'JARCH

Control (TFMONRCH) 042008 642023

900 Series

RAD

MONARCH Generator

(SYSGE

RAD

MONARCH Loader

($QSYLDR)

04210D 44

900 Series MONARCH Resident

RAD

File Management

Routine

(QFMR)

MONARCH Bootstrap Loader

(BOOTSTRAP)

042009 642024

MONARCH Loader

($QSYLDR)

042010 642025 70

MONARCH Update Routine

($UPDATE)

042011 642026 84

Appendix A Control Message Action Subroutines

Appendix B Adding New Functions to the MONARCH

Monitor 96

TABLES

Function Code Table

Symbol

Tab

Ie Items and Internal Format of Reference and Definition Items 46

iii

INTRODUCTION

This

manual

describes

the

functional

characteristics

the

programs

compris-

ing

the

MONARCH

Monitor.

This

description

intended

supplement

the

MONARCH

Reference

Manual

(SDS

Publication

No.

900566)

and

provides

in-

formation

needed

for

the

mai

ntenance

and

modifi

cation

the

NARC H

Operating

System.

All

these

programs

have

been

assembled

using

META-SYMBOL.

The

recom-

mended

means

maki

changes

one

these

programs

is by furn ishing

sym-

bo

corrections

relative

the

current

META-SYMBOL

isting

that

program

and

then

reassembling

with

the

symbolic

corrections

and

the

current

encoded

program

input.

new

encoded

deck

shou

requested

each

time

pro--

gram

reassembled

order

facilitate

future

changes.

See

the

description

the

MONARCH

Update

Routine

for

information

relating

creati

and

updati

NARC H system

tapes.

-1*

SCIENTIFIC

DATA

SYSTEMS

SDS

PROGRAM

LIBRARY

PROGRAM

DESCRIPTION

Catalog

Nos. 042012 (900 Serie

642028 (9300)

IDENTIFICATION: MONARCH

FOR

900 SERIES/9300

COMPUTERS

COMPUTER

CONFIGURATION: Any

SDS

900 Series/9300 Computer system with

least

words of core

storage, console typewriter, and one or more magnetic tapes.

For

detai

Is,

see MONARCH

REFERENCE

MANUAL.

PURPOSE:

PROGRAMMING

CONVENTIONS:

MEMORY

REQUIREMENTS:

SUBROUTINES

USED:

perform automatic execution of a sequence of independent or related

pro-

grams without requiring operator intervention.

MONARCH may be assembled using either

SYMBOL

META-SYMBOL. It

also uses

internal

PROGRAMMED

OPERATORS

and it

reloca.table.

At Ieast

words of core storage.

MONARCH consists of the following routines:

Catalog No.

Routine Mnemonic 900 Series 9300

MONARCH Control Routine CONTROL 042004 642027

2. MONARCH Message Analysis

TABLES

042005 642019

Tables

3. MONARCH Control Message QMSGRD 042006 642020

Input Subroutine

4. MO

NARC

I/O

Subrouti

LDIOSR

042007 642021

Loader

5. Card

Read

Subroutine

CARD

042031 642030

6. Paper T

ape/T

ypewri ter

I/O

MTYIO 042032 642031

Subroutine

7. Magnetic Tape

I/O

Subrouti ne MAGTP 042033 642032

Line Printer Subroutine

MPRNT

042034 642033

9. MONARCH Supplementary

LDI2

042030 642034

Action

Rouri

nes

SUBROUTINES

USED:

(cont.

)

Catalog

No.

Routine

Mnemonic

900 Series

10. Transfer to

MONARCH

TFMONRCH 042008

Control

1l.

NARCH Bootstrap Loader BOOTSTRAP 042009

12.

MONARCH

Loader QSYLDR or 042010

LOAD

13.

MONARCH

Update UPDATE 042011

14. FORTRAN

Action

Routine FORTACT 042014

15. FORTRAN

Bias

FORTBIAS 042015

16.

ALGOL

Action

Routine

ALGOLA

042017

*There

no 9300

MONARCH

requirement for FORTACTi

thus, 9300 FORTACT

used

a test program to test

selective

I/O

handler

only.

9300

642023

642024

642025

642026

642035*

642036

_1*

SCIENTIPIC

DATA

SYSTEMS

SDS

PROGRAM

LIBRARY

PROGRAM

DESCRIPTION

042004

(900

Serie!

Catalog

Nos.

642027

(9300)

IDENTIFICATION:

MONARCH

CONTROL

ROUTINE

(CONTROL)

PURPOSE:

Analyze

the

contents

MONARCH

Control

messages.

ACTION:

The

following

functions

are

performed

(in

the

order

shown)

the

processing

NARC H

Control

messages:

CALLING

SEQUENCE:

PROGRAMMING

CONVENTIONS:

MEMORY

REQUIREMENTS:

Read

the

message

from

the

current

control-message

medium.

Analyze

the

syntax

the

control

message.

Convert

any

parameters

the

control

message

the

internal

representa-

tion

appropriate

the

parameter

and

store

the

parameter

values

obtained

specified

memory

location(s}.

Transfer

control

the

Action

Subroutine

(processor)

corresponding

the

function

code

the

control

message.

errors

are

detected

during

this

process,

appropriate

error

message

typed

out,

the

message

contai

ni ng

the

error

ignored,

and

the

routine

at-

tempts to

read

the

control

message

from

typewriter

{on

the

buffer

for

900

Series

Computers,

Channel

A for

the

9300}.·

After

reloading

the

MONARCH

system:

BRU

RDMSG

read

the

control

message

when

the

MONARCH

Monitor

still

in memory

(e.g.,

would

the

case

after

control-message

error

reported):

BRU

RDMSGR

with

valid

unit,

channel,

and

I/O

subroutine

address

the

Unit

Assignment

Table

for

control

messages

(QMSG).

Relocatable

routine.

PROGRAMMED OPERATORS

used.

Contents

registers

are

not

preserved.

Approximately

2420

129610

memory

locations.

SUBROUTINES

USED:

COMMENTS:

QMSGRD,

MTYIO,

TYPM

The

MONARCH

Message

Analysis

Tables

(TABLES -

$CODES,

$PARAMS,

and

$CHAR)

are

referred

this

routine.

$CODES

the

table

MONARCH

symbolic

functions.

$PARAMS is

the

table

MONARCH

symbolic

parameters.

$CHAR is

the

table

MONARCH

BCD

character

classifications.

Listing

for

the

Type

Message

Subroutine

(TYPM, TYPOUT)

and

the

Standard

Action

Subroutine

for System

Routines

(GSYSP)

are

included

the

MON-

ARCH

Control

Routine

listings.

IDENTIFICATION:

TYPE MESSAGE SUBROUTINES (TYPM, TYPOUT)

PURPOSE: To

type

(BREAKPOINT 1

SENSE 1

reset)

(BREAKPOINT 1

SENSE 1

set)

control

messages

and

MONARCH

error

messages,

etc.,

typewriter

line

printer

respectively

(on

the

buffer

for

900

Series

Computers

Channel

A for

9300

Computers).

The

unit

and

channel

designations

are

fixed

the

Description

Table

(TMFDT) for

typewri

ter

output

and

the

File

Description

Table

(PRTFDT) for

line

printer

output.

ACTION:

Characters

are

typed,

beginning

with

the

leftmost

character

the

memory

location

specified

the

Index

(bits

through

for

900

Series

Computers,

bits

through

for

9300

Computers)

until:

CALLING

SEQUENCE:

PROGRAMMING

CONVENTIONS:

period

(SDS

code

338)

typed

printed

characters

have

been

typed

printed.

The

message

text

assumed

packed

characters

per

word.

carriage

return

(SDS

code

528) is

typed

prior

typing

the

text

and

after

the

last

character

text

typed.

the

message

output

the

line

printer,

the

printer

upspaced

one

line

prior

printing

the

message.

BRM

TYPM

BRM

TYPOUT

with

the

origin

the

message

text

bits

through

the

Index

for

900

Series

Computers,

bits

through

for

9300

Computers.

Relocatable

subroutine·

assembled

with

MONARCH

Control

Routine.

Does

not

use

PROGRAMMED

OPERATORS. The

contents

the

Index

Regi

ster

are

preserved

but

the

contents

the

and

Registers

are

modified.

MEMORY

REQUIREMENTS:

Approximately

memory

locations.

SUBROUTINES

USED:

MTYIO

COMMENTS:

This

routine

is used

the

MONARCH

Control

Routine

type

out

control

messages

obtained

from

media

other

than

typewriter

1 (on

the

buffer

for

900

Series

Computers,

Channe

I A for

9300

Computers).

used by

the

MONARCH

Control

Routine

and

MONARCH

Action

Subroutines

(processors) to

type

error

messages

and

communicate

other

informa-

tion

the

console

operator.

...__--

IDENTIFICATION:

STANDARD

ACTION

SUBROUTINE FOR SYSTEM ROUTINES (::;SYSP)

PURPOSE:

provide

standard

subroutine

for

controlling

the

standard

system

routines

(e.g.,

assemblers

and

compilers)

from a

MONARCH

system

tape.

ACTION:

The

following

actions

are

performed

the

order

indicated:

1. The

MONARCH

Loader's

symbol

table

"purged"

that

the

only

entries

the

symbol

table

are

all

the

external

labels

defined

within

the

Loader

itself,

which

includes

the

following:

Ali

external

definitions

for

MONARCH

Unit Assignment

Table

(UAT)

entries

and,

for

900

Series

Computers

only,

the

external

definitions

for

the

Business

Assignment

Table

(BAT).

external

definition

for

the

Processor Error

Switch

(QPESW).

external

definition

for

the

entry

point

the

Monitor

Bootstrap

Routine

(QBOOT).

external

definition

for

the

entry

point

the

MONARCH

Loader

(QSYLDR).

external

definition

for

the

entry

point

the

octal

dump

routine

(QDUMP).

Selective

standard

input/output

subroutines.

The

contents

IORELC

(bits

through

are

examined

see

any

standard

I/O

sub-

routines

are

loaded

handle

input/output

functions

for

the

system

routine.

this

the

case,

LDIOSR is

called

load

the

indicated

I/O

subroutines.

Bits 9

through

IORELC

provide

the

load

relocation

bias for

the

first

I/O

subroutine

loaded.

Locating

the

standard

system

routine.

The

system

tape

"search

sub-

routine

(QSRCH) is

coiled

with

instructions

position

the

system

tape

the

record

gop

following

the

level

MONARCH

record

for

that

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