[HECnet] KLH-10 TOPS-10 DECnet Executor Configuration Persistence
G.
gerry77 at mail.com
Wed Mar 11 11:13:54 PDT 2020
On Wed, 11 Mar 2020 09:29:02 -0400, Supratim Sanyal wrote:
> > As far as I remember, you have to relink the monitor.
> [...]
> So yes please walk me through getting a 704dcn image with 31.37 burnt
> into it.
Here we go, for you and everyone else :)
1. First of all make sure you have a complete set of monitor sources in
[10,7,MON]. If you followed either the Software Installation Guide or some
online tutorial you should be okay. In particular make sure that you have
the following:
[10,7,MON]S.MAC
[10,7,MON]DEVPRM.MAC
[10,7,MON]DTEPRM.MAC
[10,7,MON]NETPRM.MAC
[10,7,MON]D36PAR.MAC
[10,7,MON]COMMON.MAC
[10,7,MON]COMDEV.MAC
[10,7,MON]COMMOD.MAC
[10,7,MON]CLOCK1.MAC
2. Also make sure you have REL:TOPS10.REL and [10,7,MON]MONGEN.EXE
3. Make a backup copy of the original TOPS10.REL. I like to preserve the
timestamp of original files, therefore I do a rename followed by a copy of
the renamed file (I have adopted .DEC as the extension for original files)
.RENAME REL:TOPS10.DEC=REL:TOPS10.REL
.COPY REL:TOPS10.REL=REL:TOPS10.DEC (destination=source)
4. Change your default to [10,7,MON]
.R SETSRC
*CP [10,7,MON]
*^Z
5. Make a backup copy of CLOCK1.MAC as you did for TOPS10.REL
6. Open CLOCK1.MAC with any editor of your choice (SOS, EDIT, etc.) and
modify it as follows:
Before: SOJG 6,1 ;AC1 - DON'T CAUSE EXCESSIVE MEMORY INTERFERENCE
After: CONO 740,1 ;AC1 - DON'T CAUSE EXCESSIVE MEMORY INTERFERENCE
(I have removed some white space to fit either line in 78 characters)
The address in the above CONO instruction must match the address of the
idler in the emulator configuration. Several online tutorials suggest 700
but for some reason 740 should be a safer choice (I forgot the specifics,
nonetheless some post in alt.sys.pdp10 may have some explanation)
7. Compile CLOCK1.MAC (it will create CLOCK1.REL)
.COMPIL/COMPIL CLOCK1
8. Replace the CLOCK1 module from CLOCK1.REL in TOPS10.REL
.R MAKLIB
*REL:TOPS10.REL=REL:TOPS10.REL/MASTER:CLOCK1,DSK:CLOCK1.REL/REPLACE:CLOCK1
*REL:TOPS10.REL=REL:TOPS10.REL/INDEX
*^Z
(Indexing is optional but will speed up relinks)
9. Run the monitor configuration utility. It will ask lots of questions,
note that most defaults will be okay. I have attached to this message a
sample record of a generation of mine. Obviously some parameters such as the
system name and address will have to be customized. Values in the decimal
and octal "symbol,value" sections are specific for my installation and could
be safely skipped. If you answer YES to the first question the utility will
generate a MONGEN.MIC file with a record of your input for later reference:
.R MONGEN
Write MONGEN.MIC (YES,NO) : YES
[...]
The latest Software installation Guide contains a guide of the whole
procedure (chapter 9). You can find it at the following address:
http://pdp-10.trailing-edge.com/tops10v704_docc/01/10,7/docupd/sig.mem.html
10. With any editor of your choice create a MONBLD.MIC procedure file
containing the following lines:
.DAYTIME
.COMPILE/COMPILE F,S
.COMPILE/COMPILE DEVPRM,DTEPRM,NETPRM,D36PAR
.COMPILE/COMPILE SYSCNF+<COMMON,COMDEV,COMMOD>
.R LINK
*SYSTEM/SAVE/NOINITIAL/HASH:13K = /LOCALS -
*COMMON,COMDEV,COMMOD,REL:TOPS10/SEARCH-
*/PATCH:200/COUNTERS/GO
.DIRECT/DETAIL SYSTEM.EXE
.DAYTIME
Initial dots and asterisks are required. It's important that a space be
present between /LOCALS and the following hyphen or it will not work.
11. Execute the relink procedure you created in the previous step:
.DO MONBLD
It will take from a few seconds to a few minutes and will create a new
SYSTEM.EXE monitor file in the current directory.
12. Copy the new monitor to the system directory giving it some unique name:
.COPY SYS:TRYMON.EXE=DSK:SYSTEM.EXE
13. Reboot your system and type the name of your new monitor at the BOOT>
prompt. Unless you have some strange configuration it should be enough for
it to find it, otherwise type its full path:
BOOT>TRYMON
14. If everything works as intended you could either copy or rename your new
monitor as SYS:SYSTEM.EXE so that it would be loaded by default during boot
by just pressing the return key.
Whenever you will need a new monitor it will be enough to just change your
default to [10,7,MON] and then run MONGEN and MONBLD as above. If you want
to avoid running the whole MONGEN every time you could also directly edit
either SYSCNF.MAC and/or F.MAC and then run MONBLD.
Let me know if it works or if I have forgot something, :)
G.
-------------- next part --------------
.RUN MONGEN
;Write MONGEN.MIC (YES,NO)
*Y
;MONGEN for 704 monitors
;
;MONGEN will generate any known TOPS-10 configuration. For information
;about which configurations are supported, please refer to the SPD.
;
;/HELP (PROMPT,SHORT,LONG)
*PROMPT
;Which GEN (SYS,F)
*SYS
;Output(DSK:SYSCNF.MAC)
*DSK:SYSCNF.MAC
;DECsystem10 (KL,KS)
*KL
;CPUs (1,1-6)
*1
;System name
*T10 DECnet node DIECI <--- Max 24 characters!
;CPU0 serial number (1-10000)
*2034 <--- Some random number
;Exclude monitor overhead from user run time (YES,NO)
*YES
;EBOX/MBOX runtime accounting (YES,NO)
*YES
;Exclude PI time from user runtime (YES,NO)
*YES
;Account verification (YES,NO)
*YES
;MOS memory (YES,NO)
*YES
;Autoconfigured device options:
; Include SCA (NO,YES,PROMPT)
*NO
; Include Ethernet service (NO,YES,PROMPT)
*YES
; Include SA10 device support (NO,YES,PROMPT)
*NO
; Include RP01/2/3 disks (NO,YES,PROMPT)
*NO
; Include Swapping drums (NO,YES,PROMPT)
*NO
; Include RS04/5 Massbus disks (NO,YES,PROMPT)
*NO
; Prompt for RP0x/RM0x Massbus disks (NO,YES)
*NO
; Include DX20/RP20 disks (NO,YES,PROMPT)
*NO
; Include TM02/TM03 magtapes (NO,YES,PROMPT)
*YES
; Include DX10/TX01/TX02 tapes (NO,YES,PROMPT)
*NO
; Include DX20/TX02 tapes (NO,YES,PROMPT)
*NO
; Include TM78/TU78/TU79 magtapes (NO,YES,PROMPT)
*NO
; Include TM10B magtapes (NO,YES,PROMPT)
*NO
; Include TC10C magtapes (NO,YES,PROMPT)
*NO
; Include BA10/LP100 printers (NO,YES,PROMPT)
*NO
; Include CFE/LP20 printers (NO,YES,PROMPT)
*NO
; Include XY10 plotters (NO,YES,PROMPT)
*NO
; Include CR10 card readers (NO,YES,PROMPT)
*NO
; Include CFE/CD20 card readers (NO,YES,PROMPT)
*NO
; Include CP10/CP10D card punches (NO,YES,PROMPT)
*NO
; Include PC04 paper tape punches (NO,YES,PROMPT)
*NO
; Include PC04 paper tape readers (NO,YES,PROMPT)
*NO
;Types of DTE service to load:
; Load ANF-10 DTE service (YES,NO)
*NO
; Load IBMCOMM DTE service (YES,NO)
*NO
; Load DECnet DTE service (YES,NO)
*YES
; Configure old terminal scanners (NO,YES)
*NO
; How many RSX-20F TTYs on CPU0 (0,0-128)
*0
;
; OPR octal line number (CTY,0-3)
*CTY
; Data set lines
*
;
;Number of Jobs (1-511)
*120
;Maximum pages of core for each job (0,0-16384)
*0
;Total amount of system core in K (512-4096)
*4096
;Number of real-time devices (0,0-77)
*0
;Allow jobs to be locked in core (YES,NO)
*YES
;Guaranteed number of pages for unlocked jobs (0,0-16384)
*10
;Number of pages reserved for locking jobs in Exec Virtual Memory (10,0-?)
*50
;Number of high priority interrupt queues (0,0-15)
*15
;Meter (NO,YES)
*NO
;KASER (NO,YES)
*NO
;MPXSER (YES,NO)
*YES
;PSISER (YES,NO)
*YES
;IPCF (YES,NO)
*YES
;ENQ/DEQ (YES,NO)
*YES
;Disk sets (ALL)
*ALL
;Configure non-autoconfigured hardware (NO,YES)
*NO
;Number of PTYs (20,1-505)
*20
;Network software (YES,NO)
*YES
;Node name
*DIECI <--- Overall (ANF-10) node name
;Number of remote TTYs (485,0-485)
*485
;ANF-10 software (YES,NO)
*NO
;DECnet software (YES,NO)
*YES
; Node name (DIECI)
*DIECI <--- DECnet node name
; Area number of central site (1,1-63)
*1 <--- DECnet area
; Node number of central site (1,1-1023)
*1010 <--- DECnet node number
; Router type (ROUTING,NONROUTING)
*NONROUTING
; Transmit password (DECNET20)
*
; Remote terminals (YES,NO)
*YES
;LAT software (YES,NO)
*YES
; Node name (DIECI)
*DIECI <--- LAT service name
; Number of circuits (20,1-100)
*20
; Service groups
*0
;Decimal "symbol,value"
*MSGMAX,596
*%DLBSZ,1428 <--- DECnet default buffer size
*%RTBSZ,1428 <--- DECnet executor block size
*%RTTM3,90000 ;90*1000 <--- DECnet hello timer
*
;Octal "symbol,value"
*M.EDIT,1
*DSDRIC,0 <--- 0 = Do not run INITIA
*
;SIXBIT "symbol,value"
*
;Type "device-mnemonic,PI-channel" for special devices
*
;Type "device-mnemonic,PI-channel,no.-of-devices"
*
;Type "device-mnemonic,PI-channel,highest-ac-to-save"
*
;Type "ersatz-device,P,Pn,search-list-type"
*
;Type "command-name,dispatch,flags,unique-bits,PRVTAB-name"
*PATH,,RUNFLG,UNIQ.2,
*
;Terminal class
*
;Additional terminals for classes:
;Class to extend
*
;System default terminal type (TTY)
*TTY
;Which GEN (SYS,F)
*F
;Output(DSK:F.MAC)
*DSK:F.MAC
;Feature set (KL10,KS10)
*KL10
;Standard settings (YES,NO)
*YES
;Which GEN (SYS,F)
=^Z
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