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CP-V Operating System
The CP-V User's Guide can be found at https://livingcomputers.org/UI/UserDocs/CP-V/1_Time-Sharing_Users_Guide.pdf
User commands:
! is the command prompt for CP-V
CTRL-Y / ESC-Y stops a job, GO will continue it or QUIT will kill it
ESC-R - Reprints the current line
ESC-X - Deletes the current line
ESC-E - Toggles 'echoplex' (seeing what you type)
FL - File List
LIST - a Long file list (also L)
COPY fid1 TO fid2 (Copies fid1 to fid2)
COPY fid1 INTO fid2 (Appends fid1 to fid2)
COPY fid to ME (this displays the contents of a file to the screen)
TIME - Displays the time of day
TELL - Try 'TIME' then do 'TELL ME HELLO at (TIME)' where (TIME) is 2 minutes after what TIME reports
STATUS - Shows how much time you have used
T - Lists the terminal line status - !T 37 will set Teletype Model 37
SPLIST - Prints the spool status
OFF - LOGS OUT of the system while displaying a usage summary
The Editor:
E or EDIT a file
*TY - Type All LInes
*TY0+ - Type a screen full of lines starting at 0
*+ print a screen full of lines starting at the current line
Languages:
AP - Assembly Language Processor
APL - A Programming Language
BASIC - Beginners All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
FORT - FORTRAN IV (!FOR ME OVER #
F77 - FORTRAN 77
BASIC Command Usage and Example Session:
| ACC | ACCesses a directory. Ex. ACC GAMEB for games. ACC LOGON returns you to your directory | ||
| CAT | CATalogue the directory. | ||
| LIST | LIST program buffer | ||
| RUN | RUN program buffer | ||
| SAVE | SAVE a program ON FILE Ex. SAVE ON MYBAS | ||
| SYS | SYStem quits BASIC and returns to !TEL |
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