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TOPS-10 Survival Guide
Introduction
TOPS-10 was an operating system for Digital Equipment Corporation's PDP-10 family of mainframe computers (including the DECsystem-10 and DECSYSTEM-20 product lines). TOPS-10 was first released in 1970 and the last release was in 1988.
LCM+L currently has two TOPS-10 systems available on-line:
| Host | Model/Processor | Operating system |
|---|---|---|
| dec-10 | DECSYSTEM-2065 / KL10 | TOPS-10 version 7.04 |
| ki587 | DECsystem-1090 / KI10 | TOPS-10 version 6.3 |
Command format: TOPS-10 commands are one to six characters long. At the command prompt ., type the command string or a unique prefix followed by command arguments if any, then press the Enter key to execute the command. In version 7.04 commands are case-insensitive; in version 6.3 all entered command text is automatically converted to upper case.
File name format: TOPS-10 files are identified with a file name from one to six characters long followed by a period (.) and a zero to three character file extension. Many commands allow wildcard characters * (matches any zero or more characters) and ? (matches zero or any one character) in file name arguments to operate multiple files.
Files with standard extensions are given special treatment by some commands.
| Ext. | File contents | Ext. | File contents |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALG | ALGOL language source | EXE | Executable binary program |
| BAS | BASIC language source | FOR | FORTRAN language source |
| BLI | BLISS language source | MAC | MACRO assembly language source |
| CBL | COBOL language source | REL | Relocatable binary file |
[System description, unique features, command input, hotkeys, etc.]
1. Apply a user account
2. Connect to the system
Command Summary
| Command | Syntax Remarks |
|
|---|---|---|
| 1. | LOGIN - Log-in to your account | LOGIN <PPN> |
| 2. | PASSWOrd - Change your password | PASSWO Not available in version 6.3. |
| 3. | KJOB - Log-out from your account | KJOB In version 6.3, KJOB prompts for how to handle user files. Enter F to save all your files. |
| 4. | MAKE - Create a new file | MAKE <file name> Create <file name> with TECO editor. See Survival TECO. |
| 5. | TECO - Edit an old file | TECO <file> Edit <file> with TECO editor. See Survival TECO. |
| 6. | DIRECTory - List your files | DIRECT [<file>] |
| 8. | TYPE - Show file contents | TYPE <file> |
| 9. | COPY - Copy files | COPY <new file>=<old file> |
11. RENAME - Rename files
12. DELETE - Delete files
13. EXECUT - Compile and run your program
14. BASIC - Run BASIC interpreter
15. MAIL - Send a message to another user
16. Other commands
17. Learn more
