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== 5-year anniversary! We celebrate with a 100 Mbit/s connection to the wiki! ==
I missed the anniversary with a month, gah! But now the server got a 100 Mbit/s fiber connection! Enjoy! /[[User:Mike|Mike]] ([[User talk:Mike|talk]]) 19:48, 18 November 2013 (UTC)


== Names on Monitor Call ==
== NDWiki moved to a new server ==
 
Due to unforeseen circumstances, NDWiki went offline sometime in 2015 (April?). Efforts were made by parties involved to get it back online again, but failed. A year later (April 2016), discussions on how to remedy the situation was started. As I had available time, I offered to set up a server to run to wiki on, and manage it. I only have a "normal" broadband connection at home, which means a dynamic IP address. This is not ideal for running a server, so I asked my local [[Wikipedia:makerspace|makerspace]], [http://bitraf.no/ Bitraf], if I could host the server there - they were willing and agreed. All this took a while, but in the middle of May 2016 I set up the server, installed the necessary software, restored the backup and started fixing stuff that didn't work (some templates, images not showing). Most of the problems were due to my lack of experience with configuring Mediawiki and the software it needs. Anyway, on May 24th, 2016 NDWiki was ready for use again. Enjoy!  [[User:Tingo|Torfinn]] ([[User talk:Tingo|talk]]) 13:45, 29 May 2016 (UTC)
 
== 600 articles! ==
 
This wiki now has 600 articles (or pages if you like)! [[User:Tingo|Torfinn]] ([[User talk:Tingo|talk]]) 19:52, 23 August 2017 (UTC)


I plan to make a list of monitor calls, but some of the names are already taken, so what should we call the monitor call articles? Here is the list I compiled:
:I had in mind something about the monitor calls quite some time ago, but the naming stopped me for the same reason - I anticipated a future collision between e.g. ABORT the command and ABORT the monitor call. A prefix or something maybe? I'm on thin ice here as far as my MediaWiki-fu is concerned, but I notice some of the Sintran commands Tingo is adding have a qualifier.
:Back when I was thinking about monitor calls I wanted a table of short name, a table of long names (INBT -> InByte -> 1B and so on), and some link between them. And don't forget the 500-only calls.. those with numbers >377B --[[User:TArntsen|TArntsen]] 12:32, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
::An idea.. maybe let the actual Wiki page always use the "long" name, add long names to the table, and let both long and short names point to the long name Wiki page? That would imply slightly more writing work when writing the table, but not much. There shouldn't be any problem having pages with names like 'GetStartByte', presumably? I looked through the table of monitor calls and I don't think those long names will collide with any SINTRAN command name or anything else. --[[User:TArntsen|TArntsen]] 12:37, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
:::How about adding qualifiers "(command)", "(monitor call)" and so on where needed, and let the "straight" page list the various alternatives? For example: "ABORT - may refer to the ABORT command, ABORT monitor call, ...". A bit more work, and we need to agree on a standard way to do it, but still. --[[User:Tingo|Torfinn]] 15:39, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
::::Thanks for the feedback! In what document(s) do we have the complete list with descriptions of the monitor calls? Should each monitor call have their own page or is one table or two enough? With a table it's still possible to make a [[Help:Wiki_Editing_Syntax_Guide#Redirects|#REDIRECT]] for each call, i.e "INBT" and "MON 1" will redirect to the page with the table of monitor calls and the [[ABORT]] page will have a first line "For the ABORT monitor call (MON 105) see [[Monitor calls]]." (or some better name of that page). I can make the redirect pages in a batch, if needed. /[[User:Mike|Mike]] 22:33, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
:::::The {{ND-doc|60.128.01}} has a chapter on monitor calls, I don't know if it is complete, but (in my copy at least - printed June 1980) it looks like only the ND-100 monitor calls. --[[User:Tingo|Torfinn]] 20:42, 17 December 2012 (CET)
:::::[[User:TArntsen|TArntsen]]: ND added a new document which (almost) only described monitor calls, it's {{ND-doc|860228.2}} from 1988 (first version came in 1986). The first variant of this document was called 60.228 (download link to that one is below). The original Sintran Reference 60.128 which Tingo refers to was eventually changed to 860128 and monitor calls split out to (at first 60.228, then later) 860228, SINTRAN III Monitor Calls. This document includes almost all monitor calls, including ND-500 calls, and with examples. There are a few undocumented missing calls though, a couple of them are just barely mentioned in release notes but that's about it. I've been digging through a lot of stuff over the last years to figure out the undocumented ones (including reading SINTRAN listings). Some I have figured out, but a couple remain elusive. List of some of the officially undocumented calls are (in octal): 15 (this may not exist), 25 (SETW), 42 (Old OPEN), 45 (DBRK/DefineBreakPoint on ND-100, GTYPR/GetTypring on ND-500), 46 (GBRK/GetBreakPointInfo), 47 (SBRK/SetBreakPointInfo), 51 (DMAC/DMACBreakPoint), 52 (MTERM|TERMO, TERMINAL-MODE), 511 (combination of 503/504), 512 (XMSG for ND-500), 513 (Unknown, possibly also XMSG for ND-500). So: I have a copy of 860228.2, but it's a thick A5 book, not a binder, I can't scan it without cutting the binding which I don't want to do at this point. BUT I also have an A4 binder version of the older 60.228.1 version which I have scanned, I can provide a link but a better one for reading on-screen is probably Jonny Oddene's more light-weight scan: [http://www.sintran.com/sintran/library/libsw/ND-60228-1-EN.pdf Software Library:ND-60228-1-EN.pdf]. It is from 1986 and presumably very similar to version 1 of the 860228 document which is also from 1986. It includes the ND-500 monitor calls. (Actually when I said "almost only monitor calls" it's not entirely true - these documents include great appendixes which describe internal SINTRAN structures like filesystem layout etc). --[[User:TArntsen|TArntsen]] 22:00, 19 December 2012 (CET)
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name(sort) !! Number !! Remark !! Name !! Number(sort) !! Remark
|-
|[[ABORT]] || 105 || rf || [[LEAVE]] || 0 || brf
|-
|[[ABSET]] || 102 || rf || [[INBT]] || 1 || brf
|-
|[[ABSTR]] || 131 || rf || [[OUTBT]] || 2 || brf
|-
|[[ACM]] || 145 || brf || [[ECHOM]] || 3 || brf
|-
|[[AlRDW]] || 37 || rf || [[BRKM]] || 4 || brf
|-
|[[ALTOF]] || 34 || brf || [[RDISK]] || 5 || b
|-
|[[ALTON]] || 33 || brf || [[WDISK]] || 6 || b
|-
|[[APSPF]] || 240 || br || [[RPAGE]] || 7 || br
|-
|[[ASSIG]] || 154 || rf || [[WPAGE]] || 10 || br
|-
|[[B41NW]] || 63 || br || [[TIME]] || 11 || brf
|-
|[[B8INB]] || 23 || br || [[SETCM]] || 12 || b
|-
|[[B80UT]] || 24 || br || [[ClBUF]] || 13 || brf
|-
|[[BCLOS]] || 252 || br || [[COBUF]] || 14 || brf
|-
|[[BRKM]] || 4 || brf || [[MGTW]] || 16 || brf
|-
|[[CAMAC]] || 147 || rf || [[MSTTY]] || 17 || brf
|-
|[[ClBUF]] || 13 || brf || [[WCI]] || 20 || b
|-
|[[CLADJ]] || 112 || rf || [[M8INB]] || 21 || br
|-
|[[CLOCK]] || 113 || brf || [[M80UT]] || 22 || br
|-
|[[CLOSE]] || 43 || br || [[B8INB]] || 23 || br
|-
|[[COBUF]] || 14 || brf || [[B80UT]] || 24 || br
|-
|[[COMND]] || 70 || bf || [[SETW]] || 25 || b
|-
|[[CONCT]] || 106 || rf || [[LASTC]] || 26 || rf
|-
|[[COPAG]] || 251 || br || [[RTDSC]] || 27 || rf
|-
|[[CPUST]] || 262 ||  || [[GETRT]] || 30 || brf
|-
|[[CRALF]] || 221 || br || [[EXlOX]] || 31 || brf
|-
|[[CRALN]] || 253 || br || [[MSG]] || 32 || bf
|-
|[[DABST]] || 127 || rf || [[ALTON]] || 33 || brf
|-
|[[DBRK]] || 45 || b || [[ALTOF]] || 34 || brf
|-
|[[DEABF]] || 256 || br || [[IOUT]] || 35 || bf
|-
|[[DELPG]] || 272 || br || [[NOWT]] || 36 || brf
|-
|[[DESCF]] || 71 || brf || [[AlRDW]] || 37 || rf
|-
|[[DlNTV]] || 130 || rf || [[SPCLO]] || 40 || brf
|-
|[[DIW]] || 165 || rf || [[ROBJE]] || 41 || brf
|-
|[[DLOFU]] || 277 || b || [[OPEN]] || 42 || br
|-
|[[DMAC]] || 51 || b || [[CLOSE]] || 43 || br
|-
|[[DOLW]] || 166 || rf || [[RUSER]] || 44 || brf
|-
|[[DOPEN]] || 220 || br || [[DBRK]] || 45 || b
|-
|[[DROBJ]] || 215 || br || [[GBRK]] || 46 || b
|-
|[[DSCNT]] || 107 || rf || [[SBRK]] || 47 || b
|-
|[[DSET]] || 126 || rf || [[OPEN]] || 50 || br
|-
|[[DUSEL]] || 301 || b || [[DMAC]] || 51 || b
|-
|[[DWOBJ]] || 216 || br || [[TERMo]] || 52 || brf
|-
|[[ECHOM]] || 3 || brf || [[RSEGM]] || 53 || r
|-
|[[EDTRM]] || 206 || br || [[MDLFI]] || 54 || brf
|-
|[[EESCF]] || 72 || brf || [[RSPQE]] || 55 || br
|-
|[[ELOFF]] || 303 || b || [[PASET]] || 56 || bf
|-
|[[ELOFU]] || 276 || b || [[PAGET]] || 57 || bf
|-
|[[ELON]] || 302 || b || [[N500M]] || 60 || r
|-
|[[ENTSG]] || 157 || rf || [[FIXC5]] || 61 || r
|-
|[[ERMON]] || 142 || rf || [[RMAX]] || 62 || brf
|-
|[[ERMSG]] || 64 || brf || [[B41NW]] || 63 || br
|-
|[[EUSEL]] || 300 || b || [[ERMSG]] || 64 || brf
|-
|[[EXlOX]] || 31 || brf || [[QERMS]] || 65 || brf
|-
|[[EXPFl]] || 231 || br || [[ISIZE]] || 66 || brf
|-
|[[FDFDl]] || 250 || br || [[OSIZE]] || 67 || brf
|-
|[[FDlNA]] || 243 || br || [[COMND]] || 70 || bf
|-
|[[FIX]] || 115 || rf || [[DESCF]] || 71 || brf
|-
|[[FIXC]] || 160 || rf || [[EESCF]] || 72 || brf
|-
|[[FIXC5]] || 61 || r || [[SMAX]] || 73 || brf
|-
|[[FOBJN]] || 274 || br || [[SETBT]] || 74 || brf
|-
|[[FOPFN]] || 257 || br || [[REABT]] || 75 || brf
|-
|[[GBRK]] || 46 || b || [[SETBS]] || 76 || brf
|-
|[[GBSIZ]] || 222 || b || [[SETBL]] || 77 || brf
|-
|[[GDEVT]] || 263 ||  || [[RT]] || 100 || rf
|-
|[[GDIEN]] || 244 || br || [[SET]] || 101 || rf
|-
|[[GERDV]] || 254 ||  || [[ABSET]] || 102 || rf
|-
|[[GETRT]] || 30 || brf || [[INTV]] || 103 || rf
|-
|[[GL]] || 150 || rf || [[HOLD]] || 104 || brf
|-
|[[GNAEN]] || 245 || br || [[ABORT]] || 105 || rf
|-
|[[GRAPHIC]] || 155 || brf || [[CONCT]] || 106 || rf
|-
|[[GRTDA]] || 151 || rf || [[DSCNT]] || 107 || rf
|-
|[[GRTNA]] || 152 || r || [[PRIOR]] || 110 || rf
|-
|[[GTMOD]] || 306 || br || [[UPDAT]] || 111 || rf
|-
|[[GUIOI]] || 217 || br || [[CLADJ]] || 112 || rf
|-
|[[GUSNA]] || 214 || br || [[CLOCK]] || 113 || brf
|-
|[[HOLD]] || 104 || brf || [[TUSED]] || 114 || bf
|-
|[[IBRSIZ]] || 313 || br || [[FIX]] || 115 || rf
|-
|[[INBT]] || 1 || brf || [[UNFIX]] || 116 || rf
|-
|[[INSTR]] || 161 || brf || [[RFILE]] || 117 || brf
|-
|[[INTV]] || 103 || rf || [[WFILE]] || 120 || brf
|-
|[[IOSET]] || 141 || brf || [[WAITF]] || 121 || rf
|-
|[[IOUT]] || 35 || bf || [[RESRV]] || 122 || brf
|-
|[[IOXN]] || 153 || rf || [[RELES]] || 123 || brf
|-
|[[IPRIV]] || 146 || r || [[PRSRV]] || 124 || rf
|-
|[[ISIZE]] || 66 || brf || [[PRLS]] || 125 || rf
|-
|[[LASTC]] || 26 || rf || [[DSET]] || 126 || rf
|-
|[[LEAVE]] || 0 || brf || [[DABST]] || 127 || rf
|-
|[[M8INB]] || 21 || br || [[DlNTV]] || 130 || rf
|-
|[[M80UT]] || 22 || br || [[ABSTR]] || 131 || rf
|-
|[[MAGTP]] || 144 || brf || [[MCALL]] || 132 || r
|-
|[[MAPSIB]] || 304 || br || [[MEXIT]] || 133 || rf
|-
|[[MCALL]] || 132 || r || [[RTEXT]] || 134 || brf
|-
|[[MDLFI]] || 54 || brf || [[RTWT]] || 135 || rf
|-
|[[MEXIT]] || 133 || rf || [[RTON]] || 136 || rf
|-
|[[MGDAE]] || 230 || br || [[RTOFF]] || 137 || rf
|-
|[[MGFIL]] || 273 || br || [[WHDEV]] || 140 || rf
|-
|[[MGTW]] || 16 || brf || [[IOSET]] || 141 || brf
|-
|[[MHDLC]] || 201 || br || [[ERMON]] || 142 || rf
|-
|[[MOlNF]] || 312 || br || [[RSIO]] || 143 || bf
|-
|[[MRNFI]] || 232 || br || [[MAGTP]] || 144 || brf
|-
|[[MSDAE]] || 277 || br || [[ACM]] || 145 || brf
|-
|[[MSG]] || 32 || bf || [[IPRIV]] || 146 || r
|-
|[[MSIBB]] || 305 || br || [[CAMAC]] || 147 || rf
|-
|[[MSTTY]] || 17 || brf || [[GL]] || 150 || rf
|-
|[[MUIDI]] || 213 || br || [[GRTDA]] || 151 || rf
|-
|[[N500M]] || 60 || r || [[GRTNA]] || 152 || r
|-
|[[NOWT]] || 36 || brf || [[IOXN]] || 153 || rf
|-
|[[OPEN]] || 42 || br || [[ASSIG]] || 154 || rf
|-
|[[OPEN]] || 50 || br || [[GRAPHIC]] || 155 || brf
|-
|[[OSIZE]] || 67 || brf || [[TRACB]] || 156 || br
|-
|[[OUTBT]] || 2 || brf || [[ENTSG]] || 157 || rf
|-
|[[OUTST]] || 162 || brf || [[FIXC]] || 160 || rf
|-
|[[PAGET]] || 57 || bf || [[INSTR]] || 161 || brf
|-
|[[PASET]] || 56 || bf || [[OUTST]] || 162 || brf
|-
|[[PIOCM]] || 255 ||  || [[WRQI]] || 163 || brf
|-
|[[PRIOR]] || 110 || rf || [[WSEG]] || 164 || rf
|-
|[[PRLS]] || 125 || rf || [[DIW]] || 165 || rf
|-
|[[PRSRV]] || 124 || rf || [[DOLW]] || 166 || rf
|-
|[[QERMS]] || 65 || brf || [[REENT]] || 167 || rf
|-
|[[RDISK]] || 5 || b || [[US0]] || 170 || r
|-
|[[RDPAG]] || 270 || br || [[US1]] || 171 || r
|-
|[[REABT]] || 75 || brf || [[US2]] || 172 || r
|-
|[[REDIR]] || 246 || br || [[US3]] || 173 || r
|-
|[[REENT]] || 167 || rf || [[US4]] || 174 || r
|-
|[[RELES]] || 123 || brf || [[US5]] || 175 || r
|-
|[[RERRP]] || 207 || br || [[US6]] || 176 || r
|-
|[[RESRV]] || 122 || brf || [[US7]] || 177 || r
|-
|[[RFILE]] || 117 || brf || [[XMSG]] || 200 || br
|-
|[[RLDIR]] || 247 || br || [[MHDLC]] || 201 || br
|-
|[[RMAX]] || 62 || brf || [[EDTRM]] || 206 || br
|-
|[[ROBJE]] || 41 || brf || [[RERRP]] || 207 || br
|-
|[[RPAGE]] || 7 || br || [[SREEN]] || 212 || br
|-
|[[RSEGM]] || 53 || r || [[MUIDI]] || 213 || br
|-
|[[RSIO]] || 143 || bf || [[GUSNA]] || 214 || br
|-
|[[RSPQE]] || 55 || br || [[DROBJ]] || 215 || br
|-
|[[RT]] || 100 || rf || [[DWOBJ]] || 216 || br
|-
|[[RTDSC]] || 27 || rf || [[GUIOI]] || 217 || br
|-
|[[RTEXT]] || 134 || brf || [[DOPEN]] || 220 || br
|-
|[[RTOFF]] || 137 || rf || [[CRALF]] || 221 || br
|-
|[[RTON]] || 136 || rf || [[GBSIZ]] || 222 || b
|-
|[[RTWT]] || 135 || rf || [[MGDAE]] || 230 || br
|-
|[[RUSCN]] || 242 || b || [[EXPFl]] || 231 || br
|-
|[[RUSER]] || 44 || brf || [[MRNFI]] || 232 || br
|-
|[[SBRK]] || 47 || b || [[SPEFI]] || 234 || br
|-
|[[SCROP]] || 235 || br || [[SCROP]] || 235 || br
|-
|[[SET]] || 101 || rf || [[SPERD]] || 236 || br
|-
|[[SETBL]] || 77 || brf || [[SFACC]] || 237 || br
|-
|[[SETBS]] || 76 || brf || [[APSPF]] || 240 || br
|-
|[[SETBT]] || 74 || brf || [[SUSCN]] || 241 || b
|-
|[[SETCM]] || 12 || b || [[RUSCN]] || 242 || b
|-
|[[SETW]] || 25 || b || [[FDlNA]] || 243 || br
|-
|[[SFACC]] || 237 || br || [[GDIEN]] || 244 || br
|-
|[[SMAX]] || 73 || brf || [[GNAEN]] || 245 || br
|-
|[[SPCLO]] || 40 || brf || [[REDIR]] || 246 || br
|-
|[[SPEFI]] || 234 || br || [[RLDIR]] || 247 || br
|-
|[[SPERD]] || 236 || br || [[FDFDl]] || 250 || br
|-
|[[SREEN]] || 212 || br || [[COPAG]] || 251 || br
|-
|[[SRUSI]] || 314 || br || [[BCLOS]] || 252 || br
|-
|[[STEFI]] || 275 || r || [[CRALN]] || 253 || br
|-
|[[SUSCN]] || 241 || b || [[GERDV]] || 254 || 
|-
|[[SYCNT]] || 261 ||  || [[PIOCM]] || 255 || 
|-
|[[T8INB]] || 310 || br || [[DEABF]] || 256 || br
|-
|[[TERMo]] || 52 || brf || [[FOPFN]] || 257 || br
|-
|[[TIME]] || 11 || brf || [[USCNT]] || 260 || 
|-
|[[TMOUT]] || 267 ||  || [[SYCNT]] || 261 || 
|-
|[[TNDWAI]] || 307 || br || [[CPUST]] || 262 || 
|-
|[[TRACB]] || 156 || br || [[GDEVT]] || 263 || 
|-
|[[TUSED]] || 114 || bf || [[500RF]] || 264 || 
|-
|[[UNFIX]] || 116 || rf || [[500WF]] || 265 || 
|-
|[[UPDAT]] || 111 || rf || [[500MT]] || 266 || 
|-
|[[US0]] || 170 || r || [[TMOUT]] || 267 || 
|-
|[[US1]] || 171 || r || [[RDPAG]] || 270 || br
|-
|[[US2]] || 172 || r || [[WDPAG]] || 271 || br
|-
|[[US3]] || 173 || r || [[DELPG]] || 272 || br
|-
|[[US4]] || 174 || r || [[MGFIL]] || 273 || br
|-
|[[US5]] || 175 || r || [[FOBJN]] || 274 || br
|-
|[[US6]] || 176 || r || [[STEFI]] || 275 || r
|-
|[[US7]] || 177 || r || [[ELOFU]] || 276 || b
|-
|[[USCNT]] || 260 ||  || [[DLOFU]] || 277 || b
|-
|[[WAITF]] || 121 || rf || [[MSDAE]] || 277 || br
|-
|[[WCI]] || 20 || b || [[EUSEL]] || 300 || b
|-
|[[WDIEN]] || 311 || r || [[DUSEL]] || 301 || b
|-
|[[WDISK]] || 6 || b || [[ELON]] || 302 || b
|-
|[[WDPAG]] || 271 || br || [[ELOFF]] || 303 || b
|-
|[[WFILE]] || 120 || brf || [[MAPSIB]] || 304 || br
|-
|[[WHDEV]] || 140 || rf || [[MSIBB]] || 305 || br
|-
|[[WPAGE]] || 10 || br || [[GTMOD]] || 306 || br
|-
|[[WRQI]] || 163 || brf || [[TNDWAI]] || 307 || br
|-
|[[WSEG]] || 164 || rf || [[T8INB]] || 310 || br
|-
|[[XMSG]] || 200 || br || [[WDIEN]] || 311 || r
|-
|[[500MT]] || 266 ||  || [[MOlNF]] || 312 || br
|-
|[[500RF]] || 264 ||  || [[IBRSIZ]] || 313 || br
|-
|[[500WF]] || 265 ||  || [[SRUSI]] || 314 || br
|-
|}
:::::::I added one disambiguation page, check out the [[ENTSG]] page and see how you like it. --[[User:Tingo|Torfinn]] ([[User talk:Tingo|talk]]) 22:21, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
== MON 15 ==
== MON 15 ==
I just joined NDWiki and would like to contribute. I have not found any doc on MON 15 which is used by NPL, MAC and QED.
I just joined NDWiki and would like to contribute. I have not found any doc on MON 15 which is used by NPL, MAC and QED.
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     A string is the characters between the reader and writer pointers.
     A string is the characters between the reader and writer pointers.
     reader <= writer and both pointers must be within beg/end
     reader <= writer and both pointers must be within beg/end
  SETUP seems to take T and A and write a descriptor to (X), with reader=writer=beg  
  SETUP seems to take T and A and write a descriptor to (X), with reader=writer=beg
 
== 5-year anniversary! We celebrate with a 100 Mbit/s connection to the wiki! ==
 
I missed the anniversary with a month, gah! But now the server got a 100 Mbit/s fiber connection! Enjoy! /[[User:Mike|Mike]] ([[User talk:Mike|talk]]) 19:48, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
 
== NDWiki moved to a new server ==
 
Due to unforeseen circumstances, NDWiki went offline sometime in 2015 (April?). Efforts were made by parties involved to get it back online again, but failed. A year later (April 2016), discussions on how to remedy the situation was started. As I had available time, I offered to set up a server to run to wiki on, and manage it. I only have a "normal" broadband connection at home, which means a dynamic IP address. This is not ideal for running a server, so I asked my local [[Wikipedia:makerspace|makerspace]], [http://bitraf.no/ Bitraf], if I could host the server there - they were willing and agreed. All this took a while, but in the middle of May 2016 I set up the server, installed the necessary software, restored the backup and started fixing stuff that didn't work (some templates, images not showing). Most of the problems were due to my lack of experience with configuring Mediawiki and the software it needs. Anyway, on May 24th, 2016  NDWiki was ready for use again. Enjoy!  [[User:Tingo|Torfinn]] ([[User talk:Tingo|talk]]) 13:45, 29 May 2016 (UTC)
 
== 600 articles! ==
 
This wiki now has 600 articles (or pages if you like)! [[User:Tingo|Torfinn]] ([[User talk:Tingo|talk]]) 19:52, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Revision as of 13:43, 15 May 2019

Welcome to the community portal!

This is the place to find out what is happening on NDWiki. Please add your thoughts to these open discussions. Use a colon (:) at the beginning of each paragraph to indent your responses (and two colons to respond to something already indented, so on and so forth), and sign your response with ~~~~.

5-year anniversary! We celebrate with a 100 Mbit/s connection to the wiki!

I missed the anniversary with a month, gah! But now the server got a 100 Mbit/s fiber connection! Enjoy! /Mike (talk) 19:48, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

NDWiki moved to a new server

Due to unforeseen circumstances, NDWiki went offline sometime in 2015 (April?). Efforts were made by parties involved to get it back online again, but failed. A year later (April 2016), discussions on how to remedy the situation was started. As I had available time, I offered to set up a server to run to wiki on, and manage it. I only have a "normal" broadband connection at home, which means a dynamic IP address. This is not ideal for running a server, so I asked my local makerspace, Bitraf, if I could host the server there - they were willing and agreed. All this took a while, but in the middle of May 2016 I set up the server, installed the necessary software, restored the backup and started fixing stuff that didn't work (some templates, images not showing). Most of the problems were due to my lack of experience with configuring Mediawiki and the software it needs. Anyway, on May 24th, 2016 NDWiki was ready for use again. Enjoy! Torfinn (talk) 13:45, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

600 articles!

This wiki now has 600 articles (or pages if you like)! Torfinn (talk) 19:52, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

MON 15

I just joined NDWiki and would like to contribute. I have not found any doc on MON 15 which is used by NPL, MAC and QED. Years back I tried to find out what this monitor call wa doing. In my emulator I have this notes: 

Old undocumented monitor call, used by NPL/MAC/QED in connection with old open file
  These programs invoke this monitor call using instruction code 161015 octal
  X points to data area to set up
  T is a pointer and is used as a parameter to set up the data structure
  D indicates the buffer length in bytes

Establish data structure to be used by MON 20 Then used by MON 42 to open file (old open)

Carl-Victor Sundling

Ref. the undocumented MON 15. I was trying to figure out the moncall myself some years ago. The last information I found was from (from my notes) 'the TSS manual', which must have been Norsk Data Document ND–60.039.01 REFERENCE MANUAL FOR THE NORD TIMESHARING SYSTEM
So it looks like it was a moncall in NORD-TSS (TimeSharing System) and may have been backwards supported in SINTRAN due to those old tools. If it is the same call. I suspect it is, although I'm not sure if the full functionality of the old one is there - if it only needs to work with NPL/MAC/QED then maybe it doesn't. See below for what I basically copied from the TSS manual. Thanks for bringing it up, it reminds me that we need to work on the documentation for monitor calls.
--TArntsen (talk) 07:50, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
SETUP - Generate a string descriptor
 X = address of string descriptor (5 word object)
 T = location of string
 AD = maximum size of string in bytes
 Descriptor:
   4 character pointers:
     beginning pointer
     end pointer
     reader pointer
     writer pointer
    A string is the characters between the reader and writer pointers.
    reader <= writer and both pointers must be within beg/end
SETUP seems to take T and A and write a descriptor to (X), with reader=writer=beg
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