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Names on Monitor Call

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 --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. --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. --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 #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. /Mike 22:33, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

The Norsk Data Document ND–60.128.01 SINTRAN III REFERENCE MANUAL 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. --Torfinn 20:42, 17 December 2012 (CET)

TArntsen: ND added a new document which (almost) only described monitor calls, it's Norsk Data Document ND–860228.2 SINTRAN III Monitor Calls 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: 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). --TArntsen 22:00, 19 December 2012 (CET)

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. --Torfinn (talk) 22:21, 21 December 2013 (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 

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)