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Document:	maindec-08-dhlsa-a-d
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PDPTOIE EXTENDED NEH
PARITY TEST
ABSTRACT
THE POP-a/E EXTENDED MEMORY PARITY CHECKERBOARO DIAGNOSTIC
Is OESTGNEQ To DETEOT PARITY FAILURES ON HALFASELEcTeo LINES
THE HORST CASE PATTERN
UNDER HORST CASE NOISE CONDITIONS,
PROVIDED HILL GENeRATE HORST CASE NOISE CONDITIONS IN ALL
Poflpa/E PARITY STACKS.
ALso. THE PARITY ERROR INTERRUPT AND
THE PAHITY DATA DECODING CTRUUTTS—IRE_OHECKED FOR PROPER OPERATION.
THIS PROGRAM wILL TEST SYSTEMS EOUTPPEO NITH PARITY AND FROM
AUTOMATIC PROGRAM RELOCATION TS
OK TO 32K WORDS OF CORE MEMORY.
PROVIDED FOR ERROR IDENTIFICATION. AND THE OPERATOR TS GIVEN
A DEGREE OE CONTROE OVER THE PROGRAM BY VARIOUS SR SETTINGS;

REQUIREMENTS

PDPQE/E COMPUTER EQUIPPEO WITH MEMORY PARTTY
BK OF CORE MEMORY.
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5TORAGE ; THIS PROGRAM OCCUPTES CORE LOCATION OOOO
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AND

5177

LEAST

AND 64OO

6633 OCTALT

LOADING é EINARY LOADER
STARTING PROCEDURE
SET THE sR TO THE INSTRUCTION FIELD AND DATA FIELD or THE
STACK NHICH CONTAINS THE PROGRAM;
PRESS KEY EXTO ADOR LOAD.
sET THE SR EQUAL TO O2OO.
A SETUP SR MESSAGE WILL
PRESS KEYS AOOR LOAD. CLEAR. AND CONT.
_

PRINTED?

557 THE SR FOR DESIRED OPERATION
PRESS KEY OONT.

PRINTOUTSl YES
SWITCH REGISTER OPTIONS

SWITCH

VES
(DOWN)

snag
5921

CONTINUE AFTER ERROR
TYPEOUT ERRORS

5922
SR23

RELOCATE

NORMAL

PROGRAM

NORMAL
NORMAL
sneegaa STARTING STACK LIMIT
sae9u11 ENDING STACK LINTT
sae4
sags

”AINOECéOBHOHLSAQA
L58: LINE ORINTER TEST

(UP)

HALT AFTER ERROR
INHIBIT ERROR TYPEOUTS
TTY BELL ON ERROR
INHIBIT PROGRAM REEOCATION
CHANGE STACK LIMITS
HALT AFTER CURRENT TEST
(Om?)
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ABSTRACT
THE LINE PRINTER DIAGNOSTIO TEST PROGRAM IS OESIONEO TO TEST
.poR CORRECT OPERATION OF THE CONTROL INTERFACE AND CORRECT
CHARAOTER GENERATION OF THE DENTRONIOS MODEL 101 LINE PRINTER.
THE NORMAL FLOW OF THIS DIAGNOSTIC PROGRAM IS To SEOUENTIALLY
TEST FIVE SECTIONS. NHEN A TEST SEOTION Is ENTERED THE TITLE
OP THE TEST SECTION WILL BE PRINTEO ON THE TELETYPE:

REOUIREMENTS
ANY

THESE

PROCESSORS:

CENTRONIOS MODEL 1O: LINE
LseE CONTROL INTERFACE

POPae.a/I;a/L.OE OR POP 12
PRINTER

TELETYPE;ASCII KEYBOARD PRINTER

LOADING
STARTING

SINARY LOADER

PROCEDURE_

LOAD LINE PRINTER NITH LINE PRINTER PAPER
TURN ON POHER BY PRESSINO ON/OFF SUITCH
SHITCH SHOULD LIGHT UP AFTER HAVING BEEN PREsszo;
AT THIS POINT ALL OTHER LIGHTS SHDuLD BE OFF}
PRESS SELEOT SHITcH
SELECT SNITDH SHOULD LIGHT UP AFTER HAVING BEEN RRESSEO.
SESECT STARTING ADDRESS ANO LOAD ADDRESS (START Raga)
PRESS START
(FOR A POP;a/EISTART=CLEAR; THEN CONT.)
PROGRAM HILL HALT AT ADDRESS 422;
AT THIS TIME SELEcT A PROCESSOR AND ALL OTHER SWITCHES

ISEE SNITCH SETTINGS)
PRESS CONTINUE

PRINTOUTS % YES
SWITCH REGISTER OPTIONS

YES

SH2=O
SN2=1

DO ONE PASS 0F COMPLETE
LOOP 0N COMPLETE TEST

SN1=H
SN1=1

PRINT ERROR MESSAGE

SH2=O
5H231

DON'T LOOP ON CURRENT TEST
LOOP ON CURRENT TEST

SHS=O

NORMAL

SN3=‘

TEST FLOH
REPEAT cURRENT TEST SECTION

SHI=O

NORMAL

SN4=1

TEST

AND HLT

INHIBIT ERROR MESSAGE PRINT OUT

TEST FLOH

HLT AFTER COMPLETION

OF SELECTED PRINT TEST

PROCESSOR SELECTION SWITCHES
3H3

O5§OSQO7

001

PDPRB 0R PDPMB/I
PDPVSIL

O1!
O11
IOE

PDPR12
RDPeO/E

TEST SECTION

INHIBIT SHITCHES

SH8=1

BASIC IOT TEST
INHIBIT BASIC ITO TEST

8H9: a
8H9: 1

no THE FORMAT CONTROL CHARACTER TESTS
INHIBIT FORMAT CONTROL CHARACTER TESTS

SNIO=O
Sw1g=1

DO THE CARACTER PRINT TESTS
INHIBIT CHARACTER PRINT TESTS

SN11=O
SN11=1

DO THE

SNESO

DO THE

TIMING TESTS

INHIBIT TIMING TESTS

MAINoEc-maaoHRKAzAZD
RKOE OISKLESS CONTROL TEST

ABSTRACT
THE RKaE DISKLESS CONTROL TEST :3 nastsuao FOR THE
PURPOSE or CHECKOUT or THE RKBE nlsx CONTROL LOGIC not
THIS TEST SHOULD
REQUIRING THE USE OF THE DISK DRIVE.
BE RUN WITH ALL EXISTING DRIVES $61 To THE LOAD POSITION;
_

REQUIREMENTS
PDROOIE COMPUTER
AT LEAST 4K OF READ/WRITE MEMORY
Asn.33 TELETYPE OR EQUIVALENT
RKBE DISK CONTROL
RKEE DISK DRIVE

STORAGE

7H5 PRoGRAM UTILIZES OR OCCUPIES LOCATIONS @flfiw To
THE CURRENT FIELD.

7577

STARTING PROCEDURE
REGULAR OISKLESS CONTROL TEST
SET THE SWITCH LABELED "RUM/LOAD" TO THE ”LOAD" POSITION ON
ALL DRIVES
THE SHTICH LABELED "ON/OFF" TO THE "ON" POSITION ON
ALL ‘DRIVES?

sat

551

THE

SWITCH REGISTER TO @269

551

THE

SWITCH REGISTER TO anew.

SET
AND

SNR9311
START

ANn

PRESS LOAD ADDRESS}

TO THE AMOUNT OF EXTENDED
THE COMPUTER RUNNING;

SET SNR131 IF THE OPERATOR OESIRES TO
OF TEST HACT AT LOCATION "ENOHLT":

R/N

MEMORY BANKS

INHIBIT THE END

swnq=1 SHOULD ALWAYS BE USED To STOP THE PROGRAM;
THE PROGRAM SHOULD PRINT THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE AT
THE coMPLETION OF EACH SUCCESSFUL PASS APROXI EVERY 3.5
HINurEs.