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DSM-00002-03AMOSSystem Operator’s Guide tothe System InitializationCommand FileALPHAALPHAMICROSYSTEMSMICROSYSTEMSRIGHT. FROM THE START.ALPHAALPHAMIC

CHAPTER 2WHAT DOES A SYSTEMINITIALIZATION FILE DO?Later chapters will treat each of the points below in detail. Briefly, however, the systeminitializ

Page 2-2 Chapter 2 2.1SAMPLE SYSTEM INITIALIZATION FILE :T JOBS 3 ; Define number of jobs TRMDEF CRT0,AM100L

CHAPTER 3EDITING YOUR SYSTEMINITIALIZATION FILEYour computer was delivered to you with a system initialization command file configured for theparticul

Page 3-2 Chapter 3If you did modify the file directly, and made a mistake, before you could again use the disableddisk as a System Disk, you would nee

CHAPTER 4DEFINING JOBSThis chapter tells you how you set up jobs on your computer. A "job" is a "workplace" inmemory that has a n

Page 4-2 Chapter 4Specify an extra job for the use of the BACKUP command in your JOBS statement.At AMOS command level, the JOBS command tells you how

CHAPTER 5DEFINING TERMINALSThe TRMDEF command defines a terminal to AMOS. Every terminal has a name (1 to 6characters), a specific hardware interface

Page 5-2 Chapter 55.1TERMINAL NAMEThe terminal name consists of one to six alphanumeric characters chosen by you.Every terminal on the computer must

Page 5-3Defining Terminals5.2.1DISABLING SUPER I/OIn AMOS 2.3 and later, Super I/O is enabled by default for all I/O boards which supportit, such as

Page 5-4 Chapter 55.3TERMINALThe terminal statement tells the computer what kind of terminal is connected to theinterface board, and thus what kind

© 1997 Alpha MicrosystemsREVISIONS INCORPORATEDREVISION DATE00 March 198801 April 199102 September 199603 May 1997AMOS System Operator’s Guide to the

Page 5-5Defining Terminals5.3.4In-widthThe in-width statement specifies the maximum terminal line-width allowed before acarriage return. Allowing a

Page 5-6 Chapter 55.5MODEM-DRIVERIf you want the terminal defined to be able to work with a modem (using telephone linesto transmit data), enter the

Page 5-7Defining Terminalswhere tcb-number is the number of TCBs to allocate. All the other parts of the line arethe same as in normal TRMDEF stateme

CHAPTER 6SETTING UP YOUR SYSTEMThis chapter discusses the commands you use to get your computer running, to set upmemory, and to customize your system

Page 6-2 Chapter 66.3THE SCSI DISPATCHERAll newer Alpha Micro computers (AM-4000, Roadrunners, Eagles, and later) use aSCSI dispatcher program to co

Page 6-3Setting up Your Systemoperate in non-synchronous mode only by entering a /N at the end of the commandline. For example:SCZDSP SCZ190.SYS/NThe

Page 6-4 Chapter 66.4DEFINING DEVICES (DEVTBL)Following the TRMDEF command lines is the DEVTBL command. It defines thedevices your computer can acc

Page 6-5Setting up Your SystemIf you have three identical system drives, and each drive has 10 logical units, then youcan define each physical drive a

Page 6-6 Chapter 6the same controller. Also, several types of hard drives can run under the control of thesame Hard Disk Controller—but because these

Page 6-7Setting up Your SystemYou may find you need more queue space if your computer makes heavy use of the filelocking system. The STAT program wil

TABLE OF CONTENTSCHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION1.1 WHAT IS A SYSTEM INITIALIZATION COMMAND FILE? . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11.2 GRAPHICS CONVENTIONS . .

Page 6-8 Chapter 6There are two options available with the ERSATZ statement. The /B option lets you addblank entries to the ersatz definition list, so

Page 6-9Setting up Your SystemOne of the common uses of SYSTEM in the system initialization command file is toinclude the AlphaBASIC runtime package (

Page 6-10 Chapter 6After the computer is up and running, the SYSTEM command performs a new functionas a user command telling you what programs are in

Page 6-11Setting up Your Systemdev is the name of the disk device you want to set up write buffering for. buffer-size isthe size of the write buffer;

Page 6-12 Chapter 66.9.3Front Panel Write Buffer DisplayIf your computer has a front panel with three bar graph LEDs, you can use the LEDs todisplay

CHAPTER 7FINISHING THE SYSTEM INITIALIZATIONAfter the monitor processes the SYSTEM commands in the system initialization command file,the computer is

Page 7-2 Chapter 77.2SETTING UP JOBSWhen the computer is reset or powered up, it automatically attaches the first job to thefirst terminal defined i

Page 7-3Finishing the System Initializationservice calls or the general TRM driver. You cannot attach a job to a detached terminalfrom that terminal i

Page 7-4 Chapter 77.2.3Forcing Input to JobsThe FORCE command gives you a way of sending input to another job. To send oneline of input to another j

Page 7-5Finishing the System Initialization FORCE OLIVER MEMORY 32K WAIT OLIVEROnce again, SETJOB will do this too!7.2.5The VER CommandWhen

Page iiCHAPTER 6 - SETTING UP YOUR SYSTEM6.1 SHARED MEMORY ALLOCATION (SMEM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16.2 INITIALIZING MEMO

Page 7-6 Chapter 7 JOBALC LOGJOB ; Name the job TRMDEF LOGTRM,PSEUDO,NULL,100,100,100 ; Set pseudo-terminal ;

Page 7-7Finishing the System Initialization7.7SETTING UP ALPHACDIf you want an AlphaCD CD-ROM drive to be accessible to all users after booting, loa

CHAPTER 8TESTING YOUR SYSTEMINITIALIZATION FILEOnce you have completed your initialization file, you need to test it to be sure it workscorrectly. Th

Page 8-2 Chapter 88.3CREATING A MINIMAL FILEThere are times during addition of new hardware to the computer or whentroubleshooting an existing compu

Page 8-3Testing your System Initialization FileA MSGINI command.A SYSTEM SYSMSG.USA command (or other system message file).A final SYSTEM com

APPENDIX ASAMPLE SYSTEM INITIALIZATIONCOMMAND FILENOTE: The following sample INI file is based on an Eagle 300 system. Some linestatements may not b

Page A-2 SAMPLE SYSTEM INITIALIZATION COMMAND FILETRMDEF TRM2,AM318=1:19200,AM62A,100,100,100,EDITOR=10TRMDEF TRM3,AM318=2:19200,AM62A,100,100,100,EDI

Page A-3Sample System Initialization Command FilesLOG OPR:SYSTEM SERVICESET DSKERRSET HEX;MOUNT DSK: ; Mount all DSK logicals;SETJOB JOB2,TRM2,256K,JO

APPENDIX BGLOSSARYAMOS COMMANDLEVELWhen you are at AMOS command level, you are communicating directlywith AMOS (the Alpha Micro Operating System) and

Page B-2 GLOSSARYCONTROLSEQUENCEA control sequence is when you use the CONTROL key (sometimeslabeled CTRL) in combination with other keys to affect wh

Page iiiDEFAULT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2DELIMITER . . . . . . .

Page B-3GlossaryECHO A response by your terminal to what you press on the keyboard. If youpress a key (say the "a"), and you see a response

Page B-4 GLOSSARYMOUNT The process of preparing a disk device for use.NON-SELF-CON-FIGURING DISKA disk drive that must have a specific disk driver pro

Page B-5GlossarySEQUENTIAL A type of file storage in which each item of data follows the previous itemof data in order in the storage on the disk. Se

Page B-6 GLOSSARYWILDCARD A symbol that can represent a range of other characters. You might wantto think of it as a joker in a deck of cards. For e

Document HistoryRevision 00 - AMOS Release 2.0 - (Printed 3/88) - New DocumentAdapted and separated from the AMOS System Operator’s Guide.Revision 01

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Page Index-2 IndexDevice drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10Device independence . . . . . . . . . . . .

Page Index-3IndexKeycap symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3KILL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Page Index-4 IndexSequential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5SET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Page Index-5IndexUnlocking keyboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5User memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

CHAPTER 1INTRODUCTIONAlmost every function of the System Operator requires you to be familiar with the systeminitialization command file. This manual

Page 1-2 Chapter 1 A "command file" is a text file that contains system commands. When you call thecommand file, the monitor reads and

Page 1-3Introduction1.2GRAPHICS CONVENTIONSThis manual conforms to the other Alpha Micro publications in its use of a standard setof graphics conven

Page 1-4 Chapter 1 SYMBOL MEANING{} Braces are used in some examples to indicate optional elements of a com-mand line. In the example: DIR{