ND-100/CX Compact - SINTRAN III

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This machine runs SINTRAN III - VSX / 500 K.

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Sintran info,

Work log / history

2011-12-14: various older info - users on the machine (transcribed):

@li-us,,,
USER 0: PACK-ONE:SYSTEM
USER 1: PACK-ONE:FLOPPY-USER
USER 2: PACK-ONE:UTILITY
USER 3: PACK-ONE:BPUN-FILES
USER 4: PACK-ONE:SCRATCH
USER 5: PACK-ONE:RT
USER 6: PACK-ONE:COSMOS-BASIC
USER 7: PACK-ONE:TCP-IP
USER 8: PACK-ONE:COMPACT-101
USER 9: PACK-ONE:STUDS

Interesting that RT is user 5. FLOPPY-USER has no space in main directory.

initial commands:

@li-ini-com,,
ENTER-DIRECTORY,,D-74MB-1,0
S-E-D 1
CONNECT SYS-OUT-1 105 R
CLOSE 105
BATCH
APPEND-BATCH 1 LOAD-FILE:SYMB SYS-OUT-1

end of initial commands.

Files on the machine (not a complete listing), just the interesting ones:

files on user SYSTEM:

FMAC-1920C:PROG
DMAC-1915F:PROG
S3-CONFIG:PROG
RESERVE-SYSTEM:MODE
RESERVE-SYSTEM:BATC
SLASK:SYMB
AIP-HOSTS
AIP-SERVICES
AIP-NETWORK
AIP-PROTOCOL
FTP-SERVER-B05:PROG
TETRIS:SYMB
FTN-2090I:PROG
GREP:FORT
LOAD-FILE:SYMB
HENT-FILE:SYMB

user UTILITY has the usual files:

BACKUP-H06:PROG
BACKUP-SERV-H04:PROG
BACKUP-LOAD:MODE
DMA-SERVER-A00:BRF
DMA-LOAD-A02:MODE
DDBTABLES-C-B:VTM
DDBTABLES-D-E02:VTM
DDBTABLES-E08:VTM
DDBTABLES-G03:VTM
XMSG-IN-L03:PROG
XMSG-O1-L03:XCOM
XMSG-STARTEX-L03:MODE
XMSG-STARTEX-L03:BATC
XMSG-SYSTABS-L03:SYMB
XMSG-POFTABS-L03:SYMB
XMSG-VALUES-L:SYMB
XMSG-PL-VALUES-L:INCL
XMSG-LIBRARY-L03:BRF
XMSG-HDLC-TEST-L:PROG
XMSG-FIDO-L03:PROG
XMSG-COMMAND-L03:PROG
XMSG-KERNEL-L03:PROG
XMSG-XROUT-L03:BPUN
XMSG-SYMBOL-L03:SYMB
XMSG-LOAD-L03:MODE
XMSG-INIT-L:MODE
XMSG-SYSDEF-L:SYMB
XMSG-START-L:MODE

files on user BPUN-FILES:

PED-ENG-J
NPL-1896D
FTN-2090H
MAC-1415C
NRL-1935I
FTN-2090I

files on user SCRATCH: - scratch files files on user RT:

SLASK:SYMB
THEO-LIST:SYMB

files on user COSMOS-BASIC: - the programs for cosmos basic:

COS-HENT-E04:MODE
COS-START-E04:MODE
COS-FILE-TRA-E02:PROG
COS-XFTRA-E02:PROG
COS-XFTRA-E02:MODE
COS-CONN-TO-E02:PROG
COS-COSP-VSX-E02:BPUN
COS-COSP-VSX-E02:MODE
COS-SPOO-SER-E02:PROG
COS-DEF-PRIN-E02:MODE
COS-FAU-VSX-E03:BPUN
COS-FAU-VSX-E03:MODE
COS-FSART-E02:BPUN
COS-FSART-E02:MODE
COS-FA-SERV-E04:PROG
COS-FA-SERV-E04:MODE
COS-FS-ADMIN-E02:PROG

files on user TCP-IP:

TCP-IP-LO-1-B05:PROG
TCP-SERV-BO-B05:PROG
TELNET-SERV-B05:PROG
PO-STOP-B05:PROG
PO-PWRFAIL-B05:PROG
FTPRT-B05:PROG
TCP-START-B05:MODE
FTP-CLIENT-B05:PROG
TELNET-CLIEN-B05:PROG

files on user COMPACT-101: source code and compile mode files for the simulator (much FORTRAN code here). Examples:

FORSMARK-LOAD101:SYMB
STUDSVIK-LOAD101:SYMB
LOAD101-FORSMARK:SYMB
LOAD101-STUDSVIK:SYMB

files on user STUDS:

STUDS2-SCANFIL:DATA
STUD:DATA

That's it.

2011-11-13: testing the floppy drive. The machine has to be started by pressing the START button. The panel clock is incorrect, so I have to set the clock manually:

@updat 06,14,13,11,2000
@datcl
 14.06.04   13 NOVEMBER 2000

Let's try to format a floppy:

@dev-fun fl-1 s-f-f 17

(device-function, floppy-1, set-floppy-format 17B)

@dev-fun fl-1 f-f

(device-function, floppy-1, format-floppy)

No error messages. Let's try to enter the directory

@ent-dir,,f-d-1,0
ILLEGAL FLOPPY FORMAT

(enter-directory, floppy-device-1, unit 0)

Ok, perhaps I need to create a directory on it first. Let's start again:

@dev-fun fl-1 r-f
FORMAT (OCT): 13B

(read format)

@dev-fun fl-1 f-f
@dev-fun fl-1 read-status
STATUS: 10B
@cr-dir,test2,f-d-1,0
ILLEGAL FLOPPY FORMAT
@dev-fun-fl-1 read-status
STATUS: 10B

Other info:

@dev-fun fl-1 f-f
FORMATTING ERROR
@dev-fun fl-1 read-status
STATUS: 111030B

Doesn't look like the floppy is ok.

2011-11-10: setting the clock: trying to set the clock to a year after 2000 gives an error (the K version of Sintran III is too old for this), so this is what we will have to live with:

@updat 31,23,10,11,2000
@datcl
 23.31.02   10 NOVEMBER 2000

That's all.

2011-11-10: first boot of Sintran (transcribed):

BATCH NUMBER =  1
13.14.12     15 SEPTEMBER 1987
SINTRAN III - VSX / 500 K  ******** VÄLKOMMEN TILL DEMO SIMULATORN ********
STANDARD CONFIGURATION: C
GENERATION (WORK MODE NO.):  312B
REVISION (PATCH FILE NO.): 11400B
CPU TYPE: 102
CPU NUMBER: 3608
GENERATED: 13.14.00     15 SEPTEMBER 1987
SINTRAN III RUNNING -

PAGES FOR SWAPPING: 1357B

ND-100 PANEL CLOCK INCORRECT

1987.09.15  13:14:21 ** XROUT: xmsg  version L03 (87.11.26) started **

*** 13.14.40 TERMINAL 670:
***INFORMATIONS SIMULATORN ÄR NU FÄRDIG ATT ANVÄNDA ***

Pressing ENTER lets me log in as user SYSTEM (no password), and the system writes:

OK
SIM-INFO..@

Nice.