Obrázek 63.15. Keyboard/Reader Instruction Format
  0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| 1   1   0 | 0   0   0   0   1   1 |           |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
                                      ^   ^   ^-- KSF
                                      |   +------ KCC
                                      +---------- KRS
                                      0   0   0   KCF
                                      1   0   1   KIE
                                      1   1   0   KRBTabulka 63.14. Příkazy pro práci s konzolou
| mnemo | oktalově | binárně | popis | 
|---|---|---|---|
KCF | 6030 | 110 000 011 000 | Keyboard Clear Flags | 
KSF | 6031 | 110 000 011 001 | Skip on Keaboard Flag | 
KCC | 6032 | 110 000 011 010 | Clear Keyboard Flag | 
KRS | 6034 | 110 000 011 100 | Read Keyboard Buffer Static | 
KRB | 6036 | 110 000 011 110 | Read Keyboard Buffer Dynamic | 
TLF | 7040 | 111 000 100 000 | Set the printer/punch Flag | 
TSF | 7041 | 111 000 100 001 | Skip on Teleprinter Flag | 
TCF | 7042 | 111 000 100 010 | Clear Teleprinter Flag | 
TPC | 7044 | 111 000 100 100 | Load Teleprinter and Print | 
TSK | 7045 | 111 000 100 101 | Skip if reader or printer interrupt Flag | 
TLS | 7046 | 111 000 100 110 | Load Teleprinter Sequence | 
Příklad 63.2. Čtení jednoho znaku z konzoly
    1             / File: db/pdp8.code/keybinput.pal -*- mode:asm; -*-
    2
    3       0200  *200
    4 00200 6032  INPUT,  KCC             /CLEAR KEYBOARD FLAG
    5 00201 4204          JMS LISN        /ENTER SUBROUTINE
    6 00202 3211          DCA STORE       /STORE ASCII CHARACTER
    7 00203 7402          HLT
    8
    9 00204 0000  LISN,   0               /LISN SUBROUTINE
   10 00205 6031          KSF             /KEYBOARD FLAG RAISED YET?
   11 00206 5205          JMP .-1         /NO: CHECK AGAIN
   12 00207 6036          KRB             /YES: READ THE CHARACTER
   13 00210 5604          JMP I LISN      /RETURN TO MAINLINE
   14
   15 00211 0000  STORE,  0
   16             $
      No detected errors
Obrázek 63.16. Printer/Punch Instruction Format
  0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| 1   1   0 | 0   0   0   1   0   0 |           |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
                                      ^   ^   ^-- TSF
                                      |   +------ TCF
                                      +---------- TPC
                                      0   0   0   TLF
                                      1   0   1   TSK
                                      1   1   0   TLSPříklad 63.3. Vytištění jednoho znaku na konzoli
    1             / File: db/pdp8.code/printoutput.pal -*- mode:asm; -*-
    2
    3       0200  *200
    4 00200 7300  OUTPUT, CLA CLL         /CLEAR ACCUMULATOR AND LINK
    5 00201 6046          TLS             /RAISE PRINTER FLAG
    6 00202 1213          TAD HOLD        /GET THE CHARACTER
    7 00203 4205          JMS TYPE        /ENTER SUBROUTINE
    8 00204 7402          HLT
    9
   10
   11 00205 0000  TYPE,   0               /TYPE SUBROUTINE
   12 00206 6041          TSF             /PRINTER FALG RAISED YET?
   13 00207 5206          JMP .-1         /NO: CHECK AGAIN
   14 00210 6046          TLS             /YES: PRINT THE CHARACTER
   15 00211 7300          CLA CLL         /CLEAR ACCUMULATOR AND LINK
   16 00212 5605          JMP I TYPE      /RETURN TO MAINLINE
   17
   18 00213 0243  HOLD,   243             /STORED ASCII CHARACTER
   19             $
      No detected errors
