Press in order the MD and DISP buttons to display memory data in the octal readout.
Press in order 0 and LXA to select memory field 0.
Press in order 20 and LA to start loading instructions at location 20.
Deposit the following octal values, termination each value with D NEXT.
1 / File db/pdp8.code/rx02boot.pal -*- mode:asm; -*- 2 7301 AC1=CLL CLA IAC 3 7326 AC2=CLL CLA CML RTL 4 7327 AC6=CLL CLA CML IAC RTL /RX02'S MUST RUN ON AN OMNI-BUS !! 5 7330 AC4000=CLL CLA CML RAR 6 7350 AC3777=CLL CLA CMA RAR 7 7346 AC7775=CLL CLA CMA RTL 8 / 9 / DEVICE IOT SYMBOLIC EQUATES 10 / 11 6751 LCD=6751 /LOAD COMMAND 12 6752 XDR=6752 /TRANSFER DATA 13 6753 STR=6753 /SKIP IF READY TO TRANSFER 14 6754 SER=6754 /SKIP ON ERROR 15 6755 SDN=6755 /SKIP ON DONE 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 0020 *20 20 / 21 00020 1061 READ, TAD UNIT /TRY NEXT COMBINATION OF DENSITY AND UNIT 22 00021 1046 TAD CON360 /ADDING IN 360 23 00022 0060 AND CON420 /KEEPING ONLY 420 BITS 24 00023 3061 DCA UNIT /CYCLES 400, 420, 0, 20, 400,,,,,,, 25 00024 7327 AC6 /COMMAND TO READ DISK 26 00025 1061 TAD UNIT /UNIT AND DENSITY 27 00026 6751 LCD /COMMAND TO CONTROLLER 28 00027 7301 AC1 /TO SET SECTOR AND TRACK TO 1 29 00030 4053 JMS LOAD /SECTOR TO CONTROLLER, LEAVES AC ALONE 30 00031 4053 JMS LOAD /AND TRACK 31 00032 7004 LITRAL, 7004 /LEAVING A 2 IN AC; SERVERS AS LITERAL 32 / 33 / FOLLOWING IS PART OF WAIT LOOP, SAME SECONDARY BOOTS, OLD PRIMARY BOOT 34 / 35 00033 6755 START, SDN /HAS DONE COME UP; CODE STARTS HERE! 36 00034 5054 JMP LOAD+1 /NO, GO CHECK FOR READY TO TRANSFER 37 / 38 / NOW, DONE OR ERROR 39 / 40 00035 6754 SER /SKIP ON AN ERROR, TRY ANOTHER DENSITY ETC. 41 00036 7450 SNA /NASTY, AC=2 FOR ABOUT TO DO SILO, 0 ON START-UP 42 00037 5020 JMP READ /START-UP, GO SET UP UNIT, THEN READ TO SILO 43 00040 1061 TAD UNIT /AC ALREADY 2, PUT IN UNIT, DENSITY 44 00041 6751 LCD /TO EMPTY THE SILO 45 00042 1061 TAD UNIT /SET UP LOC 60 FOR OLD SECONDARY BOOT 46 00043 0046 AND CON360 /KEEPING ONLY DENSITY BIT 47 00044 1032 TAD LITRAL /ADDING IN 7004, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT SYS WANTS 48 00045 3060 DCA RX1SAV /OLD SECONDATY BOOT MOVES IT TO HANDLER 49 00046 0360 CON360, 360 /LITERAL; EXECUTES IN LINE AD A NO-OP 50 / /FALLS THRU TO NEXT PAGE OF LISTING 51 / 52 / FOLLOWING CODE SAME AS OLD PRIMARY BOOT 53 00047 4053 JMS LOAD /GRAB NEXT ITEM FROM SILO 54 00050 3002 DCA 2 /TRADITION; SECONDARY BOOT STARTS LOADING AT 2 55 00051 2050 ISZ 50 /INCREMENT LOAD ADDRESS 56 00052 5047 JMP 47 /GO BACK FOR ANOTHER / PALBART V2.3a Page 1 57 / 58 / SECONDARY BOOT LOADS OVER PRIMARY BOOT UNIT LOCATION 47 IS LOADED, 59 / THEN CONTROL PASSES TO SECONDARY BOOT 60 / 61 00053 0000 LOAD, 0 /SUBROUTINE TO GIVE AND TAKE DATA FROM CONTROLLER 62 00054 6753 STR /IS HE READY TO TALK TO US? 63 00055 5033 JMP START /NO, IS HE PERHAPS DONE WITH SILO, OR IN ERROR? 64 00056 6752 XDR /YES, DATA IN OR OUT;IF DATA TO CONTROLLER AC UNCHANGED 65 00057 5453 JMP I LOAD /NO MAGIC, JUST EXIT FROM SUBROUTINE 66 / 67 / 60 GOES TO OLD SECONDARY BOOT 68 / 61 HAS DENSITY AND UNIT THAT BOOTED SUCCESSFULLY 69 / 70 CON420, /USE IT TO HOLD 420 LITERAL TO START OUT 71 00060 0420 RX1SAV, 420 /UNIT^20+7004 TO GO TO SYS HANDLER 72 00061 0020 UNIT, 20 /<DENSITY^400>+<UNIT^20> THAT BOOTED OK 73 $ No detected errors
After you have deposited all the values, press 0033 and LA to start the program at location 33.
To start the bootstrap program, press INIT and RUN.