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Contents of the Nova/Alto DiskMaxcOperations

21. CONTENTS OF THE NOVA/ALTO DISK

Maxc1 only: The following is a fairly complete list of the files regularly kept on the Nova disk and on file 2 of the 10SYS tape.

DOS system files and standard Nova subsystems

MAXCSYS.SYDOS boot image
TBOOT.SVTape boot program
EDIT.SVEditor
ASM.SVNova assembler
RLDR.SVLoader
GEARS.SVEars printing program
NEDP.SVEthernet diagnostic program
FTP.SV, .BBEthernet file transfer program

Maxc-related files

POWER.SVTurns Maxc power on and off
MICRO.SVMicrocode assembler
OMICRO.SVMicro overlay
EMICRO? (needed by Micro)
MIDAS.SVMicrocode loader/debugger
SYS.MBPDP-10 emulator microcode
PATCHES.MBPatches for SYS.MB
TENLOADMidas commands to load microcode
TENCSUMMidas commands to display recomputed checksums for newly-assembled microcode
MEXECGOMidas commands to load microcode, start Micro-Exec
TENGOMidas commands to load microcode, start Tenex
NVIO.SVNova I/O control program
DMPLD.SVMaxc memory dump/load program
TMEM.SVMaxc memory diagnostic (runs on Nova)
PER.SVAnalysis program for TMEM output
TR.SVTests microprocessor registers and memories from the Nova

Microprocessor diagnostics and command files

DGBASIC.MBDGBASIC
DGP.MBDGP
DGALU.MBDGALU
DGIMH.MBDGIMH
DGIML.MBDGIML
DGRL.MBDGRL
DGREG.MBDGREG
DGI.MBDGI
DGM.MBDGM
DGMR.MBDGMR
DBEG.MB

Additionally, there are usually "old" (obsolete) versions of some of the above files (preceded by the letter "O") and "new" (experimental) versions (preceded by the letter "N").

Maxc2 only: The following files are ordinarily kept on the Maxc2 Alto’s disk, in addition to standard Alto subsystems.

Maxc-related files

MICRO.RUNMicrocode assembler
MIDAS.RUNMicrocode loader/debugger
MIDAS.*Various auxiliary files needed by Midas
SYS2.MBPDP-10 emulator microcode
TENLOAD.MIDASMidas commands to load microcode
INIT.MIDASMidas commands to load and dump newly-assembled
microcode
MEXECGO.MIDASMidas commands to load microcode, start Micro-Exec
TENGO.MIDASMidas commands to load microcode, start Tenex
ALTIO.RUNNova I/O control program
TM.RUNMaxc memory diagnostic (runs on Alto)
MEMBASH.RUNMaxc memory contention exercisor
SMIDIAG.RUNAlto System Maintenance Interface diagnostic

Microprocessor diagnostics and command files

DGBASIC.MBDGBASIC.MIDAS
DGP.MBDGP.MIDAS
DGALU.MBDGALU.MIDAS
DGIMH.MBDGIMH.MIDAS
DGIML.MBDGIML.MIDAS
DGRL.MBDGRL.MIDAS
DGI.MBDGI.MIDAS
DGM.MBDGM.MIDAS
DGMR.MBDGMR.MIDAS
DGREG.MBDGREG.MIDAS
DBEG.MB

The current microprocessor diagnostic sources are ordinarily kept on the Maxc2 Alto disk as well.