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General Output Modes
The four modes for running the diagnostics are parity, page, line
echo, and disk ignore.
commands.
Since all modes function as switches, the same
commands disable the modes that enable them.
typed PM (uppercase or lowercase) to enable a mode, type PM
(uppercase or lowercase) again to disable it.
By default, parity interrupts are disabled when you initially
load the diagnostics.
letters PE (uppercase or lowercase) after the "command»" prompt
and press the RETURN key.
are on, type PE (uppercase or lowercase) after the "command»"
prompt and press the RETURN key.)
disabled after an error message.
By default, the diagnostic output scrolls automatically (page
mode is off).
With page mode on, you can scroll output manually
to allow more time for reading output.
enter the letters PM (uppercase or lowercase) after the
"command»" prompt.
appears at the bottom of each full page of output:
<l=next line, e=disable page mode, anything else=next
page»
Press 1 to see the next line, press e to disable page mode, or
press any other terminal key to go to the next page.
Line echo prints all display output on the printer, if one is
present.
To enable line printer echo, enter LE (uppercase or
lowercase) after the "command»" prompt.
diagnostics return an error, line echo automatically disables.
(Line echo is not valid for the clock test. )
By default, disk ignore mode is off.
if a disk drive is not present and you try to run a test sequence
that includes a disk test, the diagnostics return an error and
terminate.
With disk ignore mode on, the diagnostics return a
message and continue to run.
DI (uppercase or lowercase) after the "command»" prompt.
The modes are turned on and off by typing
To enable parity interrupts, type the
(To disable parity interrupts if they
Parity interrupts are always
With page mode on, the following prompt
To turn disk ignore mode on, enter
Running the Diagnostics
For example, if you
To turn page mode on,
If any of the
With disk ignore mode off,
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