ND-210455G04 — VTM terminal tables (Standard), version G (rev 04)¶
Status: IN-PROGRESS — floppy contents confirmed, install command NOT extracted (installer is a compiled :PROG) · Install source: [OBS]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Part number | 210455G04 |
| Base product | ND-210455 |
| Version | G, revision 04 |
| Release date | files dated 1986-05 through 1988-01 |
| CPU target | ND-100 / ND-500 |
| OS requirement | unknown |
Description¶
The full standard terminal-table set: dozens of individual DDBnnn descriptors (terminal types
2, 3, 11, 36, 52, 53, 57, 79, 80, 83, 90-93, 99, 100, 103, 105, 106, 110, 113 confirmed present,
each in several format variants), the compounded DDBTABLES-<rev>:VTM files for four revisions
(C09, D09, E09, G04) simultaneously, both VTM-COMPOUND tool versions (E09 and G04), and
pre-built loadable arrays for every target: VTM-1B-ARRAY/VTM-2B-ARRAY:BRF (ND-100 1-bank/
2-bank) and VTM-ARRAYS:NRF (ND-500), confirming exactly the three-target list
ND-211464's install doc already documented from its own
PD sheet.
A second installer not seen on any other VTM product in this catalog: INSTALL-TABLES:PROG
(26 pages) — its purpose is inferred from its name only (install the standard DDBTABLES set),
not confirmed against any install text.
Distribution media¶
| Floppy volume | Contents |
|---|---|
210455G04-XX-01D |
INSTALL-TABLES:PROG (26 pages) · VTM-COMPOUND-G04:PROG (124 pages), VTM-COMPOUND-E09:PROG (107 pages) · DDBTABLES-E09:VTM/-C09:VTM/-D09:VTM/-G04:VTM (compounded tables, 4 revisions) · VTM-ALL-TYPES:VTM (2 pages) · VTM-1B-ARRAY-G04:BRF/-E09:BRF, VTM-2B-ARRAY-G04:BRF/-E09:BRF (ND-100 loadable arrays) · VTM-ARRAYS-G04:NRF/-E09:NRF (ND-500 loadable arrays) · ~60 individual DDBnnn-<suffix>:VTM per-terminal-type descriptor files, user FLOPPY-USER |
Confirmed by downloading the image (MD5 51b54d36e3f11bb834fa213ef3a54a9c) and reading with
ndtool -t. Sibling revisions 210455G02-XX-01D, 210455G03-XX-01D, 210455G06-XX-01D exist
in the floppy library but were not mounted for this entry.
Installation procedure — NOT established¶
Neither INSTALL-TABLES:PROG nor VTM-COMPOUND-*:PROG are :MODE text scripts — they're
compiled programs, so their dialogue cannot be extracted the way :MODE files elsewhere in this
catalog were decoded. By analogy with ND-211464's real, PD-sheet-sourced procedure,
expect: copy the relevant files to SYSTEM/your working user, then use VTM-COMPOUND to add/
regenerate compounded terminal tables and loadable arrays — not confirmed for this specific
floppy or for INSTALL-TABLES:PROG, which has no analog on the ND-211464 product to compare
against.
Configuration / post-install¶
See ../../../../Developer/Workflow/VTM-TERMINAL-INTERFACES.md §2
for setting a terminal's type once the tables are installed (QSET-TERMINAL-TYPE).
Documentation¶
- PD-sheet: not located
- PI-sheet: not located
Provenance & open items¶
- Source: floppy directory listing via
ndtoolon the downloaded image. - TODO (blocking): determine what
INSTALL-TABLES:PROGactually does — run it live, or find a PD sheet. - TODO: this install has not been run live in the emulator.
Parent: ../README.md (ND-210455 product overview)