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Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Pinterest Telegram WhatsApp Yammer Reddit TeamsSend via e-MailPrintPermalink × PLATO Operations Guide 1 PLATO Overview 1.1 PLATO programs 1.1.1 MASTOR 1.1.2 MASTORN 1.1.3 PLATO 1.1.4 FRAMAT / FORMAT 1.1.5 PNI 1.1.6 CONDENSOR 1.1.7 Control Point Communication 1.1.8 Utility Programs 1.1.8.1 Print Utilities List 1.1.8.2 Operations Utilities List 1.1.8.3 Batch Job Utilities List 1.1.8.4 Application Utilities List 1.1.8.5 Backups Utilities List 1.1.8.6 Usage Data Utilities List 1.1.8.7 PCD3 Executor Utilities List 1.1.9 Utility Lessons 1.2 NOS User Names 1.3 PLATO Master Files 1.3.1 NOS - Master File Relationship 1.3.2 Master File Types 1.3.2.2 Required vs. Temporary 1.3.3 Master File Names 1.3.4 File Allocation Within Master Files 1.4 Special User Groups 1.4.1 PLATO Support (group "s") 1.4.2 Courseware Services (group "coserv") 1.4.3 System Controllers (group "p") 1.4.4 Operators (group "o") 1.4.5 Communications (group "m") 1.4.6 System Consultants (group "pso") 1.5 User Features 1.6 System disk space requirements 2 System Operation 2.1 Start-up 2.1.1 Deadstart 2.1.2 Turn Off Broadcast Unit 2.1.3 Bring Up The PLATO Application 2.1.4 System Check 2.2 Shutdown 2.2.1 Start File Dumps 2.2.2 Warning Message 2.2.3 Backout Users 2.2.4 Stop Control Points 2.2.5 Turn On Broadcast Unit 2.2.6 Accounting Functions 2.2.7 Do File Dumps if Required 2.2.8 Checkpoint Operating System 2.2.9 Step System 2.2.10 Finish 2.3 System Crashes 2.3.1 System Monitoring 2.3.2 Check Terminal 2.3.3 Check PLATO Control Points 2.3.4 Wait for One Minute 2.3.5 Reload Missing Control Points 2.3.6 60 Second Backout 2.3.7 Turn On the Broadcast Unit 2.3.8 System is Hung or Major Problems 2.3.9 Shut Down 2.3.10 Deadstart Dump 2.3.11 Try a Level 3 then Level 0 Deadstart 2.3.12 Problem is Solid 2.3.13 Recording the Interruption 2.4 Monitoring Error Messages 2.5 Broadcast unit 2.6 Prints 2.7 Preparing a Pack for Use 2.7.1 Initialize the Pack 2.7.2 MST 2.7.3 FORMAT if Necessary 2.7.4 Reinitialize the Pack 2.7.5 Summary of Disk Preparation 2.8 Disk Error Recovery Procedures 2.8.1 Single File Error Recovery 2.8.2 Master File Recovery 2.8.2.1 Binary Master Files 2.8.2.2 Other Master Files 2.8.3 Disk Pack Recovery 2.8.3.1 System Pack Recovery 2.8.3.2 Pack Recovery 2.8.4 Recovery Integrity Tests 2.9 Copying PLATO Files to Tape 2.10 Miscellaneous Things to Know 3 Network Management 3.1 NAM 3.1.1 Rebuilding the 2550 Load File 3.2 PLATO-NAM Interface (PNI) 3.2.1 Rebuilding the Resident Load Files 3.2.2 PNI with AIP Trace 3.3 The Network Database 3.3.1 Verifying the Database 3.3.2 Scanning the Database 4 PLATO Account Management 4.1 Account Creation 4.2 Editing an Account 4.3 Destroying an Account 4.4 Renaming an Account 4.6 The File Management Log 4.7 Account Restoration 4.7.2 Partial Restoration 4.7.3 Complete Restoration 4.8 Emergency Actions 4.9 TRANSMIT Utility Usage 4.10 Lesson "operator" 5 "Runner" Lesson Management 5.1 Runner Lessons 6 File Archive Management 6.1 General Description 6.2 Disk Pack Naming Scheme 6.3 Setting Archive Rights 6.4 Archive Processing 6.5 Retreival Processing 7 File Dumps/Backups 7.1 Dump Sets 7.2 Tape format 7.3 Dump Phase Overview 7.4 Initializing the Slot Table 7.5 Setting Up Dump Directory Datasets 7.6 Changing Master Files to be Dumped 7.7 Writing a Message in the VSN Table 7.8 File Dumping 7.9 Recovering a Single File 7.10 Recovering a Master File 7.11 Backups Utilities 7.11.1 BACKCPY 7.11.2 BACKDMP 7.11.3 BACKLIB 7.11.4 BACKLST 7.11.5 BACKMOD 7.11.6 BACKONE 7.11.7 BACKTWO 7.11.8 BKSTART 7.11.9 COPYMF 7.11.10 COPYPF 7.11.11 MFDX 7.11.12 RECOVAL 7.11.13 RECOVMF 8 File Conversions 8.1 General Procedures 8.1.1 Load PLATO with "PLAINS." 8.1.2 Clear Leslist 8.1.3 Choosing the Conversion 8.1.4 Setting Parameters 8.1.5 Conversion Methods 8.1.6 Fix Problems 8.2 Execution Errors 8.3 Error Messages 8.4 Conversion Programs 8.4.1 Conversion Programs Continued 8.5 Conversions by release 8.5.13 Release 13 -- March, 1978 8.5.15 Release 15 -- August, 1978 8.5.18 Release 18 -- May, 1979 8.5.19 Release 19 -- November, 1979 8.5.20 Release 20 -- March, 1980 8.5.21 Release 21 -- June, 1980 8.5.22 Release 22 -- October, 1980 8.5.23 Release 23 -- February, 1981 8.5.26 Release 26 -- February, 1982 8.5.27 Release 27 -- June, 1982 8.5.31 Release 31 -- October, 1983 8.5.35 Release 35 -- January, 1985 8.5.36 Release 36.2 -- May, 1986 9 PLATO Inter-System Link 9.1 Inter-System Link Operation 9.2 Enabling network options in accounts 10 Usage Tracking 10.1 Usage Tracking Overview 10.2 NOS Account Log Messages 10.2.1 PS entry 10.2.2 PA entry 10.2.3 PR entry 10.2.4 PC entry 10.2.5 PI entry 10.2.6 PX entry 10.2.7 PL entry 10.2.8 PM entry 10.2.9 PO entry 10.2.10 PU entry 10.2.11 PD entry 10.3 NOS Account Log Billing Cycle 10.3.1 NOS Account Log Daily Processing 10.3.1.1 PAFTERM 10.3.1.2 Sift PLATO messages - PORAFM 10.3.2 NOS Account Log Monthly processing 10.3.2.1 ENDOFBC 10.3.2.2 Royalty data processor - ROYALTY 10.3.2.2.1 Sample Program 10.4 Account Summary Billing Cycle 10.4.1 Account Summary Daily Processing 10.4.1.1 Z1DAILY 10.4.2 Account Summary Monthly Processing 10.4.2.1 Z1ENDBC 10.4.3 Account Summary Data Format 10.4.4 NOS Account Summary Data Format 10.5 Reports and Programs Available 10.5.1 Availability Report - RAFPDD 10.5.1.1 Sample Program 10.5.1.2 Error Exits 10.5.2 Port Usage Report - PORTX 10.5.2.1 Sample Program 10.5.3 Generating a sorted billing cycle file 10.5.3.1 Reducing the file - RAFPBC 10.5.3.2 Sorting the file - ASM1 10.5.3.3 Sample Program 10.5.3.4 Error Exits 10.5.4 User Usage Report - UURBC 10.5.4.1 Sample Program 10.5.5 Lesson Usage Report - LURBC 10.5.5.1 Sample Program 10.5.6 Combined Reports & Example 10.5.7 Find dates in a log - DATESCN 11 Courseware Installation 11.1 Courseware Update Installation 11.2 Destroy Obsolete Courseware 12 The PLATO Bulletin Board 13 Consultant Features 13.1 Consultant requests 13.1.1 "c" 13.1.2 "psonotes" 13.1.3 "aids" 13.2 Operator requests 13.2.1 "opcalls" 13.2.2 "opsnotes" 14 Logical Site Director Features 14.1 Recommended Use 14.2 Setting Up Additional Sites 14.3 Site Director Options 15 Exchanging "authors" Database Files 16 NOS job submission from PLATO 20 Application Utilities 20.1 CMDMP 20.2 CONDX 20.3 CONFIGX 20.4 EFRDMP 20.5 EMDMP 20.6 EMDTAPE 20.7 EXEC 20.8 FORMCMD 20.9 FRAMX 20.10 MASJOB 20.11 MFNX 20.12 PLATX 20.13 PNIX 20.14 PROUTE 20.15 SETPUN 20.16 SUBMITM 20.17 VERSX 21 Operations Utilities 21.1 CONSOLE 21.2 COPYPD 21.3 DDPT 21.4 DUMPPRT 21.5 ECSTST 21.6 EMPRT 21.7 ESM 21.8 MEMPRT 21.9 MFADD 21.10 MFALTER 21.11 MFCREAT 21.12 MFLIST 21.13 MFPACK 21.14 MFPRINT 21.15 MFTCOPY 21.16 MFTLOAD 21.17 NETPRT 21.18 PDCAT 21.19 PDPRT 21.20 PFDEST 21.21 PFIN 21.22 PFOUT 21.23 PFUSE 21.24 REQPACK 21.25 WAIT 22 Print Utilities 22.1 ACCPRT 22.2 DOCPRT 22.3 DPRINT 22.4 MODPRT 22.5 NPRINT 22.6 PLMPRT 22.7 PPRINT 22.8 TPRINT 30 Problem Reporting 30.1 Purpose 30.2 Definitions 30.3 User Responsibilities 30.3.1 Monitoring Your System 30.3.2 Reporting Problems 30.3.2.1 Problem Reporting Procedures 30.3.2.2 Information Required 30.3.2.3 Setting a Priority Level 30.4 CDC Responsibilities 30.4.1 User Interface Organization 30.4.2 PSR Status Reporting 30.4.2.1 Resolution Schedule 30.4.2.2 PSR Responses 40 Add-on Products 40.1 PCD2 40.1.1 PCD2 Operation 60 Error Messages 60.1 Messages A 60.2 Messages B 60.2.1 Messages BAD S 60.2.2 Messages BAT 60.3 Messages C 60.3.1 Messages CH 60.4 Messages D 60.4.1 Messages DDP 60.4.2 Messages DE 60.5 Messages E 60.5.1 Messages EM 60.5.2 Messages EN 60.5.3 Messages ERROR I 60.5.4 Messages ERROR L 60.5.5 Messages ERRORS 60.5.6 Messages EX 60.6 Messages F 60.6.1 Messages FL 60.7 Messages G 60.9 Messages I 60.9.1 Messages IM 60.9.2 Messages IN 60.10 Messages J 60.11 Messages K 60.12 Messages L 60.13 Messages M 60.13.1 Messages MAX 60.13.2 Messages MF 60.13.3 Messages MJ 60.14 Messages N 60.14.1 Messages NO L 60.14.2 Messages NOA 60.15 Messages O 60.16 Messages P 60.16.1 Messages PL 60.16.2 PNA 60.16.3 Messages PNI E 60.16.4 Messages PNI F 60.16.5 Messages PO 60.17 Messages Q 60.18 Messages R 60.18.1 Messages RED 60.19 Messages S 60.19.1 Messages ST 60.20 Messages T 60.21 Messages U 60.22 Messages V 60.23 Messages W 60.23.1 Messages WB 60.26 Messages Z 70 Release Changes 70.1 Release Changes 80 Alphabetical Index 80.1 Index: A 80.1.1 Index: AD 80.2 Index: B 80.3 Index: C 80.3.1 Index: CO 80.4 Index: D 80.5 Index: E 80.6 Index: F 80.7 Index: G 80.8 Index: H 80.9 Index: I 80.10 Index: J 80.11 Index: K 80.12 Index: L 80.13 Index: M 80.13.1 Index: MASTOR 80.13.2 Index: MF 80.14 Index: N 80.15 Index: O 80.16 Index: P 80.16.1 Index: PL 80.16.1.1 Index: PL 80.16.2 Index: PM 80.16.3 Index: PS 80.17 Index: Q 80.18 Index: R 80.19 Index: S 80.19.1 Index: SY 80.20 Index: T 80.21 Index: U 80.22 Index: V 80.23 Index: W 80.26 Index: Z 80.27 Index: Numbers plato/opguide/start.txt Last modified: 2025/12/29 19:21by 127.0.0.1