User manual

Monitor12 (MON12) User Manual 05/30/01

(4) All input commands can be entered either upper or lower case lettering. All

input commands are converted automatically to upper case lettering except for

downloading commands sent to the host computer, or when operating in the

transparent mode.

(5) A maximum of 35 characters may be entered on a command line. After the 36th

character is entered, the monitor automatically terminates the command entry and

the terminal CRT displays the message "Too Long".

(6) Command line errors may be corrected by backspacing (CTRL-H) or by aborting

the command (CTRL-X or DELETE).

(7) After a command has been entered, pressing (RETURN) a second time will

repeat the command.

MONITOR COMMANDS

The monitor BUFFALO program commands are listed alphabetically by mnemonic in

Table 1. Each of the commands are described in detail following the tabular

command listing.

Additional terminal keyboard functions are as follows:

(CTRL)A Exit transparent mode or assembler

(CTRL)B Send break command to host in transparent mode

(CTRL)H Backspace

(CTRL)J Line feed <1f>

(CTRL)W Wait/freeze screen (Note 1)

(DELETE) Abort/cancel command

(RETURN) Enter command/repeat last command

NOTES:

(1) Execution is restarted by any terminal keyboard key.

(2) When using the control key with a specialized command such as (CTRL)A, the

(CTRL) key is depressed and held, then the A key is depressed. Both keys are

then released.

Command line input examples in this chapter are amplified with the

following:

Underscore entries are user-entered on the terminal keyboard.

Command line input is entered when the keyboard (RETURN) key is depressed.

Typical example of this explanation is as follows:

>MD F000 F100