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3.11 Console Commands

Table 3–9 summarizes the console commands. The VAX

6000 Series Owner’s Manual gives a full description of each

command, its qualiﬁers, and examples.

Table 3–9: Console Commands

Command Function

BOOT Initializes the system, causing a self-test, and begins the boot

program.

CONTINUE Begins processing at the address where processing was inter-

rupted by a CTRL/P console command.

DEPOSIT Stores data in a speciﬁed address.

EXAMINE Displays the contents of a speciﬁed address.

FIND Searches main memory for a page-aligned 256-Kbyte block of

good memory or for a restart parameter block.

HALT Null command; no action is taken since the processor has al-

ready halted in order to enter console mode.

HELP Prints explanation of console commands.

INITIALIZE Performs a system reset, including self-test.

PATCH EEPROM Patches console, diagnostic, and boot primitive code from a

TK70.

REPEAT Executes the command passed as its argument.

RESTORE EEPROM Copies, if present, the TK tape’s EEPROM contents to the EEP-

ROM of the processor executing the command.

SAVE EEPROM Copies to the TK tape, if present, the contents of the EEP-

ROM of the processor executing the command.

SET BOOT Stores a boot command by a nickname.

SET CPU Speciﬁes eligibility of processors to become the boot proces-

sor.

SET LANGUAGE Changes the output of the console error messages between nu-

meric code only (international mode) and code plus explana-

tion (English mode).

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