Manuals for DEC 36-bit Computers
These files are for personal use only, and are being made available for use by individuals covered by DEC’s Personal License. If you agree to the terms of the license, you may download these files.
Note: These are very large PDF files containing 300 DPI scanned images
TOPS-10 Software Notebooks
Scanned by Al Kossow and Eric Smith. Postprocessed by Al Kossow. Distributed via the bitsavers.org web site:
| Volume | P/N | Title | File | Size (MB) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Master Table of Contents | |||
| Update Notices | updates.pdf | 4.9 | ||
| AA-0858C-TB | Documentation Directory | AA-0858C-TB.pdf | 2.4 | |
| EE-21041-26 | DECsystem-10 Technical Summary | DecSystem10_TechnicalSummar.pdf | 4.0 | |
| DEC-10-MZDC-D | Introduction to DECsystem-10 Software | DEC-10-MZDC-D.pdf | 3.4 | |
| AA-C790A-TB (DEC-10-XGSDA-A-D) | Getting Started With DECsystem-10 | DEC-XGSDA-A-D.pdf | 2.4 | |
| AA-C858A-TB (DEC-10-UTECA-A-D) | Introduction to TECO | DEC-10-UTECA-A-D.pdf | 1.5 | |
| DEC-10-USOSA-A-D | SOS User’s Guide | DEC-10-USOSA-A-D.pdf | 1.4 | |
| AA-D303A-TB | Getting Started With Batch (TOPS-10) | AA-D303A-TB.pdf | 4.0 | |
| 2 | AA-0916F-TB | TOPS-10 Operating System Commands Manual | AA_0916F_OS_Commands.pdf | 19.0 |
| AA-H374B-TK | TOPS-10/TOPS-20 Batch Reference Manual | AA_H374B_batch.pdf | 9.2 | |
| AD-H374A-T1 | TOPS-10/TOPS-20 Batch Reference Manual Update | |||
| 3 | AA-0999E-TB (DEC-10-ETEE-D) | TECO Programmer’s Reference Manual | AA-0999E-TB_TECO.pdf | 5.8 |
| AA-0999E-T1 (DEC-10-UTPRA-A-DN1) | TECO Programmer’s Reference Manual Update | |||
| AA-D598A-TB | TOPS-10 SOS Reference Manual | AA_D598A_SOSrefMan.pdf | 12.1 | |
| AA-M840B-TK | TOPS-10/TOPS-20 DECmail/MS Manual | AA_M840B_decmail.pdf | 3.8 | |
| AA-L412A-TB | TOPS-10 Tape Processing Manual | AA_L412A_tapeProcessing.pdf | 4.9 | |
| 4 | AA-0974G-TB | TOPS-10 Monitor Calls Manual (Volume 1) | AA-0974G-TB_monCallsVol1.pdf | 19.8 |
| AA-K039D-TB | TOPS-10 Monitor Calls Manual (Volume 1) | AA-K093D_monCallsVol2.pdf | 32.5 | |
| 5 | AA-H391A-TK | DECsystem-10/DECSYSTEM-20 Processor Reference Manual | AA-H391A-TK_procRefJun1982.pdf | 37.4 |
| AD-H391A-T1 | DECsystem-10/DECSYSTEM-20 Processor Reference Manual Update | |||
| DEC-10-XSRMA-A-D | DECsystem-10 Hardware Reference Manual | |||
| DEC-10-XSRMA-A-DN1 | DECsystem-10 Hardware Reference Manual Update | |||
| 6 | AA-0196C-TK | ALGOL Programmer’s Guide | AA-0196C-TK_algol.pdf | 5.3 |
| AA-H200A-TK | APLSF Language Manual | AA-H200A-TK_aplsf.pdf | 33.9 | |
| AA-C859A-TB (DEC-10-LBLMA-A-D) | BASIC Conversational Language Manual | DEC-10-LBLMA-A-D_BASIC.pdf | 6.3 | |
| 7 | AA-H275C-TK | BLISS Language Guide | AA_H275C-TK_bliss.pdf | 29.8 |
| AD-H275C-T1 | BLISS Language Guide Update | |||
| 8 | AA-J937E-TK | BLISS-36 Compiler Installation Notes | AA-J937E-TK_blissInstall.pdf | 0.8 |
| AA-H712D-TK | BLISS-36 User’s Guide | AA-H712D-TK_bliss36.pdf | 12.9 | |
| AA-J201A-TK | BLISS XPORT Programmer’s Guide | AA-J201A-TK_xport.pdf | 11.2 | |
| 9 | AA-5057B-TK | TOPS-10/TOPS-20 COBOL-68 Lanugage Manual | AA-5057B-TK_cobol68.pdf | 22.5 |
| AA-M586A-TK | TOPS-10/TOPS-20 COBOL Conversion Utility Guide | AA-M586A-TK_cobolConvUtil.pdf | 1.5 | |
| 10 | AA-5059B-TK | TOPS-10/TOPS-20 COBOL-74 Language Manual | AA-5059B-TK_cobol74.pdf | 26.4 |
| AD-5059B-T1 | TOPS-10/TOPS-20 COBOL-74 Language Manual Update | |||
| AA-0936B-TB (DEC-10-LCPLA-B-D) | DECsystem-10/20 CPL User’s Manual | DEC-10-LCPLA-B-D_cplUserMan.pdf | 13.8 | |
| 11 | AA-N383B-TK | TOPS-10/TOPS-20 FORTRAN Language Manual | AA-N383B-TK_fortLangMan.pdf | 29.1 |
| AD-N383B-T1 | TOPS-10/TOPS-20 FORTRAN Language Manual Update | |||
| AA-P345C-TB | TOPS-10 FORTRAN Installation Guide | AA-P345C-TB_fortInstall.pdf | 0.6 | |
| AA-0947B-TK | Introduction to IQL | AA-0947B-TK_IQL_intro.pdf | 3.7 | |
| AA-H282A-TK | IQL User’s Guide | AA-H282A-TK_IQL_usersGuide.pdf | 7.0 | |
| 12 | AA-M400A-TK | TOPS-10/TOPS-20 Common Math Library Reference Manual | AA-M400A-TK_commMathLib.pdf | 8.6 |
| AA-M581B-TK | DIL User Reference Manual | AA-M581B-TK_DIL.pdf | 13.5 | |
| AA-M063A-TB | TOPS-10 SORT/MERGE User’s Guide | AA-M063A-TB_sort-merge.pdf | 6.7 | |
| 13 | AA-BH82B-TB | TOPS-10 DDT Manual | AA-BH82B-TB_ddt.pdf | 5.7 |
| AA-0988D-TB | TOPS-10 LINK Reference Manual | AA-0988D-TB_link.pdf | 9.7 | |
| AA-0988D-T1 | TOPS-10 LINK Reference Manual Update | |||
| AA-0988D-T2 | TOPS-10 LINK Reference Manual Update | |||
| AA-C780C-TB | MACRO Assembler Reference Manual | AA-C780C-TB_macro.pdf | 7.1 | |
| AA-M472A-TB | TOPS-10 MAKLIB User’s Guide | AA-M472A-TB_maklib.pdf | 2.5 | |
| AA-0998B-TB | TOPS-10 User Utilities Manual | AA-0998B-TB_userUtils.pdf | 2.8 | |
| CREF Specification | crefSpecification.pdf | 0.2 | ||
| DMPFILE Specification | dmpfilSpecification.pdf | 0.1 | ||
| DMPREF Specification | dmprefSpecification.pdf | 0.7 | ||
| 14 | AA-W557A-TB | ANF-10 Networks Software Installation Guide | AA-W557A-TB_ANF-10.pdf | 3.6 |
| AA-BS94A-TK | TOPS-10/TOPS-20 RSX-20F System Reference Manual | AA-BS94A-TK_RSX20F.pdf | 15.9 | |
| AA-BS94A-T1 | TOPS-10/TOPS-20 RSX-20F System Reference Manual | |||
| AA-D783B-TB | TOPS-10 Remote Station Guide | AA-D783B-TB_RemStationGuide.pdf | 5.1 | |
| AA-M494A-TK | TOPS-10/TOPS-20 DDT11 Manual | AA-H225F-TC_DDT11.pdf | 1.6 | |
| BOOT11 Specification | BOOT11.pdf | 0.6 | ||
| DN8x-Series Remote Station Macros | DN8x_macros.pdf | 0.9 | ||
| DTELDR Specification | DTELDR.pdf | 0.6 | ||
| KPDLDR Specification | KDPLDR.pdf | 0.2 | ||
| NETLDR Specification | NETLDR.pdf | 0.4 | ||
| AA-D612B-TB | TOPS-10 IBM Emulation/Termination | AA-D612B-TB_IBMemul.pdf | 7.1 | |
| 15 | AA-P512C-TB | TOPS-10 Software Installation Guide | AA-P512C-TB_SoftwInstalGde.pdf | 9.0 |
| DEC-10-CKRMA-A-D | CHK11 Reference Manual | DEC-10-CKRMA-A-D_CHK11.pdf | 0.8 | |
| DTBOOT Specification | DTBOOT.pdf | 0.4 | ||
| AA-H729A-TK | TOPS-10/TOPS-20 Autopatch Procedures/Reference Manual | AA-H729A-TK_Autopatch.pdf | 3.8 | |
| DEC-10-YUFA-D | SOUP Programmer’s Reference Manual | DEC-10-YUFA-D_soup.pdf | ||
| 16 | AA-H283C-TB | TOPS-10 Operator’s Guide | AA-H283C-TB_tops10operGuide.pdf | 19.8 |
| AA-KZ39A-TK | TOPS-10/TOPS-20 Operator’s Hardware Device and Maintenance Guide | AA-KZ39A-TK_operatorsHWref.pdf | 9.1 | |
| 17 | AA-H599C-TB | TOPS-10 Operator’s Command Language Reference Manual | AA-H599C-TB_OperCmdLang.pdf | 11.3 |
| AA-4181B-TK | TOPS-10/TOPS-20 USAGE File Specification | AA-4181B-TK_USAGEfileSpec.pdf | 3.3 | |
| AD-4181B-T1 | TOPS-10/TOPS-20 USAGE File Specification Update | |||
| DISKIO Specification | DISKIO.pdf | 0.5 | ||
| DSKLST Specification | DSKLST.pdf | 0.6 | ||
| DSKRAT Specification | DSKRAT.pdf | 0.2 | ||
| FACT Accounting Specification | FACT.pdf | 0.4 | ||
| FNDBLK Specification | FNDBLK.pdf | 0.2 | ||
| KSCOM Specification | KSCOM.pdf | 1.1 | ||
| KSFORM Specification | KSFORM.pdf | 0.3 | ||
| SCHED Specification | ||||
| WILD Specification | WILD.pdf | 1.5 | ||
| MONTST Specification | ||||
| MULTI Specification | MULTI.pdf | 0.3 | ||
| PERF Specification | ||||
| SCRIPT Specification | SCRIPT.pdf | 0.5 | ||
| SIMPKG Specification | ||||
| 18 | AA-H206D-TB | TOPS-10 Crash Analysis Guide | AA-H206D-TB_crashAnalysis.pdf | 6.4 |
| AA-BJ93C-RB | TOPS-10 Stopcodes Specification | AA-BJ93C-RB_TOPS10stopCodes.pdf | 5.9 | |
| AA-BJ92B-RB | TOPS-10 Monitor Tables | AA-BJ92B-RB_TOPS10monTbls.pdf | 11.5 | |
| AA-J833B-TK | TOPS-10/TOPS-20 SPEAR Manual | AA-J833B-TK_spear.pdf | 6.6 | |
| 19 | AA-0901C-TB | DBMS-10 Programmer’s Procedures Manual | AA-0901C-TB_DBMS-10prog.pdf | 6.3 |
| AA-0899C-TB | DBMS-10 Administrator’s Procedures Manual | AA-0899C-TB_DBMS-10admin.pdf | 9.5 | |
| 20 | AA-J055D-TK | Introduction to DECnet | AA-J055D-TK_DECnetPh4Intro.pdf | 7.1 |
| AA-P379B-TB | TOPS-10 DECnet and PSI Installation Guide | AA-P379B-TB_decnetInstall.pdf | 9.4 | |
| AA-L413B-TB | TOPS-10 DECnet and PSI System Manager’s and Operator’s Guide | AA-L413B-TB_DECnetSysMgr.pdf | 14.1 | |
| AA-CK81A-TB | TOPS-10 PSI User’s Guide | AA-CK81A-TB_PSI.pdf | 7.9 |
- DECsystem-1080/1090 System Description DEC part number EK-1090U-SD-003, 3rd Edition (Rev), January 1977 162 pp., 12M This manual contains a good overview of the DECsystem-10. It actually includes some details about system configuration and operation that I’ve never found elsewhere. TOPS-10 Operator’s Guide DEC part number AA-H283B-TB, April 1986, for TOPS-10 V7.03 486 pp., 19M This guide gives the computer operator a task-oriented reference for using the TOPS-10 operating system and a brief description of the hardware supported by the TOPS-10 operating system. DECsystem-10/DECSYSTEM-20 Processor Reference Manual DEC part number AD-H391A-T1 (update) and AA-H391A-TK (base document) 514 pp., 36M My copy of the update is missing pages 1-13 and 1-14, so this PDF file contains those pages from the base document instead. This manual is the definitive reference on the PDP-10 processor architecture and instruction set. DTE20 Ten-Eleven Interface Unit Description DEC part number EK-DTE20-UD-003, 3rd Edition (Rev), October 1976 partial manual: 50 pp., 2.5M This PDF file currently only contains the first chapter of the manual. The rest of the manual has a lot of foldout pages, and will take longer to scan. This manual describes the interface between the KL10 and the PDP-11-based front-end systems. A KL10 can have DTE20 interfaces to up to four PDP-11s, of which one is the system console, and the others are typically DN87S communication systems.