110383 TSTE: Time Share Terminal Emulator Version: V2.0, March 1982 Author: T. L. Starr and L. T. Nieh Submitted by: Ronald P. Williams, Hour Electric Company, Glens Falls, NY Operating System: EMT calls setup for V2 + later, RT-11 V2,3,4 Source Language: MACRO-11, PAL-11 Memory Required: 4KW Hardware Required: Modem, serial interface card (DL11-E or similar), Block replaceable file storage system, CRT console device (preferred). Keywords: Device Handlers Abstract: This program serves as a communications interface between a PDP-11 and General Electric Company's Mark III Foreground Service currently available via telephone throughout the world. Operating at a nominal 300 baud, this program allows your local data processing capabilties to be used in conjunction with the G.E. service, thereby reducing your hourly cost, character transmission fees and file storage charges. These savings are realized through off-line input file building, editing and storage. You will be able to edit or reformat your output data before hard copy and relocate some of the smaller data processing tasks to your equipment. This version of the TSTE program supports on line device and file specification, has hardware independent terminal echo for all transactions and provides user messages and prompts to indicate program status. The concept and methods of this program could be applied to any time-share service with minor changes to allow for communications protocol. The coding affected is documented in the source file. Assoc. Documentation: General Electric Command system Reference Manual #3501.01P (Mark III Foreground Service Reference Manual). Restrictions: User must revise source code for addresses of modem interface and allowable vector. Source code must be revised if KEV-11 chip is not present. (Radix 50 file name translation). Program has only been tested at 300 baud. (Notes in source file). Media (Service Charge Code): Write-Up (AA), One RX01 Diskette (KA) Format: RT-11, 600' Magnetic Tape (MA) Format: RT-11