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1.0  INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW

     This document is designed as a users guide to DDT version  41  in
so  far  as it has changed from previous versions of DDT.  It is not a
complete users guide to  all  the  wonders  of  DDT,  just  those  new
features  which  have  recently  been  implemented  (although directed
primarily at new features only in DDT version 41,  some  documentation
is  included  to  describe other aspects of DDT which have been around
for a longer period of  time,  but  were  never  fully  understood  or
otherwise documented).

     Throughout this document it is assumed that the reader is already
familiar  with  DDT and the MACRO assembly language in general as well
as the appropriate operating system(s).



2.0  CONFIGURATIONS

     DDT version  41  will  run  on  KA-10's,  KI-10's,  KL-10's,  and
KS-10's,  using  no  paging,  KI-paging, or KL-paging, with or without
extended addressing in user or executive mode (user and file DDT's run
only  in  user  mode) with no special assembly needed.  DDT version 41
must be assembled to run under  either  the  TOPS-10  or  the  TOPS-20
operating system.

     It traditionally has been a goal to maintain one  single  set  of
source  files from which all flavours of DDT are built.  This goal has
been maintained.



3.0  MEMORY AND ADDRESS CONTROL

     The single biggest change to DDT version 41 from earlier versions
is  in  the  realm of memory control and how the user addresses memory
locations.



3.1  Extended Addressing

All flavours of DDT except FILDDT will  run  in  any  memory  section.
Full  extended addressing is supported, as are "large" addresses - DDT
will now accept a  full  36-bit  expression  as  an  address  although
obviously  only  FILDDT  can  actually  handle an address over 30-bits
wide.  In all  cases  the  actual  address  must  be  positive  (i.e.,
effectively a 35-bit address).
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3.1.1  Symbol Table Restrictions - There  are   certain   restrictions
however  which  must  be  adhered  to  in  order  for  DDT to function
correctly.  The first restriction is that the symbol  table  logic  is
essentially section-dependent, i.e., the symbol table and its pointers
(.JBSYM=116 and .JBUSY=117, also .JBHSM=6 relative to the start of the
"high  segment")  must reside (i.e., be mapped) in the same section as
that in which DDT itself is running.  Further, the symbol table can be
no longer than 128K words in length and must be RADIX-50 format.



3.1.2  Breakpoint Restrictions - The second restriction of  which  the
user  must  be  aware concerns breakpoints.  Since the hardware has no
facility  to  unconditionally  transfer  control  to  DDT  using  only
36-bits,  DDT  must  be mapped into each section (at the same relative
address obviously) which contains code into which the user  wishes  to
place breakpoints.



3.1.3  Location Examining Restrictions - Even   if   running   on   an
extended  addressing machine if DDT is running in section 0, then only
locations within section 0 (addresses 0 to 777777) may be manipulated.



3.2  Effective Address Calculation

DDT version 41 can calculate effective address references using either
"local" or IFIW (Instruction Format Indirect Word) or "global" or EFIW
(Extended  Format  Indirect  Word)   formats.    In   a   normal   DDT
address-opening  command  ("/",  "/",  <TAB>,  etc.)  a  single  <ESC>
delimiting the address expression (e.g., "MOVE 3,/ 200(10)$/" or  just
"$[")  instructs  DDT  to  treat  the  expression  as an IFIW word and
calculate the effective address exactly like the hardware would,  were
the hardware to execute that 36-bit word as an instruction at location
"." (whether or not location "." is currently open).

     Two <ESC>'s delimiting the address expression  instructs  DDT  to
treat  the  36-bit  expression  as  an  EFIW  word  and  calculate the
effective address exactly as the hardware would, were the hardware  to
indirectly  address  the 36-bit expression at location "." (whether or
not location "." is currently open).  A strange case can come up about
which the user should be cautioned - there is an ambiguity as to where
(i.e., what "section") to start  the  effective  address  calculation.
DDT  assumes  the  left half of "." (i.e., the last location opened by
the user).  If  for  example  having  opened  location  0,,1234  which
contains  7,,4321  the  user  issues  the  command "$$[" then DDT will
calulate the effective address as the contents  of  location  4321  in
section  0  indexed  by the right half of register 7, and if bit 13 is
on,  treating  that  word  as  an  IFIW  and  continuing  the  address
calculation.   This,  although  probably  not what was expected, is in
fact exactly what the hardware would do since the indirect  word  came
from  section  0.   Had  the  user opened location 1,,1234 (containing
7,,4321) then DDT would take the  contents  of  location  7004321  and
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continue from there.

     If no <ESC>'s delimit the address  expression,  then  DDT  simply
uses  the  full 36-bit expression as the address (e.g., "30,,30/" says
open location 30000030 and "-1/"  says  open  location  777777777777).
Again,  only  FILDDT  can  actually  reference an address greater than
30-bits wide (not that anyone  has  that  much  disk  space,  but  the
hardware will not permit an address space over 30-bits wide).

     There is a special case in which DDT does something "kinky" -  if
a  space  was  typed  in  entering  the  address  expression, or if no
explicit address was typed (i.e., the user is  using  the  "last  word
typed"  by  simply typing only (for example) <TAB>), DDT will form the
36-bit actual address by using only  the  right  half  of  the  36-bit
address  expression  plus  the left half of "." as the section number.
This not-at-all-obvious behavior is so that the user can type in "JRST
PAT<TAB>"  and  have DDT go to location PAT in the same section as the
JRST PAT instruction rather than going to  address  254000000000/+(PAT
modulo  2**18).   Another  common  usage of this "feature" would be in
chaining down linked  lists  where  the  link  pointer  is  an  18-bit
section-local address in the left half of a word.  To do this the user
may type "sp$$Q/" (where "sp" means space).   This  is  one  of  those
cases  where  usefullness  outweighs cleanliness of implementation and
documentation.



3.3  Modifying Memory

Two new commands have been added to facilitate DDT's  manipulation  of
the user address space.



3.3.1  Automatic Write-enable - The $W or $0W  command  instructs  DDT
to,  if  the  user  attempts  to deposit into a write-protected memory
location, automatically attempt to write-enable the  memory  location,
do  the  memory  deposit,  then  finally  re-write-protect  the memory
location (default for TOPS-10);  the $$W or $$0W command instructs DDT
to  simply  give  an error indication if the user attempts to change a
write-protected memory location (default for TOPS-20).  For FILDDT the
use  of this command is restricted to non-file usage such as "DDT'ing"
the running monitor/memory space.



3.3.2  Automatic Page-creation - The  $1W  command  instructs  DDT  to
automatically  try  to  create  the page the user is trying to deposit
into if it doesn't already exist  (default  for  TOPS-20);   the  $$1W
command  instructs  DDT to simply give an error indication if the user
attempts to write into a  non-existant  page  (default  for  TOPS-10).
EDDT  and  FILDDT doing super I/O or "DDT'ing" an .EXE file will NEVER
attempt to create a non-existant  page.   For  FILDDT  the  user  must
specify patching the file when he starts FILDDT in order to be able to
create new pages (e.g., extend the file or fill in a gap in the middle
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of the file (TOPS-20 only)).



3.4  Page Mapping And Physical Addressing

In DDT version 41 all flavours of DDT support page mapping and address
relocation as well as register and physical address manipulation.  All
of these functions use some variation of the $U/$$U DDT  command.   In
general  these  functions  may  be mixed together (for example address
relocation and page mapping).



3.4.1  Physical Addressing - DDT now has  the  concept  of  "physical"
addressing  in  addition  to  its normal "virtual" addressing.  The $U
command instructs DDT to use normal virtual addressing (what  it  used
to  do);   the  $$U  command  instructs DDT to manually track down the
honest physical address rather than the virtual address space in which
DDT  finds  itself  running.  Physical addressing is really applicable
only to EDDT or to FILDDT looking at running  monitor/memory  (TOPS-10
only).   User  mode  DDT  (including  EDDT  running in user mode, MDDT
(TOPS-20 only), and VMDDT (TOPS-10 only)) and FILDDT looking at a disk
all  treat  $U and $$U identically.  In physical addressing location 0
is not register 0 (i.e., DDT's internal copy of user register  0)  but
rather  physical  memory  location  0 page 0 bank 0 box 0 (that memory
location on the hardware memory bus that responds to all address  bits
= 0).

     When the $$U DDT command is issued "physical" locations 0  to  17
become  "registers" 0 to 17.  For user mode DDT this means locations 0
to  17  become  DDT's  registers  rather  than  the  user's  registers
(although  the user's registers will be properly restored on DDT-exit,
$$U merely directs DDT not to use the  internal  "fake"  (i.e.,  user)
registers).   For  FILDDT  this means file words 0 to 17 (as mapped by
the .EXE directory if used) become locations 0 to  17  (normal  for  a
data file).

     Subsequent issuance of the $U DDT command will redirect locations
0  to  17  to  being DDT's internal "fake" registers again, except for
FILDDT looking at an data file or doing super I/O to a disk.

     Note that for executive mode EDDT to utilize physical  addressing
the  paging  hardware must have been enabled PRIOR to DDT-entry.  This
requirement exists because EDDT, in order to access  all  of  physical
memory,  needs  to  map  the  desired  physical  address  into its own
(executive) virtual address space,  which  it  does  by  fondling  the
already-extant  page  maps.   For  EDDT to provide physical addressing
capability without this restriction would require 2 (3  if  KL-paging)
more  memory  pages  be  dedicated to EDDT for building temporary page
maps, plus support code etc.

     For FILDDT to examine/modify physical  memory  a  7.01  or  later
release  of  the  TOPS-10  monitor is required;  no release of TOPS-20
supports FILDDT'ing physical memory.
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3.4.2  Page Mapping - All flavours of DDT now support page mapping  in
both  the  KI-  and  the  KL-tradition.   EDDT  in executive mode will
dynamically figure out which style of paging is in effect and  operate
accordingly.  There currently exists no command for setting which mode
of  paging  simulation  is  desired  so  all  other  flavours  of  DDT
(including  EDDT  running in user mode) will assume the mode of paging
used by the operating system for which DDT was assembled  -  KI-paging
for  TOPS-10  and  KL-paging  for  TOPS-20.  In executive mode EDDT or
FILDDT looking at running monitor/memory  space  DDT  will  internally
utilize  physical  addressing  in  order  to provide the user the true
mapped virtual address space desired.



3.4.2.1  KI-paging - For KI-paging (TOPS-10 default) the page  mapping
command  syntax  is  upt$eptU  where  upt  is the physical memory page
number of the user process table and ept is the physical  memory  page
number  (octal)  of  the executive process table;  if ept is specified
the resulting virtual address space is that of the executive  process,
if  ept is omitted the address space is that of the user.  If both upt
and ept are omitted, DDT returns to unmapped virtual addressing.



3.4.2.2  KL-paging - For KL-paging (TOPS-20 default) the page  mapping
command  syntax is xpt$spxU where only one of xpt or spx is used - xpt
is the physical memory page number of the user  or  executive  process
table  and  spx  is  the  index into the SPT of the process table page
pointer (useful for looking at TOPS-20 monitor crashes).  If both  xpt
and spx are omitted, DDT returns to unmapped virtual addressing.



3.4.3  Setting The SPT - FILDDT will automatically define the start of
the  SPT from a disk file (assumed monitor dump) from the symbol "SPT"
if it exists (TOPS-20 only).  The command  spt<$$U  specifies  to  DDT
that the SPT starts at address spt.



3.4.4  Register Addressing - The command acs$$U instructs DDT  to  use
the  20  consecutive  locations  starting at acs as the registers (DDT
maintains an internal copy of the registers so changing  "register"  3
will  not  affect (for example) acs/+3).  FILDDT, when reading an .EXE
file, will automatically load its internal "fake" registers as  though
the user had typed CRSHAC$$U if TOPS-10 or BUGACS$$U if TOPS-20.  Note
that if physical addressing mode has been entered (the user has issued
the  $$U  command) then the internal "fake" registers are ignored;  if
the user subsequently reenters virtual addressing (via  some  form  of
the  $U  command) then an adr$$U command may also have to be re-issued
to get the registers  back  (this  does  not  affect  the  saving  and
restoring  of  the  hardware  registers in user or executive DDT, only
what DDT will use for typing out locations 0 to 17).
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     The $U command, except for FILDDT'ing a data file or doing  super
I/O  to a disk, will return DDT to its internal "fake" registers.  The
selection of registers is completely independent of any  page  mapping
in  effect.   Changing  virtual  address  spaces  does  not change the
"registers".

     In executive mode DDT only the command $$nU will  switch  DDT  to
use (and thus display) hardware AC block n (available only for KL-10's
and KS-10's).  The user is warned that $$7U  on  a  KL-10  will  bring
rapid and rabid death (the microcode uses AC block 7).



3.4.5  Address Relocation And Protection - As aid to looking  at  data
structures  which  are  formed  using  pointers as offsets rather than
pointers as absolute values DDT version 41 will allow the user to  set
both  a  base  relocation address to be added to all addresses used in
location examining commands and a protection address beyond which  the
user   "virtual"   (note   the   use  of  "virtual"  here  as  meaning
pre-relocated) address is illegal.   This  is  (coincidently)  exactly
analguous  to  the  KA-10 hardware relocation and protection strategy,
and in fact could be used as such to "mimic" the upt$eptU  KI/KL/KS-10
functionality  on a KA-10 in executive mode.  The form of this command
is base<prot>$U where base is the base virtual address and prot is the
maximum  address  the user will be allowed to type in.  Note that page
mapping  and  address  relocation  and  protection   are   independent
mechanisms,  with  address  relocation  and protection being performed
before any mapping is done.  The protection address has no  effect  on
the  final  "physical"  address  generated by any mapping currently in
effect.



3.4.6  $U Command Summary - All $U/$$U  commands  take  the  following
form:

     1.  bas<prt>upt$eptU (KI-paging)

     2.  bas<prt>xpt$spxU (KL-paging)

     3.  spt<xxx>acs$$nnnU

where:

     1.  acs:= address of 20-word register block

     2.  bas:= base relocation address

     3.  ept:= executive process table page number

     4.  nnn:= hardware register block number

     5.  prt:= protection (maximum allowable) address
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     6.  spt:= address of SPT

     7.  spx:= index into SPT of user/executive process table pointer

     8.  upt:= user process table page number

     9.  xpt:= user or executive process table page number

    10.  xxx:= reserved for future




3.4.7  Address Checking (Executive EDDT Only) - EDDT version 41,  when
running   in   executive   mode,   now   is  much  more  extensive  in
validity-checking memory references.  In  particular,  EDDT  will  not
cause  a NXM (page fault) trap to the resident operating system if the
user types in an  illegal  (non-existent  or  unmapped)  address,  but
rather will simply type its ubiquitous ?<DINK><TAB> error message.



4.0  SPECIFYING THE START ADDRESS

     The $G command now expects a 36-bit address (obviously with  bits
0  to  5 off) at which to start the user program.  This means that the
users of programs such as the TOPS-10  monitor  which  define  symbols
like  "DEBUG=:<JRST  .>" can no longer go either DEBUG$G or DEBUG$X at
the users whim but must decide on one form or the other  (the  default
obviously being to do nothing - i.e., to settle for the DEBUG$X form)



5.0  SYMBOLIC EXPRESSION TYPEIN AND TYPEOUT

     DDT version 41 has expanded the range of both symbolic typein and
symbolic typeout.



5.1  Symbolic Typein

The JSYS opcode (opcode 104) has been added to TOPS-20  DDT,  as  have
all  the  TOPS-10  UUO's  (but  not  the  CALLI's  etc.) for debugging
programs which run under the compatibility package.



5.2  Symbolic Typeout

DDT now goes to great pains to find any possible  user-defined  symbol
(such  as an OPDEF) to match the expression DDT is trying to type out.
The order in which DDT searches for a symbol match in symbolic typeout
mode for non-I/O instructions is:
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     1.  Full 36-bit match;  OP, AC, I, X, and  Y  fields  (e.g.,  the
         TOPS-20 monitor calls such as GTJFN)

     2.  OP, I, X, and Y fields (e.g., the TOPS-10 monitor calls  such
         as FILOP.)

     3.  OP and AC fields (e.g., the TOPS-10  monitor  calls  such  as
         INCHWL or "instructions" such as HALT)

     4.  OP field only (e.g., user UUO's or "OPDEF XMOVEI [SETMI]")

     5.  DDT's internal hardware opcode table

The order in which DDT searches for a symbol match in symbolic typeout
mode for I/O instructions is:

     1.  I/O OP and DEV fields (bits 0 to 12 - e.g.,  KL-10  APRID  or
         KS-10 RDCSB)

     2.  Regular (non-I/O) OP field (e.g., KS-10 UMOVE)




     6.0  ASCII TYPEOUT

     DDT version 41 adds the typeout mode  commands  $8T  and  $9T  to
typeout  8 bit ASCII or 9 bit ASCII respectively (i.e., pick up 8 or 9
bit bytes and "type" them straight as is - which with current  TOPS-10
and TOPS-20 operating systems means as 7-bit ASCII).



7.0  COMMAND FILES

The $Y command (TOPS-10 DDT only) has been changed somewhat,  both  in
input and output (logging) functions.



7.1  Command Input

If the user does not type a 36-bit expression to be  used  as  a  file
name  (such as $""FILNAM"$Y) but just types $Y by itself then DDT will
prompt with "File:/f".  After the prompt the user can enter  a  normal
TOPS-10  file specification in the form dev:name.type[directory] where
[directory] can of course contain SFD's.
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7.2  Command Output (logging)

When reading a command file ($Y command) DDT will no longer "log"  all
output  onto  device  LPT:   but  rather  just  type out onto the user
terminal.



8.0  AUTOMATIC PATCH INSERTION

     The automatic patch insertion facility ($< and $>  commands)  are
basically   the  same  as  in  version  40  of  DDT  with  only  minor
differences.



8.1  Default Patching Symbol

The list and order of default patching symbols which DDT uses when the
user does not supply an explicit patching symbol is now:

     1.  PAT (TOPS-10 EDDT only)

     2.  FFF (TOPS-20 EDDT and MDDT only)

     3.  PAT..  (all flavours)

     4.  PATCH (all flavours)

     5.  PAT (all flavours except TOPS-10 EDDT)




     8.2  Default Patching Address

If the user does not supply an explicit patching  symbol  and  DDT  is
unable  to  find  one of the default patching symbols then the address
specified by the right half of location .JBFF  (even  on  TOPS-20)  is
used.   On  patch  close  ($> command) if .JBFF was defaulted to, then
both the right half of location .JBFF and the left  half  of  location
.JBSA are updated.



8.3  Patch Closing Confusion And Restriction

With DDT version 41 it no longer matters how (when) the user types the
$>  command,  either  immediately  after the final word expression, or
after a <CR> or <LF> to terminate the final word expression - DDT will
never generate a 0 word for free.

     There is a very obscure restriction however on the use of  the   
command   in  conjunction  with  the  $>  command.   If  the  user  is
referencing an undefined symbol in the expression for the last word of
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the patch then that expression must explicitly be terminated in such a
fashion as to close the location before terminating  the  patch.   For
example,  "MOVE  T1,BLETCH $>"  is  illegal  but  "MOVE T1,BLETCH cr$>
(where "cr" indicates a carriage return) is ok.



9.0  BREAKPOINTS

     The breakpoint logic in  DDT  version  41  has  been  extensively
revamped  in order to support extended addressing.  The default number
of breakpoints is now 12 (decimal);  and can be set (by  defining  the
symbol  NBP=number  of  breakpoints)  arbitrarily  high (within memory
space limitations) rather than being limited  to  9  or  36  (decimal)
depending on which code restriction one choose to believe.



9.1  Setting Breakpoints

DDT can now set a breakpoint in code running in any section  with  two
restrictions:

     1.  If DDT is currently running in section 0 then breakpoints can
         only be set in section 0 (see section 3.1.3 above).

     2.  DDT must be mapped in the  section  containing  the  code  in
         which breakpoints are to be placed (the logic of this is that
         since there is no way for DDT to cause unconditional transfer
         of  control  to  DDT  with  only  36 bits some portion of the
         section address space must be  devoted  to  DDT;   therefore,
         given this restriction, one might just as well put all of DDT
         in that section since it makes  for  a  cleaner  and  simpler
         implementation).   Note  that  this does not mean DDT must be
         running in that section, but merely that DDT must  be  mapped
         in that section!


     It does not matter into how many different sections the same code
is mapped as long as DDT is mapped into the same sections since DDT is
"section-independent".  For example (taking the TOPS-20 monitor  which
maps  section  0  and section 1 identically) if a breakpoint is set at
address 1004567 (or 1,,4567) but the PC was 4567 (or 0,,4567, i.e., in
section  0 rather than section 1) when the breakpoint was executed DDT
does not care (as long as DDT is mapped in that section, which in  the
example of the TOPS-20 monitor it is).

     The syntax for setting a breakpoint is now opnadr<bptadr$nB where
n  is optional and, if specified, declares the breakpoint number to be
assigned to that address;  bptadr is the 36-bit address  at  which  to
place  a breakpoint;  and opnadr is an optional 36-bit address to open
and display upon execution of the breakpoint.  The syntax was  changed
because  two  full  30-bit  addresses  could  not be squeezed into two
halfwords.
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     Breakpoints  may  not  be  set  at  either  an  ERCAL  or   ERJMP
"instruction" or at an instruction immediately followed by an ERCAL or
ERJMP "instruction" (TOPS-20 only).  DDT still does not properly  fake
out the monitor in these cases.

     DDT will no longer assign two different breakpoints to  the  same
address,  either  accidentally  or  under  user  control - if the user
attempts to set a breakpoint at a  location  at  which  a  (different)
breakpoint is already set, the old breakpoint is cleared first.



9.2  Breakpoint Typeout

Upon execution of a breakpoint DDT will now always  typeout  the  user
instruction (in instruction format regardless of the permanent typeout
mode) at that breakpoint and set "." to the breakpoint  address.   If,
further,  opnadr  was specified as in section 9.1 above, then DDT will
also display the contents of location opnadr in  the  permanently  set
typeout  mode  and  "." will be updated to opnadr (with the breakpoint
address itself becoming the previous PC sequence and so available  via
the $<CR> etc.  commands).



9.3  Examining Breakpoint Locations

The $nB command continues  to  be  the  "address"  of  breakpoint  n's
database,  but  $nB  is  no  longer equal to $n-1B/+3.  The breakpoint
database of interest to the user now has the following format:

     1.  $nB/+0/ If nonzero the address for breakpoint n

     2.  $nB/+1/ The conditional break instruction (break if skips)

     3.  $nB/+2/ The proceed count (break on transition to 0)

     4.  $nB/+3/ If greater than or equal to zero then the address  to
         be displayed


     The rest of the breakpoint data base should not be of use to  the
user.



9.4  Unsolicited Breakpoints

DDT version 41 has a new breakpoint facility - the ability  to  handle
unsolicited  breakpoints  (i.e.,  breakpoints  that DDT did not itself
set).  If control passes to location $0BPT/+1 ($0BPT is a  global  DDT
symbol)  then  DDT  will  act  as  if a breakpoint had been set at the
address-1 contained in location $0BPT.  The address in $0BPT  must  be
setup as if the cpu executed a JSR $0BPT instruction - if in section 0
then flags,,PC otherwise just global 30-bit PC.   After  "hitting"  an
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unsolicited  breakpoint  the  user  can proceed with program execution
with the $P command (all arguments to the $P command such  as  proceed
count or auto-proceed ($$P) are ignored).

     Although this  facility  gives  programs  the  ability  to  cause
breakpoints  at any time (thus getting into DDT with the program state
carefully preserved) it is intended to be of most use  in  conjunction
with  an  as-yet-unimplemented  monitor command (such as control-D) to
"force" a breakpoint on a program without having to control-C/DDT  the
program.   Then  the  user  could  simply continue with the program by
typing $P.



10.0  SINGLE-STEPPING THE PROGRAM

     The $X DDT command has been significantly modernized (and sped up
in general) with version 41 of DDT.



10.1  New Opcodes

The ADJSP, DADD, DSUB, DMUL, and DDIV instructions have been added  to
DDT's $X table although double- and quad-word integers (for DADD etc.)
are still typed out as two or four single words rather  than  one  big
multiple   precision   integer.    All   of  the  extended  JRST-class
instructions  are  correctly  simulated/traced.   A   user-UUO   being
executed in a non-zero section is simply XCT'ed and is not traced.



10.2  Byte-manipulation Typeout

A rudimentary byte-manipulation-instruction typeout facility was added
(to  DDT  version  40  actually)  to  display the byte pointer and the
contents  of  the  effective  address  of  the  byte   pointer.    The
EXTEND-class instructions are not handled.



10.3  Effective Address Calculation

DDT now always calculates the effective  address  of  the  instruction
being  $X'ed  rather  than  just  blindly  "doing it" in order to both
prevent DDT from getting an illegal memory reference  as  well  as  to
make  DDT  be  independent of the section in which the user PC resides
(i.e., DDT does not have to be mapped into  the  user  PC  section  to
handle $X'es although if the user PC is in a non-zero section then DDT
must be in a non-zero section).  Besides, it's usually faster too!
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10.4  KS-10 I/O Instruction Trace

The  KS-10  specific  I/O  instructions  which  reference  the  UNIBUS
(executive  mode  only)  are  not  traced,  only  the  contents of the
register specified in the AC field are displayed.   Since  the  UNIBUS
device  registers  can be reference-volatile (i.e., merely referencing
one can cause it to change - such as the  DL-11  data  registers)  DDT
does  not  typeout  the  contents  of  the  referenced UNIBUS address.
Further, since  the  effective  address  of  the  instruction  is  not
calculated  in a standard format (at least as far as DDT is concerned)
the effective address itself is not even displayed.



10.5  PC Skipping

If the user instruction being $X'ed skips then DDT  will  now  typeout
"<SKIP>"  if  the  PC  skips  by one location, or "<SKIP n>" if the PC
skips by n locations, where n  is  less  than  or  equal  to  the  DDT
assembly  parameter  SKPMAX  (by  default  3).  If the PC changes more
drastically than that (e.g., goes to a smaller address) DDT will  type
"<JUMP> instead.



10.6  ERCAL/ERJMP

DDT (TOPS-20 only) will now handle instructions followed by either  an
ERCAL  or  an  ERJMP  instruction  (which  is  really  just  a  72-bit
instruction with two effective addresses).  If the  instruction  being
executed  does  not  take the error jump then DDT will print "<ERSKP>"
after the normal instruction trace to indicate to  the  user  that  an
ERCAL  or ERJMP was just skipped (i.e., the PC incremented by 2 rather
than 1) and will not display the ERCAL or ERJMP instruction.   If  the
instruction  does  take  the  error  jump  then  the  ERCAL  or  ERJMP
instruction will be displayed, if an ERCAL instruction  then  register
17  will  also  be  displayed, and the PC will be changed to the error
address.

     DDT will print "<ERSKP>" rather than showing the ERCAL  or  ERJMP
instruction  since  DDT  has  no  way  of  telling  whether or not the
instruction itself caused the skip (as in a SKIPA) or if the PC merely
"fell  through"  the  ERCAL  or  ERJMP instruction (as in a successful
MOVE).

     Do not attempt to $X ERCAL's or ERJMP's which use either indexing
or  indirection!   DDT will calculate the true effective address as if
the hardware were actually to execute the ERCAL or ERJMP just  like  a
JRST while the monitor just picks up the "Y" field and goes there.

     Users  of  EDDT  and  MDDT  should  be  cautioned   about   $Xing
instructions  followed by an ERCAL or ERJMP in non-zero sections - the
monitor has a tendency to transfer control to  the  error  address  in
section 0, which will cause a BUGHLT because DDT (running in executive
mode) does non-zero section things thinking it is still in a  non-zero
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section.



10.7  $X Speed Up

By building into DDT a table of instructions which can cause the state
of the known world to change, and assuming the state of the world does
not change if the instruction being $X'ed is not so marked,  the  time
required  to $X an instruction is cut by roughly a factor of 10.  This
results in a dramatic performance  increase  especially  for  EDDT  on
KL-10's  where  waiting  for  the  console front end to switch between
secondary and primary protocol is very time-consuming.



10.8  Repetitive $X'es

The $$X command now takes an optional  address  range.   Normally  $$X
will  terminate  when the user PC inclusively enters the range ./+1 to
./+SKPMAX (default value of  SKPMAX  is  3).   The  user  may  specify
lwr<upr>$$X  where  lwr  is  the lower address boundary and upr is the
upper address boundary which, if the user PC ever  inclusively  enters
the  range so specified, terminates the $$X.  If only lwr is specified
then upr defaults to lwr/+SKPMAX.  This command  is  very  useful  for
recovering  from  having $X'ed a (for example) PUSHJ instead of having
$$X'ed the (for example) PUSHJ.



10.9  $X'ing From Instr$X

If the user $X'es a return from a  subroutine  which  was  entered  by
doing  an  instr$X  (for  example "PUSHJ P,SUBRTN$X where SUBRTN has a
breakpoint in it) then DDT simply "returns" from the original  instr$X
rather  than  proceding  to $X the internals of DDT itself.  This is a
very obscure condition so don't worry too much about it.



10.10  $X PC

The $.  command now acts like the .   command  only  $.   returns  the
value  of  the  $X PC (i.e., the address of the next instruction to be
$X'ed).



11.0  SEARCHES

     Most of the differences in how DDT version  41  handles  searches
are simply bug fixes, not major changes in the logic of searching.
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11.1  Non-existant Pages

DDT version 41 now simply skips over pages which don't  exist  in  the
address  space  being  searched, rather than terminating the search as
soon as a hole has been found.



11.2  Missed Matches

The bug which caused TOPS-20 DDT to miss many valid matches  is  fixed
in DDT version 41.



11.3  Effective Address Searches

Since almost all address calculations start with an IFIW  basis  (with
the  exceptions being such things as interrupt vectors and the like on
KL-10's or KS-10's), DDT version 41 will  assume  that  each  word  it
examines  is  an  instruction  and  perform  an IFIW effective address
calculation.  The final result must match in  all  30  bits  (actually
internally  DDT  will  do  a  full 36-bit compare so the address being
searched for had better not contain anything in bits 0 to 5).



11.4  Address Limit Defaults

With the advent of extended addressing  and  physical  addressing  the
address  limits  are defaulted somewhat differently than from previous
versions of DDT:

     1.  EDDT, MDDT (TOPS-20 only), UDDT, and VMDDT

         1.  Lower Limit:  <current section>,,0

         2.  Upper Limit:  <current section>,,777777


     2.  FILDDT looking at an .EXE file

         1.  Lower Limit:  0

         2.  Upper Limit:  highest virtual address mapped


     3.  FILDDT looking at a data file

         1.  Lower Limit:  0

         2.  Upper Limit:  highest word written in file
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     4.  FILDDT looking at disk structure/unit

         1.  Lower Limit:  0

         2.  Upper Limit:  highest word in disk structure/unit


     5.  FILDDT looking at runing monitor

         1.  Lower limit:  0

         2.  Upper limit:  777777


     6.  FILDDT looking at physical memory (TOPS-10 only)

         1.  Lower Limit:  0

         2.  Upper Limit:  Highest extant memory address



     As with any defaults not all cases will be properly "guessed"  by
DDT.   In  particular if the user has mapping or address relocation in
effect  the  virtual  address  range  so  produced  may  have  nothing
whatsoever in common with the address limit defaults chosen by DDT.



12.0  ZEROING MEMORY

     The algorithm used by DDT previous to version 41 has only limited
usefulness  in  today's  modern virtual world (especially on TOPS-20).
However, to avoid "breaking" already extant control or MIC files which
may  use the $$Z command it remains unchanged.  A new command has been
implemented  -  lwr<upr>exp$z  where  lwr  is  the  lowest  (starting)
address,  upr  is  the highest (ending) address, and exp is the 36-bit
quantity to deposit in each word inclusively bounded by lwr  and  upr.
Both lwr and upr must be specified.  If exp is not specified then 0 is
used as the default.

     A special note:  The creation of  zeroed  pages  (which  formerly
were  non-existent) by the $Z and $$Z commands is under the control of
the automatic page create flag ($1W and $$1W commands  -  see  section
3.3.2).



13.0  SPECIAL MASKS

     DDT version 41 (it actually started  with  DDT  version  40)  has
several  new  "masks"  (for  lack  of a better name and/or command) of
interest to the user.  None of these masks are  currently  displayable
(e.g., "$3M/") in FILDDT although they may be set normally.
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13.1  $0M - Search Mask

The operation of the search mask continues unchanged.  The search mask
may  now  be  referenced  by  either  the  $M  (old  style) or the $0M
commands.  The default value remains 777777777777.



13.2  $1M - TTY Control Mask

This mask controls special TTY behavior (TOPS-10 only).  If bit 35  of
the  mask is 0 then rubouts behave normally;  if bit 35 of the mask is
1 then rubouts echo as a backspace,  space,  backspace  sequence.   No
other bits have an assigned meaning and all must be zero.  The default
value is 0.



13.3  $2M - Offset Range

The 36-bit "mask" in this case is really a value, used as the  maximum
offset  allowable  for  typeing  addresses in the form symbol/+offset.
The default offset is 1000 (octal).



13.4  $3M - Byte Mask

This mask is used in conjunction with the $O command for typing  bytes
in  a  word  that  are  not necessarily evenly spaced.  Whenever an $O
command is issued without an explicit byte size  the  byte  boundaries
are determined by one-bits in the byte mask - each one bit in the byte
mask marks the low order bit of a byte.  Bit 35 is  always  considered
on.   The default value is 0 (i.e., one 36-bit byte).  For example the
DDT  command  040100200401$3M  sets   the   byte   mask   for   typing
right-justified 8-bit bytes (preceded by the leading 4-bit byte).



14.0  RADIX-50 SYMBOL TYPEIN

     Since prehistoric times DDT has supported RADIX-50 symbol typein,
but  that  fact was never documented.  The syntax for using a RADIX-50
symbol as an 36-bit item in an expression is sym$5" where sym  is  the
desired RADIX-50 symbol.  For example, to search for all occurences of
the symbol PAT..  the DDT commands 37777,,-1$M (only look at low-order
32 bits) and PAT..$5"$W suffice.
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15.0  NEW DDT RUNTIME INFORMATION

     Several  new  words  have  been  added  to  DDT's  runtime  table
describing  the  state  of  the  machine  upon  (executive  mode only)
DDT-entry.  These  words  are  all  accessible  via  the  DDT  command
$I/+offset (not available in FILDDT):

     1.  $I/+00/ APR CONI word

     2.  $I/+01/ PI CONI word

     3.  $I/+02/ Mask of PI channels turned off by EDDT

     4.  $I/+03/ Executive virtual address of EPT

     5.  $I/+04/ Executive virtual address of UPT

     6.  $I/+05/ Executive virtual address of CST

     7.  $I/+06/ Executive virtual address of SPT

     8.  $I/+07/ Original AC-block word (DATAI PAG) if $$nU

     9.  $I/+10/ Mapping  word  -  physical  addressing  if  negative;
         unmapped    virtual    addressing    if    zero,    otherwise
         1B1/+EPT,,1B19/+UPT if KI-paging or 1B1/+EPT/UPT if KL-paging

    10.  $I/+11/ Fake register flag - use physical 0  -  17  if  zero;
         use internal "fake" 0 - 17 otherwise




     16.0  OBSOLETE COMMANDS

     The executive mode paper tape facilities  (^R,  $J,  and  $L  DDT
commands)  are  no  longer  supported.  The code is left in the source
file for reference purposes but will soon be removed.



17.0  FILDDT STARTUP AND COMMANDS

     FILDDT is a special  version  of  DDT  with  the  facilities  for
"DDT'ing" address spaces other than its own, such as disk files and in
particular .EXE files.  FILDDT has existed for years  but  has  always
been  off  in the background as a specialized "tool" for the exclusive
use of monitor programmers looking at crash durolled by use of the  $U
and $$U commands).  This is a privileged command.
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17.0.1  /P Command - The  /P  command  or  function  switch  instructs
FILDDT  to enable for writing as well as reading the specified address
space.  Note that DDT's internal fake registers are always writable.



17.0.2  /S Command - The  /S  command  or  function  switch  instructs
FILDDT  to  only  extract  the  symbol  table from the file specified,
replacing any symbol table FILDDT may already have.  Unless overridden
by  the  inclusion  of a /F command FILDDT will, after having read the
symbol table, again prompt the user for the next FILDDT command.



17.0.3  /U Command - The /U command or function switch is applied to a
file  structure  or  disk  unit  only  rather  than  a  complete  file
specification and indicates to FILDDT that the user wants  the  entire
physical address space represented by that file structure or disk unit
name independent of any "file structure mapping" normally  imposed  by
the monitor.  This is a privileged command.



17.1  TOPS-20

With DDT version 41, FILDDT on TOPS-20 runs in  native  mode,  and  in
particular,  uses  the  PMAP monitor call for all regular file access.
FILDDT will also type a brief message telling what  address  space  is
about to be "DDT'ed" before going into DDT mode.  [.hl 3 DRIVE command
The format of the DRIVE command is:

     DRIVE (FOR PHYSICAL I/O IS ON CHANNEL) c (UNIT) u

     The DRIVE command allows examination of the disk unit u on system
channel  c  without regard for whether it is mounted as part of a file
structure, or indeed whether it even has the necessary information  so
that  it  could  be so mounted (as if the HOME blocks were wiped out).
If, however, the drive is part of a  mounted  file  structure,  FILDDT
will  type  a  message  indicating  the structure to which it belongs.
This is a privileged command.



17.1.1  ENABLE DATA-FILE Command - The  ENABLE   DATA-FORMAT   command
instructs  FILDDT to treat the file as pure data, even if a valid .EXE
directory is detected, and in particular to use real file words  0  to
17 as locations 0 to 17.
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17.1.2  ENABLE PATCHING Command - The    ENABLE    PATCHING    command
instructs  FILDDT  to  enable any subsequently specified address space
for patching (writing).  This command is ignored when looking  at  the
running  monitor  since there is no monitor call to "poke" the running
monitor.



17.1.3  EXIT Command - The EXIT command instructs FILDDT to return  to
command  level.   If  FILDDT  has  an  internal symbol table (due to a
previous LOAD or GET FILDDT command) then a  SAVE  command  will  save
FILDDT with the symbols pre-loaded.



17.1.4  GET Command - The format of the GET command is:

     GET (FILE) filespec (optional switches)

     The GET command instructs FILDDT to set up the disk file filespec
as  the  address  space  to  be  "DDT'ed", as modified by the optional
switches or previous ENABLE commands.  The available switches are:



17.1.4.1  /DATA - The /DATA switch is equivilent to a previous  ENABLE
DATA-FILE command.



17.1.4.2  /PATCH - The /PATCH  switch  is  equivilent  to  a  previous
ENABLE PATCHING command.



17.1.4.3  /SYMBOL - The /SYMBOL switch  instructs  FILDDT  to  extract
symbols  from  the  specified  .EXE  file  before  "DDT'ing" the file,
discarding any symbols that FILDDT may already have.  This  switch  is
legal only with .EXE files.



17.1.5  HELP Command - The HELP command instructs FILDDT to type out a
short summary of the available FILDDT commands.



17.1.6  LOAD Command - The format of the LOAD command is:

     LOAD (SYMBOLS FROM) filespec

     The LOAD command instructs FILDDT to  extract  symbols  from  the
disk  file  filespec,  which  must  be an .EXE file, then to return to
FILDDT command level.  This command is legal only for .EXE files.
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17.1.7  PEEK Command - The PEEK command instructs FILDDT  to  use  the
currently  running  monitor  as the address space to be "DDT'ed".  The
address space so available is currently limited to  monitor  executive
virtual  addresses  0 to 777777, since the PEEK monitor call will only
accept 18-bit  address  arguments  for  executive  virtual  addresses.
Physical  memory  addressing  is  not available.  This is a privileged
command.



17.1.8  STRUCTURE Command - The format of the STRUCTURE command is:

     STRUCTURE (FOR PHYSICAL I/O IS) str:

     The STRUCTURE command instructs FILDDT  to  use  as  the  address
space to be "DDT'ed" the entire disk file structure str independent of
any "file structure mapping" normally imposed by the monitor.  This is
a privileged command.



17.2  Defaults

Following is a list of the various defaults supplied by FILDDT:

     1.  DSK:   is  the  default  file  device  unless  super  I/O  is
         specified  (which requires an explicit file structure or disk
         unit name).

     2.  .EXE is the default file type or extension  unless  either  a
         data  file  or super I/O is specified, in which case there is
         no default file type or extension.

     3.  The default directory is the user's default directory.

     4.  The specified address space is read-only.

     5.  If "DDT'ing" an .EXE file and FILDDT does not already have  a
         symbol table, extract the symbol table (if any) from the .EXE
         file first.

     6.  If "DDT'ing" an .EXE file and the symbol CRSHAC (if  TOPS-10)
         or  BUGACS  (if  TOPS-20)  exists, give a "free" CRSHAC$$U or
         BUGACS$$U command.  If  the  CRSHAC/BUGACS  symbol  does  not
         exist  then  use file words 0 to 17 (if any) as mapped by the
         .EXE directory for locations 0 to 17.  For TOPS-20  only,  if
         the  symbol  SPT exists then also give a free SPT<$$U command
         as well.
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     17.3  Other FILDDT-specific Commands

Following are the commands which are unique (or different) to FILDDT.



17.3.1  ^E Command - The ^E command  instructs  FILDDT  to  exit  the
current  address  space  and  prompt the user for a new address space.
The ^E command is equivilent to a ^Z, START command sequence.



17.3.2  ^Z Command - The ^Z  command  instructs  FILDDT  to  exit  to
monitor level after having written out any changes to the current file
(if any).  It is most important that the user exit only via ^Z (or  ^E
which  does an implicit ^Z) in order to guarantee the integrity of the
file data (if any) - a ^C can leave a file in an  indeterminate  state
(some changes written out to the disk and some not).



17.3.3  I/O Errors - Should FILDDT  incur  an  I/O  error  reading  or
writing  a disk file, a warning message will be issued but FILDDT will
otherwise ignore the error.  This is to allow the user the ability  to
manually  fix  a  file  with  bad data by rewriting the data correctly
(hoping the rewritting operation clears the error condition -  if  the
physical  disk  surface  itself  is  at  fault,  then  it  is probably
hopeless).

[End of DDT 41 Users Guide]