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DATA 620/i SYSTEM REFERENCE MANUAL . - Al Kossow's Bitsavers

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Table 5-1. Controls and Indicators<br />

Control or Indicator<br />

Function<br />

Register Display<br />

Register Select Switches<br />

Status Display<br />

RESET Switch<br />

STEP Switch<br />

RU N Switch<br />

<strong>SYSTEM</strong> RESET Switch<br />

REPEA T SwHch<br />

In-line display of 16 (or 18) bits in selected operational<br />

reg ister. Reg ister bi ts are numbered from rig ht to left wi th<br />

the sign bit appearing on the far left side of the display.<br />

Lights are grouped in an octal arrangement. Selection of the<br />

register to be displayed is accomplished by the register select<br />

switches.<br />

Five alternate-action switches used to select one of five<br />

registers for display. Only one register may be selected at<br />

a time. Selection of two or more registers at the same time<br />

disables the selection logic and the display becomes blank.<br />

Four indicators are provided to indicate the status of the<br />

machine. OVFL indicator lights when the overflow flipflop<br />

is set. STEP indicator lights when the computer is in<br />

the step mode and the Micro-EXEC facility is not being used.<br />

RUN indicator lights when the computer is in the run mode.<br />

ALARM indicator lights when a thermal overload condition<br />

occurs.<br />

The RESET switch causes the selected register to be cleared.<br />

This switch is disabled when the computer is in the run mode.<br />

The STEP switch is a momentary-contact switch that causes<br />

the instruction in the instruction register to be executed if<br />

the computer is in the step mode. If the computer is in the<br />

run mode, pressing the STEP switch causes the computer to<br />

halt at the completion of the instruction being executed.<br />

The RU N switch causes the program to run at the location<br />

specifi ed by the program counter after first execu ti ng the<br />

instruction in the instruction register.<br />

The <strong>SYSTEM</strong> RESET switch is a system-clear control that forces<br />

the computer to the halt mode and initializes control flipflops<br />

in the processor. In addition, all peripheral devices are<br />

initialized by <strong>SYSTEM</strong> RESET. This control is normally used<br />

as an initialize control, but is useful to halt I/O operations.<br />

Toggle switch that permits manual repeat of an instruction in<br />

instruction register. Pressing STEP switch executes instruction<br />

and advances program counter; however, contents of the<br />

instruction register are left unchanged. Switch on the control<br />

console is activated only when the STEP light is on<br />

(operation halted).<br />

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