(Source: Living Computer Museum. Toad-1 (toad-1.livingcomputermuseum.org)
file PS:<HELP>PIP.HLP.1. Accessed 2011/12/27.)
PIP is Peripheral Interchange Program from DEC. It is provided for
compatibility with TOPS-10 systems. The TOPS-20 command COPY does
most things that one would use PIP for, in a better way. The
exception is converting from tabs to multiple spaces, and vice versa.
A Line Blocking
B Binary Processing (Mode)
C Suppress Trailing Spaces, Convert multiple
Spaces to Tabs
D Delete File
E Treat (Card) Columns 73-80 as Spaces
F List Disk or DTA Directory (File Names and Ext. only)
G Ignore I/O Errors
H Image Binary Processing (Mode)
I Image Processing (Mode)
J Punch Cards in ASCII Mode (Output Device must be CDP:)
or Convert Control Characters on TTY output.
L List Directory
M See MTA Switches Below
N Delete Sequence Numbers
O Same as /S Switch, except Increment is by 1
P FORTRAN output assumed. Convert format
control characters for LPT listing
/B/P copy FORTRAN Binary
Q Print (this) List of Switches and Meanings
R Rename File
S Resequence, or Add Sequence Numbers to File;
Increment is by 10
T Suppress Trailing Spaces only
U Copy Block 0 (DTA)
V Match Parentheses (<>)
W Convert Tabs to Multiple Spaces
X Copy Specified Files
Y RIM, DTA to PTP if-
Source Extension is: Destination Format is:
RTB RIM Loader, RIM10B file, Xfer word
SAV as RTB-RIM10B file only
RMT RIM10
Z Zero out Directory
MTA Switches:
Enclose in Parentheses ().
M Followed by 8 Means Select 800 B.P.I. Density
5 556
2 200
E Even Parity
A Advance MTA 1 File
D Advance MTA 1 Record
B Backspace MTA 1 File
P Backspace MTA 1 Record
W Rewind MTA or DTA
T Skip to Logical EOT
U Rewind and Unload MTA or DTA
F Mark EOF
(M#nA),(M#nB),(M#nD),(M#nP) Mean Advance or Backspace MTA n
Files or Records.
