START Use the ST·ART co •• and to restart a spooling device after it has been
drained, or to change the output class that it may service. If the
device is busy when the cOII.and is given, the changed classes take
effect after the current file is complete. The forllat of the STIRT co.mand is: STArt PRINTER PRT PUNCH PCB R!ADER RDR
raddr CLASS c ••• JOSEP r , I Printer , I PUnch I , Reader r , , I raddr [CLass c ••• ] [NOsep] IFLash naae I I I ,CHars nalle I I I IFCB nalle , , , IIlIage nalledsysl I I IPUrge I I I L .J , I 111 I L .J
starts or changes the status of the printer.
starts or changes the status of the punch.
starts or changes the status of the reader.
is the address (cuu) of a particular spooling device which is
to be started. More than one device lIay be specifies the output classes the specified device is allowed
to service. Froll one-to-four classes (single characters with
no interrvening blanks) 8ay be specified. If aultiple classes
are specified for a device, output files receive service by
the device in the order that the classes were specified. For exallple, if the option: CLASS ADl is specified for a printer, all class A files are spooled
before class D files, and all class D before class 1.
Note: a class of * can bs spscifisd for printers or that any spool file class can be serviced by the
output. punches so device for
specifies that no file separator is desired for the output
files. If not specified, a separator is produced. If JOSEP is specified for the punch, separator cards are not punched;
instead, the operator receives the message: PUN raddr START FOR OUTPUT 146 YM/370 Operator's Guide

FLASH name CHARS name
page of GC20-1806-9 As Updated April 1, 1981 by TNL GN25-0834 The punch can then be started for the next file by issuing the
CP START command or physically activating the START/STOP key
on the device.
specifies the flash overlay sheet loaded into the device. Name may be from one-to-four characters in length.
1
specifies the
separator page.
length.
1
character arrangement table used for the Name may be from one-to-four characters in
FCB name specifies the forms control buffer used for the separator page
and also for any spool file for which an FeB has not been
specified (through the use of the SPOOL or CHANGE command).
naae may be Dumber 6, 8, or 12. These specifications mean:
print the entire spool file at 6, 8, or 12 lines per inch,
regardless of the size of the paper that is currently loaded. Use of the unique numbers will never cause an FCB-forms
mismatch.
1 IMAGE namedsys PURGE specifies the named system image library used for tables.
Namedsys may be from one-to-eight characters in length and must be a valid named system.
1
specifies that all files with load errors be purged. If not
specified, all files will be held. Nete: The FLASH, CHARS, FCB, IMAGE, and PURGE options are valid only for the 3800 printer. ALL starts or changes the status of all readers, printers, and
punches. )Qte: Printers and punches that are in a ready status with files
available for processing immediately start to produce output when the START command is issued. Readers, however, do not start until a card
deck is supplied and the device is made ready.
{
PRT} PUN raddr STARTED SYSTEM CLASS = a ••• {SEP } NOSEP RDR raddr STARTED SYSTEM raddr is the real device address of the device started.
a ••• the classes to be serviced by the device.
1If not specified, the last value specified by the installation is used.
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