TOPS-10 Stopcodes Specification

This document is a technical manual for system administrators and operators dealing with system failures in the TOPS-10 environment. It outlines the structure of stopcode messages, categorizes stopcodes based on severity (DEBUG, JOB, STOP, CPU, HALT, and INFO), and provides instructions on how to analyze crash dumps and interpret stopcode data items. The manual contains comprehensive, alphabetical lists of stopcodes for:

• TOPS-10 Monitor: Detailed descriptions of errors, the modules involved, and helpful data items for dump analysis.
• DECnet-10: Specific stopcodes related to network software issues.
• GALAXY-10: Error codes and explanations for GALAXY components, detailing the format of operator log messages for these events.