TPF Technical Overview

This course is designed to give delegates a technical overview of TPF Systems. Attendance will benefit all staff who need to interface with a TPF system and need a better understanding of the terminology used.

This course will benefit all staff who need to understand the fundamentals of a TPF System.

There are no prerequisites for this course.

By the end of this course, delegates will be able to:

• List the different system configurations available to a TPF System.
• Identify the major Lists in the CPU Loop and their usage.
• List the differences between a Message and a Transaction.

Overview
The TPF Operating System.
History.
Attributes.

TPF System Configurations
Uniprocessor.
Tightly Coupled.
Loosely Coupled.

Components
Hardware.
Software.
People.
Messages and Transactions.
Multiprocessing.
CPU Loop.
Program Re-entrancy.
Main Storage.
Fixed Storage.
Working Storage
VFA.
File Storage - Fixed and Pool.
TPF Record Types.

Miscellaneous
ISOC.
TPFDF.
The Bottom Line.