ESIX(1)

📦 version 1, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 ESIX(1) — the esix girlies' manual 💖

okay bestie, so this is the General Commands Manual page for ESIX, section 1. yes you read that right, it's giving manual page for a script that runs an emulator that runs an ancient system, and honestly? iconic. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

esix — script to copy and run ESI-X 🌸

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

esix

that's it. that's the whole synopsis. no flags, no args, no drama. just vibe. 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

This manual page documents briefly the esix command, so if you came here looking for a novel, sorry babe, it's a briefly. 😌

Also, real talk: this page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. so basically the Debian girlies adopted it and wrote it some docs. we love a community glow-up. 👑

The esix script prepares an ESI-X system in the directory it is run in, and then executes it using the SIMH pdp8 emulator. so like, it does the setup, and then it runs the thing. main character energy fr fr. ✨

If the binary file or simh config file are not present, it copies them from /usr/share/esix into the current directory. no cap, it just goes and fetches them for you. so considerate. 🎀

Then it starts the pdp8 emulator using the esix config file. and that's the whole flow. simple, clean, slay. 💜

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

  • /usr/share/doc/esix/esix_doc.txt.gz
  • simh(1)

✨ AUTHOR ✨

This manual page was written by Vince Mulhollon <vlm@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). 🫶

okay that's the whole page bestie, you're all caught up. go run esix and be the main character of your own emulation journey. 🦋

and a lil sign-off for the record books: this was January 13, 2003, and it's the ESIX(1) page, periodt. 💅💖

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