VAX(1)

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💖 VAX(1) — the general commands manual page, bestie edition 💖

okay so real talk, this one's from the General Commands Manual section, and it's literally all about vax. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

vax — simulate a MicroVAX 3900 computer 🖥️✨

yes. a whole actual computer. simulated. in your terminal. iconic behavior only.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

vax

that's it. that's the whole vibe. no flags, no args, just vax. periodt. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so, full transparency: this manual page documents the vax command briefly. like, briefly briefly. 🙈

and here's the tea — this page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program doesn't have a manual page at all. instead, it's got documentation chilling in various text files. see below for the receipts. 👇

⚠️ no cap, important: the copyright situation for the VAX "bios" is unclear. so because of that whole situation, the ka655.bin file is not included in this Debian package. not a drill. that file is just... not there. 💀

👑 OPTIONS 👑

for a complete description, see the text files. 📄

like — that's genuinely it, bestie. this page is not the place. the text files are the place. go look at the text files. 🧚

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the programs are documented fully by:

  • /usr/share/doc/simh/simh_doc.pdf
  • /usr/share/doc/simh/simh_faq.pdf
  • /usr/share/doc/simh/simh_breakpoints.pdf
  • /usr/share/doc/simh/vax780_bug_history.txt
  • /usr/share/doc/simh/vax_doc.pdf
  • /usr/share/doc/simh/simh_magtape.pdf
  • /usr/share/doc/simh/simh_swre.pdf

also!! all documentation files are registered with the doc-base system. 📚✨ so they're findable, they're organized, they're lowkey thriving.

💜 AUTHOR 💜

this manual page was written by Vince Mulhollon <vlm@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system — but it may be used by others too. sharing is caring fr fr. 🫶

and that's the whole page, babes 💖 this version dropped April 14, 2007, and it lives in the VAX(1) section of the manual. go simulate a whole minicomputer, you've absolutely got this. slay. 👑💅✨

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