.Dd February 23, 2020
.Dt HP2100 1 CON
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm hp2100
.Nd Simulator for HP 21xx/1000 series computers
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl e
.Op Fl q
.Op Fl v
.Oo
.Ar startup-file
.Op Ar arguments
.Oc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is a simulator for the HP 2116/15/14, 2100, and 1000 M/E/F-Series
machines (hereafter referred collectively as the HP 2100 simulator). A
large variety of CPU options, device interface cards, and peripherals
are provided.
.Pp
The following options are available:
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.It Fl e
Processing of
.Ar startup-file
(including nested command invocations) is aborted if
a command error is encountered.
.It Fl q
Certain informational messages are suppressed.
.It Fl v
The commands in
.Ar startup-file
are echoed before they are executed.
.El
.Pp
If
.Ar startup-file
is specified, it is used as an initial source of simulator commands.
If
.Ar startup-file
is not specified, default locations are searched. See the
.Em SIMH User's Supplement
for more details.
.Pp
If a startup file is specified, either on the
command line or otherwise,
it should contain a series of non-interactive simulator
commands, one per line.
These commands can be used to set up standard parameters.
.Pp
After initializing its internal structures and processing the startup file (if any),
the simulator types out its name and version and then prompts for input with:
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.Sy sim>
.Ed
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Nm
exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
.Sh SEE ALSO
Documentation is available; it can be found locally in
.Pa %%DOCSDIR%%
(if installed), and also at
.Pa http://simh.trailing-edge.com/hp/#Documentation .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr hp3000 1 ,
.Xr hpdoc 1 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An "J. David Bryan, Robert M. Supnik and others" .
.Fx "port maintenance, and this manual page, by"
.An "Bob Eager" Aq bob@eager.cx .
