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BBC KERMIT 1.30
===============
Version 1.30 of BBC KERMIT continues the development of the
implementation produced by the Communications Group of the Computing
Department at Lancaster University. Several new facilities have been added,
known bugs in version 1.02 have been cleared, and the code has been
extensively tidied and rationalised. The User Guide has also been
extensively rewritten, giving greater emphasis to the use of BBC KERMIT by
inexperienced users.
The changes and new facilities in this release are as follows:
- The version now exists in both sideways ROM and disc based forms,
selected by compilation switches. The disc based version offers all
the file transfer facilities of the sideways ROM version, but
supports only a 40 character terminal emulation. Future releases for
the BBC B+ will provide VT52 emulation in the disc based version.
- The REMOTE command has been implemented, allowing advanced functions
to be invoked on remote servers. Options provided are DELETE, COPY,
RENAME, DIRECTORY, CWD, SPACE, WHO, HOST, TYPE, STATUS and HELP.
- Init-info (I) packets are now sent to servers before the dialogue
commences.
- BBC KERMIT can now work with IBM mainframe systems that require a
handshake byte. A new command SET HANDSHAKE controls this option.
- The command mode screen can now be switched into 80 character MODE 3
operation with the new WIDTH command, allowing better display of the
output from *TYPE or from the REMOTE commands.
- A status line is now displayed on the screen in terminal emulation
mode. This provides help on the use of control keys, and indicates
what options are currently in operation.
- A "pause" facility is now provided in terminal mode, allowing output
to be suspended cleanly without possible interaction with the
underlying flow control mechanisms.
- VT52 keypad key emulation has been extensively reworked to remove
some serious bugs and anomalies. The user guide now describes use of
the VT52 keypad keys in detail, and covers use of the VAX/VMS EDT
screen editor.
- The VT52 graphics character set is now supported.
- Cursor keys in 40 character or 80 character teletype now act as
local edit keys. In VT52 mode the cursor keys by default produce
VT52 ESCAPE sequences, but can be switched into local edit mode.
- Function key strings can be generated in both command and terminal
modes.
- Bugs in timeout code have been cleared.
- A new command SET RETRIES allows the maximum number of retries
permitted for a packet to be changed.
- A new command, SET DESTINATION PRINTER, allows files to be
transferred using the full KERMIT file transfer mechanisms from the
remote system directly to a parallel printer.
- The user guide has been altered to use Wordwise's underline and bold
print control sequences. These can be configured to suit the user's
own printer.
- Message texts have been tokenised and changed to be more friendly to
inexperienced users.
- BBC filenames given explicitely as parameters to the RECEIVE or GET
command are no longer translated into upper case, but are taken as
supplied.
- Wildcard name matching in the SEND command allows lower case
characters to be matched, and is no longer case sensitive. A new
wildcard character "#" is provided, matching to exactly one
character.