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OS/2 C-Kermit 5A(190) October 4, 1994
OS/2 C-Kermit is a native text-mode communications software package for
OS/2, available in 16-bit and 32-bit versions for OS/2 1.3 and for 2.x/3.x
(Warp), respectively. It supports serial connections, direct or dialed,
TCP/IP TELNET connections (if you have IBM or compatible TCP/IP installed,
or Essex Systems TCP/2, or FTP Software PC/TCP, or IP-Switch Vantage),
DECnet (PATHWORKS) LAT connections (if you have PATHWORKS installed),
NETBIOS connections (if you have NETBIOS installed), and Named Pipe
connections.
It offers high-quality terminal emulation, the most advanced implementation
of the Kermit file transfer protocol available for OS/2, access to external
protocols, script programming, conversion of national and international
character sets, and full support of the OS/2 file system, including HPFS and
long names.
This is to announce C-Kermit 5A(190). The major new features since the
previous release, 5A(189) in June 1993, are:
. A new file transfer recovery feature (the RESEND command) for
binary-mode transfers;
. A new file-transfer mode that transfers OS/2 files along with all
their attributes (read-only, hidden, system, and extended) and
extended attributes, either directly to another OS/2 system, or
for archival on a non-OS/2 system.
. Ability to transfer and replicate entire directory trees between
two OS/2 systems.
. A REXX interface, so C-Kermit scripts can contain REXX commands,
and REXX programs executed from within C-Kermit may contain
C-Kermit commands;
. NETBIOS and Named Pipe task-to-task communication support, both
ends, for peer-to-peer local area networking.
Numerous terminal-emulation improvements:
. VT220, ANSI, and VT100 emulations added (to VT102 and VT52);
. A full selection of keyboard verbs ("\Kverbs"), as in MS-DOS Kermit,
including a complete set of VT220 keyboard verbs (PF, F, keypad,
arrow, and editing keys) and a new keymap file, CKOVTK2.INI, to set
them up for you, and allowing the Num Lock key to be used as DEC
PF1 (or anything else);
. Hebrew terminal emulation for use with ALEPH library software;
. Mouse support added: mouse-directed cursor movement, copy-and-paste.
. Ability to assign user-defined macros to hot keys via \Kverbs;
. Executes APC escape sequences, just like MS-DOS Kermit, for
"auto-download", "auto-upload", and auto-anything-else;
. Improved colors, color control, new border color;
. Improved, context-sensitive popup help screens and status lines;
. Print/Dump screen;
. Many new host-controlled printer actions;
. Redirection of printer to file;
. New screen rollback options and features, increased rollback capacity;
. TELNET bugs fixed, TELNET screen-size negotiation added;
. Session debugging display, including graphic display of TELNET
options, control characters, and escape sequences;
. Compose Key for composing accented and special characters;
. New unique scan codes added for keypad period, Shift-Esc, Tab;
. Answerback string now includes C-Kermit version number and terminal type;
. Code page control.
File transfer improvements:
. File transfer recovery;
. ".LONGNAME" attribute supported on FAT file systems;
. Automatic directory creation for incoming files;
. SET FILE TYPE LABELED;
. Automatic parity detection during file transfer;
. Ability to transfer files with IBM mainframes thru non-transparent
3270 protocol converters;
. SET FILE COLLISION UPDATE really works now;
. Server's execution of REMOTE DIRECTORY, REMOTE TYPE, etc, fixed;
. Problems transferring with HP-48, CP/M, etc, fixed;
. New macros for activating external protocols;
. Ability to refer to directory and and filenames that contain spaces.
And:
. Script programming speedups, fixes, and new features;
. An improved and more-flexible installation procedure;
. HP-Roman8 character-set support;
. Hebrew text-file transfer;
. Task list adjusted to show current serial port or network host;
. Command retry and recall, typeahead;
. More natural entry of OS/2 filenames.
File transfer recovery is the major new feature of C-Kermit 5A(190), and
is also available in the UNIX and other C-Kermit versions as well as in
MS-DOS Kermit 3.14 and in the next release of IBM Mainframe Kermit.
Should a binary-mode transfer terminate prematurely, for example because
the phone or network connection was lost, you can pick it up where it
left off without having to retransmit the data that was sent so far.
OS/2 C-Kermit 5A(190) is available via anonymous ftp to kermit.columbia.edu,
directory kermit/archives, binary mode, file cko190.zip. Transfer it to your
PC in binary mode, unzip it, and run the INSTALL.CMD procedure. Both a
16-bit version (suitable for OS/2 1.3) and a 32-bit version (for OS/2 2.x)
are included in the ZIP file, along with all the other files you need. The
16-bit version lacks certain features (such as printer support, REXX
support, EA support, NETBIOS, Named Pipes, and SET FILE TYPE LABELED), due
to architectural or toolkit limitations.
If you also want to try out the UNIX version, it is in the same
directory as cku190.tar.Z (UNIX compress format) and cku190.tar.gz (GNU
gzip format). Transfer it to your UNIX system in binary mode,
uncompress, untar, and give the appropriate "make" command.
All the new features of version 5A(190) are documented in the accompanying
CKERMIT.INF file, which you can browse with the OS/2 VIEW program; this is
a supplement to the user manual, "Using C-Kermit". If you don't have
the user manual, please purchase it; it will help you get the most out of
C-Kermit, and manual sales are the primary source of funding for the
Kermit effort. Call +1 212 854-3703 to order.
Special thanks to Jeffrey Altman for huge amounts of work on OS/2
C-Kermit (REXX, .LONGNAME, Labeled-File transfer, mouse, Named Pipe, and
NETBIOS support, multithreading in the CONNECT module, plus the
installation script and much more), and also to Kai Uwe Rommel for much
help in all areas, and to the other members of the OS/2 Developers and
Testers group for lots of testing and helpful reports and suggestions
over the past few months.
Frank da Cruz
fdc@columbia.edu