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From cmg@watsun.cc.columbia.edu Thu Jan 26 09:04:10 1995
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Date: Thu, 26 Jan 95 14:04:10 EST
From: Christine M Gianone <cmg@watsun.cc.columbia.edu>
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Info-Kermit Digest Thu, 26 January 1995 Volume 21 : Number 1
Today's Topic:
MS-DOS Kermit 3.14 is Released
Directory:
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Fax: +1 212 663-8202
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From: Christine M Gianone <cmg@columbia.edu>
Subject: MS-DOS Kermit 3.14 is Released
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 12:00:00 EST
Keywords: MS-DOS Kermit 3.14, Data General Terminal Emulation
Keywords: Wyse Terminal Emulation, ANSI Terminal Emulation
Keywords: "Recovery, File Transfer", Hebrew, Cyrillic, Japanese Kanji
MS-DOS Kermit 3.14 communications software for DOS and Windows was
released on January 18, 1995. Thanks to Joe Doupnik for the software
itself, to Hirofumi Fujii and others for assistance with development in
special areas, and to all the Beta testers for their test reports.
Version 3.14 is available via anonymous ftp from kermit.columbia.edu
as follows:
DIRECTORY MODE DESCRIPTION
kermit/archives/msvibm.zip binary Distribution diskette ZIP file
kermit/a/msvibmzip.boo text Ditto, BOO-encoded
kermit/a/msvibmzip.uue text Ditto, uuencoded
The text-encoded ZIP files are also available on BITNET from KERMSRV@CUVMA
as MSVIBMZI.BOO and MSVIBMZI.UUE.
Users are encouraged to obtain the complete package, as ZIP'd, because
it includes many files that are interdependent. Unzip using the "-d"
switch to preserve subdirectory structure. If you are unzipping over your
old MS-DOS Kermit directory, be sure to preserve any customized files,
especially MSCUSTOM.INI and DIALUPS.TXT first. After unzipping, read
the top-level READ.ME for installation instructions and an overview of
what is available.
You may also order version 3.14 on diskette by mail; starting now, all
"Using MS-DOS Kermit" shipments from Columbia will include the version
3.14 diskette (see below). When ordering from Columbia University, you have
your choice of language for the user manual: English or French.
The source code modules and other files are available as separate files in
the kermit/a directory; see kermit/a/msaaaa.hlp for details. Remember,
this software is copyrighted and can only be redistributed according to
the provisions in our copyright notice; type "VERSION" at the MS-Kermit>
prompt to see it. Likewise, the source code cannot be used without
permission.
This version represents a year and half of hard work. If you are using or
will use this software, and you have not yet purchased the manual, please
help support our continuing development efforts -- and help yourself get
the most out of the software -- by doing so. For further information about
our manuals, see our Web page or send an inquiry to kermit@columbia.edu,
or write to us at the address above.
Version 3.14 is of special interest to BBS operators and users, and should
also be interesting to makers of BBS software. MS-DOS Kermit now comes in
a special form that is designed to be used as an external protocol on a
BBS. It supports Fossil drivers. It has an ANSI terminal emulator, etc
etc. We hope this new release will popularize Kermit protocol in the BBS
world, where it deserves an opportunity to show off some of its unique
advantages.
Here is a condensed list of new features of MS-DOS Kermit 3.14:
. ANSI terminal emulation
. Wyse-50 terminal emulation
. Data General DASHER and DEC VT terminal emulation improvements
. Kanji character-set translation during terminal emulation
. HP-Roman8 terminal character-set
. Control over timeslicing method in Windows, DesqView, OS/2, NT
. Control over automatic video-mode switching
. Selectable fore- and background colors for underline simulation
. Additional scan codes for Alt/Ctrl/Shift - SpaceBar/EscKey combinations
. DEC User Definable Keys (UDKs) now supported
. Revised printer support for better interoperation with Novell CAPTURE
. Additional control over TCP/IP and TELNET protocol features
. Debugging display of TELNET options negotiation
. Networking support for Telebit PPP
. TCP/IP fixes, speedups, and refinements
. Multiple TCP/IP sessions to the same host now allowed
. Support for Artisoft Int14 redirector
. Support for Meridian Technology SuperLAT network connections
. Workarounds for buggy SMC FDC37C665 UART simulator on Pentium motherboards
. Support for Hayes ESP serial communications board in 16550A mode
. Support for Fossil Drivers
. SET SPEED 28800
. SET STOP-BITS {1,2}
. User control over treatment of carrier signal on serial connections
. Binary-mode file transfer recovery
. Ability to send partial files manually
. Control of run-length encoding
. Improved client/server operation
. Prompt string value now evaluated each time prompt is issued
. ASK/ASKQ responses now taken literally
. New APC command sends APC strings
. Incoming APC strings ignored by default for safety
. Revised CONNECT-mode status line for additional information
. Separate CONNECT-mode help and one-character command menus
. New script programming commands
. Improved consistency of backslash-quoting in commands
. New built-in string, file, and numeric functions
. Additional built-in variables
. Revised command line handling of substitution variables
. Transaction log of file transfers now records detailed rejection
reason if based on file attributes
. Available also in special reduced forms for limited memory, e.g. for
use on 256K systems, or as an external protocol on BBSs, etc.
The new features are described in the KERMIT.UPD and other text files on
the distribution diskette, which serve as a supplement to the user manual.
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From cmg@watsun.cc.columbia.edu Mon Feb 13 07:38:31 1995
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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 95 12:38:31 EST
From: Christine M Gianone <cmg@watsun.cc.columbia.edu>
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Info-Kermit Digest Mon, 13 Febrary 1995 Volume 21 : Number 2
Today's Topic:
Announcing IBM Mainframe Kermit-370 Version 4.3.1
Directory:
Kermit's World-Wide Web Home Page:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/
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Date: Thu, 1995 Feb 9 16:29 EST
From: "John F. Chandler" <JCHBN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU>
Subject: Announcing IBM Mainframe Kermit-370 Version 4.3.1
Keywords: IBM Mainframe Kermit, VM/CMS Kermit, MVS/TSO Kermit, CICS Kermit
Keywords: MUSIC Kermit, "Recovery, File Transfer"
After a lengthy period of testing, version 4.3.1 of Kermit-370 is now
released for general use on all the supported platforms. The new
version is available in the form of updates relative to the base source
files for 4.3.0, which remain part of the package. These updates
include both generic and system-specific changes. They are summarized
below and are described in somewhat more detail in the respective BWR
files ik*.bwr in the distribution. The updates themselves are in
ik*.upd. The generic changes (common to all variants) are as follows:
Kermit-370...
- honors the new level-1 restart/recovery mode, like the recently
released versions of C-Kermit and MS-DOS Kermit. When a similarly
equipped Kermit is at the other end, an interrupted binary transfer
can be resumed where it left off by issuing a RESEND instead of a SEND
(same syntax). Attributes must be enabled.
- honors a new protocol feature known as "WHATAMI". When Kermit-370 is
in server mode, the user can issue a SET FILE TYPE to the local Kermit
and have it take effect in the server as well. Setting the file type
in both Kermits is still a good idea before doing transfers.
- supports the UPDATE option of FILE COLLISION. With that option, an
incoming file is rejected (on grounds of "date") if the transmitted
time stamp is no later than that of an existing file of the same name.
- sends an explicit NAK packet when it receives a bad data packet,
instead of resending the previous ACK (which is nominally the same
thing in Kermit protocol).
- gives more accurate transfer statistics after uploads in server mode
(via REMOTE KERMIT STAT).
SPECIAL NOTE for sites that plan to use one of the alternate-language
versions of Kermit-370: all the language-specific files were replaced
last November in anticipation of release 4.3.1. The old ones are not
compatible with 4.3.1, so be sure to get the current ik0v*.pkt file.
The following changes have been made to the CMS variant:
Kermit-CMS...
- uses the date/time stamp, if any, received along with a file
(instead of the date/time of reception).
- has improved code for detecting the terminal controller type.
The MUSIC variant has undergone major changes. Not least of these is a
new, automated procedure for installing Kermit. The procedure, called
IKMINS, is included in IKMKER.INS in the distribution. Additionally:
Kermit-MUSIC...
- supports file directories (which appeared in MUSIC 2.3) and userids
longer than four bytes (which appeared in MUSIC 2.4). Sites running
MUSIC 2.3 must include an additional update for compatibility
(tagged SC94263 and supplied in IKMKER.BWR).
- starts up in the current directory and leaves the user in whatever
directory it is looking at when it quits.
- emulates the MUSIC CD command.
- passes any non-emulated MUSIC commands to the system for execution.
Such commands are executed in a sub-task, and any non-zero completion
code is reported.
- attempts to prevent losing exclusive control over the screen during
transfers by setting MESSAGE OFF (and restoring the old setting
afterwards). If control is lost anyway, Kermit attempts to recover.
- correctly executes the GIVE CONTROL subcommand (for saving the current
values of the CONTROL-CHAR table of prefixed and unprefixed control
characters).
There are no TSO-specific changes, just the generic ones listed above.
There are two CICS-specific changes:
Kermit-CICS...
- uses the date/time stamp, if any, received along with a file (in
preference for the date/time of reception). This is similar to the
corresponding change for CMS, but applies only to files in the
Kermit-maintained directories (HELP/TAKE files).
- offers compatibility with CICS 3.3. This has not been fully tested.
Other projects are pending for Kermit-CICS, awaiting volunteers to help
implement the necessary code. In particular, the external drivers for
spool files and arbitrary MVS data sets still need work. Anyone
interested in helping should contact John Chandler <JCHBN@CUVMB.BITNET>
or <JCHBN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU>.
Many thanks to the beta testers who have helped work out the bugs in the
new release. Above all, thanks to Christian Robert and Paul Parker for
all their help in upgrading Kermit-MUSIC, and to Bert Morton for
contributing the CICS 3.3 compatibility code.
[Ed. - Many thanks, John! The new IBM Mainframe Kermit version is available
on kermit.columbia.edu as ik0*.*, plus:
ikc*.* for VM/CMS
ikm*.* for MUSIC
ikt*.* for MVS/TSO (and ROSCOE)
ikx*.* for CICS
and also from BITNET KERMSRV at CUVMA.]
------------------------------
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From cmg@watsun.cc.columbia.edu Tue Apr 25 11:19:00 1995
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Date: Tue, 25 Apr 95 15:19:00 EDT
From: Christine M Gianone <cmg@watsun.cc.columbia.edu>
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Subject: Info-Kermit Digest V21 #3
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Info-Kermit Digest Tue, 25 Apr 1995 Volume 21 : Number 3
Today's Topics:
Announcing OS/2 C-Kermit 5A(191)
Directory:
Kermit's World-Wide Web Home Page:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/
ftp: kermit.columbia.edu
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Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 12:00:00 EDT
From: Christine M Gianone <cmg@watsun.cc.columbia.edu>
Subject: Announcing OS/2 C-Kermit 5A(191)
Keywords: C-Kermit, OS/2 C-Kermit
This is to announce the release of OS/2 C-Kermit 5A(191).
If you have a Web browser, you are encouraged to read this notice in
hypertext format on the Web at the following URL, because there is a lot
more information in it (hypertext links):
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/cko191.html
If you are already familiar with OS/2 C-Kermit, feel free to skip past
the following fifty lines (about two 24-line screens).
OS/2 C-Kermit is Columbia University's full-function native communication
software package for OS/2 that works uniformly over:
. Serial connections, direct or dialed, all speeds.
. TCP/IP network connections, including SLIP.
. DECnet PATHWORKS LAT connections.
. LAN and/or interprocess connections such as NETBIOS and Named Pipes.
. Asynchronous communication servers.
Offering:
. Faithful ANSI, VT220, VT102, VT100, and VT52 terminal emulations with
all the expected add-ons -- rollback, key mapping, color control,
printer control, Compose key, screen & session capture, etc.
. A complete implementation of the Kermit file transfer protocol, including
all the most advanced features for highest performance, the new recovery
capability, as well as auto-uplodad and -download.
. A powerful and portable script programming language.
. A large repertoire of character-set translations.
. Dialing and services directories.
. Easy access to external protocols (e.g. P.EXE for X/Y/Zmodem).
And lots of OS/2-specific features, including:
. Advanced user-customizable mouse operations.
. Full compatibility with the OS/2 PM Clipboard.
. Use of OS/2 System Sounds during command and terminal modes.
. Work Place Shell integration through program objects.
. Alternative REXX macro programming extensions.
. Full support for HPFS and Extended Attributes during file transfers.
. SLIPTERM compatibility.
. Integration with IBM WebExplorer.
. The ability to transfer entire directory trees from one OS/2
system to another, with all file attributes preserved.
. Multiple threads for efficient task scheduling and low CPU load.
. Fast semaphores for intraprocess communication.
With its wide range of features and communication methods, OS/2 C-Kermit
is ideally suited to OS/2 users who:
. Want to communicate with a diverse assortment of hosts and services.
. Want to use the same application for serial and network connections,
e.g. for home and office use.
. Want a better TELNET (with rollback, key mapping, colors, scripting).
. Want a TELNET that can also transfer files.
. Want to communicate in languages other than English.
. Want to write script programs that are portable to many platforms.
Space does not permit listing all the features of previous versions of
OS/2 C-Kermit, but if you want to know more, feel free to visit our Web
site starting at URL:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/os2.html
The rest of this announcement is pretty much a repetition of the Beta Test
announcement. Except that the following features were added during the
Beta test:
. ISO 2022 character-set designation and invocation in VT220 emulation.
. Protected fields in VT220 emulation.
. New MOVE and MMOVE commands for "moving" files.
. Host-initiated autoprint now supported (separate from transparent print).
C-Kermit Version 5A(191) is a brand-new 32-bit release for OS/2 2.00
and later, including Warp. It adds the following major new features:
. Dramatic speed improvements
. Sizeable terminal screens.
. New and improved mouse functions.
. Improved TELNET client functions.
. Incoming TCP/IP connections.
. SLIP dialing.
. Cyrillic (Russian) terminal emulation.
. Soft fonts for Hebrew, Cyrillic, and East European terminal emulation.
. The new features that were added during the Beta test, listed just above.
. Numerous fixes.
And many lesser ones. In more detail:
SPEED IMPROVEMENTS
CONNECT mode -- terminal emulation -- is now incredibly snappy on both
serial and network connections, in both window and fullscreen sessions.
C-Kermit 5A(191) processes incoming data in parallel with screen updating.
Furthermore, the screen is now updated far more efficiently than before.
To give an idea of the speed improvement, we used a ripple-test benchmark
that scrolls 1000 80-column lines of text, obtaining the following display
timings for various TELNET clients attached to a 10 Mb/sec Ethernet
network running on the same PC in a fullscreen session:
C-Kermit 5A(190) 24 sec
IBM Telnet 22 sec (TCP/IP 1.2.1)
MS-DOS Kermit 12 sec (v3.14 under DOS, not under OS/2)
C-Kermit 5A(191) 5 sec
In an OS/2 window, the same test takes only 7 seconds, compared to 55
seconds in the previous release -- about an 800% improvement.
The new display management model has also been used to accomplish several
other astounding feats:
. Terminal sessions remain active behind popup help screens.
. Incoming material is processed even when screen is rolled back.
. Copy-and-paste can span multiple screens (more about this below).
Meanwhile, serial port handling is now far more efficient, putting less load
on the CPU, allowing serial-port intput/output to take place at high speeds
without seriously impacting the rest of the system.
SIZEABLE TERMINAL SCREENS
You asked for VT100 132-column mode, now you've got it and a lot more too.
In Warp window sessions, C-Kermit now supports any combination of screen
height and width, up to 255 columns and 254 rows with a maximum screen
area of 8192 characters.
In fullscreen sessions the terminal screen can now use 40, 80, or 132
columns and 24, 42, 49, or 59 rows. Not all combinations are supported by
all video hardware. Warp is not required.
Host-directed screen-width switching in VT100, VT102, and VT220 emulation
is now implemented for 80-column and 132-column modes when the video
adapter supports it. Screen dimensions are automatically reported to the
host on TELNET connections if the TELNET server supports (and uses) the
"NAWS" option.
SOFT FONTS
C-Kermit 5A knows a lot of character sets and translates between any
pair of them. But in OS/2, we have another problem: how to see the right
characters on the screen. For example, in version 5A(190) we added
support for Hebrew terminal emulation, which works very nicely if you
happen to have a Hebrew version of OS/2 (which you can only get in
Israel), but is useless otherwise -- e.g. to Hebrew and Yiddish scholars
in the USA, because, until now there was no way to get a Hebrew code page
onto a US version of OS/2.
The new version of OS/2 C-Kermit comes with the following soft fonts that
you can load in a fullscreen session, for use in the terminal window:
CP437 - Original PC code page
CP850 - "Multilingual" (West Europe) code page
CP852 - East Europe Roman Alphabet code page (for Czech, Polish, etc)
CP862 - Hebrew code page
CP866 - Cyrillic (Russian, Belorussian, and Ukrainian) code page
So now, no matter what OS/2 National Language version you have, you can
use OS/2 C-Kermit to conduct terminal sessions in at least the following
languages:
Albanian, Belorussian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch,
English, Faeroese, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian,
Icelandic, Irish, Italian, Ladino, Latin, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish,
Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish,
Swedish, Swiss, Ukrainian, and Yiddish.
Thanks to Joseph (Yossi (Yogi)) Gil at the Technion in Haifa, Israel, for
furnishing these public-domain fonts.
CYRILLIC TERMINAL EMULATION
OK, we added a Cyrillic font, so now you can read those Russian newsgroups
and Web pages. But if you don't have a Russian (or Ukrainian, or
Belorussian) keyboard, how do you TYPE Russian characters? The new
C-Kermit release adds a Russian keyboard mode that includes:
. The Microsoft Russian DOS keyboard layout.
. Hot-key switching between Russian and English modes.
. Automatic translation to the host character-set (KOI, ISO, etc).
This is in addition to the keyboard methods that were already available
in earlier releases:
. A Compose key for Latin-1-like character sets (for Western European
languages like Italian, Portuguese, Norwegian, German, French, etc).
. A Hebrew keyboard mode for Hebrew and Yiddish.
THE MOUSE AND MARK MODE
Copy-and-paste capability, as well as mouse-directed terminal cursor
steering, were introduced in the previous release. In version 5A(191):
. Text selection can now span the entire virtual screen,
scrollback buffer included.
. You can reassign these functions to different mouse events.
. You can assign them to keys.
. You can assign keyboard verbs, macros, or text to mouse events.
. Copy-and-paste works consistently between C-Kermit and other apps.
To get a quick idea of the power of the new "mark mode": after installing
the new version, starting it up, and accumulating a bunch of screens in
the rollback buffer:
. Hold down the left mouse button.
. Drag the mouse towards the top of screen, watch text being selected.
. Now drag it PAST the top of the screen -- watch what happens.
. Push the Arrow, Page Up/Down, or Home/End keys while dragging.
Any text that you select this way can be copied to the PM clipboard,
printed on your printer, copied to a file, or pasted directly into your
terminal session.
TCP/IP IMPROVEMENTS
TELNET connections are about 500% faster than before. Several TELNET
protocol problems were fixed, most notably the ones relating to
"firewalls". Connections are now attempted to multiple IP addresses when
provided by the name server, until success is achieved. TELNET NAWS
(Negotiate About Window Size) capability has been added.
Incoming TCP/IP connections are now accepted -- you can TELNET to OS/2
C-Kermit on a pre-arranged socket and have a "chat" session or execute
Kermit server functions.
OS/2 C-Kermit can now dial your Warp IAK SLIP connections for you, using
a special technique to "borrow" the serial port from the SLIP driver.
This gives you a lot more flexibility than you get with SLIPTERM.
There are new controls for TELNET NVT/binary mode and CRLF mapping, since
these areas are so problematic with the proliferation of incompatible
(and often confused) TELNET servers:
SET TELNET { NVT, BINARY } NEWLINE-MODE { ON, OFF, RAW }
SET TELNET BINARY-MODE { ACCEPTED, REFUSED, REQUESTED }
SOCKS support added for TELNET'ing through firewalls.
OS/2 C-Kermit gives you all the convenience features of a serial
communications program integrated with its own internal TELNET protocol
implementation. If you do a lot of TELNET'ing to diverse services,
especially on non-TELNET ports, you'll begin to appreciate what this
means.
OTHER CHANGES
...include:
. Improved context-sensitive help screens, status lines, and messages.
. More key combinations are recognized for SET KEY.
. System Sounds can now be used to differentiate "Information",
"Warning", and "Error" events.
. MOVE and MMOVE commands added = SEND and MSEND, then delete.
. REMOTE RENAME and REMOTE COPY (both ends) added.
. New and improved hypertext Updates documentation.
. Various other new commands, bug fixes, cleanups, etc.
NOTE: 5A(191) is an OS/2-only release of C-Kermit.
Thanks to Jeff Altman for 99% of the work that went into this new release.
DOCUMENTATION
C-Kermit 5A is comprehensively and professionally documented in the
book, "Using C-Kermit", supplemented by the hypertext CKERMIT.INF file,
which covers recent additions up to and including edit 191.
If you will be using OS/2 C-Kermit and you have not already purchased
this book, please purchase it. It will answer your questions, it will
show you how to get the most out of the software, and book sales are
the primary source of funding for the Kermit effort.
Ordering information for the book is included in the CKERMIT.INF file,
which may be accessed from the C-Kermit> prompt with the UPDATES
command.
HOW TO GET IT
OS/2 C-Kermit 5A(191) may be obtained from kermit.columbia.edu via
anonymous ftp, directory kermit/archives, file cko191.zip. Transfer it in
binary mode (every step of the way), unzip it on your OS/2 system into a
spare directory, then run the INSTALL script.
You may also order the new version on diskette from Columbia University.
If you already have a copy of "Using C-Kermit", use the tear-out form in
back to order the diskette only. If you don't have the book, then order
the book+diskette package from us:
Kermit Development and Distribution
Columbia University Academic Information Systems
612 West 115th Street
New York, NY 10025-7721
USA
Telephone: +1 212 854-3703
Fax: +1 212 663-8202
Domestic and overseas orders accepted.
Book only: US $36.95 (US, Canada, and Mexico), US $47 elsewhere.
Book + OS/2 C-Kermit: US $45.00 (US, Canada, Mexico), $55 elsewhere.
Orders may be paid by MasterCard or Visa, or PREPAID by check in US dollars.
Add US $35 bank fee for checks not drawn on a US bank. Price includes
shipping. Do not include sales tax. Inquire about quantity discounts.
Please note that C-Kermit is copyrighted software, and it may not be
redistributed by commercial enterprises (including makers of CD-ROMs)
without written permission of the Office of Kermit Development and
Distribution, Columbia University, at the address above.
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Date: Thu, 31 Aug 95 21:27:23 EDT
From: Frank da Cruz <fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu>
To: Info-Kermit@watsun.cc.columbia.edu
Subject: Pre-Announcing Kermit for Windows 95
Reply-To: kermit@columbia.edu
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PRE-ANNOUNCING KERMIT FOR WINDOWS 95
Planning bulletin!
Kermit software for Windows 95 is on the way. This is a full-featured,
fully native, 32-bit communications software package for Windows 95 from
the Kermit Team at Columbia University for both serial and TCP/IP
communication.
K-95 can be both icon/menu operated for newcomers or command-line executed
for veterans (or any combination of the two for those who want it all).
LICENSING
Unlike other Kermit software, K-95 is not "free". It is not available for
downloading; it cannot be freely shared and given away. Instead, it must be
purchased and licensed. It will be quite inexpensive. It will be available
in software retail chains and directly from Columbia University. Aggressive
quantity- and site-based licensing terms will also be available from Columbia,
including special academic/nonprofit licenses. Exact terms are still being
worked out.
Why isn't it free? --
1. The Kermit Project operates entirely on the income it generates.
2. Because of the rapid growth and commercialization of the Internet and
proliferation of "free software" CDROMs made from Internet ftp sites,
Kermit software is in wider use than ever before, but nobody is
ordering it from us. Thus our income is down while our tech-support
workload is up.
3. We could not have brought this software to you without making a
significant investment.
The status of other Kermit software (MS-DOS, UNIX, VMS, IBM Mainframe,
etc) remains as it always has been.
FEATURES
K-95 comes with a graphical Dialer (menus, buttons, dialog boxes,
notebooks, and all) to help you manage all your connections and all the
settings for each one, without complicated initialization files, macro
definitions, or SET commands. The Kermit engine itself is launched from
the Dialer pushbutton-style to make the desired connection automatically
with all the appropriate settings. Kermit veterans need not worry: It can
also be run on its own like other Kermit programs.
K-95 is a multithreaded multitasking NATIVE 32-bit Windows 95
communication software application that is easy on your CPU. It is fully
integrated with Microsoft Telephony (TAPI) and Winsock, and can be used
uniformly for both serial and network connections.
K-95 offers:
. A directory PRELOADED with hundreds of dialup and network connections:
- Commercial networks and data services
- Public data networks like SprintNet and TYMNET
- Internet service providers by dialup
- Internet resources via TELNET
- BBSs and much more
. VT320, VT220, VT102, VT100, VT52, ANSI, and TTY terminal emulation with:
- Amazingly fast screen updates
- Full color selection
- Virtually unlimited and instantaneous screen rollback
- Flexible key mapping
- Integrated mouse functions: copy-and-paste, cursor steering
- Screen height and width selection
- Character-set conversion
- Versatile printer control
- Pop-up context-sensitive help, debugging, much more
. Kermit as well as X/Y/ZMODEM file transfer:
- The fastest and most advanced Kermit protocol available anywhere:
Sliding windows, long packets, control-character unprefixing,
locking shifts, character-set translation, an update feature,
recovery, automatic file transfer initiation, and much more.
- X/Y/ZMODEM licensed from Online Solutions Oy, Jyvaskyla, Finland
- Windows 95 long filenames
- Background as well as foreground file transfers
. Management of multiple sessions through the graphical Dialer.
. An intelligent phone-list that understands the difference between
international, long-distance, local, toll-free, and internal PBX calls,
and adjusts itself according to your location; that allows multiple
phone numbers for a single service; and that can be told how many times
and how frequently to redial if the connection is not made.
. Script programming using the same portable Kermit script language that
is already in widespread use on hundreds of other platforms. When used
in combination with the Windows 95 System Agent, this allows for
automatically scheduled unattended communications tasks.
. A brand-new user manual plus a technical reference manual.
. A tech-support hot line (900 number, as so many of you suggested)
and a tech support BBS.
AVAILABILITY
The publication date is October 5th, 1995.
The USA list price is $79.00 US.
The USA street price is $54.00 US.
For USA orders prior prior October 5th, 1995,
the introductory price is $49.00.
The shrink-wrapped package, published by Manning Publications of Greenwich
CT, includes the software and manuals plus a discount upgrade coupon for
the next planned version.
The package will be available in computer software stores and you can
order it now from Columbia University or the publisher (store orders
should go to the publisher):
1. Kermit
Columbia University
612 West 115th Street
New York NY 10025-7221 USA
Fax: +1 (212) 662 6442 or +1 (212) 663 8202
Voice: +1 (212) 854 3703
Email: kermit-orders@columbia.edu
Web: http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/
2. Manning Publications
3 Lewis Street
Greenwich CT 06830 USA
Fax: +1 (203) 661 9018
Voice: +1 (203) 629 2078
Email: 73150.1431@Compuserve.com
Web: http://www.sirius.com/~freedom/BBC/NetworkingNookPage.html
In recognition of the beginning of the academic year on campuses far and
wide, and students arriving by the truckload with PCs and Windows 95, we
encourage campus software administrators to contact us via e-mail to
kermit@columbia.edu to discuss academic bulk or site licenses.
Further announcements will appear on the comp.protocols.kermit newsgroups
and in the LISTSERV Kermit Digest. If you want to receive announcements
directly by e-mail, please send a request by e-mail to:
kermit@columbia.edu
Also watch our World Wide Web site for updates:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/
THE FUTURE
We plan to develop this product actively to meet your needs. Numerous new
features are on tap; our priorities will be driven by the success of this
product and preferences of its users. Items under consideration include
Tektronix terminal emulation, 3270 terminal emulation, 5250 terminal
emulation, RIP graphics for BBS's, ALA character-set support, UNICODE
support, a character-set-aware form of HTML viewing, and further
GUIfication.
Frank da Cruz Christine M. Gianone
Manager Manager
Communications Software Development Kermit Development and Distribution
Columbia University
New York City