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Info-Kermit Digest         Thu, 16 Jun 1994        Volume 19 : Number 1

Today's Topics:
    MS-DOS Kermit News
    New Kermit in EMACS Lisp
    Updated Kermit for Alpha Micro
    IBM Mainframe Kermit Problems with VM/Passthru (PVM)

Digest submissions may be sent to [e-mail] or
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Kermit files may be obtained over networks and by mail order.  On the
Internetwork, use FTP to log in to host KERMIT.COLUMBIA.EDU, a Sun
SPARCserver running UNIX (SunOS 4.1), IP host number 128.59.39.2.  Login as
user anonymous (lower case), supply your email ID as the password, and GET
or MGET (MULTIPLE GET) the desired files.  The file kermit/READ.ME is a
general guide to where things are.  The Kermit files are in directories
kermit/a, kermit/b, kermit/c, kermit/d, and kermit/e.  All files in these
directories should be transferred in text (ASCII) mode.  Binaries are in
kermit/bin (use ftp in binary mode).  All files (with the exceptions of some
of the READ.ME files) have lowercase names, and case is significant.

You can also get Kermit files over the BITNET/EARN network; to get started
send a message with text HELP to KERMSRV, the Kermit file server, at host
CUVMA.  For detailed instructions, read the file kermit/a/aanetw.hlp
(AANETW.HLP on KERMSRV).  To order by mail, request a complete list of
Kermit versions and an order form from Kermit Distribution, Columbia
University Academic Information Systems, 612 West 115th Street, New York,
NY  10025  USA.

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Date: Tue, 14 Jun 1994 15:19:41 EDT
From: Frank da Cruz <[e-mail]>
Subject: MS-DOS Kermit News
Keywords: MS-DOS Kermit 3.13, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Patches
Keywords: Modem Dialing Scripts, French MS-DOS Kermit Book

Hi everybody.  It has been 8 months since the last Kermit Digest, Volume 18,
Number 4, October 23, 1993.  The silence has been due mainly to a
combination of little news to report, plus a lot of work going on behind the
scenes to prepare new releases, which will be announced as soon as they are
ready for testing.

As most of you know, "Using MS-DOS Kermit" was translated into French by
Jean Dutertre and published in France as "Kermit MS-DOS Mode d'Emploi" by
Heinz Schiefer et Cie in Versailles.  Since it is rather difficult to find
this book in French-speaking areas outside of France, we are now able to
distribute the French edition from Columbia University.  If you are
interested in ordering it, please send e-mail to [e-mail].

The following patches have been issued for MS-DOS Kermit 3.13 by its author,
Professor Joe R. Doupnik of Utah State University, since the last Kermit
Digest:

  13. Correct memory corruption resulting from erase to end of line for
      double-wide characters on a 132-column screen.

  14. OPTIONAL. For PATHWORKS version 4.0 and later only, enable use of LAT
      in Windows and in expanded memory.  Don't install this patch if using
      Interconnections Inc TES dated 08-10-93 or later.

  15. Correct unprefixing of 8-bit control codes for file transfer.

  16. Ensure Packet Driver signature is examined to full length.

  17. Correct erase-to-end-of-screen when on status line.

  18-19: Arcnet ODI address byte location correction.

  20. Correct erase-to-end-of-line when on status line.

  21. Include status line on TELNET session screen save/restores.

The new patch file is available on kermit.columbia.edu, directory
kermit/a, file msr313.pch.

You'll also find a number of new or corrected MS-DOS Kermit dialing scripts
in kermit/a/msm*.scr:

  msmboca.scr    Boca 14.4 Faxmodem
  msmc144p.scr   Digicom Connection 144+/Connection 96+ (thanks to Mike Long)
  msmmt1432.scr  Multitech MT1432 series
  msmpp14400.scr Practical Peripherals 14400 (corrected)
  msmsport.scr   US Robotics Sportster (corrected)
  msmviva.scr    VIVA 2442ef (thanks to Gregory Forster)
  msmwang14.scr  Wang 14/14i and 14/14e (thanks to John Pritchard)
  msmzoom.scr    Zoom 14400 (thanks to Phillip Feldman)

Dialing scripts are still needed for several popular types of modems,
notably ZyXEL.

Finally, there have been numerous questions about how to use MS-DOS Kermit
with Windows for Workgroups 3.11.  A new file, kermit/a/mskwfw.doc, tells
the story.

All files referenced in this and subsequent messages are also available
on BITNET/EARN/CREN via KERMSRV@CUVMA.  Leave off the "kermit/x/" part,
and spell the name in uppercase.

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Date: Thu, 2 Jun 1994 18:51:54 GMT
From: "Ben A. Mesander" <[e-mail]>
Subject: New Kermit in EMACS Lisp
Keywords: EMACS Kermit, LISP Kermit

Here is an implementation of kermit written in EMACS lisp that Bob Manson
and I wrote.  It has been tested to work with various EMACS versions between
18.59 and 19.24.  It's a simple kermit - it just does binary and text-mode
send and recieve, but it should be portable to any machine EMACS runs on
(UNIX, VMS, etc).

To run it, either put it in a directory in your load-path, or add the
directory it is in to your load-path, and then execute (load "kermit"),
perhaps in your .emacs file.  Or if you just want to test it quickly, pull
it up in a buffer and do M-x eval-current-buffer.  Byte compiling it will
improve performance.

Once you have it loaded, there are three commands:

M-x kermit-send-buffer
   prompts for a buffer name and sends it via kermit protocol.

M-x kermit-send-current-buffer
   sends the buffer your cursor currently is in via the kermit protocol.

M-x kermit-receive-buffer
   receives a buffer from the local kermit program.

To switch between binary and text mode, set kermit-text-mode to t (true)
or nil (false).  Binary mode:

  M-x set-var RET kermit-text-mode RET nil RET

Text mode:

  M-x set-var RET kermit-text-mode RET t RET

[Ed. - Many thanks for this one!  And they said it couldn't be done...
Readers can find EMACS Kermit in kermit/b/emkermit.* on kermit.columbia.edu.]

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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 15:19:41 -0600 (CST)
From: Christine M Gianone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Updated Kermit for Alpha Micro
Keywords: Alpha Micro, AMOS

From Bob Rubendunst <[e-mail]>, version 2.0 of Alpha
Micro Kermit, replacing version 1.0 from Feb 1985, for AMOS/L 1.3 and above
and AMOS/32 systems.  New features include:

 . Bug fixes
 . 8-bit terminal support
 . Autosend, Autoreceive
 . Random file bypass for batch sends
 . Parity checking
 . Wildcards
 . Statistics
 . CRC error-checking
 . AM3000 compatibility
 . AMOS/32 compatibility

The new files are in kermit/c/am*.* on kermit.columbia.edu and also available
as AM* * from KERMSRV@CUVMA on BITNET.

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Date: Wed, 1994 Jun 15   15:46 EDT
From: "John F. Chandler" <[e-mail]>
Subject: IBM Mainframe Kermit Problems with VM/Passthru (PVM)
Keywords: IBM Mainframe Kermit, VM/CMS Kermit

Kermit-CMS may incorrectly identify the terminal controller type for
sessions established using VM/Passthru (PVM) from a remote system.  I.e., it
may decide that a fullscreen session is linemode, depending on the I/O gen
of both the local and remote hosts.  Further, an improperly configured PVM
may interfere with correct detection of the fullscreen controller type, even
if Kermit makes the effort.

I have an update that allows Kermit to distinguish "disguised" fullscreen
sessions from linemode (TTY) sessions, at least for the one site that has
reported this problem (see the distribution file IKCKER BWR and look for
update SC93355).  However, it turns out that PVM (at that site) intercepts
the diagnostic orders Kermit sends to distinguish between SERIES1 and
GRAPHICS.  Therefore, it may be necessary to SET CONTROLLER by hand if the
configuration cannot be corrected.  See also the optional update SC9131X for
dealing with VTAM (also in IKCKER BWR).

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