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From: Igor Sobrado <igor@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: MS-DOS Kermit: release 3.15 or 3.16?
Date: 17 Aug 2006 15:26:55 +0200
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Hi again!
I want to run MS Kermit in a DOS computer (an old but excellent i80286,
it is not a joke); this computer will be a DEC VT compatible terminal
with file transfer functionality. My question is easy: what MS-DOS
Kermit release must I run? MS-DOS Kermit 3.15 or MS-DOS Kermit 3.16?
Some random thoughts:
- MS-DOS Kermit 3.16 is beta, but has not been updated since 1999.
It is for personal use, but I really prefer running a stable
release if there is not a good reason for running a beta release.
- MS-DOS Kermit 3.16 fixes some important problems (memory leaks,
a serious problem related with sending incomplete Kermit packets
over a serial port connections, a lot of minor bugs, and so on).
- On http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/mskermit.html we can read "you
can install this on top of 3.14 or 3.15". Well, the zip file
that contains the overlay files for MS-DOS Kermit 3.16 has only
two files, the overlay for 3.15 has more files. It seems that
we will not get the same version installing 3.16 on top of 3.14
than on top of 3.15.
Should I stay at MS-DOS Kermit 3.15? Is it better trying 3.16?
In this case, should I apply 3.15 on top of 3.14, and 3.16 on top
of 3.15 + 3.14?
Will be a final release of MS-DOS Kermit 3.16? If MS-DOS Kermit
version 3.16 works and is a recommended one for MS-DOS computers,
would not be better making a final release to show that it is not
beta anymore?
Best regards,
Igor.