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<title>Kermit 95 for Windows ® 95/98/ME and Windows NT/XP/2000
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<h1><big><tt>K e r m i t 9 5</tt></big></h1>
<br><small><i>We love our city. Remember it as it was.</i></small><br>
<img alt="New York City" src="nyc.jpg"><hr>
<b>Welcome to the Kermit 95 evaluation package.</b> For an overview of what
K95 is and what it does, please visit the Kermit 95 website:
<p>
<pre>
<a href="http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/k95.html">http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/k95.html</a>
</pre>
<p>
This evaluation package is identical to the full-featured retail product,
except that:
<p>
<ul>
<li>It is not shrinkwrapped.
<li>It does not include the <a
href="http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ck70cd.html">C-Kermit 7.0 CD ROM</a>.
<li>It can be used only until 31 December 2001, after which time it expires.
<li>The published manuals are not included since they are the property of
the publishers (see below).
<li>This package might or might not include secure authentication and
encryption, depending on which version you downloaded. By USA export law,
pending export license, the secure version may be downloaded only in the USA
and Canada.
</ul>
<p>
Aside from security (outside the USA and Canada), no features are disabled or
excluded.
<p>
<b>Before evaluating Kermit 95</b>, please note that this is its final
Console-only release. The next release, 2.00, will run in a GUI window like
other Windows programs and will include built-in scriptable, secure SSH, FTP,
and HTTP clients (subject to USA export laws and whether we succeed in
obtaining an export license). The new GUI release solves numerous
problems that affect all Windows 95/98/ME Console applications:
<p><ul>
<li>Inability to use the <tt>[x]</tt> box as expected.
<li>Inability to use scroll bars to access scrollback buffers.
<li>Inability to change code pages or display multiple languages at once.
<li>Inability to save font preferences.
<li>Inability to display underlined or double-high/wide characters.
<li>Countless problems caused by bugs in the Windows Console driver: the
disappearing cursor, Caps Lock confusion, the "incredible shrinking window",
extraneous or out-of-order characters on screen, loss of focus when started
from a GUI application, various Copy/Paste problems, inability to use Input
Method Editors, and on and on and on.
</ul>
<p>
For more about the forthcoming GUI release,
<a href="http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/k95next.html">CLICK HERE</a>.
<p>
<b>The nonprofit Kermit Project is supported entirely by software license and
manual sales.</b> Much of our software is free-for-use; Kermit 95 is the only
exception, and it is our primary source of revenue, and therefore subsidizes
the continued development of our free-for-use and Open Source products.
<b>If you pay for and register the current version, the shrinkwrapped GUI
release will be sent to you as soon as it is ready</b> and in the meantime,
you will receive a serial number and instructions for applying it.
<i>To register,</i> visit our secure registration website:
<p>
<pre>
<a href="http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/register.html">http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/register.html</a>
</pre>
<p>
Low-cost <b>Bulk Right-to-Copy</b> and <b>Academic Site</b> licenses
are also available.
<a href="http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/k95pricing.html">CLICK HERE</a>
for details.
<p>
Meanwhile, in your evaluation, please concentrate on the actual functionality
of Kermit 95 as a terminal emulator, modem program, Telnet and Rlogin client,
file-transfer agent, and scripting tool, rather than on its "DOS-like" look
and feel and Windows Console-related limitations, all of which are addressed
in the forthcoming release. If you have questions, feel free to send them to:
<p>
<pre>
<a href="mailto:kermit-support@columbia.edu">kermit-support@columbia.edu</a>
</pre>
<h3><hr>Getting Started</h3>
After installing the Kermit 95 demo package, you should find three icons on
your desktop or in your Start menu:
<p>
<ol>
<li><b>The Kermit 95 icon.</b> This invokes Kermit 95 directly.
<li><b>The Kermit 95 Dialer icon.</b> This invokes a graphical tool for
setting up your connections.
<li><b>The K-95 Manual icon,</b> which brings you to this page in the demo,
but would bring you to the real manual in a registered copy.
</ol>
<p>
<b>Kermit veterans</b> -- those who have experience with <a
href="http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/mskermit.html">MS-DOS Kermit</a> or <a
href="http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ckermit.html">C-Kermit</a> -- can start
Kermit 95 (<tt>K95.EXE</tt>) directly, and will quickly see the similarities,
especially to C-Kermit: K95 <i>is</i> C-Kermit adapted to Windows, with a
full-featured terminal emulator and other features added. If you can use
MS-DOS Kermit or C-Kermit, you can use K95. You can run as many copies of
<tt>K95.EXE</tt> simultaneously as you wish; one connection per copy.
<p>
<b>Those who have no prior experience with Kermit software</b> should begin
with the K95 Dialer, an easy-to-use graphical method for setting up each
connection you want to make. You don't need to use the Dialer to make a
connection, but if you do, then it is saved in a database (and optionally also
as a desktop icon) and can be used again at any time by clicking your mouse.
Start only one copy of the Dialer at a time; it can control multiple K95
sessions simultaneously.
<p>
For a more detailed introduction to Kermit 95, visit:
<p>
<pre>
<a href="http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/k95tutorial.html">http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/k95tutorial.html</a>
</pre>
<h3><hr>Documentation</h3>
The documentation for Kermit 95 (which is not included with this demo
package) consists of:
<p>
<dl>
<dt><a href="http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ck60manual.html"><cite>Using C-Kermit</cite></a></dt>
<dd>The C-Kermit 6.0 manual, published as a book
by Digital Press. This is a 622-page
introduction to and technical reference manual for C-Kermit, upon which
Kermit 95 is based. This book covers the command language, the commands
themselves, making serial and network connections, transferring files,
converting among character sets, and writing script programs. This book
is available separately from Digital Press or the Kermit Project (in book
form). An electronic copy is included in PDF format with the retail version
of Kermit 95, which you receive when you register.
<p>
<dt><a href="http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ckermit2.html">The
C-Kermit 7.0 Update Notes</a></dt>
<dd>Documentation of the changes in C-Kermit from 6.0 to 7.0 (which
corresponds to Kermit 95 1.1.20), online at the Kermit Project website.
<p>
<dt><i>The Kermit 95 User Manual</i></dt>
<dd>Published by Manning Software, Inc. An electronic copy is included with
the retail version of Kermit 95, which you receive when you register.
</dl>
<p>
A wealth of additional product and technical information on Kermit 95 and
other Kermit software is available at the
<a href="http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/index.html">Kermit Project website</a>.
Be sure to check back periodically for news about the next release.
<h3><hr>Links</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/index.html">The Kermit Project</a>.
<li><a href="http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/k95.html">Kermit 95</a>.
<li><a href="http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/k95faq.html">K95 Frequently Asked Questions</a>.
<li><a href="http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/k95reviews.html">K95 Reviews</a>.
<li><a href="http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/tsreviews.html">Kermit Tech Support Reviews</a>.
<li><a href="http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/k95bugs.html">K95 Bug List</a>.
<li><a href="http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/k95next.html">The Next K95 Release</a>.
<li><a href="http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/k95pricing.html">K95 Pricing and Licensing Options</a>.
<li><a href="http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/k95tutorial.html">K95 TUTORIAL</a>.
<li><a href="http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/register.html">K95 REGISTRATION</a>.
</ul>
<p>
<hr><address>
Kermit 95 / Columbia University /
<a href="mailto:kermit@columbia.edu">kermit@columbia.edu</a> / September 2001
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