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From fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu Thu Aug 25 14:18:04 1994
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Date: Thu, 25 Aug 94 18:18:04 EDT
From: Frank da Cruz <fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu>
To: Info-Kermit@watsun.cc.columbia.edu
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Info-Kermit Digest Thu, 25 Aug 1994 Volume 20 : Number 1
Today's Topics:
Announcing C-Kermit 5A(190) Beta
"Using C-Kermit" Now Available in German
"Using C-Kermit" Review
Kermit Book Publisher Information
Nicolet NIC-80 Kermit
Kermit Digest submissions may be sent to Info-Kermit@columbia.edu or
KERMIT@CUVMA.BITNET. Requests for addition to or deletion from the
Info-Kermit subscriber list should be sent to LISTSERV@CUVMA.BITNET or
LISTSERV@CUVMA.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU. These messages must be of the form:
SUBSCRIBE I$KERMIT <your-personal-name> (To start a subscription)
UNSUBSCRIBE I$KERMIT (To cancel a subscription)
REGISTER I$KERMIT <your-personal-name> (To correct your name)
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 address 128.59.39.2. Login as user
anonymous or ftp (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, and sometimes also
kermit/test. All files in these directories should be transferred in text
(ASCII) mode. Binaries are in kermit/bin and sometimes also kermit/test/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 Kermit software catalog from Kermit
Distribution, Columbia University Academic Information Systems, 612 West
115th Street, New York, NY 10025 USA.
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Date: Thu Aug 25 17:50:57 1994
From: Frank da Cruz <fdc@columbia.edu>
Subject: Announcing C-Kermit 5A(190) Beta
Keywords: C-Kermit, UNIX C-Kermit, VMS C-Kermit, OS/2 C-Kermit
Keywords: Stratus VOS C-Kermit, AOS/VS C-Kermit, OS-9 C-Kermit
Keywords: QNX C-Kermit, RESEND, Recovery
This is to announce a Beta testing period for C-Kermit 5A(190), a new
release of C-Kermit communications software for for UNIX, VMS, OS/2, AOS/VS,
Aegis, OS-9, the Commodore Amiga, the Apple Macintosh, and now also Stratus
VOS.
The major new feature of version 5A(190) is the ability to continue file
transfers that failed. This feature is available in the C-Kermit versions
for:
. UNIX (all versions except 2.xBSD)
. OS/2 (the 16-bit and 32-bit versions)
. Data General AOS/VS
. Commodore Amiga
It works only for binary-mode transfers. For example, suppose you were
transferring a huge binary file between UNIX C-Kermit and OS/2 C-Kermit over
a slow dialup modem connection, and the phone call was disconnected. Now
you can reconnect and continue the transfer where it left off. Suppose you
were uploading or downloading a bunch of large ZIP files in binary mode and
the same thing happened -- the new "resend" feature lets you reestablish the
connection and "resend" the same files; the ones that were already
transferred are not transferred again, the one that was partially
transferred is continued where the transfer left off, and the ones that were
not transferred are sent. All the commands are the same, except you tell
C-Kermit to RESEND instead of to SEND. This feature will also be available
in the next release of MS-DOS Kermit, 3.14, coming soon, and later maybe
also other Kermit programs too.
Other highlights of version 5A(190) include:
. Execution of APC escape sequences while in CONNECT mode, just like MS-DOS
Kermit 3.13, for "auto-download", "auto-upload", and auto-anything-else
(UNIX, VMS, OS/2);
. Macintosh Kermit now works under System 7.1 (on PowerMac, etc).
. Automatic directory creation for incoming files (UNIX, VMS, OS/2)
. Command retry and recall, typeahead now allowed in command mode.
. Improved transaction logging.
. MAJOR improvements in OS/2 C-Kermit (see below).
. An entirely new C-Kermit implementation for Stratus VOS.
. A complete, full-featured port of C-Kermit to QNX 4.2.
. Numerous bug fixes and speedups in all departments, especially
script programming.
. Documentation now available in German.
And here is a more-detailed list of the changes:
NEW OR CHANGED COMMANDS
ASK & ASKQ
Now allow unquoted entry of backslash (\) and question mark (?) for
more convenient processing of DOS-like file specifications.
DIAL <phone-number>
For the first time, DIAL is available in the Commodore Amiga version.
FORWARD <label>
A forward-only GOTO (for speeding up command-file execution).
GETC <variable> <prompt>
Like ASK, but gets a single character from the keyboard.
IF DIRECTORY <name> <command>
Execute the <command> if <name> is a directory.
IF NEWER <file1> <file2> <command>
Execute the <command> if <file1> is newer than <file2>.
INPUT & OUTPUT commands
Are now buffered for speed.
MINPUT <timeout> <list-of-strings>
Like INPUT, but looks for multiple input strings simultaneously.
PSEND <filespec> <position> [ <as-name> ]
Send a file starting at the given byte position (UNIX, OS/2, Amiga).
REDIRECT command (OS/2, SunOS, AIX, NeXT, ULTRIX, OSF/1, Linux, ...)
For running external protocols via redirected standard i/o,
or for use with "term" (mainly UNIX).
REMOTE PWD
Display remote server's current directory.
REMOTE ASSIGN <name> [ <value> ]
Client assigns a value to a variable in the remote server's namespace.
REMOTE QUERY { KERMIT, SYSTEM, USER } <name>
Client retrieves the value of a variable in the remote server's
namespace, displays it, and makes its value available in the local
\v(query) variable.
REMOTE SET FILE TYPE { TEXT, BINARY, LABELED }
LABELED added for VMS, OS/2.
RESEND <filespec> [ <as-name> ]
Continue a binary-mode transfer from where it was interrupted
(UNIX, OS/2, AOS/VS, Amiga).
SCRIPT <script-string>
For the first time, SCRIPT is available in the Commodore Amiga version.
SET COMMAND QUOTING { ON, OFF }
Turn ON/OFF special processing of \ and ? during command entry (turn it
off to allow easier entry of DOS-style file specifications).
SET EXIT WARNING { ON, OFF }
Require confirmation before EXIT or SET HOST/LINE if a connection is
active.
SET { FILE, TERMINAL } CHARACTER-SET HP-ROMAN8
New support for the Hewlett-Packard Roman8 character set.
SET TERMINAL APC { ON, OFF, UNCHECKED }
Whether and how to allow execution of APC escape sequences
(UNIX, VMS, OS/2).
WRITE-LINE (or WRITELN) <file> <text>
A system-independent way to write a line of text to a file.
GENERAL CHANGES
File transfer protocol fixes, speedups, and improvements:
. Recovery of failed (incomplete) binary-mode transfers.
. A bug that made windowed transfers sometimes act like stop & wait, fixed.
. A bug that (very infrequently) resulted in corrupted files, fixed.
. Faster recovery from errors in non-windowed transfers.
. SET SEND PAUSE to overcome problems with HP-48s, etc.
. End-of-Attributes attribute (@) now emitted at end of attribute string.
. Maximum sliding window size increased from 31 to 32.
. Long G and Y packets now permitted.
. Improved recovery from echoed packets.
RECEIVE command can be given a disk/directory name for incoming files.
Ability to create directories for incoming files on the fly (UNIX, VMS, OS/2)
File transfer display now includes a "percent done" thermometer graphic.
File transfer display now includes a running display of chars per second.
Repainting of fullscreen file-transfer display (UNIX, VMS, OS/2).
New command-line options:
-D n Delay n seconds before sending
-R "remote-only" for faster startup with standard init file
-N n NETBIOS adapter number (OS/2 only)
BSEND and TSEND macros in CKERMIT.INI fixed to accept wildcards.
PCGET macro now recovers from errors.
Services directory now allows specification of host prompts.
Many annoying pauses between commands removed.
TRANSLATE command fixed for Latin-2 based character sets.
CD commands in "application files" were broken, now fixed.
KERMIT READY TO blah ... messages now issued consistently.
Default cancellation sequence changed from 2 to 3 Ctrl-C's.
Command retry, command history buffer, command recall.
Typeahead is now permitted in interactive command mode.
DIAL now uses no parity during dialing, selected parity after connection.
Crashes during DIAL command (hopefully) all fixed.
DIAL and SCRIPT commands added to Commodore Amiga version.
END and RETURN commands now work from within FOR, WHILE, and XIF.
NEW VARIABLES AND FUNCTIONS
\v(charset) - local character set or code page.
\v(cols) - number of columns on (characters across) screen.
\v(connection) - connection type (serial, tcp/ip, etc).
\v(cps) - speed in characters-per-second of last file transfer.
\v(dialstatus) - completion code from DIAL command.
\v(keyboard) - keyboard type (OS/2 only).
\v(newline) - the system's line terminator.
\v(parity) - current parity setting.
\v(query) - result of most recent REMOTE QUERY.
\v(rows) - number of rows (lines) on screen.
\v(space) - free space on current storage device.
\v(startup) - Kermit's startup directory (OS/2 only).
\v(sysid) - Kermit code for system ID.
\v(terminal) - terminal type.
\fdate(filename) - returns modification date/time of given file.
\fsize(filename) - returns size of the given file.
UNIX IMPROVEMENTS
APC support during CONNECT sessions.
CONNECT-mode speedups, important when C-Kermit is "in the middle".
Interfork-signaling in CONNECT module bulletproofed.
POSIX signal handling is now supported, for reliable signals.
New makefile entries and/or systems supported:
Amdahl UTS + TCP/IP
Bull DPX/2 BOS/X
CONSENSYS System V R4 + TCP + curses
DECstation 5000 MIPS3 CPU
FreeBSD
HP-UX: many variations, big improvements in functionality
Lynx
MachTen
OSF/1 2.0
QNX 4.2
Solaris 2.x
UnixWare 1.1 + curses + TCP/IP
System-wide initialization file is now an option.
TELNET window (i.e. screen) size negotiation, SIGWINCH trapping.
RTS/CTS flow control added for Linux, NetBSD, FreeBSD, OSF/1, SCO ODT 3.0,..
Support for higher serial speeds added for Linux, HP-UX, QNX, etc.
FIONREAD and select() support added for Linux.
(Optional) FSSTND compliance for Linux.
Correct handling of file date/time in 4.4BSD, BSDI, etc.
IMPROVEMENTS FOR VMS AND OPENVMS, VAX AND ALPHA AXP
APC support during CONNECT sessions.
Problems running from DCL procedures, SPAWN'd, in batch, etc - fixed.
New support for CMU/Tektronix TCP/IP.
Append-to-file operations now available.
SET SPEED problems fixed.
Console terminal flow-control fixed.
Automatic compensation for systems SYSGEN'd with small MAXFUFs, etc.
GNU CC and DEC C compatibility.
TRANSMIT command fixed to handle VMS-specific file types sensibly.
Session-log record format fixed.
TELNET window (i.e. screen) size negotiation.
Completion codes for RUN, SPAWN, !, @, DIR, etc, fixed.
MACINTOSH KERMIT 0.991(190)
Now works with System 7.1 and later on Power Macs, etc:
downloads files without crashing.
Many commands fixed or added that never worked before:
CD, PWD, DIRECTORY
OPEN READ / READ / CLOSE READ
LOG { SESSION, TRANSACTION, PACKETS }
Log files and other text files now in TeachText format
LOG DEBUG goes to a window.
SET FILE TYPE { TEXT, BINARY, MACBINARY }
File transfer display improved:
Direction and mode shown correctly when transfer started from prompt.
Current directory is shown.
Numerous bugs fixed.
Mac-specific modules can now be compiled with Think C as well as MPW C.
OS/2 C-KERMIT IMPROVEMENTS
Numerous terminal-emulation improvements:
. VT220, ANSI, and VT100 emulations added (to VT102 and VT52);
. Mouse support added: mouse-directed cursor movement, copy-and-paste.
. Complete support for all VT220 PF, F, keypad, arrow, and editing keys.
. A big selection of keyboard verbs ("\Kverbs"), as in MS-DOS Kermit,
including a complete set of VT220 keyboard verbs 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;
. 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 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.
. SET FLOW KEEP now leaves RTS alone instead of always turning it on.
OS/2 C-Kermit file transfer improvements:
. File transfer recovery.
. ".LONGNAME" attribute supported on FAT file systems.
. Automatic directory creation for incoming files.
. SET FILE TYPE LABELED, a file-transfer mode that transfers OS/2
files along with all their attributes (read-only, hidden, system,
and extended), similar to the same facility in VMS C-Kermit.
. 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 XSEND macro transfers entire directory trees intact.
. New macros for activating external protocols.
Other OS/2 C-Kermit improvements:
. Support for the LAN Manager Named Pipe communication method.
. Support for peer-to-peer NETBIOS connections (e.g. to MS-DOS Kermit).
. NetBIOS and Named Pipe connections can be either established or received.
. A REXX programming interface, so C-Kermit scripts can contain REXX
commands, and REXX programs executed from within C-Kermit may contain
C-Kermit commands. This also works, to a limited extent, with VX-REXX.
. Improved, more-flexible install procedure.
. HP-Roman8 character-set support.
. Hebrew text-file transfer.
. Task list adjusted to show current serial port or TELNET host.
. More accurate available-space checking for incoming files.
AMIGA C-KERMIT IMPROVEMENTS
File transfer recovery (RESEND)
DIAL command added.
SCRIPT command added.
ATARI ST
The Atari ST version has not been updated from 5A(189) level. Bruce J.
Moore, who had previously cared for the Atari ST version, would like to
turn over this responsibility to someone else who has more time and a
bigger Atari ST system -- volunteers are needed.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Grateful acknowledgements for help with developing and testing edit 190 to:
Ken Adelman, Jeffrey Altman, Ric Anderson, Ronald Antony, Steven Asher,
William Bader, Mark Berryman, John Chandler, Albert Crosby, Joe Doupnik,
Alex Dupuy, Max Evarts, Vincent Fatica, Mike Freeman, Christine Gianone,
Madhusudan Giyyarpuram, Bill Glass, Chuck Goodhart, Eugenia Harris, Russ
Herman, Dan Hildebrand, Tarjei Jensen, Hugo Jimenez, Mark Johnson, Terry
Kennedy, "Carlo Kid", Tom Kloos, John Kohl, Bo Kullmar, David Lane, Mike
Long, James Lummel, Scott Mace, Montserrat Mane, Mike O'Malley, Andy
Newcomb, Marc Pawliger, Paul Placeway, Jim Reisert, Kai Uwe Rommel,
Shinichi Sakata, Nick Sayer, Bill Schlesinger, Steven Schultz, Jason
Seaman, Olaf Seibert, Rick Sladkey, Marko Teittinen, Lee Tibbert, Bernie
Volz, Steve Walton, Jamie Watson, Rick Watson, Rob Weiner, Gerald Werner,
Steven Woolgar, and many others, and with apologies to everybody I missed.
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 OS/2 work, to David Lane
for the Stratus VOS support -- *all* of it, to Steve Walton for his
continuing support of the Amiga, to Terry Kennedy for many services above
and beyond the call of duty, to Mike O'Malley for not only the CMU/Tek
TCP/IP support in C-Kermit but also for the CMU/Tek sockets library itself,
and to Eduard Vopicka in Prague for his contributions to the UNIX CONNECT
module.
TESTING
I have successfully compiled and tested edit 190 on the following platforms:
Apple Macintosh with System 6.03 and MPW C 3.2
Apple PowerMac 7100 System 7.1.2
Apple Centris 660 AV System 7.1
Data General AViiON DG/UX 5.4
Data General MV 2500 with AOS/VS-II 2.20.00.39 and TCP/IP-II
DEC Alpha AXP with OSF/1 1.3 and 2.0
DEC Alpha AXP with OpenVMS 1.5 and 6.1
DEC MicroVAX-II with VMS 5.3 and VAX C 3.1 and TGV MultiNet TCP/IP
DEC PDP-11/44 with 2.11BSD
DEC VAXstation 3100 with VMS 5.5 and VAX C 3.2 and DEC TCP/IP
DECstation 5800 with Ultrix 4.2
HP-9000/300 4.4BSD
HP-9000/550 HP-UX 5.21
HP-9000/385 HP-UX 8.00
HP-9000 Model 385 with HP-UX 8.0
HP-9000 Model 715 with HP-UX 9.03
IBM PS/2-70 with OS/2 2.00
IBM PS/VP with OS/2 2.01 and IBM TCP/IP 1.20 (16-bit and 32-bit)
IBM RS/6000 with AIX 3.2.1
NeXT with NeXTSTEP 3.1
PC 486/50 with Dell UNIX System V/386 R4
PC 486/50 with Linux 0.99.14
PC 486/50 with UnixWare 1.1.1
PC 486/xx with QNX 4.21 (16-bit and 32-bit)
PC 486/xx with NetBSD 1.0
Silicon Graphics Indigo R4000 with IRIX 5.2
Sun SPARC-10 with SunOS 4.1.3 in BSD and POSIX environments
Sun SPARC-10 with Solaris 2.3
Volunteer testers have reported success on numerous other platforms, listed
at the end of the ckc190.upd file.
I'd like to find out every machine and operating system where this new version
can be built and used successully. Please report testing results, positive or
negative, or just questions, to kermit@columbia.edu. In your reports, please
include:
. The make and model of computer
. The operating system name and version
. The build procedure if any, e.g. which UNIX makefile entry you used
. The size of the resulting (stripped) executable.
For example:
MACHINE OS NAME OS VERSION MAKE ENTRY DATE SIZE
DEC Alpha AXP 3000-800 VMS / TVG 3.3 6.1FT4 ckvker.mak 940820 819200
Dell 433 DE SCO UNIX 3.2v4.0 sco32v4 940820 344872
IBM RS/6000 320 AIX 3.2.3E rs6aix32c 940820 491445
Harris Night Hawk CX/UX 6.1 cx_ux 940820 626560
Silicon Graphics Indigo IRIX 4.0.5F irix40ypc 940820 606208
Tandy Model 6000 Xenix 3.2 trs16 940820 435842
HOW TO GET IT
During the testing period, C-Kermit 5A(190) will be available via anonymous
ftp from kermit.columbia.edu [128.59.39.2] in the following directories:
kermit/test/text - Text files, ftp in text (ASCII) mode
kermit/test/bin - Binary files, ftp in binary (I) mode
In particular:
kermit/test/bin/cku190.tar.Z (or cku190.tar.gz for gunzip)
Compressed (or gzip'd) tar archive for the complete set of files
needed for UNIX C-Kermit. C-Kermit must be built from the included
source code using the included makefile (but if you don't have a C
compiler, see below about selected binaries). Read the comments at
the top of the makefile for more detailed building instructions.
kermit/test/bin/cko190.zip
ZIP archive of the complete OS/2 C-Kermit distribution (no source code).
Includes both the 32- and 16-bit versions, all supporting files, and an
automated install script (INSTALL.CMD).
kermit/test/text/ckvaaa.hlp
A text file explaining exactly which files are needed for the VMS version.
Get this file, read it, then follow the instructions.
kermit/test/text/ckm*
ckm190.hqx - Macintosh Kermit 0.991(190) in BinHex 4.0 format.
ckmker.bwr - Macintosh Kermit "beware" file (up to date).
ckmaaa.hlp - Macintosh Kermit "read me" file (points to other files too).
kermit/test/text/ckd190.uue
uuencoded AOS/VS DUMP_II dumpfile containing the AOS/VS C-Kermit
executable and supporting text files.
kermit/test/bin/
Also contains selected C-Kermit executables for UNIX, VMS, AOS/VS, and
others. See the READ.ME file in that directory for a list.
kermit/test/text/ckcker.upd
Documentation for all features new to edits 189 and 190. Use this as
a supplement to the user manual, "Using C-Kermit" and/or "C-Kermit
Einfuehrung und Referenz".
kermit/test/text/ckc190.upd
Detailed edit history and test results.
kermit/test/text/ckaaaa.hlp
A text file describing all of the C-Kermit files and which ones are needed
for each type of system, including the sources files, which are all in the
the kermit/test/text directory.
Some of the binaries for this version might not be quite up to date, and in
a few cases might be missing altogether. The stragglers will be installed
as they arrive. (If you are able to provide any of the missing our outdated
ones, please let me know.)
The public Beta testing period should be relatively short because this
version has already been tested thoroughly by a smaller (though still quite
large) group. Please send testing results to kermit@columbia.edu.
Hopefully we can have the new release out of Beta quickly -- e.g. in time
for the Fall semester. Thanks.
- Frank
------------------------------
Date: Thu Aug 25 12:30:54 1994
From: Frank da Cruz <fdc@columbia.edu>
Subject: "Using C-Kermit" Now Available in German
Keywords: C-Kermit Manual, German Documentation for C-Kermit
The user manual for C-Kermit, "Using C-Kermit", has been translated into
German by Gisbert W. Selke of Bonn and published in Germany by Verlag Heinz
Heise in Hannover. The German edition is current as of version 5A(189) --
a small bonus for the German reader:
Frank da Cruz and Christine M. Gianone, "C-Kermit - Einfuehrung und
Referenz", Verlag Heinz Heise, Hannover, Germany (1994).
ISBN 3-88229-023-4. Deutsch von Gisbert W. Selke. Preis: DM 90,00.
Verlag Heinz Heise GmbH & Co. KG, Helstorfer Strasse 7, D-30625 Hannover.
Tel. +49 (05 11) 53 52-0, Fax. +49 (05 11) 53 53-1 29.
I can attest to the incredibly hard and detailed work that went into this
edition. It is a literate, accurate, and tasteful translation that should
appeal to all German speakers including those who normally disdain German
translations of English computer books :-).
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Date: Mon, 04 Jul 1994 12:47:48 -0600 (MDT)
From: "Rob Slade <ROBERTS@DECUS.CA>
Subject: "Using C-Kermit" Review
BKUSCKMT.RVW 940404
Digital Press / Butterworth-Heinemann
313 Washington Street
Newton, MA 02158
Voice: 1-800-366-BOOK
Fax: 1-617-933-6333
or
Kermit Distribution
Columbia University
612 West 115th Street
New York, NY 10025
Voice: 1-212-854-3703
Fax: 1-212-663-8202
Email: kermit@columbia.edu
"Using C-Kermit", da Cruz/Gianone, 1993, 1-55558-108-0
fdc@columbia.edu cmg@columbia.edu
Kermit is the most widely available communications software in the world.
Versions on some platforms, however, may lack features available on others.
Also, there may be a few computers to which Kermit has not been ported.
This is where C-Kermit comes in. C-Kermit is the C language source code for
a very feature-rich version of Kermit, very similar in function to the
highly mature MS-DOS version of Kermit. This is the native version for at
least four of the Kermit versions on major platforms, and there is no longer
any reason not to have a Kermit for *your* machine.
This is the user level manual for C-Kermit. (General advice on porting,
configuration and compiling is included with the source, available from the
Kermit distribution centre at Columbia University. Extensive documentation
and back issues of the Info-Kermit digest are also available.) Well thought
out, well presented, well written, the book is an excellent addition to the
previous "Kermit: a file transfer protocol" (BKKERMIT.RVW) and "Using MS-DOS
Kermit" (BKUMSKMT.RVW).
The structure and order of the book is logically organized for users, new
and old. Chapter three states that it assumes you are familiar with the
basic data communications parameters. If you are not, it directs you to a
comprehensive tutorial in appendix two. The only minor oddity in the
arrangement is that scripting, possibly of most use to non-programming
users, comes after the chapters on macros and programming. This is intended
to give some basic programming concepts prior to introducing scripts, since
the book assumes no programming background. It is, however, possible to
write simple scripts without much in the way of conditional structures,
controls or variables, and it would be a pity if non-programmers gave up too
early to find this out.
C-Kermit will likely become, as far as possible, the standard for the Kermit
interface and functions. This, therefore, will be the standard Kermit user
guide.
copyright Robert M. Slade, 1994 BKUSCKMT.RVW 940404
Vancouver p1@arkham.wimsey.bc.ca | "If a train station
Institute for Robert_Slade@sfu.ca | is where a train
Research into rslade@cue.bc.ca | stops, what happens
User p1@CyberStore.ca | at a workstation?"
Security Canada V7K 2G6 | Frederick Wheeler
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Date: Thu Aug 25 12:30:54 1994
From: Frank da Cruz <fdc@columbia.edu>
Subject: Kermit Book Publisher Information
Keywords: Digital Press, Kermit Books
A few months ago, Digital Press, the publisher of the English-language
editions of "Kermit, A File Transfer Protocol", "Using MS-DOS Kermit", and
"Using C-Kermit", was acquired from Digital Equipment Corporation by
Butterworth-Heinemann, 313 Washington Street, Newton, MA 02158 USA.
Digital Press is now an Imprint of Butterworth-Heinemann. The books still
have the same ISBNs, prices, etc, but reportedly there has been some
confusion in the bookstores. Reports to the effect that the Kermit books
are out of print are greatly exaggerated.
The new Digital Press can be reached at the following telephone numbers:
+1 800 366-2665 (Woburn, Massachusetts office for USA & Canada)
+1 800 665-1148 (Logan Bros, Winnepeg, Manitoba office for Canada)
+44 993 58521 (Rushden, England office for Europe)
+61 02 372-5511 (Chatswood, NSW office for Australia & New Zealand)
+65 220-3684 (Singapore office for Asia)
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Date: 2 July 1994
From: Peter McClintock <pya007@lancaster.ac.uk>
Subject: Nicolet NIC-80 Kermit
Keywords: Nicolet Kermit, NIC-80, LAB-80, NMR-80
Keywords: MED-80, BNC-12
I have written a Kermit for Nicolet data-processors in the NIC-80 series
(LAB-80, NMR-80, MED-80, BNC-12). Although it provides a relatively simple
implementation of the protocol, it will open up a new dimension to many
enthusiasts for these ancient machines. The main usage in practice is
likely to be in transferring averaged spectra or other data to a mainframe,
workstation or PC for further analysis or for plotting with modern plotting
packages. But the Kermit will, of course, also enable Nicolet users to
exchange programmes and data with each other on a world-wide basis.
To get started there is a choice of two options -
(a) Obtain the sourcecode from Kermit Distribution, type it in, assemble
it, and generate and de-bug the executable programme according to the
instructions, all on the Nicolet.
(b) Ask me for a copy of the binary. This can be supplied on paper tape;
alternatively, send me a formatted 8-inch floppy, or front-loading
Diablo-30 cartridge, onto which the binary can be stored.
For option (b), there is a $100 handling charge (waived if the applicant
can offer new NIC-80 software of comparable utility in return). Please make
cheques payable to "University of Lancaster".
Once the initial version of the Kermit is installed and running on a given
system, future updates can obviously be received by ftp or e-mail, using the
current Kermit to download them from the receiving machine to the NIC-80 on
which they are to be used.
Mailing address for disks:
P V E McClintock,
School of Physics and Materials,
University of Lancaster,
LANCASTER LA1 4YB, UK.
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Info-Kermit Digest Thu, 13 Oct 94 Volume 20 : Number 2
Today's Topics:
MS-DOS Kermit 3.14 Available for Beta Testing
HP-3000 Kermit Updates
New UNISYS / Burroughs Kermit
Kermit Digest submissions may be sent to Info-Kermit@columbia.edu or
KERMIT@CUVMA.BITNET. Requests for addition to or deletion from the
Info-Kermit subscriber list should be sent to LISTSERV@CUVMA.BITNET or
LISTSERV@CUVMA.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU. These messages must be of the form:
SUBSCRIBE I$KERMIT <your-personal-name> (To start a subscription)
UNSUBSCRIBE I$KERMIT (To cancel a subscription)
REGISTER I$KERMIT <your-personal-name> (To correct your name)
The I$KERMIT list is also reflected in the comp.protocols.kermit.announce
newsgroup. Further discussions can be found in comp.protocols.kermit.misc.
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 address 128.59.39.2. Login as user
anonymous or ftp (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, and sometimes also
kermit/test. All files in these directories should be transferred in text
(ASCII) mode. Binaries are in kermit/bin and sometimes also kermit/test/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 post, request a Kermit software catalog from Kermit
Distribution, Columbia University Academic Information Systems, 612 West
115th Street, New York, NY 10025 USA.
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Thu, 13 Oct 1994 09:59:51 EST
From: Christine M Gianone <cmg@columbia.edu>
Subject: MS-DOS Kermit 3.14 Available for Beta Testing
Keywords: MS-DOS Kermit 3.14, Hebrew, Data General Terminal Emulation
Keywords: Wyse Terminal Emulation, "Recovery, File Transfer", Cyrillic
This is to announce a beta testing period for MS-DOS Kermit 3.14 for the IBM
PC, PS/2, and compatibles with DOS or Windows. The new MS-DOS Kermit release
was prepared, as always, by Professor Joe R. Doupnik of Utah State University.
HIGHLIGHTS
FILE TRANSFER RECOVERY allows interrupted binary-mode transfers to be
continued from the point of failure. Can be used with C-Kermit 5A(190),
which is still in Beta test, on UNIX, AOS/VS, Stratus VOS, and the Commodore
Amiga. Maybe also with VMS, no promises. And in the near future, probably
also with other major operating systems (stay tuned).
NOTE: C-Kermit 5A(190) is still in the kermit/test directories on
kermit.columbia.edu, but should be finalized and moved to kermit/b
and also made available on BITNET KERMSRV within a few days. So
if you look for it one place and don't find it, just look in the
other place.
ANSI AND WYSE TERMINAL EMULATION add two popular terminal types to Kermit's
repertoire. ANSI emulation, not quite the same as VT100 emulation, is used
to access most BBSs, and Wyse emulation is required by certain applications
and services.
Workarounds for buggy UART simulator on Pentium motherboards and other new
processors allows MS-DOS Kermit 3.14 to work on these systems, where earlier
versions might not have. Also: support for the Hayes ESP serial
communications board in 16550A mode; support for Fossil drivers; dialing
scripts for more and more new kinds of modems (many of them with X and/or Z
in their names -- all the popular brands!).
Numerous additions to the script programming language, including a full
selection built-in functions compatible with C-Kermit's: \fsubstring(), etc.
Complete Hebrew and Cyrillic support packages are now included, and Kanji
terminal emulation is now available for DOS/V on IBM and compatible PCs.
Network, printer, keyboard, font, and other support support utilities are now
included in the basic package.
New smaller versions are available for those who don't need (or can't fit)
all the features of the full version.
Here is a more detailed list of the changes in version 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
. 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 organization of the files and the manner in which we are distributing them
as been improved. We are now distributing Kermit on a high-density 1.44MB
3.5-inch diskette, which is pretty universally accepted these days, and on the
network in a ZIP file that mirrors this diskette. This allows us to organize
and name the files more sensibly and to include material that previously would
not fit. Here is a brief synopsis:
READ.ME Brief overview of what's on the disk (in the ZIP file)
KERMIT.EXE Full-function MS-DOS Kermit 3.14 (about 260K)
KERMITE.EXE A smaller version (about 180K - no networks, no graphics)
KERLITE.EXE A very small version (120K - scripting and file transfer only)
MSR*314.PCH Patch files (currently empty)
MSKERMIT.INI Standard initialization file
MSCUSTOM.INI Sample (note: -> SAMPLE <-) customization file
DIALUPS.TXT Sample dialing directory
KERMIT.UPD Documentation for new features
KERMIT.HLP Brief synopsis of commands
KERMIT.BWR "Beware" file - hints and tips, etc
COLS80.BAT Too hard to explain in one line, see READ.ME...
COLS132.BAT Ditto
KERMITE.EXE can be used on PCs with small memories, e.g. on old XTs,
where the full-featured version might not fit. It can also be used if you
simply do not need Kermit's networking or graphics terminal emulation
capabilities, in which case you can run bigger programs "under" Kermit in the
extra free memory.
Of particular interest to BBS proprietors, KERLITE.EXE is an "extra-lite"
version which is like the "lite" version, but also eliminates the terminal
emulator (and the CONNECT command) entirely, but still includes the full
script programming language, weighing in at only 120K - perfect for use as an
external protocol and script execution engine.
With Kermit Lite plus Fossil and ESP support, there is every reason to
upgrade the Kermit support in BBSs to the most advanced and fastest Kermit
protocol implementation available for DOS. For further information, see the
new BBS OPERATORS GUIDE section in the KERMIT.UPD file. (Vendors of BBS
software who want to include Kermit with their product should contact us for
further information.)
Now come the subdirectories. Each one has a READ.ME file that explains
its contents.
PERFORM
An article on Kermit file transfer protocol performance.
MODEMS
Dialing scripts for 19 different modems, including most popular
high-speed, error-correcting, data-compressing models.
NETWORKS
Everything you need for MS-DOS Kermit TCP/IP networking except the
specific driver for your network board, including all the famous "shims"
that convert between one "standard" and another, such as the latest
version of Dan Lanciani's ODIPKT, plus Joe Doupnik's DIS_PKT9, plus the
WINPKT shim to be used when Windows is involved, and a SLIP driver in case
you don't have a network board, all of which have been verified to work
with this version of Kermit and other popular software. Plus a new
overview document to help you make sense of this ever-more-confusing tangle.
KEYBOARD
Complete key mappings for DEC VT220/320 and DG DASHER emulation. The
"Gold key" TSR, for making Num Lock work like the F1 key. LK250 drivers
(for DEC keyboards that plug into IBM PCs). A little TSR for swapping the
Caps Lock and Ctrl keys and Esc and tilde.
UTILS
General utilities, like the famous XSEND program for transferring entire
directory trees, plus various printer items. (Did you know Kermit could
transfer directory trees intact?)
WINDOWS
Windows Program Information File for Kermit.
PCFONTS
This is something new -- public domain fonts (code pages) for your PC that
are easy to load dynamically -- no more endless and fruitless wandering
through the corridors of IBM or Microsoft to track down a Hebrew or Cyrillic
code page; no more editing AUTOEXEC.BAT (DISPLAY.SYS, NLSFUNC blah blah,
MODE CON CP PREPARE blah blah, MODE CON CP SELECT blah blah) and then
rebooting to install a new code page, no more limit to four "prepared" code
pages. Now you can just "loadfont" whatever code page you want, any time
you want. This directory includes code pages for Western and Eastern
European languages (CP437, 850, and 852), Icelandic (861), Hebrew (862) and
Cyrillic (863), plus utilities to load and display them. Our thanks to
Joseph (Yossi) Gil at The Technion in Haifa, Isreal, for this wonderful
collection (and this is only a small part of it -- look in
kermit.columbia.edu:pcfonts for more, and maybe find even more at the
Technion - ftp.technion.ac.il).
CYRILLIC
Also new. Key mapping and screen translation setups to be used with the
Cyrillic font, plus Cyrillic character-set tables. Use MS-DOS Kermit for
Russian terminal emulation (and Ukranian, Bielorussian, etc), using any of
the popular host encodings: ISO, KOI-8, or Short KOI. Now you can read
those Russian newsgroups! Thanks to Konstantin Vinogradov of ICSTI in
Moscow, Russia, for the .INI files.
HEBREW
Also new. The files in this directory give MS-DOS Kermit full Hebrew
terminal emulation capability, including the standard (i.e. WordPerfect :-)
key map for entering Hebrew letters on the PC keyboard, complete with
automatic English/Hebrew switching directed by the host, everything you get
on a real Hebrew-model VT420 terminal. Thus the standard MS-DOS Kermit
distribution now replaces the various "Hebrewized" offshoots of MS-DOS
Kermit that have been in circulation for some years, e.g. for use with the
ALEPH bibliographic software. You even get a PostScript picture of the
key map.
ROMAN
Character-set tables for Roman-based character sets used by MS-DOS Kermit.
HOW TO GET IT...
The ZIP file is available via anonymous ftp from kermit.columbia.edu in the
directory kermit/test/bin, filename msv314.zip. Transfer it in binary mode,
and then unzip it, read the top-level READ.ME file, and go from there.
By the way, do not unzip the ZIP file over your old Kermit directory, or
you will lose your old MSCUSTOM.INI file and your old dialing directory!
Either make a new directory for MS-DOS Kermit 3.14, or copy your MSCUSTOM.INI
and DIALUPS.TXT files to a safe place before wiping out your old one, for
example:
cd \kermit
copy mscustom.ini mscustom.old
copy dialups.txt dialups.old
pkunzip mstibm.zip
copy mscustom.old mscustom.ini
copy dialups.old dialups.txt
Also in the kermit/test/bin directory: mstz10.exe, MS-DOS Kermit 3.14 for
the Heath/Zenith 100. Other versions (Victor 9000, etc) will be added as
time goes on.
There are also textual encodings of the ZIP file in BOO and UUENCODE format.
These are available via anonymous ftp from kermit.columbia.edu, directory
kermit/test/text, text mode, files mstibm.boo and mstibm.uue. These two
files are also available on CUVMA for retrieval via BITNET KERMSRV.
Our deepest thanks, as always, to Joe Doupnik for bringing another new
version of MS-DOS Kermit to us.
Please send comments on MS-DOS 3.14 Beta via email to kermit@columbia.edu.
In particular, we are interested in the new layout of the disk, and that all
internal cross references among files (text, command, and program) are
consistent and working.
------------------------------
Date: Sat Sep 3 15:14:35 1994
From: Tony Appelget, Plymouth, MN
Subject: HP-3000 Kermit Updates
Keywords: HP-3000, MPE, SPL
Enclosed are copies of SPL and C HP3000 Kermit. Not much has changed in
them except for the change in default start-of-packet character. Our
in-house standard has been 02 to accomodate some IBM box that could not
handle 01. Regretably, I left the 02 in the versions that got distributed
and it has caused grief to new users from border to border and beyond.
With these fresh copies, I will be ending my support of HP3000 Kermit.
After 26 years, I will be leaving General Mills in a month. retire! I wish
I had the opportunity to get HP3000 Kermit up to attributes, 9k packets,
lurching windows, and all the other new goodies.
It has been fun working on Kermit for the last 9 years and watching it grow
from a pokey academic product into a mature, speedy, industrial product.
I'm going to miss it!
Yours truly
Tony Appelget
Sr Technical Specialist
[Ed. - Many thanks to you, Tony! We'll miss you too. The new release of
HP-3000 Kermit is in kermit/d/hp3*.* on kermit.columbia.edu, also available
on BITNET from KERMSRV at CUVMA as HP3* *.]
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Date: Sat Sep 3 15:14:35 1994
From: Tony Appelget, Plymouth, MN
Subject: New UNISYS / Burroughs Kermit
Keywords: Burroughs, UNISYS
[Enclosed please find] my translation of HP Kermit to Unisys ALGOL. It
leaves a lot to be desired, but is easier to use than the Burroughs Kermits
that I saw many years ago. I haven't kept up with development on those
machines.
Tony
[Ed. - Thanks again, Tony! This new Kermit implementation is available
via anonymous ftp from kermit/d/usys*.* on kermit.columbia.edu, also available
on BITNET from KERMSRV at CUVMA as USYS* *.]
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From: Christine M Gianone <cmg@watsun.cc.columbia.edu>
To: Info-Kermit@watsun.cc.columbia.edu
Subject: Info-Kermit Digest V20 #3
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Info-Kermit Digest Mon, 28 Nov 94 Volume 20 : Number 3
Today's Topics:
C-Kermit 5A(190) Replaces 5A(189)
Kermit-370 4.3.1 Beta Test
MS-DOS Kermit 3.1 Beta Test Continues
Directory:
Kermit's New World-Wide Web Home Page:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/
ftp: kermit.columbia.edu
Newsgroups:
comp.protocols.kermit.announce - Moderated
comp.protocols.kermit.misc - Unmoderated
LISTSERV:
I$KERMIT@CUVMA.BITNET or CUVMA.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU - Submissions
LISTSERV@CUVMA.BITNET or CUVMA.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU - Subscriptions
KERMRSV:
KERMSRV@CUVMA.BITNET or CUVMA.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU - Files
(Send e-mail with text HELP to get started.)
E-mail:
kermit@columbia.edu (not an FTP mail server!)
Post: Kermit Distribution
Columbia University Academic Information Systems
612 West 115th Street
New York, NY 10025
USA
Fax: +1 212 663-8202
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From: Frank da Cruz <fdc@columbia.edu>
Subject: C-Kermit 5A(190) Replaces 5A(189)
Date: 13 Nov 1994 19:38:59 GMT
Keywords: C-Kermit, UNIX C-Kermit, VMS C-Kermit, OS/2 C-Kermit
Keywords: Stratus VOS C-Kermit, AOS/VS C-Kermit, OS-9 C-Kermit
Keywords: QNX C-Kermit, RESEND, Recovery
As of 13 November 1994, C-Kermit 5A(190) is installed for real on
kermit.columbia.edu, replacing the previous version, 5A(189) of 30 June
1993. This is the Kermit software for UNIX (all varieties), VMS, OS/2,
Stratus VOS, AOS/VS, OS-9, the Macintosh, the Commodore Amiga, and the
Atari ST. Highlights of the new version are:
. File transfer recovery from point of failure (binary-mode transfers
only): UNIX, VMS, OS/2, AOS/VS, VOS, Amiga.
. Massive improvements in the OS/2 version.
. Totally new and full-featured implementations for QNX and Stratus VOS.
. Support for many new OS releases: Solaris 2.3, AIX 4.1, Unixware 1.1,
new releases of Linux, {Free,Net,etc}BSD, OpenVMS 6.x, OS/2 Warp, etc.
. Auto-upload/download/configuration/anything-else via APC mechanism:
UNIX, VMS, OS/2.
. Numerous improvements in performance, script programming, client/server
protocol, character sets, file transfer display, dialing, etc.
C-Kermit 5A(190) is available via anonymous ftp from kermit.columbia.edu,
directory kermit/f (NOT kermit/b), also known as kermit/c-kermit, and
several other directories, as follows:
kermit/f (= kermit/c-kermit) - FTP all files in text mode:
Source code;
Documentation files (.hlp, .nr, .upd, .bwr, .doc, etc);
Initialization and script files (.ini, .kdd, .ksd, etc);
ASCII-binaries except for VMS, UNIX, and OS/2:
ckd190.uue - DG AOS/VS
ckiker.boo - Amiga
cklker.h68 - VOS 680x0
cklker.h86 - VOS i860
ckm190.hqx - Macintosh
cksker.boo - Atari ST
cksncp.boo - Atari ST (small version)
kermit/bin - FTP all files in binary mode (except READ.ME):
True binaries for UNIX, VMS, etc. See the READ.ME for details.
kermit/vmshex - FTP in text mode:
VMS C-Kermit binaries in hex format, together with the decoding
program, ckvdeh.mar. See the READ.ME file for details.
kermit/archives - FTP in binary mode unless otherwise indicated:
cku190.tar.Z - Compressed tar of C-Kermit source code & other files.
cku190.tar.gz - Gzip'd tar of C-Kermit source code & other files.
ckvsrc.hex - (TEXT mode) VMS C-Kermit source BACKUP saveset.
cko190.zip - OS/2 C-Kermit distribution diskette image.
See kermit/f/ckc190.ann for a detailed list of changes in 5A(190).
See kermit/f/cko190.ann for new features of the OS/2 version.
For overviews of specific versions, see:
kermit/f/ckaaaa.hlp - General C-Kermit overview
kermit/f/ckdaaa.hlp - AOS/VS
kermit/f/ckiaaa.hlp - Amiga
kermit/f/cklaaa.hlp - Stratus VOS
kermit/f/ckoaaa.hlp - OS/2
kermit/f/ckuaaa.hlp - UNIX
kermit/f/ckvaaa.hlp - VMS
The user manual, "Using C-Kermit", is recommended for everybody who wants
to make serious use of C-Kermit and to get the most out of it; remember
that manual sales are the primary source of support for the Kermit effort.
Call +1 212-854-3703 to order, or send email to kermit@columbia.edu for
further info. A German-language edition is also available.
- Frank
------------------------------
From: "John F. Chandler" <JCHBN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU>
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 1994 16:05 EST
Subject: Kermit-370 4.3.1 Beta Test
Keywords: IBM Mainframe Kermit, CMS Kermit, TSO Kermit, CICS Kermit
Keywords: MUSIC Kermit
Keywords: RESEND, Recovery
Xref: VM/CMS, See CMS
Xref: MVS, See TSO or CICS
Xref: ROSCOE, See TSO
All the variants of Kermit-370 are now available for testing in release
4.3.1: CICS, CMS, MUSIC, and TSO (and its related sub-variant for ROSCOE).
The list of updates is different for the different variants, but all of them
have a generic feature that is new and exciting: it's the first level of
support for restarting interrupted Kermit transfers.
This first level works only for binary transfers, and it requires that you
have a similarly upgraded Kermit at the other end, but it's a lot better
than nothing. In principle, any interrupted binary file transfer (even a
non-Kermit one) can be restarted with this facility, and the resulting file
will be identical to what would have been received in a single transfer.
The CMS and CICS variants have a new feature of setting the date/time stamp
for a received file to match that of the original. The MUSIC variant has
newly-added support for long userids and file names, and it now allows
arbitrary MUSIC commands to be executed from within Kermit. Further, there
is a new all-in-one installation procedure for MUSIC, now included in
ikmker.ins in the Kermit distribution.
The updates are described in a little more detail in the respective BWR
files, and are contained in the NUP files (ik*ker.nup). Follow the
instructions in the appropriate ik*ker.ins for installing a test verion.
The new features are applied to the 4.3.0 source code using the appropriate
update program. The new files are available via anonymous ftp from
kermit.columbia.edu, directory kermit/b, text mode, and also from
KERMSRV@CUVMA on BITNET (EARN (CREN) ):
System Updates Documentation
VM/CMS ikcker.nup ikcker.bwr
MVS/TSO iktker.nup iktker.bwr
CICS ikxker.nup ikxker.bwr
MUSIC ikmker.nup ikmker.bwr
Please send test reports by e-mail to kermit@columbia.edu.
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From: Christine M Gianone <cmg@columbia.edu>
Subject: MS-DOS Kermit 3.1 Beta Test Continues
Date: Mon Nov 28 09:49:46 1994
Keywords: MS-DOS Kermit 3.14, Cyrillic
The MS-DOS Kermit 3.14 beta testing period continues. Numerous improvements
have already been made as a result of the testing so far, most of them
related to serial communications (RTS/CTS flow control and SET CARRIER ON
improvements) and BBS operation (Fossil driver interface added, ANSI
terminal emulation improvements). Also the Cyrillic support has been
strengthened, including the addition of some keyboard drivers.
The ZIP file remains available via anonymous ftp from kermit.columbia.edu in
the directory kermit/test/bin, filename msv314.zip. Transfer it in binary
mode, and then unzip it with the "-d" switch (needed to preserve the
subdirectory structure - important!), read the top-level READ.ME file, and
go from there.
Send reports by e-mail to kermit@columbia.edu. Hopefully we'll have a final
release in a short amount of time. Thanks to Joe Doupnik for his careful
attention to all the Beta test reports so far, and for his continued
dedication to MS-DOS Kermit and its users.
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