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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: [Q] Mac Kermit or C-Kermit for Mac?
Date: 21 Dec 1994 23:00:56 GMT
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In article <3d3mve$g71@adam.cc.sunysb.edu>,
Eugene Tyurin <gene@insti.physics.sunysb.edu> wrote:
>I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, but what is the difference
>between Mac Kermit 0.991 (190) and C-Kermit 0.99 (190)? For me,
>the only difference is that I cannot make 0.991 run by clicking on
>it's saved settings file. :^(
>
Macintosh Kermit is not one of our top Kermit programs. It is basically
a combination of C-Kermit 5A with a Macintosh user and system interface.
C-Kermit 5A is mine, the Mac-specific part is nobody's. Ten (yes, ten)
years ago, the original Mac Kermit was written by my group, but those
people are long gone. I am not funded to replace them. For some years,
we had some excellent volunteer Mac programmers who made terrific
progress, but they are now also long gone.
What is the difference between 0.991(190) and 0.99(190)? It is that I
tracked down and fixed the problem that was causing 0.99(190) -- and all
earlier versions -- to crash when downloading files on Mac System 7.1
and later (the problem being that a system call that had worked for ten
years had suddenly stopped working).
I also fixed the READ command not to crash. I also fixed the various LOG
commands, which never worked before. I fixed the file transfer display,
which previously often did not know whether a file was being sent or
received, and added some additional info, like the current directory. I
fixed some of the dialog boxes to show the current file-related settings
correctly, in case they had been set from the command window.
I removed the stupid alert boxes that kept coming up saying "Writing to
console not allowed". I added a DIRECTORY command, and fixed various
other file-related commands. etc etc.
And I guess I must also have broken something. Sorry. I'm not a
Macintosh programmer, and I am beginning to wonder if anybody is.
I am surprised that so many people use this program, and apparently so
many universities depend on it, but nobody is willing or able to
contribute to its development or support. I would do it myself, but there
are simply not enough hours in a day. If you are a skilled Macintosh
programmer, preferably in MPW C, and are interested in helping out, please
read the ckmker.bwr file, and then if you are still interested, contact me.
Thanks.
- Frank