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Subject: Re: MS-KERMIT 3.14 and WARP CONNECT
Date: 12 Jul 1995 23:52:11 GMT
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In <3tunpq$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Frank da Cruz) writes:
>Tek emulation will come to C-Kermit eventually.
I have been waiting for almost 10 years to throw out the serial cables to
my VAX. I would rather have a solution now than wait for eventually to
happen. Besides, who knows how the Tek emulation will work in C-Kermit.
Since there is no standard for switching between graphics and text,
MS-KERMIT may behave differently than C-KERMIT. For both reasons, I would
like to get MS-KERMIT working with IBM TCP/IP.

>>4) Can I run MSKERMIT using the INT 14h interceptor included in the
>>   IBM TCP/IP 2.0 DOS access kit together with the TCP/IP 2.0 base for OS/2
>>   and OS/2 2.1.
>Maybe.  Give it a try.

OK. So I tried. Thanks to the guy who told me how. (It is not documented in
WARP CONNECT):

The INT 14h interceptor included in WARP and WARP CONNECT is called
COMTCP.EXE and is located in the TCPIP/DOS/BIN directory. When I try to use
it by typing
     COMTCP host kermit.exe
with KERMIT set to (SET PORT BIOS1), then I get an exception in my DOS box.
I have to close the DOS box. I tried a variety of different things, but
without success. The location changes. The register contents are not
reproducible. (If they were, I could post them here.)

Reportedly, this functionality was working with MS-KERMIT 3.13 (more or
less) and was broken with MS-KERMIT 3.14. I also heard that I am not
supposed to use (or obtain) MS-KERMIT 3.13 anymore.

Question: Is this something that can be fixed by changing KERMIT or does
it require changes in the TCP/IP code from Raleigh.

The whole reason I bought and installed WARP CONNECT was because the
TCP/IP developers told me at a conference that KERMIT would run with the
INT 14h interceptor of the DOS access kit included with IBM TCP/IP.
I guess they meant ``should work in principle''. I am sure they will not do
anything to fix their TCP/IP product, since they don't like VAXes.
Therefore, I see no point in reporting this as a bug to IBM.

Do you guys at Columbia have any flavor of OS/2 (>2.0) together with the
DOS access kit from TCP/IP for OS/2 (version 2.0 or better). If so, can
you give this a try and see what happens on your machines ?

I realize this is a lot to ask from the developes of a free product.

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