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From: "John F. Chandler" <JCHBN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Announcing IBM Mainframe Kermit-370 Version 4.3.2
Date: 16 Dec 1997 21:40:24 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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Keywords: IBM Mainframe Kermit, VM/CMS Kermit, MVS/TSO Kermit, CICS Kermit, MUSIC Kermit, "Year-2000 compliance"
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Brief highlights of the new version:
1. Kermit-370 has been updated to handle dates properly after 1999.
The situation was different for each variant. For the details, see
the system-specific BWR files. (The MUSIC variant has always been
year-2000 compliant.)
2. Kermit now suppresses the "doubled" transmission of a file that can
sometimes occur on a flaky connection.
3. Kermit-370 supports a feature present in some micro Kermits: it is
possible to issue a SEND or GET to the mainframe Kermit, and the
micro will automatically pop from terminal emulation into transfer
mode and then revert to emulation as soon as the transfer is done.
4. Two obscure bugs in the RESEND command have been fixed.
5. The REGET command has been implemented (works like GET, but makes the
server do a RESEND of the requested file).
6. Kermit-370 now announces its system type to the other Kermit during
the initial negotiations. This allows the both Kermits to know
whether they are running on the same type of platform or not.
7. It is again possible to set the Kermit "working directory" to a PDS
under TSO.
8. Kermit-370 now clears the "Kermit command error" status condition to
"No errors" after all subcommands, as promised in the documentation.
Many thanks to the beta testers who put the new version through its
paces.