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From: pepmnt@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (John Chandler)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Announcing IBM Mainframe Kermit-370 Version 4.3.2
Date: 16 Dec 1997 21:57:58 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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For reasons not entirely clear, the main part of this announcement was
filtered out by the new server. Here is the missing portion again.
Version 4.3.2 of Kermit-370 is now released for general use on all the
supported platforms (CMS, TSO, MUSIC, ROSCOE, and CICS). The new
version is available in the form of updates relative to the base source
files for 4.3.0, which remain part of the package. The updates are
mostly generic changes across all variants, but there are some system-
specific changes as well. They are summarized below and are described
in somewhat more detail in the respective BWR files ik*.bwr in the
distribution. The updates themselves are in ik*.upd. The changes since
4.3.1 are relatively simple, but some (specifically, the support for
year-2000 dates) are highly topical. Note: the new version has been
available in Beta for about a year.
The files for the new version are available at watsun.cc.columbia.edu
via anonymous FTP from the kermit/b directory -- to get the complete
distribution for a specific variant, fetch ik0* (eye kay zero) and ik?*
(where "?" is "c" for CMS, "t" for TSO, "m" for MUSIC, or "x" for CICS).
For ROSCOE, you need both ikt* and ikr*. As always, the instructions
for installation are found in ik*ker.ins and ik*ker.bwr. The files are
also available from BITNET KERMSRV at CUVMA. You may also link to the
update files via the WWW at
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ibm370.html
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.