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From: jrd@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik)
Subject: Re: MS-DOS Kermit, more capabalities
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Date: 16 Jan 00 10:16:49 MDT
Organization: Utah State University
To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
In article <_Hag4.2677$NU6.52105@tw12.nn.bcandid.com>, cangel@famvid.com writes:
> On 2000-01-14 jaltman@watsun.cc.columbia.edu(JeffreyAltman) said:
>
> JA> Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
> JA> In article <66Af4.3341$0l4.96678@tw12.nn.bcandid.com>,
> JA> <cangel@famvid.com> wrote:
>
> CA> Is there a binary archive of this source code anywhere that I can
> CA> download or am I going to need a way to decode a 1meg+ UUE? Why would
> CA> the MSKermit source code be in two ASCII formats when kermit itself has
> CA> no problem doing binary transfers nor do any other protocols I am of
> CA> aware of since the '80s?
>
> JA> From the web page
> JA> http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/mskermit.html
> JA> "The source code for MS-DOS Kermit is in the
> JA> ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/a/
> JA> directory. The filenames all start with "ms" and end
> JA> with ".asm", ".h" and ".c"."
>
> Yes, I could see that individual portions of the code were there. I have
> found that most TCP/IP telecom packages are quite complex in the way that
> OBJ files are compiled and then finally linked to create the executable(s).
>
> For this reason many have embedded subdirectories and include a `makefile'
> that either contains multiple definitions for various compilers or at least
> can be edited for the compiler on hand at the time.
>
> I was under the impression this was more or less standard procedure for
> packages of this complexity.
>
> The fact that archives _do_ exist would indicate that at some point in time
> this was considered necessary. Both archives being in unusual formats is a
> bit out of the ordinary. The `boo' format being non-standard and as I've
> said no apparent decoder for `boo' anywhere in sight.
>
> This is not unremarkable in itself IMO.
>
> Anyone care to expand on the reason(s) why a binary archive cannot be made
> available for MSKermit source code?
>
I gather that you haven't actually looked at the source files. If
you were to do so then a makefile would be evident. It's handy but not
necessary. The suite isn't a messy array of this and that in subdirectories
and subsidary makefiles; that is not necessary with MS-DOS Kermit. Please
read the material and the construction should be clear to you.
MASM v6 or later and MS C v6 or later are required to build the
program. There is no support for other assemblers or C compilers, so using
them would require work on the part of the person using them.
Joe D.
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