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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Subject: More C-Kermit 7.0 binaries needed
Date: 18 Jan 2000 16:07:00 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
Message-ID: <862334$bm9$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu>
To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
C-Kermit 7.0 for VMS was announced here a few weeks ago. In case you
missed it:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ckermit.html
After a major C-Kermit release like this we try to collect as many
binaries as possible, especially for platforms like VMS that don't come
with C compilers as standard equipment. VMS users who have such systems
can't get anything useful from us unless we can offer them a binary
suitable for their system.
VMS offers particular challenges in this area because:
. It runs on two different architectures (VAX and Alpha);
. It has seen many releases since 1977;
. It might or might not have a TCP/IP networking product installed;
. There are many different TCP/IP networking products;
. There are many releases of each TCP/IP networking product.
And because:
. You can't run an application built under a later version of VMS;
. You can't run an application built with TCP/IP if you don't have it;
. You can't run an application built with a different TCP/IP product
than the one you have (unless, in some cases, it's UCX);
. You can't run an application built with a later version of the same
TCP/IP product that you have.
. Y2K library patches have thrown a monkeywrench into the works.
Of course there are ways around some or all of these difficulties, but
we're not well-equipped or well-versed in those ways, so instead we try
to collect natively built binaries for as many combinations as we can
find. You can see the current list at:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ckermit.html#binlist
(scroll down to the VMS section). As you can see, we have a pretty fair
collection, but there are still many gaps. If you can provide binaries
for any of the combinations that is not current (i.e. not listed with a "+")
or that is not listed at all, please let me know.
We are in special need of binaries for the early 4.x (4.4, 4.5) and 5.x VMS
releases (pre-5.5), and for that matter, any pre-6.1 version with any
networking product at all.
Thanks!
- Frank