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- Date: Fri, 17 May 85 14:30:34 mdt
- From: dwf@LANL.ARPA (Dave Forslund)
- Message-Id: <8505172030.AA19898@b.ARPA>
- To: INFO-KERMIT-REQUEST@CU20B.ARPA
- Subject: HP110 Kermit
-
- Attached is the file MSXHP110.ASM which is the system-specific source for
- MS-KERMIT running on the HP110 Portable. It should be used in place of
- MSXGEN.ASM in making the executable. We have used this code for about 2
- months. The MSXGEN.ASM file from CU20B was modified by Chuck Aldrich here
- at Los Alamos and allows the changing of baud rates and the selection of the
- serial port or the internal modem. However, we have not tested the internal
- modem code. The default setting is the serial port (Port 1) and 9600 baud.
- If you would like we can also send the executable code in uuencoded form.
-
- The HP110 does not have built in basic. But it does have a built-in terminal
- program which can be used to capture a file. The terminal program also has the
- XMODEM protocol built in. This can be used to capture binary files. The way
- we brought the source over was to download it with MS-KERMIT on an IBM-PC and
- move the file to the HP110 with the special IBM board that HP makes which
- allows the two machines to communicate directly to each other's disks.
-
- As to features and documentation, the code is very close to the generic MS-DOS
- version. It only emulates a dumb terminal. We find the existing MS-Kermit
- documentation is just fine. As I mentioned, we added the baud rates and the
- set port command can be used to choose between the serial port and the internal
- 300 baud modem(Port 2). The only bug we have encountered involves running the
- HP110 in MS-DOS without going through the PAM. If one uses a CONFIG.SYS file to
- redefine the shell to bypass the PAM, then the communications port must first
- be initialized with the internal terminal program before running Kermit. This
- has to be done only once after each reboot. After that Kermit runs find and
- the baud rates can be switched at will.
-
- David Forslund (dwf@LANL.ARPA)
-