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- Enclosed is a tape containing the NOS 2.2 code for Kermit you requested.
- The tape is written as 1600 CPI, SI format, VSN=KERMIT. We had to compile at
- OPT=0 on our FTN5 compiler because OPT=1 and OPT=2 caused errors (we are
- running FTN5 Level 538). If at all possible, OPT=2 should be used. The error
- we ran into was a question mark followed by a carriage return at the
- "Kermit-170>" prompt would cause the program to exit after listing the options.
-
- Enclosed on this tape are the following files:
-
- File Contents
- 1 KERMIT oldpl
- 2 AZLIB oldpl
- 3 8/12 ASCII KERMIT help file
- 4 DISPLAY CODE (UT 63 character set) KERMIT help file
- 5 8/12 ASCII Commercial use document
- 6 DISPLAY CODE (UT 63 character set) Commercial use document
- 7 8/12 ASCII KERMIT user document
- 8 DISPLAY CODE (UT 63 character set) KERMIT user document
- 9 8/12 ASCII KERMIT protocol document
- 10 DISPLAY CODE (UT 63 character set) KERMIT protocol document
-
- Notes and Cautions
-
- The character code for the DISPLAY CODE files is a hybrid 63 character set
- used only at the University of Texas. The FORTRAN source code has been set up
- so that the differences are minimized. The character set translation tables
- use octal values for characters that differ between the UT 63, NOS 63 and NOS
- 64 character sets. A character set pocket reference card for the University of
- Texas has been included to aid in the translation to your character set.
-
- File number 2 on the tape contains an UPDATE program library used to pro-
- duce AZLIB. These routines are supplied by the Univeristy of Arizona in
- Tuscon. The routines contained in the program library are only those necessary
- to build Kermit. Some may not be needed if your site has equivalent routines.
-
- There is some concern that an ASCII colon might get lost in a line
- termina- tor if it was the last character in a line from the micro in a 64
- character set environment. Subroutine EDL could be taught to append a space
- after a colon at EOL if necessary.
-
-
-
- Subroutine ECHOPLX (called by STTY) can be shot in the head at normal
- (Half-Duplex) NOS/BE sites. NOS 2.2 sites will not use subroutine ECHOPLX.
- Half-Duplex sites will also need to change the BLOCK DATA value for duplex from
- FULLDUP to HALFDUP.
-
- Full Duplex NOS/BE sites will need to insert their own magic in place of
- ECHOPLX, or get the PP routine UUI from the University of Arizona. However,
- since UUI depends on communication front end mods which others probably have
- not done, it was not included. If you want a copy, contact:
-
- Mr. Ric Anderson
- University of Arizona
- University Computer Center
- Tuscon, Arizona 85721
- (602) 621-6701
-
- The FTN5LIB routine "SYSERR." is omitted from the load in the OVCAP
- version as it drags in about 3000B words of junk KERMIT does not need. This
- keeps KERMIT's size down, which is vital given INTERCOMs penchant for swapping
- things. I get about 58 CPS throughput at 1200 baud or above on an otherwise
- idle Cyber-175. SET RDELAY has been setup to help by placing Kermit in RECALL
- for a while before issuing a read function. If data becomes available before
- the read function is issued, then it will not be swapped out. This has
- improved through- put to 61 CPS at 1200 baud and 78 CPS at 2400 baud on a
- moderately loaded system (88 users). For NOS 2.2 sites running at level 602 or
- above, the input buffer is queried for characters until some arrive.
-
- Sample OVCAP Build
-
- UPDATE,F,N=KERMUPL,I.
- FTN5,I,OPT=2.
- FTN5,I,B=KLIBREL,OPT=2.
- LIBGEN,P=KERMLIB,F=KLIBREL.
- LDSET,MAP=SBEX.
- LOAD,LGO.
- NOGO,KERMIT.
- COMMENT.** INSERT LINES HERE TO EDITLIB
- COMMENT.* KERMIT INTO SYSTEM OR CATALOG
- COMMENT.* IT UNDER ID=PUBLIC.
- COMMENT.
- ---EDITLIB or CATALOG goes here---
- *EOR
- *IDENT,moddeck
- *DEFINE,OVCAP
- *DEFINE,NOS
- *DEFINE,642CSET
- *DEFINE,OTHER
-
- If you have any questions or problems, feel free to call me at (512)
- 471-3241. If you have problems with the NOS 2.2 version, contact Bill Russell
- first at:
-
- Bill Russell
- New York University
- Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
- 251 Mercer Street
- New York, New York 10012
-
- Sincerely,
-
-
- Jim Knutson
- User Services, Computer Center
- U of Texas at Austin
-
- Enclosures: Tape
- Itemized Listing
- UT Character Set Reference Card
-