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- Date: Thu, 17 Mar 88 14:17:42 PST
- From: JAFW801%CALSTATE.BITNET@CUVMA.COLUMBIA.EDU (Jack Bryans)
- Subject: Announcing Kermit 2.30 for the RMX86 and RMX286 Operating System
- Keywords: iRMX86, iRMX286, Intel RMX
- Xref: RMX, see Intel
-
- This is to announce version 2.30 of Kermit for both the iRMX86 and iRMX286
- Operating Systems. It is the first release for iRMX286 and the first since
- late 1985's version 2.26 for iRMX86.
-
- This is the same program, ported to the RMX's, as the Jan. 8,1988 release of
- MS-Kermit, version 2.30, for the IBM PC, which is probably the most widely
- used and richest Kermit implementation. A DOS emulator provides enough of
- the DOS environment to allow the essentially unchanged MS-Kermit code to run
- under both of the RMX Operating Systems. For a summary of changes on the
- MS-Kermit end, see the KERMSRV files MS*.UPD.
-
- From the RMX end, this version includes support for wild cards, full RMX
- paths and file names, and removes restrictions on the use of RUN. You can
- now RUN AEDIT from within Kermit.
-
- As a fortuitous fallout to wild card implementation, a list of file names may
- be used wherever Kermit accepts a wild card file specification, as long as
- all files in the list are in the current default directory. For example:
-
- SEND READ.ME.FIRST,*X*.A*,*.OBJ,ETC.ETC
-
- works. Try to say that in DOS! Similarly, when Kermit is in SERVER mode, it
- will respond to a GET file-name-list from the local Kermit.
-
- The SET and SHOW KEY commands have been added.
-
- Configuration has been completely redone, with its implementation separated
- from the Kermit initialization file. To avoid confusion with the previous
- version, the .ini file name has been changed to KERMIT.INI. A good dozen
- configuration options are available, reducing the need to obtain the source
- code.
-
- Serial ports have been increased to ten, with all requirements and
- restrictions on device attachment removed. Additionally, you can ping-pong
- between serial communication ports and the port your terminal (in this case,
- presumably, a PC) is attached to, with the file transfer display
- automatically set to QUIET mode (necessary for one port operation) and reset
- to its previous mode when you select another port.
-
- Performance has been improved in a number of areas, especially in connect
- mode. Improved serial device drivers scheduled for release in forthcoming OS
- updates from Intel (RMX286, Release 2, Updates 1 and 2, and RMX86, Release 8)
- will improve Kermit performance significantly on both OS's, especially on
- faster systems.
-
- A number of timing problems peculiar to '386 based systems have been cleared
- up in the past month. Feedback from '386 beta testers indicates performance
- more than impressive enough to make 8086 users, appropriately, green with
- envy.
-
- The following files constitute this release:
-
- MSVRMX.BOO BOO-encoded executable Kermit for RMX86
- MSVRX2.BOO BOO-encoded executable Kermit for RMX286
-
- MSVRMX.DOC Documentation for both OS's
-
- MSVRMX.HLP How to build Kermit for either OS from source code
- MSVRMX.CSD The edit pass SUBMIT file. \ Converts MSSDEF.H & MSS*.ASM
- MSVRMX.MAC The edit pass macro file. / to MSSDEF.H86 & MSS*.A86
- MSURMX.A86 Source code for the keyboard support module for RMX
- MSXRMX.A86 Source code for the traditional "X" module for RMX
- MSZRMX.A86 Source code for the DOS emulator and Kermit driver
- MSVRMX.P86 Source code for the wild card implementing auxiliary command, WC
-
- Note that all files but the enBOOed executables apply to both OS's. The edit
- pass generates submit files for conditional assembly and for linking or
- binding the object modules to produce an executable for either OS.
-
- The MS-Kermit files, MSKERM.DOC, MSKERM.HLP, and MSKERM.BWR provide primary
- documentation for all version 2.30's.
-
- Acknowledgments
-
- Joe Doupnik of Utah State University, who has been responsible for MS-Kermit
- starting with version 2.29, was most accommodative in making changes to the
- DOS code to simplify things for the RMX portings.
-
- Among the beta testers, Steve Cox of Milliken Research Corp., Chris Jamison
- of Ransburg Corp., and especially Chris Vickery of Queens College, NY,
- provided valuable feedback. Henning Pangels of Carnegie-Mellon University's
- Robotics Institute showed up in the nick of time via e-mail, innocently
- inquiring if there was an RMX286 Kermit he could try out on his brand new
- '386. His response to being pressed into guinea pig duty is appreciated.
-
- Mark Aaldering of Intel made the port to RMX286 possible. Thanks also to
- Intel's Paul Cohen, Rick Gerber, and Tom Willis, and, with apologies, to
- those overlooked.
-