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- CKUKER.BWR "Beware File" for C-Kermit Version 5A -*- text -*-
-
- ATARI ST VERSION
-
- Applies to 5A(188)
- Last update: Sat Nov 28 20:49:23 1992
-
- Authors:
- Bruce J. Moore, Allen-Bradley Company.
- Frank da Cruz, Christine M. Gianone, Columbia University.
-
- Copyright (C) 1985, 1992, Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New
- York. Permission is granted to any individual or institution to use this
- software as long as it is not sold for profit. This copyright notice must be
- retained. This software may not be included in commercial products without
- written permission of Columbia University.
-
- Report problems, suggestions, fixes, etc, to Frank da Cruz:
-
- Internet: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (or) fdc@columbia.edu
- BITNET/EARN: FDCCU@CUVMA
-
- Columbia University Center for Computing Activities
- 612 West 115th Street, New York, NY 10025 USA
-
-
- DOCUMENTATION
-
- C-Kermit 5A is documented in the book "Using C-Kermit" by Frank da Cruz
- and Christine M. Gianone, Digital Press, Burlington, MA, USA. Digital
- Press ISBN: 1-55558-108-0; Prentice-Hall ISBN: 0-13-037490-3. Price: US
- $34.95. In USA, call DECdirect at 1-800-344-4825, refer to order number
- EY-J896E-DP. Available: January 1993.
-
-
- GENERAL
-
- The Atari ST specifics of C-Kermit 5A were programmed by Bruce J. Moore,
- Software Project Engineer, Allen-Bradley Company, <mooreb@cs.hh.ab.com>.
- Atari ST C-Kermit is compiled using Mark Williams C 3.0.6 (which is no longer
- supported for the Atari), and tested under GEMDOS 1.0 - 1.6. See CKSINS.DOC
- for installation instructions.
-
- Atari ST Kermit can be invoked directly from the desktop or from within a
- character-mode shell. A shell is not furnished with the system, but
- Mark Williams msh or the public domain shells, Gulam and bash, are widely
- used. Shell-related items (environment variables, shell escapes like "!"
- and RUN) work only when C-Kermit is run from a shell.
-
- The directory separator is backslash (\), which is also the prefix character
- used C-Kermit's command processor for introducing backslash codes, variables,
- etc. File specifications used in Atari ST C-Kermit commands must have
- their backslashes doubled, for example "send c:\\mydir\\oofa.txt".
-
-
- UNIMPLEMENTED C-KERMIT FEATURES:
-
- The DIAL command
- The SCRIPT command
- Character-set translation
- Automatic parity detection
- Network support
- The CLEAR command doesn't work
- PUSH, RUN, !, or @ with no arguments do not work.
- PUSH, RUN, !, or @ with arguments work, but do not search the PATH,
- (at least not under MSH).
-
- DIAL and SCRIPT are omitted because of the lack of an alarm() service in
- GEMDOS.
-
-
- CHARACTER SETS
-
- C-Kermit's character-set translation is not included in Atari ST C-Kermit.
- Adding it is only a matter of creating CKSXLA.H and CKSXLA.C files similar to
- the Macintosh CKMXLA.H and CKMXLA.C files, but with new translation tables for
- the Atari ST character set, and then rebuilding the program without the
- NOCSETS compilation option.
-
- The Atari ST character set (at least in the US model) is similar to an IBM PC
- code page (which one?), with the following differences:
-
- B C D
-
- 0 a tilde y umlaut samekh
- 1 o tilde IJ ayin
- 2 O slash aleph pe
- 3 o slash beth sade
- 4 oe gimel qoph
- 5 OE daleth resh
- 6 A aigu he sin
- 7 A tilde vav tav
- 8 O tilde zayin nun
- 9 umlaut heth kaph
- A grave teth mem
- B dagger yod pe
- C paragraph kaph sade
- D copyright lamedh Integral sign with circle
- E register TM mem circumflex
- F TM nun infinity
-
- E7 Lowercase tau
- EC Integral sign with circle
- F9 No idea
- FA Centered dot
- FC Set intersection
- FD Superscript 2
- FE Superscript 3
- FF Macron
-
- Your console (keyboard and screen) must be configured to use these characters.
- Within C-Kermit, you must SET COMMAND BYTESIZE 8 to use them at command level,
- as well as SET TERMINAL BYTESIZE 8 to use them during CONNECT mode.
-
-
- SERVER MODE
-
- C-Kermit ST can act a server. You must SET SERVER DISPLAY ON, and SET SERVER
- TIMEOUT. If this is not done, then one cannot terminate the server. An idle
- server can only be terminated when a timeout occurs. This means if the server
- timeout is set to 15 seconds, one might have to wait as long as 15 seconds
- before the Control-C is detected. Exiting the program is recommended after a
- Control-C from an idle server. The Atari ST C-Kermit server does not
- implement the MAIL and REMOTE PRINT commands.
-
- (End of CKSKER.BWR)
-