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- From: Pierre Goyette <PIERRE@MCGILL1.BITNET>
- Subject: Announcing IBM Mainframe MUSIC/SP Kermit-370 Version 4.2
- Keywords: IBM 370 Kermit, MUSIC/SP Kermit, MUSIC Kermit
- Xref: IBM Mainframe, Also see IBM 370
- Xref: MUSIC/SP Kermit, Also see MUSIC/SP Kermit, IBM 370
-
- This is to announce MUSIC Kermit Release 4.2. The sources have not been
- completely rewritten, nor have they been resequenced, but numerous
- fixes, extensions, and improvements have been inserted. The changes
- applied include all updates formerly available in IKMKER.UPD plus a
- number of new ones. As with Release 4.1, all MUSIC-specific files begin
- with IKM, and generic Kermit-370 files begin with IK0 (I K Zero). The
- separate pieces are to be recombined into a single composite source for
- installation. See the file IKMKER.INS for instructions. Bug reports
- should be sent to Pierre Goyette <PIERRE@MCGILL1.BITNET>. Release 4.2
- is also being issued in the companion TSO and CMS variants (see the
- separate announcements for details). Anyone interested in helping to
- port Kermit-370 to still other operating systems should contact John
- Chandler <JCHBN@CUVMB.BITNET> or <JCHBN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU>.
-
- For a list of generic additions, see the generic Kermit-370 announcement
- IK0KER.ANN. The following is a list of MUSIC-specific updates added
- since Release 4.1.
-
- 1) Correction of problem in SERIES1-type transfer I/O with large blocks.
-
- Incidentally, the generic update program GUPI has been updated, but the
- old version will still work. You need not recreate it, but if you do,
- be sure to use all-new sources, or it will not assemble properly.
-
- Many thanks to the beta testers who have helped work out the bugs in the
- new release.
-
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-
- Date: Wed, 1992 May 13 11:14 EDT
- From: "John F. Chandler" <JCHBN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU>
- Subject: Announcing IBM Mainframe MUSIC Kermit-370 Version 4.2.3
- Keywords: IBM 370 Kermit, MUSIC Kermit
- Xref: MUSIC Kermit, IBM 370 Kermit
-
- This is to announce the release of Kermit-370 version 4.2.3 for MUSIC.
- The MUSIC-related Kermit files that have been changed or added are as
- follows.
-
- IKMKER.ANN this message
- IKMKER.BWR bugs, warnings, and restrictions
- IKMKER.INS installation instructions
- IKMKER.UPD post-4.2.0 updates
- IK0AAA.HLP Kermit-370 release notes
- IK0KAN.ASM optional Kanji tables
- IK0KER.ANN the accompanying message on Kermit-370
- IK0KER.UPD the cumulative list of updates in all variants
- IK0423.HLP notes on the new features in 4.2.3
-
- Many thanks to the beta testers who have helped work out the bugs in the
- new release. Note: versions 4.2.1 and 4.2.2 were never released, except
- for testing. Version 4.2.3 represents an accumulation of two years of
- improvements.
-
- Most of the advances in the new release are simply duplications of the
- simultaneous generic changes in the other variants of Kermit-370, but
- some of the changes included system-specific code that required porting
- to MUSIC. Two notable changes, however, involved porting of features
- that had already been available in other variants.
-
- - Kermit-MUSIC now tries to automatically detect the terminal controller
- type. Previously, it could not because MUSIC did not allow the needed
- I/O operations.
-
- - Kermit-MUSIC now gives the date and time of each file in response to
- the Kermit DIR subcommand, and the attribute packet for a download now
- carries the correct time stamp.
-
-