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- From: "John F. Chandler" <JCHBN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU>
- Subject: Announcing IBM Mainframe MVS/TSO Kermit-370 Version 4.2
- Keywords: IBM 370 Kermit, MVS/TSO Kermit, TSO Kermit
- Xref: IBM Mainframe, Also see IBM 370
- Xref: MVS/TSO Kermit, Also see MVS/TSO Kermit, IBM 370
-
- This is to announce Release 4.2 of Kermit-370 for TSO. 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 IKTKER.UPD
- plus many new ones. As with Release 4.1, all TSO-specific files begin
- with IKT, and generic Kermit-370 files begin with IK0 (I K Zero). The
- separate pieces are to be recombined into a single composite source (or
- made into a macro library) for installation. See the file IKTKER.INS
- for instructions. Release 4.2 is also being issued in the companion CMS
- and MUSIC 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 TSO-specific updates added since
- Release 4.1.
-
- 1) Implicit CLIST invocation now supported.
-
- 2) Missing host commands no longer result in ABEND's. Kermit simply
- returns an "invalid host command" indication.
-
- 3) Migrated data sets are automatically recalled, if possible, before
- attempting to use them. This includes especially the initialization
- files.
-
- 4) Sending PDS members by wildcard has been re-enabled.
-
- 5) The "MOD" date, as defined by ASM2 package, is now used (if it
- exists) instead of the creation date for sending the date attribute.
-
- 6) TSO commands may now be up to 256 bytes long and be mixed-case.
-
- 7) NOINTERCOM is set during transfers.
-
- 8) Automatic detection of VTAMTTY as opposed to plain TTY.
-
- 9) TTY-mode timeouts now work under MVS/XA and MVS/ESA.
-
- 10) Kermit HELP subcommand now works more than once per session.
-
- 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.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- From: "John F. Chandler" <JCHBN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU>
- Subject: Announcing IBM Mainframe MVS/TSO Kermit-370 Version 4.2.1
- Keywords: IBM 370 Kermit, MVS/TSO Kermit
- Xref: TSO Kermit, See MVS/TSO Kermit, IBM 370 Kermit
-
- Kermit-370 version 4.2.1 for TSO has now been released. For the most
- part, this release matches the version 4.2.1 for CMS announced in
- September, but there are some system-specific differences.
-
- Version 4.2.1 has several improvements over 4.2.0, the most important
- being:
-
- 1. Kermit-370 supports file transfers through the IBM 3174 AEA with B2
- microcode (or higher). The support is restricted to terminals with
- the ASCII Graphics capability in three ways:
-
- a) The terminal type must be defined in the 3174 to support graphics
- (only the built-in VT241 and Tektronix 4205 types plus suitable
- user-defined terminal types).
-
- b) The line must be defined without an associated Host Addressable
- Printer.
-
- c) If the 3174 is owned by VTAM, the connection must be made with a
- logmode that allows the Read Partition Query (such as M2SDLCQ).
-
- Kermit-370 automatically detects the B2 AEA and sets CONTROLLER
- accordingly (to AEA if graphics is allowed, to NONE if not, or to
- GRAPHICS if Query is denied). Since the 3174 supports full 8-bit
- communication, it may be useful to configure the ports for 8-bit
- data and to set both SEND and RECEIVE PARITY to NONE in Kermit-370.
-
- 2. Overflow of the fullscreen buffer is now avoided when the receiving
- Kermit asks for 2K packets.
-
- 3. Kermit-370 now supports transfers in LATIN2 and LATIN3 and file
- storage in CP870, CP880, and CP905. In addition, L1, L2, and L3 are
- recognized as aliases for the three LATIN sets, and two-character
- abbreviations are accepted for the other transfer sets as well. The
- new sets add support for Afrikaans, Albanian, Catalan, Croatian,
- Czech, Esperanto, Galician, Hungarian, Maltese, Polish, Romanian,
- Slovak, Slovene, and Turkish.
-
- 4. Kermit-370 has three new subcommands: REMOTE MAIL, REMOTE PRINT, and
- REMOTE SUBMIT. They transmit a file (or group of files via wild
- cards) tagged for mailing, printing, and submitting as job,
- respectively.
-
- 5. Spurious flow-control "packets" from MS-Kermit are now ignored.
-
- 6. When downloading ISPF PDS members, Kermit-TSO now uses the ISPF
- modification date as the time stamp (if attributes are enabled).
-
- 7. Kermit-370 now uses the FILE COLLISION settings for all files in a
- group rather than just the first.
-
- 8. The format of KER.LOG for SET DEBUG I/O has been extended to give
- hexadecimal buffer dumps like those of CMS Kermit.
-
- The new release is in the form of updates to be applied to the 4.2.0
- source. The new files are IKTKER.UPD and IKTKER.BWR. The new code has
- been tested on both IBM 7171's (demonstrating downward compatibility)
- and IBM 3174's (many thanks to the beta testers!), and the CMS version
- had already been tested on other types of protocol converters, but
- problems may still turn up. Bug reports are welcome, as usual.
-
- A similar release 4.2.1 will soon be available for MUSIC. Also, watch
- for release 4.2.1 for CICS.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Date: Monday, 1991 August 19 14:08 EDT
- From: "John F. Chandler" <JCHBN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU>
- Subject: Announcing IBM Mainframe MVS/TSO Kermit-370 Version 4.2.2
- Keywords: IBM 370 Kermit, MVS/TSO Kermit
- Xref: TSO Kermit, See MVS/TSO Kermit, IBM 370 Kermit
-
- Kermit-370 version 4.2.2 is now available for TSO. The new version has
- numerous improvements over 4.2.1, but many of them are generic (shared
- among all the variants). See the accompanying generic Kermit-370
- announcement for more details. The TSO-specific updates are:
-
- 1) Correct UNIT selection for new datasets uploaded to TSO. This fixes
- a bug introduced with version 4.1.
-
- 2) Multiple subcommands allowed on the initial invocation command line,
- provided the Kermit delimiter is defined in one of the initialization
- files.
-
- 3) Current status code available to CLIST's as &LASTCC.
-
- A more complete description of the changes can be found in IKTKER.BWR.
-
- The new release is in the form of updates to be applied to the 4.2.0
- source. The updates are cumulative, so they include those that were
- already released to make version 4.2.1. In addition, the help file has
- been revamped, and the User's Guide has been partly updated (but not
- actually brought up to date with 4.2.2). The new files are IKTKER.UPD,
- IKTKER.BWR, IKTKER.MSS, IKTKER.DOC, IKTKER.LPT, IKTKER.PS, IKTKER.HLP,
- IK0KER.MSS, IK0AAA.HLP, and IK0KER.UPD (the latter is only a catalog of
- all the updates, not the updates themselves). The new code has been
- tested pretty thoroughly (many thanks to the beta testers!), but
- problems may still turn up. Bug reports are welcome, as usual. In
- particular, reports of any kind are needed for the new facility for
- supporting 8-bit transfers in line mode -- this has barely been tested.
-
- A similar release 4.2.2 is also available for CMS and CICS -- see the
- corresponding announcements.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 1992 June 10 15:09 EDT
- From: "John F. Chandler" <JCHBN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU>
- Subject: Announcing IBM Mainframe MVS/TSO Kermit-370 Version 4.2.4
- Keywords: IBM 370 Kermit, MVS/TSO Kermit
- Xref: TSO Kermit, See MVS/TSO Kermit, IBM 370 Kermit
-
- This is to announce the release of Kermit-370 version 4.2.4 for TSO. The
- TSO-related Kermit files that have been changed or added are as follows.
-
- IKTAUX.CMD sample CLIST's (new)
- IKTGUP.ASM TSO-specific portion of GUPI
- IKTKER.ANN this message
- IKTKER.BWR bugs, warnings, and restrictions
- IKTKER.INS installation instructions
- IKTKER.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 and 4.2.4
-
- Many thanks to the beta testers who have helped work out the bugs in the
- new release. Note that version 4.2.3 has been available in the Kermit
- test area for several weeks. 4.2.4 differs in only two respects: the
- inclusion of a new update supporting relative GDG numbers, and an extra
- message has been added to the usual protocol-mode greetings. The added
- message is "KERMIT READY TO SEND..." (or RECEIVE or SERVE).
-
- These are the changes specific to TSO:
-
- - Now comes with a file of sample auxilliary CLIST's for use with Kermit
- (IKTAUX.CMD). These include KERMAIL, KERMPRT, and PC. The latter is
- designed for "one-touch" mainframe-initiated file transfers to or from
- an appropriately configured micro Kermit. The syntax is
- PC CMD('PRINT name')
- or
- PC CMD('any Kermit subcommand')
- where the Kermit subcommand would typically be GET, SEND, or REMOTE.
- Any reply is written to KER REPLY. The sample KERMAIL and KERMPRT
- have not been completely filled out, but are included for pedagogy.
-
- - No longer generates a KER.LOG entry marked "e" for normal full-screen
- I/O operations.
-
- - Now recovers cleanly if the user specifies an erroneous CWD string.
-
- - The TSO GUPI source has been changed, but only in two trivial ways:
- (a) missing sequence numbers have been supplied on 4 lines, and
- (b) comments have been added to show the list of TSO macros invoked.
-
- - Now supports relative generation numbers for GDG's for both sending
- and receiving files. The number for a received file can be supplied
- either in the RECEIVE subcommand or in the file header packet. When
- this notation is used for sending, neither the relative nor the
- absolute number is included in the outgoing file header.
-
-