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- Kermit-32 v3.2.077 Release Notes Page 1
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- The following are the various changes that have gone into Kermit-32 version
- 3.2.077. This version is a maintenance version only and does not contain
- any major development work.
-
- VMS 3.x USERS
-
- Because of the development work going into Kermit-32, it
- can no longer be supported on VMS 3.x systems. This
- version does not run under VMS 3.7 or earlier.
-
-
- o Combined several System Service calls into a single service call
- that is now available in VMS 4.x. [Module: VMSTRM]
-
- o CRCs without 8-bit quoting didn't work. Applied patch sent by
- John Owens (JSO@EDISON.BERKELEY.EDU). [Module: VMSMSG]
-
- o Fix again maximum message length processing. Patch from Jim
- Noble, Planning Research Corporation. [Module: VMSCOM, VMSMIT]
-
- o Fix various problems in the help file. Patch from Jim Noble,
- Planning Research Corporation.
-
- o Fix problems with restoring of the terminal's <CR> and <LF> fill
- counts. Patch from Jim Noble, Planning Research Corporation.
- [Module: VMSTRM]
-
- o Fixed a problem reading files with FORTRAN carriage control.
- [Module VMSFIL]
-
- o Changed the functionality of the FINISH command. It will now
- return to the prompt level, and not exit to DCL.
-
- The following are know problems with Kermit-32 3.2.077.
-
- o Commands are upcased so that LIB$TPARSE will scan the command
- correctly. This causes problems when attempting to set the prompt
- and sending server commands to a UNIX based Kermit.
-
- o Kermit-32 will quote multiple characters with "~" in a file name
- even if the REPEAT_QUOTE character is set to space.
-
- o When receiving a file of type FIXED, if the final record is not
- exactly 512 bytes, then an error occurs and the receiving Kermit
- blows up.
-
- o Kermit-32 can hang on a virtual terminal due to XON-XOFF
- processing between the VAX and a remote system.
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