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- BBC KERMIT 1.30
- ===============
-
- Version 1.30 of BBC KERMIT continues the development of the
- implementation produced by the Communications Group of the Computing
- Department at Lancaster University. Several new facilities have been added,
- known bugs in version 1.02 have been cleared, and the code has been
- extensively tidied and rationalised. The User Guide has also been
- extensively rewritten, giving greater emphasis to the use of BBC KERMIT by
- inexperienced users.
-
- The changes and new facilities in this release are as follows:
-
- - The version now exists in both sideways ROM and disc based forms,
- selected by compilation switches. The disc based version offers all
- the file transfer facilities of the sideways ROM version, but
- supports only a 40 character terminal emulation. Future releases for
- the BBC B+ will provide VT52 emulation in the disc based version.
-
- - The REMOTE command has been implemented, allowing advanced functions
- to be invoked on remote servers. Options provided are DELETE, COPY,
- RENAME, DIRECTORY, CWD, SPACE, WHO, HOST, TYPE, STATUS and HELP.
-
- - Init-info (I) packets are now sent to servers before the dialogue
- commences.
-
- - BBC KERMIT can now work with IBM mainframe systems that require a
- handshake byte. A new command SET HANDSHAKE controls this option.
-
- - The command mode screen can now be switched into 80 character MODE 3
- operation with the new WIDTH command, allowing better display of the
- output from *TYPE or from the REMOTE commands.
-
- - A status line is now displayed on the screen in terminal emulation
- mode. This provides help on the use of control keys, and indicates
- what options are currently in operation.
-
- - A "pause" facility is now provided in terminal mode, allowing output
- to be suspended cleanly without possible interaction with the
- underlying flow control mechanisms.
-
- - VT52 keypad key emulation has been extensively reworked to remove
- some serious bugs and anomalies. The user guide now describes use of
- the VT52 keypad keys in detail, and covers use of the VAX/VMS EDT
- screen editor.
-
- - The VT52 graphics character set is now supported.
-
- - Cursor keys in 40 character or 80 character teletype now act as
- local edit keys. In VT52 mode the cursor keys by default produce
- VT52 ESCAPE sequences, but can be switched into local edit mode.
-
- - Function key strings can be generated in both command and terminal
- modes.
-
- - Bugs in timeout code have been cleared.
-
- - A new command SET RETRIES allows the maximum number of retries
- permitted for a packet to be changed.
-
- - A new command, SET DESTINATION PRINTER, allows files to be
- transferred using the full KERMIT file transfer mechanisms from the
- remote system directly to a parallel printer.
-
- - The user guide has been altered to use Wordwise's underline and bold
- print control sequences. These can be configured to suit the user's
- own printer.
-
- - Message texts have been tokenised and changed to be more friendly to
- inexperienced users.
-
- - BBC filenames given explicitely as parameters to the RECEIVE or GET
- command are no longer translated into upper case, but are taken as
- supplied.
-
- - Wildcard name matching in the SEND command allows lower case
- characters to be matched, and is no longer case sensitive. A new
- wildcard character "#" is provided, matching to exactly one
- character.
-