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- WIN100
-
- William S. Hall
- 3665 Benton Street, #66
- Santa Clara, CA, 95051
-
- Internet address: william@novell.com
- MCI Mail: wshall
-
-
- WIN100 is a vt100/vt52 terminal emulator with Kermit for
- Microsoft Windows. Although the program is still undergoing
- development, the program has enough features to make it quite
- usable and is being made available to the Kermit distribution
- network.
-
- Source code is not yet available for release. However,
- eventually both source and binary files will be published.
-
- The files contained here replace the previously released
- WN100K.EXE.
-
- The current distribution consists of the following files:
-
- 1. WIN1002.BOO - A Windows 2.x version of the program
- which has also been marked to run in Windows 3.0. Use MSBPCT
- (available from the Kermit distribution center) to recover the
- executable WIN100.EXE. Run this program only if you do not yet
- have Windows 3.0. Except for bug fixes, this program will not
- receive further development.
-
- 2. WN1003.BOO - A Windows 3.0 version of the program.
- Use MSBPCT to obtain the executable WIN100.EXE.
-
- 3. WIN100D.BOO - Documentation in Windows Write for
- WIN100. Use MSBPCT to recover the file WIN100.WRI. This file
- was formatted for an HP LaserJet printer. You may need to
- reformat some of the tables if you use some other printer.
-
- 4. WN100P.BOO - A Windows Paint file which contains
- the figures referenced in the documentation. Use MSBPCT
- to recover the file WIN100.MSP, which can be viewed in either
- Windows Paint or PaintBrush.
-
- 5. WN100F.BOO - A font file for WIN100.EXE which is
- suitable for VGA displays. Use MSBPCT to recover the file
- WIN100E.FON.
-
- To install the program just copy it to a suitable directory
- and run it from there. If you want to use the fonts, install
- them with the control panel. You can print the documentation
- directly from Write. The figures will print best onto a LaserJet
- printer from Paint. If you print from PaintBrush, set your
- printer to Landscape mode and expect the output to split over two
- pages. This shortcoming will be rectified soon.
-
- WIN100 for Windows 2.x does not contain an internal icon, so
- if you install it in a program group, you will get a default icon
- from the Program Manager.
-
-
- Notes
-
- The font selection dialog box requires you to exit the
- program for the font change to take effect.
-
- A font file has been supplied to support DEC special
- graphics and bolding. Windows normally does bolding by widening
- character glyphs. In terminal emulation, this results in
- misaligned columns or partial overwrites. To eliminate this
- unsightly behavior, we have supplied normal and bold fonts in
- both the ANSI and DEC special graphics character sets. The fonts
- are digitized for the VGA and may be too large for use on an EGA
- or Hercules display. If you elect not to use the supplied font,
- then bold characters will most likely not display very well and
- you will not have DEC special graphics. Ultimately, I will try
- to supply fonts designed for other displays, but the job is
- formidable. Assistance with this task would be greatly
- appreciated.
-
- Because a vt100 and vt52 are strictly 7 bit terminals,
- WIN100 does not yet support the full ANSI character set. Future
- releases will lift this restriction.
-
- The current emulation in WIN100 extends beyond vt100 and
- includes most of the features of the vt101, vt102, and vt132
- DEC terminals. Wide and double high characters are not yet
- supported.
-
- The Kermit support includes 1, 2, and 3 byte checksums,
- eight bit quoting, and run length encoding. Basic protocol
- and packet parameters can be modified. Currently there
- is no server support nor can long packets be used. Basic
- server commands have a high priority and will be added
- as soon as possible.
-
- The Kermit commands are not yet documented, but for the most
- part you should have no trouble in using these features.
- However, picking files to send may be somewhat confusing. It may
- help to know that the list box used to choose files to send
- allows multiple selection. You are not restricted to sending one
- file at a time. Note that if you run the Windows 2 version in
- Windows 3, multiple selection will not work the same. You will
- be happier with the 3.0 version.
-
- To change directories and drives in WIN100, use the Kermit
- Send dialog box to move about. When you get to the desired
- directory, cancel.
-
- Version Information
-
- Windows 2.x:
-
- Base Version 2.2, 09/24/90
-
- Current Version 2.3, 10/09/90. Fixed problem in Kermit receive
- which caused the program to enter an infinite loop when
- decompressing files.
-
-
- Windows 3.0:
-
- Base Version 2.2, 09/24/90.
-
- Current Version 2.4, 10/10/90. Fixed problem in Kermit receive
- which caused the program to enter an infinite loop when
- decompressing files. Added program icon. Replaced protocol and
- packets parameter selection list boxes by combo boxes.
-
-