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Info-Kermit Digest         Mon, 8 Jan 1990        Volume 11 : Number 2

Today's Topics:
                MS-DOS Kermit 3.0 Beta Test Available
                  New Luxor (luxker) Kermit Programs
                      Kermit-11 Comments Wanted

Digest submissions may be sent to [e-mail],
requests for addition to or deletion from the Info-Kermit subscriber list to
[e-mail] or to [e-mail].

Kermit files may be obtained over networks and by mail order.  On the
Internetwork, use FTP to log in to host WATSUN.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU, a SUN-4/280
running UNIX (SUNOS 4.0), IP host number 128.59.39.2.  Login as user
anonymous (note, lower case), any password, and GET or MGET (MULTIPLE GET)
the desired files.  The Kermit files are in directories kermit/a, kermit/b,
kermit/c, kermit/d, and kermit/e.  Test versions are in kermit/test.  You
can also get Kermit files over the BITNET/EARN network; to get started send
a message with text HELP to KERMSRV, the Kermit file server, at host CUVMA.
For detailed instructions, read the file kermit/a/aanetw.hlp (AANETW.HLP on
KERMSRV).  To order by mail, request a complete list of Kermit versions and
an order form from Kermit Distribution, Columbia University Center for
Computing Activities, 612 West 115th Street, New York, NY 10025 USA.

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Date: Mon Jan 8 1990 12:00:00 EST
From: Christine M Gianone <[e-mail]>
Subject: MS-DOS Kermit 3.0 Beta Test Available
Keywords: MS-DOS Kermit 3.0, International Character Sets, Sliding Windows
Keywords: Tektronix Emulation, VT320/340 Emulation, Local Area Networks
Keywords: WordPerfect

This is to announce a very short public beta testing period for MS-DOS
Kermit 3.0 for the IBM PC, PS/2, and compatibles.  Releases of 3.0 for some
of the non-IBM-compatible MS-DOS computers are in preparation, but not ready
yet, others need volunteer help.  Please get the test version as quickly as
possible and report problems directly to the author of the program, Joe R.
Doupnik, [e-mail], [e-mail], or [e-mail].

The files for this new release are available via anonymous FTP from
watsun.cc.columbia.edu on the Internet, and from KERMSRV@CUVMA on
BITNET/EARN.  On watsun, login with FTP as user anonymous (any password), cd
kermit/test, and multiple get (mget) the files.  On BITNET, send a message
(interactive or mail) to KERMSRV@CUVMA and request the desired files.  The
manual is in preparation and will be announced shortly.

The file MSTIBM.BOO is the runnable .EXE file encoded in printable format.
To convert the BOO-file back to .EXE, use any of the MSBPCT.* programs,
which can be found in the "A" area of Kermit distribution on watsun
(cd kermit/a), or in KERMSRV (just refer to them by name).  On watsun only,
the executable program, MSTIBM.EXE, is available for FTP in binary mode
(note, on watsun, the filenames are lowercase).  Here is a brief list of the
files that are available during this testing period (many of these names
will change in the real release):

  Internet     BITNET/EARN
  WATSUN       CUVMA
  kermit/test  T:            Description

  mstibm.exe   (none)        Executable program, about 131K (watsun only)
  mstibm.boo   T:MSTIBM.BOO  BOO-encoded version of MSTIBM.EXE, about 156K
  mstibm.hlp   T:MSTIBM.HLP  A short help file
  mstibm.bwr   T:MSTIBM.BWR  "Beware" file, known limitations and bugs
  mstibm.upd   T:MSTIBM.UPD  Summary of features new to version 3.0
  mstibm.ed    T:MSTIBM.ED   Detailed edit history
  mstibm.vt    T:MSTIBM.VT   Summary of functions of VT320 emulator
  mstibm.ini   T:MSTIBM.INI  Sample init file for version 3.0 (MSKERMIT.INI)
  mstibm.hay   T:MSTIBM.HAY  Hayes modem dialing script (HAYES.TAK)
  mstibm.wp    T:MSTIBM.WP   WordPerfect init file for version 3.0 (WP30.INI)
  mstlk2.asm   T:MSTLK2.ASM  LK250 keyboard driver source (from Terry Kennedy)
  mstlk2.com   (none)        Binary executable LK250 keyboard driver
  mstlk2.boo   T:MSTLK2.BOO  BOO-encoded version of MSTLK2.COM
  mstlk2.hlp   T:MSTLK2.HLP  Help file for LK250 driver
  ms*.asm,.h   T:MS*.ASM,.H  Source files

The public beta-testing period will last only about a week, so please test
the new features and send in reports and/or fixes as quickly as possible!
The formal release will come several weeks later.  Your cooperation in rapid
testing and reporting of bugs is much appreciated, and the short notice is
regretted.

As bugs are reported and fixed, the files MSTIBM.EXE, .BOO, and .BWR will
probably change from day to day, so when reporting a problem, be sure to
include the full version heading (as reported by the VERSION command).
These changes will be logged at the end of the file MSTIBM.ED.

NEW FEATURES OF MS-DOS KERMIT 3.0

 1. Emulation of most features of the DEC VT320 terminal, plus many features
    of the VT340.
 2. International character sets in terminal emulation and file transfer.
 3. Sliding window packet protocol.
 4. Expanded support for local area networks.
 5. Enhanced graphics commands in the Tektronix emulator, suitable for use
    with mainframe WordPerfect versions 5 and 4.2.
 6. Many other improvements.

The rest of this message describes these new features.  See MSTIBM.UPD and
MSTIBM.ED for details.

1. VT320/VT340 EMULATION

MS-DOS Kermit 3.0 emulates the DEC VT320 terminal, international model, with
many features of the more advanced VT340/330 text/graphics terminals thrown
in.  VT320 is the default terminal type for MS-DOS Kermit 3.0.  Kermit
continues to offer emulations for the DEC VT52, Heath/Zenith-19, and DEC
VT100/102 terminals, as well as of Tektronix graphics terminals.  Kermit's
VT320/340 emulation offers many capabilities beyond the VT102, including:

 . A selection of character sets, with the ability to switch among them.
 . Translation of the above sets to/from any of the five IBM PC code pages.
 . User-defined soft function keys, downloadable by the host.
 . Tektronix 4010/4014 graphics with many extensions, including color,
   "sixel" graphics, rectangle fill with various patterns, and more.
 . Support of the DEC LK250 keyboard, a DEC LK201 keyboard for IBM-PCs
   (via a special driver, MSTLK2.*).
 . A new mechanism for switching between 80 and 132 columns when your
   display adapter supports this.
 . Graphics screens may now be saved to disk files in uncompressed
   Aldus/Microsoft TIFF 5.0 format (approximately 110K per EGA screen)
   for importation into other applications that support TIFF files.

2. INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER SET SUPPORT

MS-DOS Kermit 3.0 supports translation between the PC's local character set
(Code Page) and ISO Latin Alphabet 1 (ISO 8859-1) during file transfer.
The relevant new commands are:

  SET TRANSFER CHARACTER-SET { TRANSPARENT, LATIN1 }
  SET FILE CHARACTER-SET { CP437, CP850, CP860, CP863, CP865 }

The default transfer character set is TRANSPARENT (that is, no translation
is done) for compatibility with previous releases of MS-DOS Kermit.  The
default file character set is your PC's current code page, such as CP437,
which is detected automatically.

These new commands allow you to transfer files containing accented and other
special characters with Kermit programs on computers that represent these
same characters using different codes, such as VAX/VMS, UNIX, Macintosh, IBM
mainframes, etc, when the Kermit programs on these computers also support
international text file transfer; new versions of C-Kermit for UNIX and
VAX/VMS, Macintosh Kermit, IBM mainframe Kermit, and others which support
this feature are in preparation (watch Info-Kermit for announcements).
International file transfer is also useful between two PCs that use
different code pages.

Various host-based international character sets are also supported during
VT320 terminal emulation, including 8-bit ISO Latin Alphabet 1, the DEC
8-bit Multinational Character Set, 12 different 7-bit National Replacement
Character (NRC) Sets, and several others.  Kermit automatically translates
incoming characters from the current terminal character set (SET TERMINAL
CHARACTER-SET) to the current PC code page, and it automatically translates
keystrokes from the current code page to terminal character set.  The
default terminal character set is LATIN1 (Latin Alphabet 1).  SET KEY
assignments take precedence on a per-key basis.

3. SLIDING WINDOW PACKET PROTOCOL

For increased efficiency during file transfer across long-distance,
long-delay communication links such as public data networks, MS-DOS Kermit
3.0 includes sliding window packet protocol.  This means that Kermit does
not have to wait for an acknowledgement for the current packet before
sending the next packet.  The number of packets that may be sent before
acknowledgements arrive is called the "window size", and this may range from
1 to 31.  A sufficiently large window size allows transmission of packets to
be continuous, and makes maximum effective use of the transmission channel.
The command to select the window size is:

  SET WINDOW n

where n is a number from 1 to 31.  The default window size is 1 for Kermit's
normal stop-and-wait operation.  Window sizes greater than 1 can be used
only with other Kermit programs that support this option, including PRIME
Kermit, C-Kermit 5A or later (still in preparation), certain commercial
programs, or another copy of MS-DOS Kermit 3.0.

Sliding windows may be used in conjunction with long packets.  The product
of the packet size and the window size may not exceed 2000.

4. LOCAL AREA NETWORK SUPPORT

MS-DOS Kermit 3.0 for the IBM PC, PS/2, and compatibles supports the
following local area networks and protocols:

 . Netbios via SET PORT NETBIOS for PC-to-PC file transfers.  Requires a
   Netbios-based PC network (like IBM PC Network or IBM Token Ring) and
   accompanying hardware and drivers.

 . Netbios via SET PORT NETBIOS for PC to AT&T Unix systems over StarGroup
   (formerly StarLAN) and for PC-to-host file transfer across any NetBios
   compatible system.  Requires a Netbios driver for your network interface.

 . Novell Terminal Emulation Service (TES) via SET PORT BIOSx.
   Requires Novell TES BIOS-Level COMx driver (e.g. COM1, COM2) that
   intercepts BIOS interrupt 14H and controls the network interface, and
   a host VAX running NetWare/VMS.

 . Novell NASI/NACS V2 and compatible asynchronous communication servers,
   via SET PORT NOVELL.  Requires Novell or compatible network.

 . DECnet-DOS, both LAT and CTERM interfaces, via SET PORT DECNET.
   Requires installation of DECnet-DOS or DECnet PCSA.

 . Ungermann-Bass Net/One Int 6BH via SET PORT UB-NET1.
   Requires an Ethernet board with U-B Net/One drivers or compatibles.

 . Intel OpenNET via SET PORT OPENNET, a NetBios implementation.

 . IBM asynchronous communication servers accessed through IBM EBIOS,
   via SET PORT BIOSx.  Requires EBIOS Int 14H interceptor (needs testing).

 . 3COM Bridge Application Program Interace (BAPI) to asynchronous
   communication servers via SET PORT BIOSx.  Requires 3COM Int 14H
   interceptor.

 . TCP/IP Telnet via SET PORT BIOSx.  Requires vendor's Int 14H interceptor
   to execute Telnet protocol, for example FTP Software's PC/TCP v2.04
   (TNGLASS), or Interlan's TCP/IP Gateway for Novell Networks.  Use TNGLASS
   dated 6 Dec 1989 or later.

5. TEKTRONIX GRAPHICS

The name Tektronix may no longer be adequate to describe the new features
drawn from DEC VT340/330 and HDS 2000/3000 graphics terminals.  Principle
additions are:

 . Rectangle (border only) and pattern filled rectangle drawing commands.

 . More preprogrammed line patterns, many rectangle fill patterns, both
   include several host-definable patterns.  Fill patterns are tiling kinds
   synchronized to the screen boundaries, for smooth joinery and easy
   pattern overlaying operations.

 . Host control of destructive space and backspace.

 . User control of opaque or transparent character writing.

 . Control of pixel basic operations such as write absolute, OR, XOR with
   existing colors, including DEC VT340 ORing of color palette numbers.

 . DEC Sixel graphics commands.

 . Screen dumping in TIFF v 5.0 formats (class B for B/W, class P palette
   for EGA and VGA screens), uncompressed.  One file for each screen
   capture.

 . Support of most common cursor steering and line/screen erasure escape
   sequences of ANSI text terminals, scaled to the text terminal's screen
   shape, so that text, Tektronix, and Sixel graphics can be mingled.

 . Automatic switching from text terminal to graphics terminal upon receipt
   of a Sixel Device Control String.

 . Presence, use, and reporting of the 16 color and b/w palettes of the DEC
   VT340/330 terminals.  DEC characteristic of black always writes
   absolutely.

 . Coloring commands acceptable in ANSI ESC [ 3x; 4x m  format and in Device
   Control Strings for both RBG and HLS (hue, lightness, saturation) systems.

 . Reporting of the graphics screen size and number of colors upon host
   request, an MS-DOS Kermit escape sequence in DEC private format.

 . Support for mainframe WordPerfect 5.0 and 4.2 to view and edit figures
   (pictures) and pages in graphics mode while preparing documents in text
   mode.  TIFF files from MS-DOS Kermit screens are directly readable into
   WordPerfect (and several other packages).

 . Terminal identification response of VT300 with Sixel and other attributes.

 . Recognition of 8-bit control sequences, but truncation of other 8-bit
   characters to 7-bit form.  For this, parity must be NONE and DISPLAY 8-bits.

 . Recognition of the ESC [ ? 34 h and l  TerminalS and TerminalR MS-DOS
   Kermit macro invokation sequences from the host.

6. OTHER IMPROVEMENTS

* Communications

 . Support for advanced features of the PS/2's National Semiconductor 16550A
   UART (serial communications) chip for improved performance.

 . New SET DUPLEX { HALF, FULL } command includes support for RTS/CTS
   handshake for use with half duplex modems, radio transmitters, etc.
   RTS/CTS is used if DUPLEX is set to HALF and the DSR signal is present.

* Terminal Emulation (in addition to VT320/340 and Tektronix features
  listed above):

 . Expanded storage for rollback screens.  If memory is available, Kermit
   will allocate room for about 10 screens.  More is available via the new
   DOS environment variable, KERMIT: SET KERMIT=ROLLBACK 120, memory
   permitting.

 . Screen rollback is now instantaneous.

 . New REPLAY command to replay a Kermit session log through the terminal
   emulators.

 . Transparent print now works properly in the presence of parity.

 . New SET TERMINAL KEYPAD { APPLICATION, NUMERIC } command gives users
   explicit control over VT terminal keypad mode.  Formerly the keypad mode
   could be changed only by escape sequences sent from the host.

 . Visual bell for deaf users (SET TERMINAL BELL VISUAL) during terminal
   emulation.

 . Support for additional monitors and display adapters:
   - Wyse-700 (graphics in several high resolution dimensions)
   - ATT EGA VDC600 (automatic recognition of 80/132 column mode)
   - STB VGA/EM, VGA/EM-15 boards (automatic recognition of 80/132 column mode)
   - Other boards to or from 80/132 columns via COLS80.BAT and COLS132.BAT.

* Kermit Protocol (in addition to international character sets and sliding
  windows, described above):

 . Maximum file transfer packet size increased from 1000 to 2000 bytes.

 . New server security features, including login/password, available via
   DISABLE, ENABLE, and SET SERVER commands.

 . Redirection of output of REMOTE commands to file or printer via
   DOS redirection symbol (>), e.g. REMOTE DIRECTORY > PRN.

 . Non-control versions of single-character file transfer interrupt commands
   (X,Z,E,C) are now available.

 . Many new options for SET ATTRIBUTES command, to control attributes
   individually, for example SET ATTRIBUTES DATE OFF.  Attributes now include
   date and time, file size, file type, and transfer character set.

 . MS-DOS Kermit server now recognizes REMOTE KERMIT SET commands.

 . New REMOTE SET command, used to change settings on remote Kermit server, as
   described in Info-Kermit V11 #1.  Also supported by MS-DOS Kermit server.
   This is a new Kermit protocol feature, as yet unsupported by other Kermit
   programs, but will be in future releases of C-Kermit, etc.

* Miscellaneous Features and Commands:

 . Space for macro names expanded from 500 to 1000 bytes.  Space for macro
   definitions was formerly 3000.  Now it's dynamically allocated and will
   use as much memory as can be found.

 . SHOW commands added for many types of things (file, protocol, terminal,
   memory, modem, statistics, etc).

 . Keyboard verbs (like \Kexit) can now be embedded within keyboard definition
   text strings and mixed with other keyboard verbs.

 . New WRITE <logfile> <object> command to annotate log files.  <logfile> may
   be SESSION, PACKET, TRANSACTION, or SCREEN.  <object> may be TIME, DATE,
   PATH, TEXT, etc.

 . New IF statements for arithmetic comparison: IF <, IF >, IF =, for example:
     IF < %\1 3 echo Argument is less than 3.

 . New numeric variables, can be used with IF <, etc, and WRITE:
   - ARGC        Number of words in a macro invocation
   - COUNT       Loop counter (set via SET COUNT)
   - ERRORLEVEL  Error level (set via SET ERRORLEVEL)
   - VERSION     Program version (built in, 3.0 = 300)
   Note: ARGC allows construction of macros that can test for the presence
   of arguments and supply defaults, without being confused by leftover
   parameters from previous macro invocations.

 . ASK command now operational, and allows backslash codes in prompt.
   ASK <variable> <prompt> prints prompt, stores what user types in variable.

 . New ASKQ command, like ASK but does not echo what the user types, useful
   for passwords.

 . Allow ECHO string and ASK prompt string to contain backslash codes for the
   PC's 8-bit characters, so that fancy effects and international characters
   can be displayed.

 . New controls and options for TRANSMIT command (SET TRANSMIT ?).

 . New command SET FILE WARNING { ON, OFF, NO-SUPERSEDE }.  ON and OFF are
   like previous SET WARNING command.  NO-SUPERSEDE option can be used for
   continuing interrupted wildcard file reception, skipping over files that
   already exist.

 . A patch mechanism for applying corrections to the binary executable
   program image.

Thanks to Professor Joe R. Doupnik of Utah State University for a year of hard
work on this release, and to the many testers during the development phase,
and to the contributors who helped with many aspects of the new version.

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Subject: New Luxor (luxker) Kermit Programs
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 89 23:20:50 MET
From: Bo Kullmar <[e-mail]>
Keywords: Luxor, ABC-80/800

I am sending you two kermit program for the old Swedish Luxor computers.
Today you have a program called luxker in the distribution that a member of
the ABC-Club (ABC-Klubben in Swedish), Torbjoern Alm, has done.  This program
has a lot of bugs so I recommend that you the replace it with the program that
I am sending you.  luxker has a limited server function that my program is
missing, but luxker does not handle binary files!

I am also sending you a Kermit program for the first Luxor computer ABC80,
which is mainly used in Sweden and the other nordic countries.

Most of the texts are in Swedish, but there is a .DOC file in English for both
programs.

By the way, I am the chairman of the ABC-Club.  The club today is a club for
PC and other modern computers but we still try to support the old ABC
computers.

Bo Kullmar, Helsingoersg. 38, S-164 42  KISTA, Sweden, Phone [phone]
UUCP:           {uunet,mcvax,munnari,cernvax,diku,inria,prlb2,tut,ukc,unido}
                !sunic!kullmar!bk
Internet:       [e-mail]

[Ed. - Many thanks, Bo, and to the others who worked on these programs.  They
have replaced LUXKER in the "D" area of Kermit distribution.  Each program is
in a single text archive file, LUX80.JAR for ABC-80 and LUX800.JAR for the
ABC-800.  Incidentally, the Swedish is written in the Swedish 7-bit National
Replacement Character Set, so it can be viewed on IBM PCs using MS-DOS
Kermit via SET TERMINAL CHARACTER-SET SWEDISH.]

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Date: Fri, 24 Nov 89 12:34 EDT
From: Brian Nelson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Kermit-11 Comments Wanted
Keywords: PDP-11 Kermit

I would like to hear from Kermit-11 users about suggested improvements and
bug fixes.  It's been a while since I've done much with Kermit, it would
seem it's about time to revisit Kermit and update it.  All comments are
welcome.

[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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