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How to install Kermit on your ATARI
home computer.
RAM: 48K, or more RAM
Peripherals: At least one disk drive
ATARI 850 & a modem, or
ATARI 1030, or other
communications device
1) Format a diskette and write a copy
of DOS onto it.
2) Write the AUTORUN.SYS file for the
type of modem that you are going to
use. If you are using an 850, write
the AUTORUN.SYS file that came with the
DOS II Master Diskette.
3) Write all the K*.* files onto the
diskette.
4) Insert an ACTION! cartridge into
your ATARI computer, turn on your 850
(or 1030, or whatever) and power cycle
your ATARI computer. After the DOS
boots you should see the ACTION! editor
screen.
5) Read in and edit the file
"KERMIT.ACT". Change the line near the
end of the file from "KCOM850.ACT" to
whichever device you wish to use.
Write out the "KERMIT.ACT" file when
you are done. If you are trying to
support a new modem type, create a new
KCOM file and use its name here....
6) Clear the editor buffer and go to
the ACTION! monitor. Type
R "KERMIT.ACT"
to compile and run the Kermit program.
That's it. Here are some commonly asked
questions, with some off-the-cuff
answers:
Q: Why do I need an ACTION! cartridge
to run Kermit?
A: The people who developed ACTION!
have not yet provided a way of running
their program without the ACTION! cart.
Q: Why do I have to re-compile the
program every time I want to use it?
A: DOS II's menu program destroys
the R: and T: device drivers, so you
can't use the "L" menu option to run
a pre-compiled ACTION program that
depends on the R: or T: drivers.
If you are clever, you can append the
ACTION! object code to the AUTORUN.SYS
file to generate an auto-booting
version of KERMIT.
If you have OS/A+, you can, indeed,
save the compiled version of Kermit and
execute it from the command line. Just
make sure that you have loaded a
device driver first!
Jack Palevich