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Pro/Kermit Page 1
1. Pro/Kermit
Program: Stuart Hecht, David Stevens, Robert C. McQueen, Nick Bush,
Stevens Institute of Technology
Documentation:
Robert C. McQueen, Stuart Hecht,
Stevens Institute of Technology
Version: 1.0
Date: July 1984
Documentation Date:
October 1984
Pro/Kermit Capabilities At A Glance:
Local operation: Yes
Remote operation: Yes
Transfers text files: Yes
Transfers binary files: Yes (with limitations)
Wildcard send: Yes
^X/^Y interruption: Yes
Filename collision avoidance: Unneeded
Can time out: Yes
8th-bit prefixing: Yes
Repeat count prefixing: Yes
Alternate block checks: Yes
Terminal emulation: Yes, uses PRO firmware (VT102)
Communication settings: Yes; local echo, parity, baud rate
Transmit BREAK: Yes
IBM communication: Yes
Transaction logging: No
Session logging (raw download): No
Raw upload: No
Act as server: Yes
Talk to server: Yes
Advanced commands for servers: Yes
Local file management: Yes; Full P/OS services
Handle file attributes: No
Command/init files: No
Printer control: No
Pro/Kermit is a program that implements the KERMIT file transfer
protocol for the Digital Professional 350 under the P/OS operating sys-
tem. This section will describe the things you should know about the
P/OS file system in order to make effective use of KERMIT, and then it
will describe Pro/Kermit.
1.1. The P/OS File System
The features of the P/OS file system of greatest interest to KERMIT
users are the form of the file specifications.
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P/OS File Specifications
P/OS file specifications are of the form
DEVICE:[DIRECTORY]FILENAME.TYPE;VERSION
where DEVICE is name of the disk drive, DIRECTORY is up to 9 al-
phanumeric characters enclosed in square brackets, FILENAME is up to 9
alphanumeric characters, TYPE is three alphanumeric characters and VER-
SION is a decimal number. DEVICE, DIRECTORY and VERSION may be omitted.
The DEVICE and DIRECTORY names when omitted will default to the user's
current (default) disk and a directory. Then VERSION when omitted will
default to the highest version of the file. Thus FILENAME.TYPE is nor-
mally sufficient to specify a file.
The DEVICE, DIRECTORY, FILENAME and TYPE fields may contain alphabetic
or numeric characters. There are no embedded or trailing spaces in
these fields. Other characters may not be included within the P/OS en-
vironment. The fields of the file specification are set off from one
another by the punctuation indicated above.
The DEVICE name specifies the device upon which the file is resident.
The DEVICE name can be BIGDISK, BIGVOLUME, DISKETTE1, DISKETTE2, or the
volume name of a currently inserted diskette. The directory name iden-
tifies an area on the device. Pro/Kermit may or may not send the
device, directory or generation to the remote Kermit. The exact
functioning of Pro/Kermit depends on the setting of the File Naming op-
tion in the File Parameters menu. Normally Pro/Kermit will only send
the file name and type.
The file name is a unique identifier for the file. The type, also
called the "extension", is an indicator which, by convention, tells what
kind of file being referenced. For instance FOO.MAC is the source of an
assembler program named FOO; FOO.OBJ might be the relocatable object
module produced by assembling FOO.MAC; FOO.TSK could be an executable
program produced by task building FOO.OBJ, and so on.
P/OS allows a group of files to be specified in a single file specifica-
tion by including the special "wildcard" characters,"*" and "%". A "*""
matches any string of characters from the current position to the end of
the FILENAME or TYPE fields, including no characters at all. The "%"
will match a single character in either the FILENAME or TYPE fields.
Here are some examples:
*.BAS Will match all files of type BAS (all PRO/BASIC source files)
in the current directory.
FOO.* Matches files of all types with name FOO.
F*.* Matches all files with names starting with F.
*F*.* Matches all files with names containing an F.
F%X*.* Matches all files with names starting with F, containing an X
in the third character position.
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%.* Matches all files with names are exactly one character long.
Wildcard notation is used on many computer systems in similar ways, and
it is the mechanism most commonly used to instruct KERMIT to send a
group of files.
The Pro/Kermit user must bear in mind that other (non-P/OS) systems use
different wildcard characters; for instance MS-DOS KERMIT uses ? instead
of the % as the single character wildcard. When using Pro/Kermit to re-
quest a wildcard file group from a KERMIT-86 server, the P/OS "%" must
be replaced by MS DOS "?" characters.
Text Files and Binary Files
The file system used by P/OS provides for a large number of attributes
to be associated with each file. These attributes provide some indica-
tion of whether the file is a text file, or is some other type of
non-text data. The two major attributes that affect Pro/Kermit are the
record type and record attribute. The record type describes how logical
records are stored in the file. Records may be of some fixed length
(specified by another attribute), or variable length (specified within
each record), or stream (implying no real record divisions). The record
attributes describe how the breaks between records are to be treated.
For example, a record attribute of implied carriage return means that
any program reading the file with intentions of printing it out should
add a carriage return/line feed sequence between each record. Other at-
tributes include FORTRAN carriage control and print file format.
The "standard" method of storing text in a file under P/OS is to store
one line of text per record (variable length records), with a carriage
return/line feed sequence implied by the end of the record (implied car-
riage return). This is the method Pro/Kermit uses to store files it
receives when using file type text.
There is no standard format for storing binary files. Basically, any
record format with no record attributes are used for binary files.
Since programs which work with binary files under P/OS expect to see
some particular format, more infomation is needed for transfer of binary
files than for transfer of text files. The current version of
Pro/Kermit is not capable of transferring all types binary files which
were created on a P/OS system to another system and retrieving them in-
tact, nor is is capable of transferring all types binary files created
on a P/OS system to another P/OS, RSX-11M/M+, or VAX/VMS system intact.
However, certain formats of binary files can be transferred, and binary
files from some other systems may be transferred to a PRO and recovered
intact.
Binary files which are created on a PRO (or other Files-11 systems) with
fixed 512 byte records (a fairly common format) can be transferred using
Pro/Kermit. The only required action is to set the file type to "fixed"
in the receiving Pro/Kermit. Binary files which have variable length
records can be transferred from one PRO to another providing the maximum
record length is less than 8192 bytes. This requires that both the
sending and receiving Pro/Kermit's be set for file type block.
Pro/Kermit Page 4
Using two programs supplied with Pro/Kermit, it is possible to transfer
almost any type of sequential file between PRO's, or between a PRO and a
VAX/VMS or RSX-11M/M+ system. These two programs (PROHEX and PRODEH)
will convert the binary files to text (using a variation on Intel hex
format). The resulting text file can be transferred like any other, and
finally "dehexified" reproducing the original file, with the major at-
tributes intact. Unfortunately, the text files tend to be about twice
the size of the original binary files, so the transfers take a bit
longer than regular text files. On the plus side, the text versions of
the files can be transferred to any system with a Kermit and still
retrieved intact. They can also be transferred over 7-bit data paths
without any problems. The bootstrap procedure (described below), makes
use of hexified versions of the binary files which make up Pro/Kermit.
1.2. Program Operation
Pro/Kermit is different from most of the Kermit implementations in that
it is menu driven. P/OS has a menu based command interface with call-
able routines to display menus. Pro/Kermit utilizes these routines to
provide an interface that is compatible with P/OS.
Pro/Kermit is run from the menu in which you install it. You select the
Kermit application and the press the DO or RETURN key. After you have
done so, the Pro/Kermit main menu, figure 1-1, will appear on the
screen. After the menu has been displayed you can select the command
you wish to execute by positioning the pointer before the command and
pressing the RETURN or DO key.
At any point you may press the HELP key to get help on the current menu
that you are in. Additionally you can position the pointer to an item
that can be selected and press the HELP key to receive help on that
item.
1.3. Pro/Kermit Terminal Emulation
Pro/Kermit provides its own terminal emulation. It does not rely on any
other software package to provide the terminal emulator. When in ter-
minal emulation mode Pro/Kermit will respond to the Professional escape
sequences. Terminal emulation mode is entered from the Kermit main menu
CONNECT command. The following functions keys are currently supported
in terminal emulation mode.
BREAK Send a break to the remote computer system.
MAIN SCREEN
Return to the Pro/Kermit main menu.
EXIT Return to the Pro/Kermit main menu.
HELP Print a short help message.
F11 (ESC) Send an escape (octal 33).
F12 (BS) Send a backspace character (octal 10).
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F13 (LF) Send a line feed (octal 12).
Additionally you can set an escape character specifing the "Escape
Character" in the Terminal Emulation menu, figure 1-12. The default for
the escape character is ^\ (Control backslash). The escape character
prefixes the following set of single character commands. If you want to
type the escape character at the remote system, then you must type two
escape characters.
B Send a break
C Close the connection.
S Type a short status display.
? Display a short help message.
1.4. Pro/Kermit Commands
This section contains a description of the Pro/Kermit commands. They
are described in detail where they differ from the "ideal" KERMIT and
briefly where they coincide.
Main menu
*********************** Pro/Kermit Version 1.0 ****************
* *
* Press MAIN SCREEN or EXIT to return to P/OS main menu *
* Press HELP for help information *
* Press ADDTNL OPTIONS for Remote Kermit commands *
* *
* -> *
* Bye - Logout server Kermit and exit to P/OS *
* Connect to host computer *
* Get a file from a server Kermit *
* Receive a file from host *
* Send a file to host *
* Enter server mode *
* Set parameters *
* Status *
* P/OS Services *
* *
* Additional Options available *
************************************************************************
Make a choice and press DO:
Figure 1-1: Main menu
The main menu, as seen in figure 1-1, is the first menu that is dis-
played. The user can select a function from this menu or from the
Remote Kermit commands menus. The remote Kermit command menus are ac-
cessed by pressing the ADDTNL OPTIONS key.
The commands that are available in the main menu are:
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BYE Generic LOGOUT command and exit to P/OS
CONNECT Enter the terminal emulation mode.
GET Get a file from the remote server Kermit.
RECEIVE Receive a file from the remote system.
SEND Send a file or a group of files to the remote host. The user
will be prompted with a menu of files that can be sent to the
remote kermit. The user can press the ADDTNL OPTIONS key and
change the directory, or type in a full wildcarded file
specification.
ENTER Enter server mode.
Parameters
Enters the Parameter Setting menu (figure 1-4).
STATUS Causes the various counters to be displayed.
P/OS Enters the P/OS Services menu (figure 1-18).
Three of the function keys are also valid in the main menu. These func-
tion keys are:
ADDTNL OPTIONS
This key will cause the first of two remote Kermit command
menus to be displayed. The menu that this displays is show by
figure 1-2.
EXIT This key will cause Pro/Kermit to exit to P/OS.
MAIN SCREEN
This key will also cause Pro/Kermit to exit to P/OS.
Remote commands menus
There are two menus that provide access to the remote Kermit commands.
The first menu, 1-2, provides the following commands:
Type remote file
Implementing the "REMOTE TYPE" command. You will be prompted
to type in the remote file specification to be displayed.
Directory of remote files
Implementing the "REMOTE DIRECTORY" command. You will be
prompted for the directory name.
Disk usage
Implementing the "REMOTE DISK-USAGE" command. You will be
prompted for the disk area.
Delete remote file
Implementing the "REMOTE DELETE" command. You will be
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*************************** Remote Kermit Commands *********************
* *
* Press MAIN SCREEN to return to the main menu *
* Press EXIT to return to the previous menu *
* Press ADDTNL OPTIONS for additional Remote Kermit commands *
* *
* -> *
* Type remote file *
* Directory of remote files *
* Disk usage *
* Delete remote file *
* Change working directory *
* Status of Server Kermit *
* Help on commands the Server Kermit supports *
* Logout Server Kermit *
* Finish using Server Kermit *
* Perform a command on Server's Host *
* *
* Additional Options available *
************************************************************************
Make a choice and press DO:
Figure 1-2: Remote Kermit Commands - Menu #1
prompted for the remote file specification(s) to be deleted.
Change working directory
Implementing the "REMOTE CWD" command. You will be prompted
for the working directory to change to and the password that
may be required to access that directory.
Status of Server Kermit
This command implements the "REMOTE STATUS" generic command.
Help on commands the Server Kermit supports
This command implements the "REMOTE HELP" generic command.
Logout Server Kermit
This command implements the "REMOTE LOGOUT" generic command.
Finish using Server Kermit
This menu item implements the "REMOTE FINISH" generic command.
Perform a command on Server's Host
This command implements the "REMOTE HOST" generic command.
The user will be prompted for the command string to send to
the host system.
The commands that can be found in the second remote commands menu are:
Copy remote files
Implements the generic "REMOTE COPY" command. Pro/Kermit will
prompt for the two remote file specifications and then will
send the command to the remote server Kermit for execution.
Rename remote files
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**************************** Remote Kermit Commands ********************
* *
* Press MAIN SCREEN to return to the main menu *
* Press EXIT to return to the previous menu *
* Press ADDTNL OPTIONS to return to the main menu *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* -> *
* Copy remote files *
* Rename remote files *
* Who is logged into the remote system *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* Additional Options available *
************************************************************************
Make a choice and press DO:
Figure 1-3: Remote Kermit commands - Menu #2
Implements the generic "REMOTE RENAME" command. Pro/Kermit
will prompt for the two remote file specifications and then
will send the generic command to the remote server Kermit for
execution.
Who is logged into the remote system
Will ask for the information that is to be passed to the
remote server Kermit for this command. The information that
you have to type in, if any, depends on the server Kermit im-
plementation.
Setting parameters
The "Setting parameters" menu is entered into from the main menu. This
will allow you to choose the type of parameters that you can set.
Entering this menu is much the type the "SET" of a generic SET command.
General parameters
This option will allow you to set general Pro/Kermit
parameters. These parameters include the number of retries to
attempt when sending packets, eigtht bit quoting, the repeat
character and the state of the debugging flag. The "General
Parameters" menu, figure 1-5, will be displayed to allow you
to set these parameters.
Send parameters
Selection this option will cause the "Send Packet Parameters"
menu to be displayed. Selecting this option is equivalent to
typing the generic "SET SEND" command. The "Send Packet
Parameters" menu is show in figure 1-6.
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****************************** Parameter Setting ***********************
* *
* Press EXIT to return to the previous menu *
* Press MAIN SCREEN to return to the Pro/Kermit main menu *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* -> *
* General parameters *
* Send parameters *
* Receive parameters *
* File parameters *
* Line characteristics *
* Terminal emulation *
* *
* *
* *
************************************************************************
Make a choice and press DO:
Figure 1-4: Parameter Setting menu
Receive parameters
Selecting this option will cause the "Receive Parameters" menu
to be displayed. The selection of the option is equivalent to
typing the "SET RECEIVE" generic command. The "Receive
Parameters" menu is show in figure 1-7.
File parameters
This option will display the "File Parameters" menu. This al-
lows the setting of the file disposition, file type and file
specification translation. This menu is show in figure 1-8.
Line characteristics
This option allows changing of some of the communications port
(XK0) parameters. These parameters include the transmit and
receive speeds, parity and flow control. The "Line
Parameters" menu is displayed when this option is selected.
This menu is show in figure 1-14.
Terminal emulation
The "Terminal Emulation Parameters" menu will be displayed
when this option is selected. This will allow you to change
various terminal emulation parameters like the escape charac-
ter, local echo and others. The menu is show in figure 1-12.
General Parameters
The following describes the general parameters that can be set. These
parameters are set from the "General Parameters" menu, figure 1-5.
Block check type
This will set the new error detection method. This command is
similar to the "SET BLOCK-CHECK" generic command. The default
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****************************** General Parameters **********************
* *
* Press EXIT to return to the previous menu. *
* Press MAIN SCREEN to return to the Pro/Kermit main menu *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* -> *
* Block check type 1 character(s) *
* Repeat quoting character ~ (176) *
* Eighth bit quoting character & (46) *
* Retries for initial packet 5. *
* Retries for subsequent packets 16. *
* Debugging (ON/OFF) *
* *
* *
* *
************************************************************************
Make a choice and press DO:
Figure 1-5: General Parameters menu
value for this option is 1 character checksums. If this op-
tion is selected the next menu that will appear is the Block
Check Charaters menu as shown in figure 1-17.
Repeat quoting character
The default for this option is "~" (octal 176).
Eighth bit quoting character
The default for this option is "&" (octal 46).
Retries for initial packet
This command is similar to the "SET RETRY INITIAL-CONNECTION"
generic command. The default for this command is 5.
Retries for subsequent packets
This command is similar to the "SET RETRY PACKETS" generic
command. The default for this command is 16.
Debugging This command is the same as the "SET DEBUGGING ON/OFF" com-
mands in the generic Kermit. Selection of this item will tog-
gle the state of the debugging flag. The default is for
debugging to be off.
Send Packet Parameters
This menu implements most of the SET SEND generic Kermit commands. The
values will be prompted for on the last line of the screen. To set one
of the values you should select the item from the menu, press the DO key
and then enter the value terminated by the DO key.
End-of-Line
This command performs the function of the generic Kermit com-
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**************************** Send Packet Parameters ********************
* *
* Press EXIT to return to the previous menu *
* Press MAIN SCREEN to return to the Pro/Kermit main menu *
* *
* *
* *
* -> *
* End-of-Line ^M (15) *
* Packet-Length 80. *
* Padding 0. *
* Pad character ^@ (0) *
* Timeout 15. Sec. *
* Start of packet ^A (1) *
* Quote # (43) *
* *
* *
* *
************************************************************************
Make selection and press DO:
Figure 1-6: Send Packet Parameters menu
mand SET SEND END-OF-LINE. The default value for this is a
control-M (octal 15).
Packet-Length
This command performs the function of the generic Kermit com-
mand SET SEND PACKET-LENGTH. The default value is 80 decimal.
Padding This command will set the number of padding characters to
send. It is the same as the first part of the generic command
SET PADDING. The default is to send no padding characters.
Pad character
This command will set the padding character that is to be
sent. It is the same as the second part of the generic com-
mand SET PADDING. The default is to send a null character (0
octal).
Timeout This will set the number of seconds to wait for a packet be-
fore trying again. It is the same as the generic Kermit com-
mand SET SEND TIMEOUT. The default value is 15 seconds.
Start of packet
This command is identical to the SET SEND START-OF-PACKET
generic Kermit command. The default for this command is a
control-A (1 octal).
Quote This command performs the same function as the SET SEND QUOTE
generic command. The default value for this is "#" (43
octal).
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Receive Packet Parameters
************************** Receive Packet Parameters *******************
* *
* Press EXIT to return to the previous menu. *
* Press MAIN SCREEN to return to the Pro/Kermit main menu. *
* *
* *
* *
* -> *
* End-of-Line ^M (15) *
* Packet-Length 80. *
* Padding 0. *
* Pad character ^@ (0) *
* Timeout 15. Sec. *
* Start of packet ^A (1) *
* Quote # (43) *
* *
* *
* *
************************************************************************
Make a choice and press DO:
Figure 1-7: Receive Packet Parameters menu
This menu implements most of the SET RECEIVE generic Kermit commands.
The values will be prompted for on the last line of the screen. To set
one of the values you should select the item from the menu, press the DO
key and then enter the value terminated by the DO key.
End-of-Line
This option implements the generic Kermit command SET RECEIVE
END-OF-LINE command. The default for this is a carriage
return (control-M, 15 octal).
Packet-Length
This option implements the generic Kermit command SET RECEIVE
PACKET-LENGTH command. The default value for this parameter
is 80.
Padding The generic Kermit command SET RECEIVE PADDING is implmented
by this option and the following option, Pad character. This
option implements the first part of the command, the number of
padding characters. The default for this option is no padding
characters.
Pad character
This option implements the second part of the SET RECEIVE PAD-
DING generic command. The padding charcter is set by this op-
tion. The default for this is a null (0 octal).
Timeout This option implements the generic Kermit command SET RECEIVE
TIMEOUT. The default for this command is 15 seconds.
Start of packet
This option implements SET RECEIVE START-OF-PACKET generic
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Kermit command. The default for this command is a control-A
(1 octal).
Quote This option implements the SET RECEIVE QUOTE generic command.
The default for this option is "#" (43 octal).
File Parameters
****************************** File Parameters *************************
* *
* Press EXIT to return to the previous menu. *
* Press MAIN SCREEN to return to the Pro/Kermit main menu *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* -> *
* File type ASCII *
* File specification Normal *
* Disposition for incomplete received files Delete *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
************************************************************************
Make a choice and press DO:
Figure 1-8: File Parameters menu
The File Parameters menu, 1-8, implements the SET FILE and SET INCOM-
PLETE generic Kermit commands. This menu will invoke other menus to set
the parameters.
File type Selection of this option will invoke the Set File mode menu,
as show in figure 1-11. The default value for this item is
ASCII.
File specification
This option will invoke the File Specification Handling menu,
as show in figure 1-9. The default for this option is NORMAL.
Disposition for incomplete received files
Selection of this option is the same as the SET INCOMPLETE
generic Kermit command. The menu that is invoked by selection
of this option is show in figure 1-10. The default value is
DELETE.
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File Specification Handling
************************ File Specification Handling *******************
* *
* Press EXIT to return to the previous menu *
* Press MAIN SCREEN to return to the Pro/Kermit main menu *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* -> *
* Full file specifications *
* Normal form file specifications *
* Untranslated file specifications *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
************************************************************************
Make a choice and press DO:
Figure 1-9: File Specification Handling menu
This command will set the type of translation that must be done on the
file sepcification when sending and receiving one. This command is
similar to the Kermit-10 and Kermit-32 SET FILE NAMING commands.
Full file specifications
This option will cause Kermit to send the full file specifica-
tion without any modifications.
Normal form file specifications
This will cause Kermit to send only the file name and file
type, and perform translations on received file specifications
to force them to be only a valid file name and type.
Untranslated file specifications
This option will cause Kermit to send only the file name and
type to the remote Kermit. It will not do any translations on
the name and type. The device and directory information will
be removed before the transfer. Kermit will do not trans-
lation on the incoming file specification.
File Disposition
The File Disposition menu, figure 1-10, implements the SET INCOMPLETE
generic Kermit command. The options that you can select are the values
you can specify for the command.
Keep incompletely transfered files
This option implements the SET INCOMPLETE KEEP generic com-
mand. This specifies that files that are received should al-
ways be kept.
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******************************* File Disposition ***********************
* *
* Press EXIT to return to the previous menu *
* Press MAIN SCREEN to return to the Pro/Kermit main menu *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* -> *
* Keep incompletely transfered files *
* Delete incompletely transfered files *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
************************************************************************
Make a choice and press DO:
Figure 1-10: File Disposition menu
Delete incompletely transfered files
The SET INCOMPLETE DELETE generic command is implemented by
this option. This is the default for the command.
File mode
******************************** Set File mode *************************
* *
* Press EXIT to return to previous menu *
* Press MAIN SCREEN to return to the Pro/Kermit main menu *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* -> *
* Ascii *
* Binary *
* Block *
* Fixed *
* *
* *
* *
* *
************************************************************************
Make choice and press DO:
Figure 1-11: File Mode menu
The File Mode menu, figure 1-11, implement one of the SET FILE generic
Kermit commands. This menu is used to sent the type of file that Kermit
is dealing with, for more information on file types, see the section on
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Text and Binary files.
Ascii This is the default for this command.
Binary File type BINARY is for non-text files. Note that binary
files which are generated on a P/OS system cannot be trans-
ferred to another VMS system without losing file attributes.
This means that (for example), an .EXE file cannot be trans-
mitted with Pro/Kermit. (This problem should be resolved in a
future verison of Kermit).
Block
Fixed
Terminal Emulation Parameters
************************ Terminal Emulation Parameters *****************
* *
* Press EXIT to return to the previous menu *
* Press MAIN SCREEN to return to the Pro/Kermit main menu *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* -> *
* Local echo (On/Off) *
* Turn around ^Q (21) *
* Escape Character ^\ (34) *
* IBM - Flag (On/Off) *
* Transparent function keys (On/Off) *
* 7-Bit character codes (On/Off) *
* *
* *
* *
************************************************************************
Make a selection and press DO:
Figure 1-12: Terminal Emulation Parameters menu
Local echo
The default is off.
Turn around
The default character is Control-Q (Octal 21).
Escape Character
The default character is Control-\ (Octal 34).
IBM - Flag
The default is off.
Transparent function keys
The default is off.
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7-Bit character codes
The default is on.
1.4.1. Parity menu
********************************** Set Parity **************************
* *
* Press EXIT to return to previous menu *
* Press MAIN SCREEN to return to the Pro/Kermit main menu *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* -> *
* Even *
* None *
* Mark *
* Odd *
* Space *
* *
* *
* *
* *
************************************************************************
Make a selection and press DO:
Figure 1-13: Set Parity menu
Making a selection from the Parity menu, figure 1-13, is equivalent to
issuing the "SET PARITY" command to a generic Kermit. If you were to
select the Space option in this menu, it would be equivalent to issuing
the generic command "SET PARITY SPACE", or selecting None would be
equivalent to "SET PARITY NONE".
Even Selecting this option is equivalent to giving the "SET PARITY
EVEN" generic Kermit command.
None Selecting this option is equivalent to giving the "SET PARITY
NONE" generic Kermit command. This is the default.
Mark Selecting this option is equivalent to the "SET PARITY MARK"
generic Kermit command.
Odd Selecting this option is equivalent to the "SET PARITY ODD"
generic Kermit command.
Space Selecting this option is equivalent to the "SET PARITY SPACE"
generic Kermit command.
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Set Line Characteristics
*************************** Set Line Characteristics *******************
* *
* Press EXIT to return to previous menu *
* Press MAIN SCREEN to return to the Pro/Kermit main menu *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* -> *
* Receive speed (baud) 9600. *
* Transmit speed (baud) 9600. *
* Parity None *
* XON/XOFF flow control (ENABLED,DISABLED) *
* Modem type No modem, hard-wired line *
* *
* *
* *
* *
************************************************************************
Make a choice and press DO:
Figure 1-14: Set Line Characteristics menu
The Set Line Characteristics menu, figure 1-14, will allow you to change
the communications port parameters. These parameters currently include
the receive and transmit speeds, the flow control (XON/XOFF) processing
and the type of parity to use.
Receive speed (baud)
This option will allow you to change the speed that the
Professional receives characters at over the communications
port. The default receive speed is 1200 baud.
Transmit speed (baud)
Selection of this option will allow you to change the transmit
speed of the communications port. The default for the com-
munications port is 1200 baud.
Parity This option allows you to set the type of parity checking that
is done for characters received and the type that is added to
characters sent. The default is no parity (None).
XON/XOFF flow control
The default is ENABLED.
Modem type
The default is "No modem, hard-wired line". This parameter
should not be changed even if you are using a modem.
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Setting - Line Characteristics
***************************** Line Characteristics *********************
* *
* Press EXIT to return to the previous menu *
* Press MAIN SCREEN to return to the Pro/Kermit main menu *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* -> *
* Set default line characteristics *
* Set current line characteristics *
* Reset current line characteristics to defaults *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
************************************************************************
Make a choice and press DO:
Figure 1-15: Line Characteristics menu
Pro/Kermit will allow you to set the default communications line
parameters. The Line Characteristics menu, figure 1-15, will allow you
to modify the default values, the current values or reset the current
values from the stored defaults. The default values are kept in a bi-
nary file on the Professional.
Set default line characteristics
Selection of this option will cause the default line charac-
teristics to be modified. The next menu that will be dis-
played is the Set Line Characteristics menu, figure 1-14.
Set current line characteristics
Selecting this option will cause the current line characteris-
tics to be modified. The next menu will be the Set Line
Characteristics menu, figure 1-14, with the current parameters
being displayed.
Reset current line characteristics to defaults
Selecting this option will cause the current line characterics
to be reset to the defaults.
Setting - Modem type
The modem type should be set to "No modem, hard-wired line. It should
never be changed to something else.
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******************************** Set modem type ************************
* *
* Press EXIT to return to the previous menu. *
* Press MAIN SCREEN to return to the Pro/Kermit main menu *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* -> *
* No modem, hard-wired line *
* USFSK- 0..300 baud Bell 103J *
* CCITTV.21 - 0..300 baud European *
* CCITTV.23 Mode 1 - 75/0..300 split *
* CCITTV.23 Mode 2 - 75/0..1200 split *
* DPSK - 1200 baud Bell 212 *
* *
* *
* *
************************************************************************
Make a choice and press DO:
Figure 1-16: Set modem type menu
Setting - Block Check Characters
**************************** Block Check Characters ********************
* *
* Press EXIT to return to the previous menu *
* Press MAIN SCREEN to return to the Pro/Kermit main menu *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* -> *
* 1 character checksum *
* 2 character checksum *
* 3 character CRC-CCITT *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
************************************************************************
Make a choice and press DO:
Figure 1-17: Block Check Characters menu
The Block Check Characters menu, figure 1-17, will allow you to set the
check characters that are used in the messages that are sent and
received. This menu implements the generic command "SET BLOCK-CHECK".
1 character checksum
This option implements the SET BLOCK-CHECK 1-CHARACTER-CHECKSUM
generic command. This is the default for the SET BLOCK-CHECK.
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2 character checksum
This option implements the SET BLOCK-CHECK 2-CHARACTER-CHECKSUM
generic command.
3 character CRC-CCITT
This option implements the SET BLOCK-CHECK 3-CHARACTER-CRC
generic command.
P/OS Services
******************************** P/OS Services *************************
* *
* *
* Press EXIT or MAIN SCREEN to return to the Pro/Kermit main menu. *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* -> *
* Disk/diskette services *
* File services *
* Print services *
* View Message/Status *
* P/OS Set-Up *
* *
* *
* *
* *
************************************************************************
Make a choice and press DO:
Figure 1-18: P/OS Services menu
Pro/Kermit will allow you to enter into any of the normal P/OS services
that can be found in the P/OS Main Menu. The P/OS Services menu, figure
1-18, lists the different services that are available. The P/OS Ser-
vices menu will be displayed when you choose the "P/OS services" from
the Kermit Main menu, figure 1-1.
The P/OS services that are available are:
Disk/diskette services
This will enter the normal disk/diskette services. You can in-
itialize diskettes, install applications, copy diskettes and the
other various functions normally found in this menu.
File services
Provides access to the normal file services on the
Professional-350. This will allow you to delete, rename, copy
files, purge old versions of a file and the other functions as-
sociated with the file services.
Print services
Provides access to the P/OS Print services. This will allow you
to print files after you have transfered them.
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View messages/status
Will provide access to the message board and the disk drive
status information.
P/OS setup
Displays the Setup menu that you normally get when you have
pressed the SET-UP key when in the P/OS Main Menu. This will
allow you to change the date/time of the machine, key click and
other features.
Transfer task active menu
********************** Pro/Kermit transfer task is active **************
* *
* *
* Press MAIN SCREEN or EXIT to return to P/OS *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* -> *
* Abort file transfer task *
* Resume transfer status typeout *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
************************************************************************
Make a choice and press DO:
Figure 1-19: Active transfer menu
When Pro/Kermit is asked to perform a function that requires the com-
munications port (XK0:), it will first determine if it is currently in
use. (It could be left in use by pressing the MAIN SCREEN key when a
transfer is active.) If the port is active, the menu shown in figure
1-19 will be displayed.
When this menu is displayed, you have three choices:
1. You can press either the MAIN SCREEN or EXIT key to return to
P/OS.
2. You can choose the Abort option, which will cause the cur-
rently active transfer to be aborted.
3. You can choose the Resume option, which will resume typing
the transfer information for the currently active transfer.
Once the currently active transfer completes the operation
that you requested before this menu was displayed will be
started.
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1.5. Installation
There are two different ways to install Pro/Kermit. The first and the
easiest, is to obtain a version on a floppy disk that can be directly
installed on your machine. The more difficult way is to downline load
Pro/Kermit from a host system.
From a floppy
If you have obtained a floppy with Pro/Kermit, you can install it using
the Disk/Diskette services from the P/OS main menu. The following steps
will allow you to install Pro/Kermit on your machine.
1. You begin the installation by inserting the Pro/Kermit
floppy, into either of the floppy drives on the PRO-350.
2. After the floppy has been inserted into the drive select
"Disk/diskette services" from the P/OS main menu.
3. The "Disk/Diskette Services Menu" should now be displayed on
the screen. Select the "Install application" entry from the
menu. You will be notified that P/OS is locating the ap-
plication.
4. P/OS will list the applications that can be installed on your
machine the "Application Installation Menu" should be dis-
played. The application from the floppy should be
"Pro/Kermit version 1.0". You should select this application
from the menu.
5. The "Application Group Menu" will now be displayed on the
screen. You should position the arrow to the group in which
you would like Pro/Kermit installed in and press the DO key.
6. The "Application Group/Name Change Form" will now be dis-
played on the screen. This form will allow you to change the
name of the group or the name of the application that you are
installing. If you do not want to change the name you can
just press DO and the Pro/Kermit installation will start.
Otherwise you can modify the names as you wish and the press
DO to start the Pro/Kermit installation.
7. If you have enough disk space on your machine Pro/Kermit
should successfully install with no problems. Once it is in-
stalled you can run it from the menu in which you have in-
stalled it.
From a hexified version
The following will take about two hours at 1200 baud. Much of the time
will be spent waiting for the computer so this will be a good time to
read the Pro/Kermit documentation. You will be needed at various times
throughout the process so don't stray too far from the computer.
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Note that this procedure assumes that you do not have any communications
program available on your PRO, and therefore do not have any other
method of getting the files to your PRO. It is also assumed that you do
not have any way to change the default parameters for the communications
port. This requires that the bootstrap be done at 1200 baud, eight-bit
characters, one stop bit and no parity.
The procedure to bootstrap Pro/Kermit to the Professional is as follows:
1. First make sure that the 'Caps Lock' indicator is lighted on
the Professional's keyboard. This will prevent any problems
with case sensitive input.
2. On the Professional, choose the "Disk/diskette services" op-
tion from the Professional's Main Menu. Insert a blank dis-
kette in drive one and choose "Initialize diskette". Select
"DISKETTE1" from the menu and then enter 'KERMIT' for the
volume name. Now choose "Create directory" and create two
directories. One called 'KERMIT' and one called 'ZZKERMIT'
on the floppy (This is done by pressing the ADDITIONAL OP-
TIONS key, choosing "Create a directory on a different
volume" and then selecting the KERMIT volume). When this is
done choose "Specify new current directory" and select KERMIT
on the KERMIT volume (the floppy).
3. Next press MAIN SCREEN to return to the Main Menu and choose
"PRO/BASIC Version 1.2" (or a version later than 1.2). In
Basic type in the Basic loader program (leave out the REMs so
that the program will execute faster). Once this is done
type 'SAVE LOAD'.
4. Call and login to the mainframe on which Pro/Kermit resides.
If you have PRO/BASIC V1.2 or later and have a 1200 baud line
(the default baud rate when PRO/BASIC starts, then you can
type in the terminal emulator program given at the end of
this document (don't forget to type 'NEW' and also save it
using the command 'SAVE PROTERM'). If you do not have ver-
sion 1.2 or later of PRO/BASIC, you will not be able to use
the basic terminal emulator. You will also need to bootstrap
Pro/Kermit over the printer port rather than the communica-
tions port. This is because earlier versions of PRO/BASIC
were not capable of performing I/O to the communications
port.
5. Tell the host not to echo characters. If the loader program
will be using the printer port then set the line speed on the
host to be no more then 1200 baud (reset your terminal if
necessary). The commands to do this for a DECsystem-10 are:
SET TTY NOECHO
SET TTY SPEED 1200
Next compile and execute PROBOOT.FOR on the host. When this
executes it will ask you for a file name. Respond with the
name 'PROLOAD.HEX'. This will be used along with LOAD.BAS on
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the Professional to create the LOAD.TSK program. Once
PROBOOT is executing on the mainframe, give control back to
the Professional (if you are using a terminal emulator on the
PRO) or connect the modem or hard-wired line to the printer
port or communications port depending on which you have
decided to use.
6. If you have chosen to use the printer port there are a few
things you will need to do. You will need a special cable to
connect the printer port on the Professional to a modem or
hard-wired line. The normal printer cable provides a female
RS-232 25 pin D connector which is a DCE (data communications
equipment) interface. This is intended to connect to a DTE
(data terminal equipment) interface, which is what is
provided on a printer. Since the communications port (and
most terminals) also provide DTE interfaces, while modems
provide DCE interfaces, a null modem must be provided between
the printer cable and the modem or hard-wired line. It is
also possible to construct a cable which plugs directly into
the printer port connector on the back of the Professional
which can connect to a modem or hard-wired line. See the
technical manual on the Professional for the pin configura-
tion of the printer port connector.
7. The Professional must be told the speed at which the printer
port should operate. If you have the PRO/Tool kit you can
enter it and type:
SET TERM TT2:/SPEED=1200/NOECHO
If you do not have the PRO/Tool kit but you have version 2.0
of P/OS or later you can go into Print Services and choose
'Set printer characteristics', set the printer type to
'Other', press Addtnl Option and set the baud rate to the
correct value. If you use Print Services to set the baud
rate, make sure that you print a file that contains at least
a carriage return (but not much more) or else the baud rate
will not actually be set. It is only set when a file is
printed. If you do not have either the Tool kit or P/OS 2.0,
you will have to run the bootstrap process at 4800 baud.
This is not very reliable, since the PRO/BASIC program cannot
always keep up with the data.
8. Next enter PRO/BASIC and type 'RUN LOAD' on the Professional.
This will create a file called LOAD.TSK that will do all the
rest of the work. It will first type out around seven lines
of the alphabet from A to Y. This tells you that the program
is really doing something. When the BASIC program finishes,
press the EXIT key to return to the Main Menu.
9. Connect to the main frame host and press a few carriage
returns. This will exit from the FORTRAN program (if press-
ing return does not work, try pressing control-C a few
times). Now execute PROBOOT.FOR again. This time when it
asks you for a file name, respond with the name 'PROKRM.HEX'.
This will be used along with LOAD.TSK on the Professional to
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load the rest of the files that are needed to run Pro/Kermit.
10. Next enter either PRO/DCL or the PRO/Tool kit and type:
Copy/CONTiguous LOAD.TSK LOAD.TSK
This will create an executable task image. At this point you
may either leave the modem connected to the printer port (if
it was hooked up to it before) or connect the modem to the
communications port, (the communications port works slightly
better and can operate at any speed your line can handle), it
does not matter. If you use the communications port the
program will ask you if the port is set correctly. If it is
set correctly, then press 'Y' and the Return key; if not,
press 'N' and the Return key and then choose the baud rate
that your host is using.
11. Now type 'Run LOAD.TSK' from PRO/DCL or the PRO/Tool kit. It
will ask you if you are using the communications port or the
printer port (or a disk file which you are not). If you have
the modem hooked up to the printer port press a '2' and press
the Return key, otherwise you have the modem hooked up to the
communications port and should press '1' and the Return key.
12. At this point the computer starts to do a lot of work. It
will create every file you need. You will see many 'Y' on
the screen. Each 'Y' means that a line was read in. Each
'N' means that a line was rejected and must be resent. This
happens more often on a noisy line. A 'U' means that
LOAD.TSK does not recognize a command sent to it from the
host. This should never happen but probably will not cause a
problem if it does occur. You will also see about nine file
names come up on the screen. These are the files that are
being created.
13. When LOAD.TSK finishes, you will have a copy of Pro/Kermit on
your floppy diskette. Now press the MAIN SCREEN key to
return to the Main Menu. From here follow the instructions to
install Pro/Kermit from a floppy.
14. Do not forget that you are still logged in on the host and
must log out. This can be done through the CONNECT command
in Pro/Kermit or the same way that you used to log in.
The Basic program for using the printer port on the PRO-350 is as fol-
lows: (The program should be typed in with all upper case letters!)
10 REM LOADER program for Pro/Kermit for printer port
20 HEX$="123456789ABCDEF"
30 OAD=0\FLAG%=0\TOT%=0
40 TOT1%=0\CTR%=0\NM%=-1
100 OPEN "LP:" FOR INPUT AS FILE #2%
110 OPEN "LP:" FOR OUTPUT AS FILE #3%
170 GOTO 200
180 INPUT #2%,A$\ GOTO 210
190 PRINT "N";\ PRINT #3,"N"\ INPUT #2%,A$\ GOTO 210
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200 PRINT #3,"Y"\ INPUT #2%,A$
210 IF A$="" THEN FLAG%=FLAG%+1%\ IF FLAG%>4% THEN 1100 ELSE 180
220 FLAG%=0
230 IF MID$(A$,1%,1%)<>":" THEN A$=MID$(A$,2%,LEN(A$))\ GOTO 210
240 H$=MID$(A$,2%,2%)\ GOSUB 1200\LN%=H\ REM LENGTH OF DATA
250 REM FIND CHECKSUM OF ALL 8-BIT PAIRS
260 CHKSUM%=LN%
270 FOR L1%=4% TO (LN%+5%)*2% STEP 2%\H$=MID$(A$,L1%,2%)\ GOSUB 1200
280 CHKSUM%=CHKSUM%+H
290 NEXT L1%
300 CHKSUM%=CHKSUM%-256%*INT(CHKSUM%/256)
310 IF CHKSUM%<>0% THEN 190
320 IF MID$(A$,2%,6%)="000000" THEN 1100
330 H$=MID$(A$,8%,2%)\ IF H$<>"FC" THEN 380
340 H$=MID$(A$,10%,4%)\ GOSUB 1200\TOT1%=H*256%
350 DIM #1%,ARR%(TOT1%)
360 OPEN "LOAD.TSK" FOR OUTPUT AS FILE #1%, VIRTUAL
370 GOTO 490
380 GOSUB 1200\ IF H<>0 THEN 200\ REM CHECK FIELD TYPE
390 IF TOT1%=0 THEN PRINT "ERR - No length field"\ GOTO 1300
400 H$=MID$(A$,4%,4%)\ GOSUB 1200\OAD1=H\ REM ADDRESS TO LOAD AT
410 REM UNPACK ANY COMPRESSED NULLS
420 L%=0%\ FOR LP=OAD TO OAD1-1\ GOSUB 1000\ NEXT LP
430 OAD=OAD1
440 REM GET DATA AS 8-BIT VALUES & WRITE TO DISK (REPEAT LN% TIMES)
450 FOR L1%=10% TO LN%*2%+9% STEP 2%
460 H$=MID$(A$,L1%,2%)\ GOSUB 1200\L%=H\ GOSUB 1000
470 OAD=OAD+1
480 NEXT L1%
490 PRINT CHR$(CTR%+65%);\CTR%=CTR%+1%
495 IF CTR%>24% THEN CTR%=0%\ PRINT
500 GOTO 200
510 STOP
990 REM WRITE - PUT THE DATA INTO THE TASK FILE
1000 IF NM%=-1 THEN NM%=L%\ RETURN
1010 N=NM%+L%*256
1020 IF N>32767 THEN N=N-65536
1030 NB%=N
1040 ARR%(TOT%)=NB%
1050 NM%=-1\TOT%=TOT%+1%
1060 RETURN
1090 REM FINISHED - CLOSE FILE
1100 PRINT \ PRINT \ PRINT "TASK FILE WRITTEN."
1110 CLOSE
1120 GOTO 1300
1190 REM HEX-DEC
1200 H=0
1210 FOR LP%=1% TO LEN(H$)
1220 H=H*16+POS(HEX$,MID$(H$,LP%,1%),1%)
1230 NEXT LP%
1240 RETURN
1300 END
The BASIC program for loading Pro/Kermit using the communications port
if you have PRO/BASIC V1.2 or later is as follows:
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10 REM LOADER program for Pro/Kermit using the communications port
20 HEX$="123456789ABCDEF"
30 OAD=0\FLAG%=0\TOT%=0
40 TOT1%=0\CTR%=0\NM%=-1
100 OPEN "XK:" AS FILE #2%
110 REM
170 GOTO 200
180 REM
190 PRINT "N";\ PRINT #2,"N"+CHR$(13)+CHR$(10)\ GOTO 210
200 PRINT #2,"Y"+CHR$(13)+CHR$(10)
205 IF POS(Z$,CHR$(13),0)<>0 THEN 208
206 LINPUT #2%,X$\Z$=MID$(Z$+X$,POS(Z$+X$,":",0),LEN(Z$+X$))
207 GOTO 205
208 A$=MID$(Z$,1,POS(Z$,CHR$(13),0))\Z$=MID$(Z$,LEN(A$)+1,LEN(Z$))
209 IF POS(A$,":",0)=0 THEN 205
210 IF A$="" THEN FLAG%=FLAG%+1%\ IF FLAG%>4% THEN 1100 ELSE 205
220 FLAG%=0
230 IF MID$(A$,1%,1%)<>":" THEN A$=MID$(A$,2%,LEN(A$))\ GOTO 210
240 H$=MID$(A$,2%,2%)\ GOSUB 1200\LN%=H\ REM LENGTH OF DATA
250 REM FIND CHECKSUM OF ALL 8-BIT PAIRS
260 CHKSUM%=LN%
270 FOR L1%=4% TO (LN%+5%)*2% STEP 2%\H$=MID$(A$,L1%,2%)\ GOSUB 1200
280 CHKSUM%=CHKSUM%+H
290 NEXT L1%
300 CHKSUM%=CHKSUM%-256%*INT(CHKSUM%/256)
310 IF CHKSUM%<>0% THEN 190
320 IF MID$(A$,2%,6%)="000000" THEN 1100
330 H$=MID$(A$,8%,2%)\ IF H$<>"FC" THEN 380
340 H$=MID$(A$,10%,4%)\ GOSUB 1200\TOT1%=H*256%
350 DIM #1%,ARR%(TOT1%)
360 OPEN "LOAD.TSK" FOR OUTPUT AS FILE #1%, VIRTUAL
370 GOTO 490
380 GOSUB 1200\ IF H<>0 THEN 200\ REM CHECK FIELD TYPE
390 IF TOT1%=0 THEN PRINT "ERR - No length field"\ GOTO 1300
400 H$=MID$(A$,4%,4%)\ GOSUB 1200\OAD1=H\ REM ADDRESS TO LOAD AT
410 REM UNPACK ANY COMPRESSED NULLS
420 L%=0%\ FOR LP=OAD TO OAD1-1\ GOSUB 1000\ NEXT LP
430 OAD=OAD1
440 REM GET DATA AS 8-BIT VALUES & WRITE TO DISK (REPEAT LN% TIMES)
450 FOR L1%=10% TO LN%*2%+9% STEP 2%
460 H$=MID$(A$,L1%,2%)\ GOSUB 1200\L%=H\ GOSUB 1000
470 OAD=OAD+1
480 NEXT L1%
490 PRINT CHR$(CTR%+65%);\CTR%=CTR%+1%
495 IF CTR%>24% THEN CTR%=0%\ PRINT
500 GOTO 200
510 STOP
990 REM WRITE - PUT THE DATA INTO THE TASK FILE
1000 IF NM%=-1 THEN NM%=L%\ RETURN
1010 N=NM%+L%*256
1020 IF N>32767 THEN N=N-65536
1030 NB%=N
1040 ARR%(TOT%)=NB%
1050 NM%=-1\TOT%=TOT%+1%
1060 RETURN
1090 REM FINISHED - CLOSE FILE
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1100 PRINT \ PRINT \ PRINT "TASK FILE WRITTEN."
1110 CLOSE
1120 GOTO 1300
1190 REM HEX-DEC
1200 H=0
1210 FOR LP%=1% TO LEN(H$)
1220 H=H*16+POS(HEX$,MID$(H$,LP%,1%),1%)
1230 NEXT LP%
1240 RETURN
1300 END
The terminal emulator program that can be used if you have PRO/BASIC
V1.2 or later is:
10 REM TERMINAL EMULATOR FOR PRO/BASIC V1.2 OR LATER
20 REM USING THE COMMUNICATIONS PORT
30 REM
40 ESC$=CHR$(27)\CLEAR$=ESC$+"[H"+ESC$+"[J"
50 BIGT$=ESC$+"#3"\BIGB$=ESC$+"#4"
60 SAVE$=ESC$+"7"\UP$=ESC$+"[3A"\REST$=ESC$+"8"
70 INT$=CHR$(171)
80 REM For better performance you can change
90 REM the values of SPC, MAXLIN & BREAK$
100 SPC=12
110 BREAK$=CHR$(13)+ESC$+" "+CHR$(9)\BRLEN%=LEN(BREAK$)
120 MAXLIN=65
130 CTR=0
140 PRINT CLEAR$
150 PRINT BIGT$;" type ";INT$;" to send a control-C "
160 PRINT BIGB$;" type ";INT$;" to send a control-C "
170 OPEN 'XK:' AS FILE #1
180 LINPUT #1,A$
190 IF LEN(A$)=0 THEN 320
200 A=999
210 FOR LP%=1 TO BRLEN%
220 B=POS(A$,MID$(BREAK$,LP%,1%),SPC)
230 IF B<>0 AND B<A THEN A=B
240 NEXT LP%
250 IF CTR+LEN(MID$(A$,1,A))>MAXLIN THEN A=1\ GOTO 280
260 IF A=999 THEN PRINT A$;\CTR=CTR+LEN(A$)\ GOTO 320
270 PRINT MID$(A$,1,A-1);
280 PRINT SAVE$;UP$\ PRINT REST$;
290 PRINT MID$(A$,A,1);\A$=MID$(A$,A+1,LEN(A$))
300 CTR=0
310 GOTO 190
320 CALL INKEY (A$)
330 IF LEN(A$)=0 THEN 180
340 IF A$=INT$ THEN A$=CHR$(3)
350 IF ASCII(A$)=155 THEN A$=CHR$(27)
360 IF ASCII(A$)=143 THEN A$=CHR$(27)+'['
370 PRINT #1,A$
380 GOTO 320
390 END
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Index
DEC Professional 1
P/OS 1
PROFESSIONAL-350 1
SET PARITY 17
Wildcard 2
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Table of Contents
1. Pro/Kermit 1
1.1. The P/OS File System 1
1.2. Program Operation 4
1.3. Pro/Kermit Terminal Emulation 4
1.4. Pro/Kermit Commands 5
1.4.1. Parity menu 17
1.5. Installation 23
Index i
Pro/Kermit Page ii
List of Figures
Figure 1-1: Main menu 5
Figure 1-2: Remote Kermit Commands - Menu #1 7
Figure 1-3: Remote Kermit commands - Menu #2 8
Figure 1-4: Parameter Setting menu 9
Figure 1-5: General Parameters menu 10
Figure 1-6: Send Packet Parameters menu 11
Figure 1-7: Receive Packet Parameters menu 12
Figure 1-8: File Parameters menu 13
Figure 1-9: File Specification Handling menu 14
Figure 1-10: File Disposition menu 15
Figure 1-11: File Mode menu 15
Figure 1-12: Terminal Emulation Parameters menu 16
Figure 1-13: Set Parity menu 17
Figure 1-14: Set Line Characteristics menu 18
Figure 1-15: Line Characteristics menu 19
Figure 1-16: Set modem type menu 20
Figure 1-17: Block Check Characters menu 20
Figure 1-18: P/OS Services menu 21
Figure 1-19: Active transfer menu 22
