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- Subject: [comp.sys.amiga.announce] C-Kermit 5A for the Amiga
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- TITLE
-
- C-Kermit for the Amiga
-
- VERSION
-
- 5A(188)
-
- COMPANY
-
- Freely distributable, copyright held by Columbia University.
-
- AUTHOR
-
- Frank da Cruz, Columbia University, fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu
- Original Amiga port by Jack Rouse, formerly of Software Distillery
- Current Amiga maintenance by Stephen Walton, swalton@huey.csun.edu
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
- C-Kermit is a very portable implementation of the Kermit file
- transfer protocol, written in C (obviously). The Kermit protocol is
- available on hundreds of different machines, including machines with
- non-ASCII character sets and ones with only 7-bit-wide connections.
- C-Kermit is a very sophisticated implementation of Kermit, including a
- full programmable script language.
-
- C-Kermit for the Amiga combines file transfers with simple ANSI
- terminal emulation through an Amiga RAW: console window on the
- Workbench screen. All features available on the Unix version of
- C-Kermit are also on the Amiga with the exception of the DIAL and
- SCRIPT commands (this last is a UUCP-style scripting facility, not to
- be confused with the programmable language mentioned above).
-
- NEW FEATURES
-
- C-Kermit 5A was 3-1/2 years in the development. The new features
- are too numerous to mention; here are the highlights:
-
- o Fully programmable script language
-
- o Full duplex file transfers using the "sliding windows" extension
- to the original Kermit protocol
-
- o Attribute packets, which allow the receiving system to preserve
- the creation date, record length, access codes, and other
- system-dependent information.
-
- o International character set support with translation. When
- transferring a file from a German to an American machine, for
- example, C-Kermit can automatically transliterate u-umlaut into
- ue.
-
- o On the Amiga, support for serial.device emulators which use other
- communication ports or network boards.
-
- HOST NAME
-
- All versions of Kermit are available for anonymous FTP from
- watsun.cc.columbia.edu (128.39.59.2).
-
- DIRECTORY
-
- All versions of Kermit are in the subdirectories of the directory
- /kermit on watsun. C-Kermit is in /kermit/b. Pre-compiled binaries
- for some systems, including the Amiga, are in /kermit/bin.
-
- FILE NAMES
-
- The minimum file you need to run Amiga C-Kermit is the executable,
- available from watsun as /kermit/bin/ckiker.exe, which should be
- transferred in FTP binary mode. All other files are ASCII text files
- in /kermit/b. The general C Kermit files have names beginning with
- cka, C-Kermit sources begin with ckc, Unix files with cku, and the
- Amiga files with cki (I for Intuition). I recommend getting the
- following files from /kermit/b: ckaaaa.hlp, ckiaaa.hlp, ckiker.doc,
- and ckuker.doc (ASCII docs) or ckuker.ps (PostScript docs), in
- addition to the executable. C Kermit is also available for the Mac
- (files beginning with ckm), OS/2 (files beginning with cko), and VMS
- (files beginning with ckv).
-
- PRICE
-
- All versions of Kermit are free. (In fact, I'm told Kermit is
- the Celtic word for "free".)
-
- DISTRIBUTABILITY
-
- Kermit is freely distributable, and is copyright by Columbia
- University, New York City, NY, USA.
-
- OTHER
-
- A few personal words here about the direction C Kermit will be
- taking. On other personal-computer class machines, C Kermit combines
- file transfer with sophisticated terminal emulation, often including
- VT100 and Tektronix graphics. Of course, the Amiga is blessed with
- multitasking, some wonderful terminal emulators, and the XPR External
- Protocol specification. Thus, the terminal emulation in Amiga C
- Kermit is unlikely to improve. Rather, I plan to implement version 5A
- as an Amiga external protocol, which will replace the current version
- of XPR Kermit. Don't look for this before summer 1993, though.
-
- In the meantime, use C Kermit if you have need for high
- efficiency Kermit file transfers, attribute packets, or the ability to
- do sophisticated, programmable, unattended uploads and downloads.
-
- At the moment, I have read-only access to the USENET, so while I
- will monitor comp.sys.amiga.datacomm for comments and feedback, I will
- only respond by electronic mail. Also, the electronic mail address
- you should use for me is now "swalton@huey.csun.edu" rather than the
- alias "srw@csun.edu" which some of you may have used in the past.
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