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Date: Tue, 13 July 1993 12:00:00 EDT
From: Christine M Gianone <cmg@columbia.edu>
Subject: Announcing MS-DOS Kermit 3.13
Keywords: MS-DOS Kermit 3.13
This is to announce the final release of MS-DOS Kermit 3.13 for the IBM PC,
PS/2, and compatibles with DOS or Windows, and also for "generic DOS", the
Victor 9000 (Sirius 1), and the Heath/Zenith 100. The new MS-DOS Kermit
release was prepared by Professor Joe R. Doupnik of Utah State University and
includes the major new features that were listed in Info Kermit V17 #3, 30
June 1993. To recapitulate, briefly:
. A new faster method for transferring binary and precompressed files
. Larger packets and windows allowed, up to 9024 x 31.
. Switching among multiple simultaneous TCP/IP sessions
. Data General DASHER terminal emulation
. Graphics-mode support for 132-column operation on EGA and VGA video adapters
. Text-mode support for 132-column operation on ET4000 and other VESA adapters
. Horizontal scrolling
. Expanded-memory option for screen rollback and graphics image retention
. Hebrew character-set translation and Hebrew terminal emulation
. East European character-set translation
. Icelandic CP861 code page support
. Separate code page selection for terminal emulation and file transfer
. Compose-key sequences for entering accented characters
. New KERMIT PATH environment variable
. Support for Novell SLIP_PPP ODI driver and other networking improvements
. BOOTP improvements
. TELNET improvements, including option negotiation display
. DIAL-command support for additional modem types
The new files are listed below. Be sure to use binary mode when FTP'ing files
from kermit/bin. Use text mode for kermit/a files.
Internet anonymous ftp EARN/BITNET
watsun.cc.columbia.edu KERMSRV@CUVMA Description
kermit/bin/msvibm.exe (none) Binary executable for IBM PC
kermit/bin/msvibm.pif (none) Program Information File for Windows
kermit/bin/msvgen.exe (none) Binary executable, generic DOS
kermit/bin/msvv90.exe (none) Binary executable, Victor 9000
kermit/bin/msvz10.exe (none) Binary executable, Heath/Zenith 100
kermit/a/msvibm.boo MSVIBM BOO BOO-encoded executable for IBM PC
kermit/a/msvpif.boo MSVPIF BOO BOO-encoded IBM Windows PIF file
kermit/a/msvgen.boo MSVGEN BOO BOO-encoded executable, generic DOS
kermit/a/msvv90.boo MSVV90 BOO BOO-encoded executable, Victor 9000
kermit/a/msvz10.boo MSVZ10 BOO BOO-encoded executable, H/Z-100
kermit/a/mskermit.ini MSKERMIT INI Standard initialization file
kermit/a/mscustom.ini MSCUSTOM INI Customization file
kermit/a/msr313.upd MSR313 UPD List of changes since version 3.12
kermit/a/msr313.pch MSR313 PCH Dummy patch file for version 3.13
kermit/a/mskerm.upd MSKERM UPD Supplement to "Using MS-DOS Kermit"
kermit/b/mskerm.hlp MSKERM HLP Updated help file
kermit/a/mskerm.bwr MSKERM BWR Updated "beware file"
kermit/a/msvibm.vt MSVIBM VT Updated terminal emulator summary
kermit/a/msmaaa.hlp MSMAAA HLP Documentation for dialing scripts
kermit/a/msm*.scr MSM* SCR New modem-dialing scripts
kermit/a/msidgk.ini MSIDGK INI Data General DASHER key mappings
kermit/bin/msudg.com (none) DG DASHER/286 keyboard helper TSR
kermit/a/msudgk.boo MSUDGK BOO BOO-encoded MSUDGK.COM
kermit/a/msudgk.doc MSUDGK DOC Documentation for MSUDGK.COM
Also, on watsun only:
kermit/bin/msvibm.zip
is a ZIP file containing the new MS-DOS Kermit (IBM PC version) distribution
diskette. Unzip it using "pkunzip -d msvibm.zip". The "-d" switch is to
preserve the (new) subdirectory structure. Any version of PKUNZIP since 1990
should work.
Once again, please note that all the new features are documented in the
MSKERM.UPD file, with additional details of a more technical nature in the
MSKERM.BWR file.
The ".boo" files are .EXE or other binary files encoded in a printable ASCII
format, suitable for BITNET, e-mail, and other nontransparent modes of
transmission. You can decode the boo-files back into .EXE files using any of
the MSBPCT.* programs available in kermit/a/msbpct.* or MSBPCT * from
KERMSRV. See kermit/a/msbaaa.hlp (MSBAAA HLP) for details.
All the MS-DOS Kermit-related files have been removed from the test areas
(kermit/test on watsun, T: on KERMSRV).
Thanks again to Joe on behalf of all MS-DOS Kermit users everywhere. Thanks
too to Yossi Gil at the Technion in Israel for lots of last-minute help with
MS-DOS Kermit's Hebrew features.
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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 16:00:00 EDT
From: Christine M Gianone <cmg@columbia.edu>
Subject: MS-DOS Kermit 3.13 Available for Beta Testing
Keywords: MS-DOS Kermit 3.13, Hebrew, Data General Terminal Emulation
Keywords: East European Languages, Latin-2 Character-Set
Keywords: 132-Column Mode, Horizontal Scrolling
Keywords: Sliding Windows, Dynamic Packet Length, Icelandic
Keywords: IBM Mainframe File Transfer
Keywords: "TCP/IP, Multiple Sessions"
This is to announce a brief beta testing period for MS-DOS Kermit 3.13 for the
IBM PC, PS/2, and compatibles with DOS or Windows, and also for "generic DOS",
the Victor 9000, and the Heath/Zenith 100. The new MS-DOS Kermit release was
prepared, as always, by Professor Joe R. Doupnik of Utah State University and
includes the following major new features (most of which apply to the IBM PC
version only):
1. Up to six simultaneous TCP/IP sessions, with instantaneous switching
among them, using Kermit's own built-in TCP/IP protocol stack.
2. Emulation of Data General DASHER D463 and D470 terminals in both text and
graphics mode, and including support for up to 207 columns of compressed
text, and for the mouse when in graphics mode (e.g. when using CEO Draw).
3. Support for compressed text for VT 132-column emulation on EGA and VGA.
If you don't have a video adapter that supports 132 columns in text mode,
MS-DOS Kermit can now put your EGA or VGA into graphics mode to produce
the same effect. Also, addition of Tseng ET4000 (and all VESA) graphics
chips to those that can be commanded in to 132-column text mode.
4. Horizontal scrolling in DG and VT terminal emulation.
5. Support for the Icelandic code page CP861 in terminal emulation and
file transfer.
6. Support for East European languages (Czech, Polish, Hungarian, Romanian,
etc) via translation between PC Code Page 852 and ISO 8859-2 Latin
Alphabet 2 during both terminal emulation and file transfer.
7. Support for Hebrew and Yiddish via translation between PC Code Page 862
and the ISO 8859-8 Latin/Hebrew Alphabet in both terminal emulation and
file transfer. In terminal emulation, the 7-bit Hebrew alphabet is also
supported, as are DEC VT420 Hebrew terminal features including
host-controlled screen writing direction, character-set selection, and
keyboard mode.
8. Implementation of "Doomsday Kermit" (DDK) techniques for transferring
files with IBM mainframes through 3270 protocol converters that do NOT
support transparent mode, to be used in conjunction with IBM Mainframe
Kermit's SET CONTROLLER FULLSCREEN command on VM/CMS, MVS/TSO, or CICS.
IBM Mainframe Kermit 4.2.4 or later required.
9. Greater control over terminal emulation rollback screens. Now you can
elect to keep them in expanded memory (EMS), if available, and if so,
you can have lots more of them -- thousands, even. You can also change
the rollback buffer size at runtime. Also, graphics screens can also be
kept in EMS rather than in the video adapter's on-board memory, to allow
restoration of graphics screens when switching back to them from text
mode, even under Windows or when your memory manager has "stealth-mapped"
your graphics memory away.
10. Network connections are now suppor