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SuperK v4.12 MiniNet's External Protocol Driver including
JBatch MiniNet's Driver for Richard B. Johnson's Jmodem Protocol
Protocols Supported: Xmodem Checksum, Xmodem CRC, Ymodem (1k Xmodem)
Jmodem, WXmodem, K9Xmodem and Super8K in full
Batch or Single File Mode.
SuperK is Copyright 12/4/1986, 1989 and JBatch is Copyright 11/01/1988, 1989
by Crater Rim Software. All Rights Reserved.
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SuperK Licensing Agreement
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For the sake of clarity, all references and restrictions to the use of
the SuperK also apply to all of the associated support files INCLUDING
the K9Xmodem, Super8K and Jbatch protocols.
SuperK, its overlays and all of its associated support files are not
public domain software, nor are they free software. SuperK is copyright
(C) 1985, 1989 - the K9Xmodem, Super8K, SuperK and JBatch protocols are
copyright 1987, 1989 by Crater Rim.
Non-registered users are granted a limited license to use SuperK version
4.xx on a trial basis for the purpose of determining whether these
programs are suitable for their needs. The term of this limited license
is 30 days. Use of SuperK, except for this limited purpose, requires
registration. Use of non-registered copies of SuperK by any person,
business, corporation, governmental agency or other entity institution
is strictly forbidden.
Registration permits you to use SuperK on a regular basis on a single
computer. A registered user may use the program on a different
computer, but may not use the program on more than one computer at the
same time. Registration also includes priority support on Underdog's
MiniNet BBS. Users need register only one version of SuperK.
Registration includes licensed use of all upgrades.
All corporate, business, government or other commercial uses of SuperK
must be registered. We offer quantity discounts and Corporate or site
licensing is also available.
No user may modify SuperK in any way, including but not limited to
decompiling, disassembling or otherwise reverse engineering the program.
All users are granted a limited license to copy SuperK version 4.xx only
for the trial use of others subject to the above limitations, and also
the following:
SuperK version 4.xx must be copied in unmodified form,
complete with the file containing this license information.
Any and all SuperK documentation must be included with the
copy. No fee, charge or other compensation may be accepted
or requested by any licensee.
SuperK may not be distributed in conjunction with any other
product without prior arrangements with Crater Rim Software.
Operators of electronic bulletin board systems (Sysops) may post SuperK
version 4.xx for downloading by their users only as long as the above
conditions are met.
Distributors of public domain or user supported software may distribute
copies of SuperK version 4.xx subject to the above conditions only after
obtaining written permission from Crater Rim Software. Such permission
usually is granted. Please write or call for details.
ShareWare Software Discalaimer and Warranty
Crater Rim Software makes no warranty of any kind, express or implied,
including without limitation, any warranties of merchantability and/or
fitness for a particular purpose. Crater Rim Software shall not be
liable for any damages, whether direct, indirect, special or
consequential arising from a failure of this program to operate in the
manner desired by the user. Crater Rim Software shall not be liable for
any damage to data or property which may be caused directly or
indirectly by use of the program.
IN NO EVENT WILL Crater Rim Software BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES,
INCLUDING ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST SAVINGS OR OTHER INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE
PROGRAM, OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY OTHER PARTY.
See the Ordering section for more information on registration, corporate
licensing and similar topics.
WARNING: YOU MAY NOT USE EITHER VERSION OF SuperK ON A REGULAR BASIS
WITHOUT REGISTERING THE PACKAGE.
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SuperK External Protocol Driver - Revision Log
V2.50 - Dated 08/22/88 Initial Release
V2.52 - Dated 09/01/88
V3.10 - Dated 11/05/88
V3.12 - Dated 12/04/88
V3.13 - Dated 12/06/88
V3.14 - Dated 12/27/88
V3.15 - Dated 01/07/89
V3.16 - Dated 01/26/89
V4.00 - Dated 02/20/89
V4.10 - Dated 03/29/89 Changes
Modem Buffer size has been increased from 4K to 8K
Sending files using Super8K will now recognize the receipt of an XOFF
from the modem. Upon receipt, SuperK will cycle for about 5 seconds
waiting for an XON from the modem or a user abort via the Esc or ^X key.
Please Note that the XOFF/XON support is ONLY for use with MNP modems.
The Super8K receiver software does not send the XOFF/XON.
It has been brought to my attention that the latest MS Basic compilers
drop the RTS line when performing a DOS shell. SuperK now checks the RTS
line upon startup and will raise it if it has been dropped.
There have also been some reports of memory errors when using SuperK in
EEMS memory... I suspect that this may have been caused by a Stack/Heap
collision within SuperK. To this end, I have increased both the Stack
and Heap. Please check the new memory requirements to be sure that you
have ample memory available for SuperK to do its thing! Please let me
know if this problem still exists.
The addition of a Work Path so that SuperK can easily access Read Only
files in a networking envirnment (see W - Work Path below).
Corrected a bug in the Overwrite check. Under certain circumstances, an
I/O error would occur if too many files were rejected by the receiver.
V4.11 - Dated 04/05/89 Corrected a minor bug in the ReadOnly copy routine
V4.12 - Dated 05/04/89 Changes
In an effort to make Super8K a little more "bullet proof", I reworked
then Super8K Error Recovery routines.
There have been a number of users having problems with SuperK reporting
a run time error of F0=xxxx. This is due to the fact that SuperK cannot
find its overlay file, SUPERK.000. Seems there are some (antiquated) BBS
packages that change directories before transferring a file! When this
happens, SuperK is unable to find its overalay (or the SKA.COM jmodem
module for that matter). If this is happening to you, be sure to start
up SuperK as SUPERK @ and define OVL Path parameter to the FULL
drive:\path\ where SUPERK resides.
There are also reports that some BBS software is unable to "read" the
SuperK errorlevel returned upon exit. This is a problem with the calling
program NOT with SuperK as the errorlevel returned is fully recognized
by DOS via a batch file.
Memory requirements:
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Jmodem transfers require a minimum of 125K (128,000 bytes). All of the
other protocols only require about 70K (71,680 bytes). If you don't know
how much memory you have available, it can be checked easily as follows:
1) Copy DOS' CHKDSK.COM to your comm directory.
2) Start up your comm program and execute the comm program's DOS shell
option.
3) Type CHKDSK at the DOS prompt
4) CHKDSK will display its results along with the "bytes free" figure.
In order to perform Jmodem transfers, th