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File KERMIT.UPD (MSKERM.UPD) June 1993
SUPPLEMENT TO "USING MS-DOS KERMIT":
CHANGES AND NEW FEATURES SINCE VERSION 3.11
Most recent update: Mon Jul 12 09:41:41 1993
Copyright (C) 1985, 1993, Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New
York. The MS-DOS Kermit software may be reproduced and shared without
restriction as long as this copyright notice is retained, except that it may
not be licensed or sold for profit as a software product itself, and it may
not be included in or distributed with commercial products or otherwise
distributed by commercial concerns to their clients or customers without
written permission of the Office of Kermit Development and Distribution,
Columbia University.
MS-DOS Kermit is a product of Kermit Distribution, Columbia University Center
for Computing Activities. The principal author of the program is Professor
Joe R. Doupnik of Utah State University, with help from other volunteer
programmers all over the world. The software is copyright by the Trustees of
Columbia University in the City of New York, with portions of the source code
also copyright by other institutions including Waterloo University (Ontario,
Canada) and the (US) National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA).
Kermit software is written by volunteer programmers as a public service, and
is furnished without warranty of any kind. Neither Columbia University, nor
the individual authors, nor Digital Equipment Corporation, nor Digital Press,
nor Data General Corporation, nor any other institution or individual that has
contributed to the development and documentation warrant the software in any
way.
See the file KERMIT.HLP (MSKERM.HLP) for contact information.
UPDATES
MS-DOS Kermit 3.11 was released September, 1991, and is fully described in
"Using MS-DOS Kermit", second edition. MS-DOS Kermit 3.13 has several features
not described in the book. This file describes these new features.
MS-DOS Kermit 3.12 was released in September, 1992. It is a maintenance
release, but with several new features added, including:
. Networking and communications improvements, including ODI support.
. Japanese Kanji text-file transfer translation.
. Locking-shift protocol for file transfer.
. A new method for transferring files with IBM mainframes.
. Ability to SET PORT TCP/IP to non-TELNET ports.
MS-DOS Kermit 3.13 was released in July 1993 with the following new features:
. 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
UPDATE: KERMIT ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE
The DOS environment variable KERMIT may be used for setting certain
parameters, even if Kermit doesn't read its initialization file.
Set this environment variable in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
SET KERMIT=text
<text> can be one or more MS-DOS Kermit startup parameters of the form
<name> <value>, separated by semicolons. Startup parameters include:
INPBUT <number> (allocates storage for INPUT command buffer)
ROLLBACK <number> (allocates storage for <number> rollback screens)
WIDTH <number> (allocates sorage for given screen width, 80-207)
COMn <address> <irq> (sets COM1, COM2, COM3, or COM4 address and IRQ)
PATH <path> (where Kermit looks for TAKE files)
PATH and WIDTH are new to version 3.13. WIDTH defines the width of the
terminal-screen rollback memory. If you want to roll back wide screens,
you should specify the width, e.g. 132. AUTOEXEC.BAT Example:
SET KERMIT=ROLLBACK 50;WIDTH 132;PATH C:\KERMIT
PATH affects the initialization-file search, the TAKE command, and
the IF INPATH command.
UPDATE: DIALING AND THE DIALING DIRECTORY
MS-DOS Kermit does not have a built-in DIAL command, but if you installed
Kermit from the distribution disk according to instructions, you'll be able to
use the DIAL macro defined in Kermit's initialization file, MSKERMIT.INI.
DIAL uses two additional files: xxxxx.SCR, a script program for dialing your
modem ("xxxxx" is HAYES, T3000, ROLM, etc, see below for a list), and
DIALUPS.TXT, your dialing directory (see MODEMS.HLP).
If you do not have a modem for which a dialing script is provided, you can
write a new script program for dialing, modelled after one of the other
dialing scripts (see Chapter 14 of "Using MS-DOS Kermit) and set a DOS
environment variable, MODEM, to be the name of your modem; the dialing script
should have the same name, with a filetype of .SCR. For example, for dialing
an XYZV32 modem, put the following line your AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
SET MODEM=XYZV32
and install a XYZV32.SCR file in the same directory as your MSKERMIT.INI file.
If you don't have a dialing script for your type of modem, you can also dial
it "manually" in CONNECT mode.
To use a dialing directory, create a plain text file called DIALUPS.TXT. The
file contains one line per entry:
name number speed parity comments
The "name" is the name you want to use for this entry in your DIAL commands.
"number" is the telephone number; "speed" is the dialing speed in bits per
second, "parity" is the parity to use (even, odd, mark, space, or none). The
name, number, speed, and parity are separated from each other by one or more
spaces. Any words after the parity are ignored, so you can use them for
comments. If trailing fields (speed, parity) are omitted, Kermit's current
values are used (but then you can't have a comment). If you want to tell
Kermit explicitly to use its current value for speed or parity, use an equal
sign (=). Examples:
sprintnet 7654321 2400 mark
oofanet 6543210 1200 odd This entry has a comment.
tymnet 93,876-5432 2400 even You can put punctuation in the phone #.
hometone T5551212 1200 none T in number forces tone dialing
homepulse P5551212 1200 none P in number forces pulse dialing
anyspeed 999-9999 = none Use current speed, whatever it is.
anyparity 888-8888 9600 = Use current parity, whatever it is.
whocares 777-7777 = = Use current speed and parity.
defaults 987-6543
To use the dialing directory, just type DIAL followed by the name, spelled out
in full (case doesn't matter), for example:
MS-Kermit>dial tymnet
If you type a name or number that is not in the directory, Kermit dials exactly
the characters you type, for example DIAL 5552370 dials the number 5552370.
DIAL FRED (if FRED is not in the directory) tells Kermit to dial the letters
FRED, which won't accomplish anything useful with most modems.
To view your dialing directory, type LIST. To view particular entries in your
dialing directory, type LIST XXX, where XXX is a sequence of characters that
appears in the desired entries (usually the name). In the LIST command, case
is important because it uses the DOS FIND program to list the entries:
MS-Kermit>list tymnet
tymnet 93,876-5432 2400 even You can put punctuation in the phone #.
In your dialing directory, you can include spaces in the name or number by
enclosing it in braces, as in these examples:
{my computer} 555-4