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- Last update: Fri Aug 6 15:04:25 1993
-
- Welcome to the Columbia University software distribution area.
-
- You may cd to any of these directories and get any files you want. All files
- are provided without warranty of any kind. Please read specific copyright
- notices and disclaimers. Most of this software is not "public domain".
-
-
- KERMIT SOFTWARE
-
- This is the definitive Kermit software distribution area. It is organized
- into subdirectories as follows:
-
- kermit/a/ - Tape A - Popular PCs:
- MS-DOS Kermit for DOS and Windows;
- Apple II Kermit; CP/M-80 Kermit.
-
- kermit/b/ - Tape B - Popular mainframes, minis, and workstations:
- & C-Kermit 5A for UNIX, VMS, DG AOS/VS, Macintosh,
- Tape F OS/2, OS-9, Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, Apollo Aegis.
- IBM mainframes (VM/CMS, MVS/TSO, CICS, MUSIC),
- VAX/VMS, PDP-11 (RSX, RSTS, RT, TSX, MUMPS).
-
- kermit/c/ - Tape C - Less popular micros, PCs and workstations:
- Acorn, Apollo, Atari, Commodore 64/128, CP/M-86,
- Concurrent CP/M-86, BTOS, CTOS, LISP machines,
- Flex, UniFlex, HP BASIC, UCSD Pascal, Intel
- Development Systems, Luxor ABC, Lilith, ICL/Perq,
- Sinclair, RML, TRS-80, and other Tandys, etc.
-
- kermit/d/ - Tape D - Less popular minis & mainframes:
- DG AOS/VS and RDOS, Burroughs, CDC, Cray, GEC,
- Gould/SEL, Harris, Honeywell, HP minis,
- DEC-10/20, DEC PDP-8/12, MAI Basic Four,
- MODCOMP, IBM mainframes (MTS, GUTS), NCR, Norsk
- Data, Perkin-Elmer/Concurrent, PICK, PRIME, Tandem,
- TI, Sperry/UNIVAC/UNISYS, ICL, etc.
-
- kermit/e - Tape E - General Kermit documentation, mail archives, etc
-
-
- DEVELOPMENT AREAS
-
- kermit/test - Tape T - Kermit Beta Test versions, see kermit/test/read.me
-
-
- BINARIES
-
- kermit/bin - Binary executable Kermit programs (use binary mode).
- Also: ckuxxx.tar.Z (compressed tar archive of current
- UNIX C-Kermit release, e.g. cku189.tar.Z);
- msvibm.zip: ZIP archive of current MS-DOS Kermit
- distribution diskette (KERMIT.EXE, KERMIT.PIF,
- MSKERMIT.INI, MSCUSTOM.INI, etc etc).
- ckoker.zip: OS/2 C-Kermit distribution files.
- See kermit/bin/read.me for further info.
-
- OTHER
-
- kermit/cu - Columbia-specific files (MS-DOS Kermit scripts, etc)
- kermit/charsets - Character set tables and info (8-bit text!)
- kermit/old - Old versions, superseded by new ones.
- kermit/extra - Extra, redundant, or rarely-used versions.
-
- File names all start with letters and are of the form name.typ (lowercase!)
- and normally appear in alphabetical order in a directory listing or on a tape.
- Exception: READ.ME files have uppercase names, so as to appear at the top of
- a directory listing, but are usually also accessible as read.me.
-
- Kermit programs are stored in the Kermit distribution areas with related files
- grouped together using filename prefixes; the names of all the files for a
- certain implementation all start with the same 2- or 3-character prefix, for
- instance all the files for MS-DOS Kermit have names starting with "ms".
- Similarly, "ck" for C-Kermit, "ik" for IBM mainframe Kermit, "k11" for PDP-11
- Kermit, and so on.
-
- A group of files for a particular Kermit program is often headed by an "aaaa"
- file, for example "msaaaa.hlp" for MS-DOS Kermit; "ckaaaa.hlp" for C-Kermit;
- "ckoaaa.hlp" for the OS/2 version of C-Kermit, and so on. These files explain
- the organization of the files for a particular Kermit version. The most
- popular Kermit programs are:
-
- MS-DOS Kermit for PC-DOS, MS-DOS, and MS-Windows:
- Overview file: kermit/a/msaaaa.hlp
- Binary ZIP archive: kermit/bin/msvibm.zip
- Sources: kermit/a/ms*.* (assembler and C)
-
- C-Kermit for UNIX, VAX/VMS, OS/2, Data General AOS/VS, the Commodore Amiga,
- the Atari ST, and OS-9:
- Overview file: kermit/b/ckaaaa.hlp
- Binary compressed tar archive of UNIX source code: kermit/bin/cku189.tar.Z
- (189 is the program edit number, subject to change). Selected binaries are
- in kermit/bin/ck* (various UNIX versions, OS/2). Other binaries (VMS, etc)
- can be found in kermit/b/ck*.uue (UUENCODed versions), ck*.hex (VMS hex
- versions), ck*.boo (BOO-encoded OS/2 versions), etc.
- Sources: kermit/b/ck*.[ch], ck*ker.mak.
- Macintosh Kermit:
- Overview file: kermit/b/ckmaaa.hlp
- Source code: kermit/b/ck[cuwm]*.[cwhr]
- Binary: kermit/b/ckmker.hqx (BinHex 4.0 format)
- Further information: kermit/b/ckmker.bwr
-
- IBM Mainframe Kermit for VM/CMS, MVS/TSO, MVS/ROSCOE, CICS, and MUSIC:
- Overview file: kermit/b/ik0aaa.hlp
- Source code: kermit/b/ik*.* (ik0*.* + ikc*.* for CMS, ikt*.* for TSO, etc)
-
- Files whose names start with "aa" -- normally appearing at the top of a
- directory listing -- give general information about Kermit. There should be
- an identical set of "aa" files at the top of each Kermit subdirectory a-e.
-
- The following files describe what's available in the Kermit distribution:
-
- aafiles.hlp - Explanation of what files are available and how they are named.
- aanetw.hlp -- Information about network access to Kermit files.
- aanoks.hlp -- Information about the Oklahoma State U Kermit archive.
- aatape.hlp -- Information about Kermit distribution tape formats.
-
- Files whose names start with "aav" are brief, complete lists of existing,
- available Kermit versions, sorted in various ways:
-
- aavers.hlp -- Master list, in no particular order
- aavnew.hlp -- Listed in reverse chronological order of release date
- aavops.hlp -- Listed alphabetically by operating system only
- aavlng.hlp -- Listed alphabetically by programming language
- aavpfx.hlp -- Listed alphabetically by filename prefix, regardless of tape
- aavsys.hlp -- Listed alphabetically by machine and operating system
- aavtap.hlp -- Listed by tape (A,B,C,D,E), then alphabetically by file prefix
-
- And there are some bureaucratic files, whose names start with "aax":
-
- aaxfly.doc -- The Kermit catalog and mail-order form, terms and conditions.
- aaxfly.ps -- A PostScript version of the catalog and order form.
- aaxcom.doc -- Commercial-Use policy.
- aaxcom.ps -- PostScript version of commercial-use policy.
-
- Finally, there is aavers.upd, which lists the Kermit programs released since
- the last time the catalog / order-form was updated.
-
-
- PUBLISHED DOCUMENTATION
-
- .. is available for MS-DOS Kermit and C-Kermit. Please use it. Sales
- of the documentation help support the Kermit effort and reduce the workload
- at our help desk.
-
- MS-DOS KERMIT:
-
- Christine M. Gianone, "Using MS-DOS Kermit", Second Edition, Digital Press,
- Bedford, MA, 1992, 345 pages. Packaged with version 3.13 of MS-DOS Kermit
- for the IBM PC, PS/2, and compatibles on a 3.5-inch diskette.
-
- DEC Order Number: EY-H893E-DP
- Digital Press ISBN: 1-55558-082-3
- Prentice Hall ISBN: 0-13-952276-X
-
- Internation Edition DEC Order Number: EY-H893E-DI
- Prentice Hall International Edition ISBN: 0-13-953043-6
-
- US single-copy price: $34.95; quantity discounts available. Available in
- computer bookstores or directly from Digital Press. In the USA, call
- Digital Press toll-free +1-800-344-4825 to order; major credit cards
- accepted; refer to the DEC order number shown above.
-
- The English-language edition can also be ordered from:
-
- Kermit Development and Distribution
- Columbia University Academic Information Systems
- 612 West 115th Street
- New York, NY 10025 USA
- Telephone: (USA) 212 854-3703
-
- Domestic and overseas orders accepted. Price: $34.95 (US, Canada, and
- Mexico), $45 elsewhere. Orders may be paid by MasterCard or Visa, or
- prepaid by check in US dollars. Add $35 bank fee for checks not drawn on a
- US bank. Price includes shipping. Do not include sales tax.
-
- A German-language edition is also available:
-
- Christine M. Gianone, "MS-DOS Kermit, das universelle
- Kommunikationsprogramm", Verlag Heinz Heise, Hannover, Germany (1991),
- 414 pages. Packaged with version 3.11 of MS-DOS Kermit for the IBM PC,
- PS/2, and compatibles on a 5.25-inch diskette, including German-language
- help files. Deutsch von Gisbert W. Selke. Price: DM 69,00. ISBN
- 3-88229-006-4. Verlag Heinz Heise GmbH & Co. KG, Helstorfer Strasse 7,
- D-3000 Hannover. Tel. +49 (05 11) 53 52-0, Fax. +49 (05 11) 53 53-1 29.
-
- And a French-language edition:
-
- Christine M. Gianone, "Kermit MS-DOS Mode d'Emploi", Heinz Schiefer & Cie.,
- Versailles (1993), 406 pages. Packaged with version 3.11 of MS-DOS Kermit
- for the IBM PC, PS/2, and compatibles on a 5.25-inch diskette. Adaption
- francaise: Jean Dutertre. ISBN 2-901143-20-2. Heinz Schiefer & Cie.,
- 45 rue Henri de Regnier, F-78000 Versailles. Tel. +33 13 021 55 05,
- Fax. +33 13 902 3971.
-
- There is also a Japanese book about MS-DOS Kermit:
-
- Hirofumi Fujii and Fukuko Yuasa, "MS-Kermit Nyumon", Computer
- Today Library 6, Saiensu-Sha Co., Ltd., publishers (1993), 160 pages.
- Publisher's address: Abe-toku Building, 2-4 Kanda-suda cho, Chiyoda-ku,
- Tokyo 101, Japan. Tel. +81-3-3256-1091. Price 1,800 Yen + tax.
- ISBN 4-7819-0669-9 C3355 P1854E.
-
- C-KERMIT:
-
- Frank da Cruz and Christine M. Gianone, "Using C-Kermit", Digital Press,
- Burlington, MA, 1993, approx. 500 pages.
-
- Order Number: EY-J896E-DP
- Digital Press ISBN: 1-55558-108-0
- Prentice Hall ISBN: 0-13-037490-3
-
- US single-copy price: $34.95; quantity discounts available. Available in
- computer bookstores or directly from Digital Press. In the USA, call
- DECdirect toll-free 1-800-344-4825 to order; major credit cards
- accepted. Overseas, order through your bookstore or your local Digital
- Equipment Corporation branch. Can also be ordered from:
-
- Kermit Development and Distribution
- Columbia University Center for Computing Activities
- 612 West 115th Street
- New York, NY 10025 USA
- Telephone: (USA) 212 854-3703
-
- Domestic and overseas orders accepted. Price: $34.95 (US, Canada, and
- Mexico), $45 elsewhere. Orders may be paid by MasterCard or Visa, or
- prepaid by check in US dollars. Add $35 bank fee for checks not drawn on
- a US bank. Price includes shipping. Do not include sales tax.
-
- KERMIT PROTOCOL SPECIFICATION and other general information:
-
- Frank da Cruz, "Kermit, A File Transfer Protocol", Digital Press,
- Bedford, MA, 1987, 379 pages.
-
- Order Number: EY-6705E-DP
- Digital Press ISBN: 0-932376-88-6
- Prentice Hall ISBN: 0-13-514753-0
-
- US single-copy price: $29.95; quantity discounts available. Available in
- computer bookstores or directly from Digital Press. In the USA, call
- Digital Press toll-free 1-800-344-4825 to order; major credit cards
- accepted. Overseas, order through your bookstore or your local Digital
- Equipment Corporation branch.
-
-
- PACKET DRIVER SOFTWARE
-
- Also available in our anonymous FTP area, the Cyrnwr (formerly Clarkson)
- packet driver collection, network board drivers for IBM PCs and compatibles:
-
- packet-drivers/src - Source code (ftp in text mode)
- packet-drivers/doc - Documentation (ftp in text mode)
- packet-drivers/bin - Binaries (ftp in binary mode)
- packet-drivers/zip - ZIP archives (ftp in binary mode)
- packet-drivers/new - New additions (mixture of text and binary)
-
- (end of kermit/read.me)
-