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- CKOAAA.DSK (READ.ME) OS/2 C-Kermit 5A(189) July 1993
-
- OS/2 C-Kermit is a powerful, full-function communications software
- program for your OS/2 system. C-Kermit supports serial communications,
- automatic dialing, TCP/IP networking, DECnet/LAT networking, VT102
- terminal emulation, key mapping, screen rollback, screen copy and
- printing, fast and reliable Kermit file transfer, national and
- international character-set conversion, and a powerful, easy-to-use
- script programming language.
-
- C-Kermit Software Copyright (C) 1985, 1993, Trustees of Columbia
- University in the City of New York. The C-Kermit software may not
- be, in whole or in part, licensed or sold for profit as a software
- product itself, nor may it 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.
- This copyright notice must not be removed, altered, or obscured.
-
-
- GUIDE TO THE OS/2 C-KERMIT DISTRIBUTION DISKETTE
-
- READ.ME (or CKOAAA.HLP)
- This file.
-
- INSTALL.CMD (or CKOINS.CMD)
- OS/2 C-Kermit installation procedure. Click on it to begin
- installation or, in a command window, just type "a:install".
- After installation, you can use C-Kermit by clicking on its
- desktop icon or, in a command window, typing "ckermit".
- See below for further instructions.
-
- CKOKER16.EXE or CKOKER32.EXE
- The OS/2 C-Kermit program, either the 16-bit version or the
- 32-bit version, depending on which one you ordered. It will be
- installed as CKERMIT.EXE if you use the INSTALL procedure. The
- 16-bit version should be used on OS/2 1.x. The 32-bit version
- should be used on OS/2 2.x. The 16-bit version will also work
- on OS/2 2.x, but the 32-bit version will not work on OS/2 1.x.
-
- CKOTCP16.DLL or CKOTCP32.DLL
- Dummy TCP/IP library for OS/2 systems that do not have TCP/IP
- installed, either the 32- or 16-bit version.
-
- CKOSYSL.CK1 or CKOSYSL.CK2
- SYSLEVEL info for 16-bit and 32-bit versions, respectively.
-
- CKERMIT.CMD
- A sample REXX CMD file for starting OS/2 C-Kermit. Read and
- modify to suit your requirements.
-
- CKERMIT.ICO
- OS/2 C-Kermit desktop icon.
-
- CKERMIT.INI
- Standard C-Kermit 5A initialization file.
-
- CKERMOD.INI
- Sample C-Kermit 5A customization file, edit to suit your needs.
- NOTE: the INSTALL procedure will modify this file to include your
- preference for port, modem type, and communication speed.
-
- CKERMIT.KDD
- Sample C-Kermit dialing directory file. See pages 50-67 of "Using
- C-Kermit" for complete instructions on dialing.
-
- CKERMIT.KSD
- Sample C-Kermit services directory file. See Chapter 13 of "Using
- C-Kermit"
-
- CKCKER.UPD ("update file")
- New feature in C-Kermit since "Using C-Kermit" was published.
-
- CKCKER.BWR
- C-Kermit "beware file": restrictions, limitations, hints & tips.
-
- CKOKER.BWR
- OS/2-specific C-Kermit "beware file". Read in conjunction with
- the general C-Kermit beware file, CKCKER.BWR.
-
- CKOVTK.INI
- Sample key settings file to make DEC VT100 and VT220 key assignments
- for the IBM PC extended (101) keyboard. Tell C-Kermit to TAKE this
- file to make the VT100 assignments. For further information, read
- this file.
-
- CKOEXP.DOC ("external protocols")
- Hints and tips for using C-Kermit with other communication
- software programs.
-
- CP437.TXT, CP850.TXT, LATIN1.TXT
- Character-set tables for the two common PC code pages used with
- OS/2 for representing West European languages, and the
- corresponding international standard character set. Use these for
- practice displaying and transferring international text.
-
- INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
-
- To install C-Kermit 5A(189) on your OS/2 system:
-
- 1. Insert the C-Kermit diskette into a diskette drive.
-
- 2. Click on the diskette icon for that diskette drive.
-
- 3. Click on the INSTALL.CMD file and then answer the
- questions.
-
- Alternatively, from an OS/2 command window, type the command
- "a:install" (substitute a different disk letter if necessary).
-
- Or, if desired, you can skip the automatic installation procedure
- and follow the instructions on pages 421-423 of "Using C-Kermit" (if
- you don't have the book, ordering information is given below). This
- gives you a bit more flexibility, but requires that you edit some
- files yourself.
-
- If you are NOT using the automatic installation procedure, then you
- must also take an additional step, not listed in the book, to
- account for OS/2 C-Kermit's new support for TCP/IP networking:
-
- OS/2 C-Kermit version 5A(189), which was released after publication
- of "Using C-Kermit", supports TCP/IP connections if you have TCP/IP
- installed on your OS/2 system. Please read the following VERY
- CAREFULLY:
-
- If you do NOT have IBM TCP/IP installed on your OS/2 system, you
- must install a dummy TCP/IP DLL (dynamically linked library) in
- your OS/2 system or else C-Kermit 5A(189) will not be able to run.
-
- If you DO have IBM TCP/IP installed, do NOT install this dummy
- library!
-
- Assuming you have the OS/2 C-Kermit distribution diskette in drive
- A: and your OS/2 system is installed on drive C:, and you have an
- active OS/2 command processor (CMD) window, follow this procedure:
-
- 1. Type the following command:
-
- DIR C:\TCPIP\DLL\TCPIPDLL.DLL
-
- If OS/2 lists the file, then STOP RIGHT NOW -- your OS/2 system
- already has TCP/IP installed.
-
- WARNING: TCP/IP need not be installed on your boot drive. If
- you have other hard drives or network drive letters available,
- check them too.
-
- If OS/2 says "SYS0002: The system cannot find the file
- specified", then go on to the next step.
-
- 2. Type the following command:
-
- COPY A:CKOTCP16.DLL C:\OS2\DLL\TCPIPDLL.DLL
- or:
- COPY A:CKOTCP32.DLL C:\OS2\DLL\TCPIPDLL.DLL
-
- depending on whether you are installing the 16-bit or 32-bit
- version of C-Kermit.
-
- You must install the dummy DLL before you first try to run
- C-Kermit, or else OS/2 will not be able to start C-Kermit, and
- will give a message to the effect that "file TCPIPDLL not found".
-
- IMPORTANT WARNING: If you have installed the dummy DLL, be sure to
- remove it if you ever install IBM TCP/IP on your OS/2 system. Since
- C:\OS2\DLL is ahead of C:\TCPIP\DLL in your LIBPATH, TCP/IP will
- never find its real library, and will therefore not work!
-
- ANOTHER IMPORTANT WARNING: If you install a new version of OS/2, it
- will remove the dummy TCPIPDLL.DLL file from the OS2\DLL directory.
- To guard against the above two happenstances, it is better if you
- put the dummy DLL in C-Kermit's directory, and then (if you know how
- to edit files) edit your CONFIG.SYS file to add the C-Kermit
- directory to your LOADPATH.
-
- NOTE: The INSTALL.CMD procedure takes care
- of all the above automatically.
-
- DOCUMENTATION (including OS/2 C-Kermit installation instructions):
-
- 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 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.
-
- Contact Kermit Distribution for information about other Kermit
- software programs, including those for MS-DOS, Windows, UNIX, VMS,
- IBM mainframes, and hundreds of others.
-
- (End of OS/2 C-Kermit READ.ME file)
-