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- How to install Kermit on your ATARI
- home computer.
-
- RAM: 48K, or more RAM
- Peripherals: At least one disk drive
- ATARI 850 & a modem, or
- ATARI 1030, or other
- communications device
-
- 1) Format a diskette and write a copy
- of DOS onto it.
-
- 2) Write the AUTORUN.SYS file for the
- type of modem that you are going to
- use. If you are using an 850, write
- the AUTORUN.SYS file that came with the
- DOS II Master Diskette.
-
- 3) Write all the K*.* files onto the
- diskette.
-
- 4) Insert an ACTION! cartridge into
- your ATARI computer, turn on your 850
- (or 1030, or whatever) and power cycle
- your ATARI computer. After the DOS
- boots you should see the ACTION! editor
- screen.
-
- 5) Read in and edit the file
- "KERMIT.ACT". Change the line near the
- end of the file from "KCOM850.ACT" to
- whichever device you wish to use.
- Write out the "KERMIT.ACT" file when
- you are done. If you are trying to
- support a new modem type, create a new
- KCOM file and use its name here....
-
- 6) Clear the editor buffer and go to
- the ACTION! monitor. Type
- R "KERMIT.ACT"
- to compile and run the Kermit program.
-
- That's it. Here are some commonly asked
- questions, with some off-the-cuff
- answers:
-
- Q: Why do I need an ACTION! cartridge
- to run Kermit?
-
- A: The people who developed ACTION!
- have not yet provided a way of running
- their program without the ACTION! cart.
-
- Q: Why do I have to re-compile the
- program every time I want to use it?
-
- A: DOS II's menu program destroys
- the R: and T: device drivers, so you
- can't use the "L" menu option to run
- a pre-compiled ACTION program that
- depends on the R: or T: drivers.
-
- If you are clever, you can append the
- ACTION! object code to the AUTORUN.SYS
- file to generate an auto-booting
- version of KERMIT.
-
- If you have OS/A+, you can, indeed,
- save the compiled version of Kermit and
- execute it from the command line. Just
- make sure that you have loaded a
- device driver first!
-
- Jack Palevich
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