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- Explorer Kermit
-
-
- This is Release 1.0 of Explorer Kermit. This implementation was developed
- as a joint effort between Sperry Corporation and Texas Instruments
- Incorporated. You should be using Sperry Release 2.1.1 or TI Release 2.1
- of Explorer software. When Release 3.0 is available, this software will
- probably no longer work, and an updated version will be distributed by
- Sperry and TI. This implementation has been successfully tested in
- conjunction with Kermit implementations for Sperry 1100, DEC Vax, DEC 2060,
- and Sperry and IBM PCs (KERMIT-MS).
-
- To install Kermit:
-
- Restore the files on tape to the directory KERMIT;
-
- Use the following table to rename the delivered files to their
- Explorer format, if necessary:
-
- Delivered Explorer RENAMED IN KER:
- ---------- ----------- --------------
- README.TXT -READ-ME-.TXT EXPLRE.HLP
- DEFSYS.LSP DEFSYSTEM.LISP EXPLRE.LSP
- KERMIT.LSP KERMIT.LISP EXPLRE.LSP
- KEXPLR.DOC KUSER-EXPLORER.DOC EXPLRE.DOC
- MKERMT.LSP MAKE-KERMIT.LISP EXPLRE.LSP
- PATCHD.DIR PATCH.DIRECTORY EXPLRE.DIR
- PATCH1.DIR PATCH-1.DIRECTORY EXPLRE.DIR
- PTCH11.LSP PATCH-1-1.LISP EXPLRE.LSP
- SCLOSE.LSP SERIAL-CLOSE-FIX.LISP EXPLRE.LSP
- STLNET.LSP SERIAL-TELNET.LISP EXPLRE.LSP
- VTCURS.LSP VT100-CURSOR-FIX.LISP EXPLRE.LSP
- VTCKEY.LSP VT100-CURSOR-KEY-FIX.LISP EXPLRE.LSP
-
- Load the file KERMIT;MAKE-KERMIT.LISP
-
- To execute Kermit:
-
- Instantiate a new VT100 Emulator with a <SYSTEM> <CTRL>-V key sequence.
-
- After the prompt "VT100. Connect to host:", type PORT <RETURN>.
-
- Configure the Explorer's serial port by selecting the proper parameters from
- the menu. Select DO IT with the mouse.
-
- Either select AUTODIAL with the mouse from the menu beneath the VT100 window,
- and fill in your autodial modem's prefix and the destination host's phone
- number, or dial-up your host manually.
-
- Once a carrier is established, a <RETURN> generally gets the attention of
- the host. Login to the host as you normally would.
-
- Once you have established a session with the host, the easiest way to use
- Kermit is to put the other host in server mode, and control all file transfer
- from the Explorer end by selecting KERMIT from the menu beneath the VT100
- window. A menu will pop up containing the various Kermit commands. Each
- entry is documented at the bottom of the screen when the mouse is over it.
- Select the appropriate one with the mouse and supply the additional
- information reqwested. A status window will be exposed over the VT100 window
- so that the progress of your request can be monitored. To abort your request,
- select either ABORT or ABORT-SAVE with the mouse. When your request is
- complete, a message so indicating will display in the window. To return
- to terminal emulation, press any key and take then the destination host
- out of server mode, by selecting FINISH or BYE from the KERMIT menu.
-
- The commands are documented in the mouse documentation line and in the Kermit
- User's Manual, supplied with this product.
-
- Known Deficiencies:
-
- With Sperry Release 2.0.1 or TI Release 2.0, Baud rates in excess of 1200,
- input and output buffer sizes in excess of 180 characters and XON-XOFF
- flow control are unstable. There are no known problems of this type with
- the current software.
-
- The RUN-SCRIPT function will evolve into a more full-featured facility in
- subsequent releases.
-
- Support for some of the advanced commands for servers is not yet complete.
-
- If you are losing characters in VT100 emulator, as evidenced by things like
- [23;01H showing up on the screen, you probably have a flakey line. Simply
- logout from the remote host and redial.
-
-