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- Info-Kermit Digest Mon, 6 Nov 1989 Volume 10 : Number 4
-
- Departments:
-
- ANNOUNCEMENTS -
- Announcing IBM Mainframe MVS/TSO Kermit-370 Version 4.1.005
- Announcing Apple II Kermit Version 3.86
- Announcing Kermit-12 Version 10f
- Minor Release of Commodore Kermit
-
- KERMIT PROTOCOL -
- Proposed Modification to "Set Warning"
-
- MOS-DOS KERMIT -
- MS-DOS Printer Drivers Needed
- MS-DOS Kermit Losing Characters at 19200 bps
- MS-DOS Kermit Losing Characters with KEYB Drivers
-
- MISCELLANY -
- Kermit over Ethernet
- Kermit File Transfers on DECstation 3100
- Problems with Kermit for the DECsystem-10
- DECsystem-10 Kermit Macro Source Problem
- Kermit Bootstrapping
-
- Digest submissions may be sent to Info-Kermit@WATSUN.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU, requests
- for addition to or deletion from the Info-Kermit subscriber list to
- Info-Kermit-Request@WATSUN.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU or to KERMIT@CUVMA.BITNET.
-
- Kermit files may be obtained over networks and by mail order. On the
- Internetwork, use FTP to log in to host WATSUN, WATSUN.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU, a
- SUN-4/280 running UNIX (SUNOS 4.0), IP host number 128.59,39.2.
- 128.59.40.130. Login as user anonymous (note, lower case), any password, and
- GET or MGET the desired files. The Kermit files are in directories kermit/a,
- kermit/b, kermit/c, kermit/d, and kermit/e. You can also get Kermit files
- over BITNET/EARN; to get started send a message with text HELP to KERMSRV, the
- Kermit file server, at host CUVMA. For detailed instructions, read the file
- kermit/a/aanetw.hlp (AANETW.HLP on KERMSRV). To order by mail, request a
- complete list of Kermit versions and an order form from Kermit Distribution,
- Columbia University Center for Computing Activities, 612 West 115th Street,
- New York, NY 10025 USA.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 1989 Oct 11 20:44 EDT
- From: "John F. Chandler" <PEPMNT@cfaamp.harvard.edu>
- Subject: Announcing IBM Mainframe MVS/TSO Kermit-370 Version 4.1.005
- Keywords: IBM 370 Kermit, MVS/TSO Kermit, TSO Kermit
-
- This is to announce the release of Kermit-370 version 4.1.005 for TSO.
- This version is comparable to the recently released 4.1.005 for CMS.
- Version 4.1.005 has several improvements over 4.1.004.
-
- 1. The common storage has been rearranged slightly to remain within
- the 4K addressibility limit.
-
- 2. A new, separate error condition is recognized when Kermit-TSO
- receives a "packet" containing no start-of-packet character. The
- old response was the somewhat misleading "Bad packet count or
- checksum."
-
- 3. There is now provision for an accounting exit routine to be called
- after completion of each batch of SEND or RECEIVE. A sample routine
- is available as IKCACT ASM (for CMS) and may be adapted to specific
- needs. Since the exit routine is optional, you must explicitly load
- it with Kermit in the linkage editor. The appropriate JCL has been
- added to (but commented out) the installation job in IKTKER.INS.
-
- 4. The installation batch job has also been updated to include the REUS
- option on the LKED step, so that TTY-mode timeouts will work on
- MVS/XA systems. Also, conditional execution is now specified on the
- assembly and link-editing steps to minimize the repercussions of any
- errors in setting up the job.
-
- 5. Perhaps most interestingly, Kermit-TSO now recognizes a syntax for
- sending partial files by line numbers. The syntax is
-
- SEND filespec<n-m>
-
- where "filespec" is any valid file specification, "n" is the first
- line to send, and "m" is the last. There must be no blank between
- the file name and the "<". Either "n" or "m" may be omitted (the
- default is the start or end of the file, respectively), and the
- hyphen may be left off as well if "m" is omitted. The same syntax
- may be used in a GET request (or, in many cases, a REMOTE TYPE
- request) through a micro Kermit talking to a Kermit-TSO server.
-
- Many thanks to the beta-testers, who put the new version through its
- paces and helped in identifying weaknesses in the implementation.
- There are two updates that were not included in this release because
- of inconclusive test results. The first was designed to correct the
- problem of Kermit failing to executed a migrated KERMINI file, and
- the second to enable Kermit to recognize dataset modification dates
- maintained by the ASM2 package. Anyone interested in testing these
- should send a note to John Chandler <PEPMNT@CFAAMP.HARVARD.EDU>.
-
- [Ed. - And many thanks to you, John! The new files are installed in
- the Kermit Distribution "B" area, kermit/b/ikt* on watsun for
- anonymous ftp access, and on KERMSRV@CUVMA as IKT* * for BITNET access.]
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Tue Oct 31 19:04:55 1989
- From: Christine M Gianone <cmg@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu>
- Subject: Announcing Apple II Kermit Version 3.86
- Keywords: Apple II Kermit 3.86, ProDOS
-
- This is to announce Apple II Kermit Version 3.86 for Apple II DOS and ProDOS,
- which replaces version 3.85 of January 1989, from Ted Medin,
- MEDIN-T@SHARK.NOSC.MIL. The major changes include:
-
- 1. ProDos QUIT is fixed
- 2. VT-100 emulation bug fixes
- 3. The program now works on the Apple//c+ now works
- 4. Blinking cursor when connected
- 5. Connect escape menu now has MODEM and QUIT added
- 6. Better handling of illegal characters in received filenames
- 7. Wildcard file transfer SEND no longer misses files
- 8. New installation procedure
- 9. New Apple Cat serial card driver
- 10. New file management commands LOCK, UNLOCK, and RENAME added
- 11. GET & SEND commands now allow two filespecs so one can change the name
- 12. Revised documentation, available in both ASCII and Postcript form
-
- The changes are listed in more detail in the file APPAAA.NEW, along with
- credits to those who supplied new code, reported bugs, and so forth, including
- Ralph Carpenter, Les Ferch, Steve Kunz, Klaus Schnathmeier, and Dick Wotiz.
-
- The new files are in app*.* in the various Kermit Distribution "A" areas, and
- can be ordered on Kermit Tape A. Many thanks to Ted for his continued efforts
- in developing and supporting this program.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 05-October-1989
- From: lasner@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu (Charles Lasner)
- Subject: Announcing Kermit-12 Version 10f
- Keywords: PDP-8, PDP-12, VT-78, VT-278, DECmate, OS/8
- Xref: DEC PDP, See PDP
-
- This is to announce the release and availability of a highly revamped KERMIT
- program for the complete family of Digital Equipment Corporation 12-bit
- computers, known as KERMIT-12 (or K12MIT), Ver. 10f. Unlike its
- predecessors (K08MIT and K278, upon which it is partially based, as well as
- prior versions of KERMIT-12), KERMIT-12, as now distributed, will run on any
- PDP-8 model (8, Linc-8, 8/i, 8/l, 8/e, 8/f, 8/m, 8/a), PDP-12, VT-78, or
- DECmate (VT-278, aka DECmate I, DECmate II, DECmate III, DECmate III-plus)
- under any OS/8 family member operating system. Proper operation is
- accomplished automatically. Companion utilities are provided to deal with
- "ASCII-fied" binary files in ENCODE format (a mechanism designed by Charles
- Lasner and Frank da Cruz as a proposed successor to BOO format); ENCODE
- format has been employed to distribute the binary portion of this release of
- KERMIT-12.
-
- Due to the myriad port requirements of the various models, conditional
- parameters have been provided in the source (as well as a separate patching
- file) for models prior to DECmate I. The program auto-configures for all
- models of DECmate; parameters are available to select the DECmate ports
- (DP278, communications, printer, etc.) where applicable.
-
- Many improvements have been provided to get this KERMIT "up to speed"
- relative to other KERMITs. KERMIT-12 has been tested successfully with many
- KERMIT implementations and will run at the maximum baud rate (and sometimes
- beyond the DEC-stated limit!) of the relevant interface. Any console
- terminal configuration acceptable to OS/8, etc. can be used at any baud rate
- as long as local flow-control protocol is obeyed; remote flow control can be
- disabled at console speeds higher than the remote line rate. Connect mode
- I/O is fully ring-buffered in all directions with local flow control always
- enabled for all console terminal operations. (This should satisfy all
- console terminal requirements ranging from 110-baud teletypes to built-in
- 350-Kbaud VT-220 emulators, since any of the gamut of these ASCII terminals
- could be the system console terminal for any of the KERMIT-12 supported
- computer configurations!).
-
- KERMIT-12 will run anywhere OS/8 does, so it runs on any perfect look-alike
- suitably configured. Some known compatibles are:
-
- - TPA made in Hungary, this machine is an 8/l except for the silkscreened
- letters which are Magyar, not English.
- - Fabritek MP-12
- - Intersil Intercept
- - Pacific CyberMetrix PCM-12
- - Digital Computer Controls DCC-112 and DCC-112H
- - Computer Extensions CPU-8 (a drop-in replacement for the 8/e or 8/a cpu
- for a PDP-8/A-400 or -600 hex-wide box)
- - Computer Extensions SBC-8 (a single-board computer -8 compatible based
- on the 6120 like a DECmate, but compatible with -8 peripherals, not
- DECmate peripherals; it also supports up to 16 comm ports)
-
- Various emulators are available for PDP-10, 15 and the IBM-PC which will
- also support KERMIT-12 if suitably configured.
-
- Distribution files are available from CUCCA. Testing is under way for some
- of the more obscure configurations (e.g., DECmate III with comm port);
- volunteers are welcome for this task. The author can provide copies to
- interested parties on virtually all of the popular PDP-8 media on a
- time-available basis.
-
- [Ed. - Many thanks, Charles! The files are in Kermit Distribution area D
- with prefix K12, and the previous PDP-8 versions having prefixes K08 and
- K278 have been retired. Internet users may ftp the files as kermit/d/k12*,
- and BITNET users can get them from KERMSRV at CUVMA as K12* *.]
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 10 Aug 89 17:47:01 EST
- From: ray@maxwell.physics.purdue.edu (Ray Moody)
- Subject: Minor Release of Commodore Kermit
- Keywords: Commodore 64 Kermit
-
- Commodore Kermit has been upgraded from version 2.2(70) to 2.2(73). We have
- decided to only increment the minor revision number because we have only
- changed three bytes! One byte fixes a bug in the parser that caused it to
- claim that a valid command was unrecognizable when ESC was pushed. Another
- byte fixes a timing problem where some C64s would not be able to operate
- with some 1200 baud modems. (And, of course, this bug never happens on a
- C128 running in C64 compatibility mode, which I used to test things. Sigh).
- The third byte changes the minor revision number to 73.
-
- If you have Commodore Kermit 2.2(70), you can upgrade without downloading
- anything as follows:
-
- 1. Turn on/reset machine (into C-64 mode if on a C-128).
-
- 2. Type: LOAD "KERMIT",8
-
- 3. Type: POKE 3393,32
- POKE 19930,51
- POKE 26539,29
-
- 4. Type: SAVE "@0:KERMIT",8
-
- Ray
-
- [Ed. - Thanks Ray. The updated source and hex files have now replaced the
- old ones in the Kermit Distribution "A" areas on watsun and CUVMA.
- Commodore 64/128 Kermit files are prefixed as C64*.*.]
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 12 Oct 89 16:07:38 -0500
- From: Gregg Wonderly <gregg@ihlpb.att.com>
- Subject: Proposed Modification to "Set Warning"
- Keywords: Kermit Protocol, WARNING
-
- I would like to propose that the "set warning" command be phased out in
- favor of a new set of commands, namely the commands:
-
- set file exists replace
- set file exists rename
- set file exists skip
- set file exists ask
-
- These commands would be added to kermit implementations wishing to have all
- of these features. The first two eliminate the need for "set file warning"
- (which is not really a warning).
-
- The behavior of the first two are equivalent to "set file warning off" and
- "set file warning on" respectively. The second two would extend KERMIT in
- the following way.
-
- When "set file exists skip" is in effect, the KERMIT requesting a file via a
- GET or RECEIVE would answer the "F" packet with an "X" packet when the file
- specified in the "F" packet already exists on the requesting machine. It
- would then move to a state which would ignore subsequent "D" packets thus
- throwing away the file if the sending KERMIT did not understand "file
- cancel" (the worse case which would only happen in very limited KERMITS).
- This would allow a GET command involving wild cards to be restarted at the
- point that it failed due to transmission failures.
-
- When "set file exists ask" is in effect, the above behavior is controlled by
- the answer to a prompt that is issued to the user. A positive
- acknowledgement (perhaps just pressing the y key or y and return) would
- cause the file to be transfered, and negative acknowledgement from the user
- would cause the file to be "skipped". Of course the prompt could ask the
- question in such a way as to reverse this logic.
-
- I have implemented this in C-Kermit with no real problems. It comes in very
- handy for the case that I described above with wild cards.
-
- Comments?
-
- gregg.g.wonderly@att.com (AT&T Bell Laboratories, or ihlpb!gregg)
-
- [Ed. - Good ideas, Gregg. We've actually been considering adding them, in
- some form, to the protocol for some time. In fact, you may have noticed
- something called SET FILE SUPERSEDE in the Kermit book. But better to combine
- all this behavior within a single SET FILE command as you suggest. Look for a
- proposal in the next Info-Kermit.]
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Mon Nov 6 16:12:36 1989
- From: Christine M Gianone <cmg@watsun.cc.columbia.edu>
- Subject: MS-DOS Printer Drivers Needed
- Keywords: MS-DOS Kermit Printer Support
-
- For inclusion with MS-DOS Kermit 3.0, to be announced for beta testing
- within about a month, we need public domain (or copyright but freely
- sharable, like Kermit itself) printer drivers:
-
- - A serial printer driver that does Xon/Xoff flow control with the printer.
-
- - Graphics printer drivers that will reproduce Kermit's Tektronix
- graphics screens on various kinds of printers (we currently have
- one of these, for the EGA/Epson combination).
-
- - Text printer drivers that convert between IBM PC special characters in
- various code pages (particularly the European accented vowels, etc) and
- the character sets of various printers (like Epson, etc).
-
- If you have any programs like this and can contribute them in source-code
- form, please contact me directly. Thank you.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Friday, 17 February 1989 04:33-MST
- From: enea!kullmar!pkmab!ske@uunet.uu.net (Kristoffer Eriksson)
- Subject: MS-DOS Kermit Losing Characters at 19200 bps
- Keywords: MS-DOS Kermit Performance
-
- In article <943@starfish.Convergent.COM>, cdold@starfish.Convergent.COM
- (Clarence Dold) writes:
- > From article <667@pkmab.se>, by ske@pkmab.se (Kristoffer Eriksson):
- >> When I use MS-kermit (ver 2.3*) at 19200 bps on an ALR 386/220 or at
- >> 9600 bps on a Compaq Deskpro 286, and type anything at the same time
- >> as I receive something, kermit beeps at me and loses received characters.
- >
- > If you are running UNIX, make sure that stty -a returns ixon ixoff -ixany.
- > The default on our systems is -ixoff ixany, the result being that
- > when Kermit gives an XOFF, your next keystroke is seen as IXANY, and turns
- > the flow back on.
-
- My principal use of MS-Kermit is indeed for connecting to UNIX systems. And
- indeed I usually use ixon -ixoff ixany. But I've tried your advice now, and it
- didn't help at all.
-
- I made some more extensive tests, and found that Kermit starts beeping and
- losing characters almost immediately when I type anything while output is
- going on to the screen, but starts emitting xoff's much later. (I do have flow
- control set to xon/xoff in Kermit.)
-
- I even lose characters when there are less-than-one-line bursts of output
- with pauses in between (and I type heavily), in which case Kermit couldn't
- possibly need flow control.
-
- The problem occurs when I use 19200baud on a 24 * 80 screen. It also occurs
- when I use kermit at 9600 on a 24 * 132 screen.
-
- In Tektronix mode, no UART overruns occur, indicating that Kermit can handle
- these high speeds with flow control.
-
- My diagnosis was more or less confirmed when I tried to use Procomm 2.4.2.
- Same problem there.
-
- Casper H.S. Dik
- University of Amsterdam | dik@uva.uucp
- The Netherlands | ...!uunet!mcvax!uva!dik
-
- [From jrd - The real problem is the keyboard code in the Bios (plus any
- interceptors) which is turning off interrupts far too long on each
- keystroke. Look for electronic keyclickers and shut them off completely. My
- early model DELL 310 has such and loses characters. The beep is my
- indication that one or more characters have arrived at the serial port with
- none being removed, an overrun condition; beep replaces the lost
- character(s). With key clicking off there is no problem operating at very
- high speeds (> 38400 baud).]
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Tuesday, 21 February 1989 14:57-MST
- From: mcvax!kth!enea!kullmar!pkmab!ske@uunet.uu.net (Kristoffer Eriksson)
- Subject: MS-DOS Kermit Losing Characters with KEYB Drivers
- Keywords: MS-DOS KEYB Drivers
-
- I have discovered that this character-loss problem occurs when I use a KEYB
- to remap the keyboard layout for our national requirements. When I use
- plain US keyboard layout, Kermit doesn't beep, and doesn't lose characters.
-
- I usually use the Swedish layout (obviously because I live in Sweden, and
- have Swedish key-caps). The command is KEYB SV (except for directory
- names), and I use MSDOS 3.30. I've also tried the UK layout. It had the
- same problem. The US layout on the other hand, works fine, and it doesn't
- matter how I get to it. I can switch to it by hitting CTRL-ALT-F1, or load
- it with the command KEYB US, och just not load the Swedish layout.
-
- Does anyone know why KEYB has this undesirable effect?
-
- I still think that not even all users that do use KEYB have this problem.
- Why? Are they just fortunate enough to have a 16550 on their serial port?
- (That is not likely, I think.)
-
- Kristoffer Eriksson, Peridot Konsult AB, Hagagatan 6, S-703 40 Oerebro, Sweden
- Phone: +46 19-13 03 60 ! e-mail: ske@pkmab.se
- Fax: +46 19-11 51 03 ! or ...{uunet,mcvax}!enea!kullmar!pkmab!ske
-
- [From jrd - Yes, the keyboard helpers of DOS have code which turns off
- interrupts for very long intervals, for each keystroke. The effect has been
- noted in a number of countries. Reports from the UK indicate that some
- vendors are providing improved helpers which eliminate the problem. There is
- no clear reason why that code needs to turn off interrupts at all, and the
- same code has probably been used in all the CodePage keyboard routines.]
-
- [Ed. - There must be something different between the USA and Sweden. If we
- give the DOS command KEYB SV,850 on US-model PC/ATs or PS/2s running DOS
- 3.30, Kermit 2.32/A works perfectly. So perhaps Swedish DOS is not the same
- as USA DOS???]
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Fri, 6 Oct 89 11:33 EDT
- From: "Vivek Khindria HSC-2D2 x2676 C.S.U." <KHINDRIA@HSCvax.McMaster.CA>
- Subject: Kermit over Ethernet
- Keywords: Ethernet, MS-DOS Kermit Network Support
-
- We use a package from Beame and Whiteside (Canadian) that allows serial
- communication to be redirected across Ethernet via TCP/IP. One version
- works with any serial communication package. But you need to put a loopback
- plug on the serial port. The other version of this software works the
- communication packages that use INT14. The workstation need not even have a
- serial port.
-
- The program will respond to all HAYES commands...ATH...ATZ etc.. We are
- very happy with this package. If you need more info send me an email note.
-
- Vivek Khindria@HSCvax.McMaster.CA
- Faculty of Health Sciences
- McMaster University
- Hamilton, Ontario Canada
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 1 Sep 89 18:39:14 GMT
- From: rr@csuna.cs.uh.edu (Ravindran Ramachandran)
- Subject: Kermit File Transfers on DECstation 3100
- Keywords: C-Kermit for DECstation 3100, DECstation
-
- Has anyone got C-Kermit running on a DecStation 3100, and been able to send
- very large files from a PC connected to a DecServer port? Or even a Mac on
- the DecServer line? I've been struggling with it for a while now. I'm able
- to send to my VMS machine without any trouble, but the RISC/ULTRIX combination
- keeps getting timed out. I used the Kermit from Columbia, and did a 'make
- bsd' to get my executables.
-
- I am able to send files from my DecStations to the PC, but not the reverse.
- Could this be because the RISC machines are much faster? Is there any way
- to control this? The message that I get when it times out is,
- Unable to receive an acknowledgment from the host
-
- -- Ravi.
-
- [Ed. - The problem is most likely in your DECserver. You may have to
- configure it so that its input and output buffers are BOTH big enough to
- hold the largest Kermit packets you are trying to send. 100 would be a good
- number, use a bigger number if you are using long packets. You should also
- try to vary the flow control settings (Xon/Xoff -- turn it off if it is on,
- or vice versa). Most people have reported success with C-Kermit on the new
- DECstations, but that has been with the new, as-yet-unreleased version that
- you can find in ~kermit/test on watsun.]
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 09/26 23:57:35
- From: Mike Freeman
- Subject: Problems with Kermit for the DECsystem-10
- Keywords: DECsystem-10 Kermit
-
- PROBLEM:
- .SET WATCH FILES
-
- .R KERMIT
-
- [FL21: DSKD0:KERMIT.INI[5,34]]
- [FL21: DSKE0:KERMIT.INI[10,50]]
- ?
- ?Illegal UUO at user PC 434262
- .
- DIAGNOSIS: The fix in K10MIT.BWR for the problem encountered when TAKEing
- files after INI:KERMIT.INI has been read but no KERMIT.INI exists in the
- user's PPN caused Kermit to become confused when a KERMIT.INI
- *did* exist in the user's PPN after INI:KERMIT.INI had been read.
-
- CURE: (see K10MIT.BWR)
-
- PROBLEM: When Parity is set to None and the Block-check-type is set to
- 3-Character-CRC-CCITT, binary file transfers between Kermit-10 and Kermit
- running on microcomputers either fail or are incorrect.
-
- DIAGNOSIS: In the module K10MSG.BLI, in the routine CALC_BLOCK_CHECK which
- calculates the block-check for a character-string, in the code for THE case
- in which the 3-Character-CRC-CCITT is used, there is an IF-clause which
- specifies the circumstances in which only seven bits of each eight-bit
- character are to be used in the Block-check calculation. As distributed,
- high-order bits of characters are to be ignored when Parity None is in
- effect. This is incorrect. The high-order bit of each character should be
- ignored when Parity is set to anything but None.
-
- CURE: In the module K10MSG.BLI, in the routine CALC_BLOCK_CHECK,
- in the 3-Character case, change the EQL in the IF-clause to a
- NEQ. (see K10MIT.BWR)
-
- Please return mail to me via <mailer%uwalocke@bitnet.wiscvm.wisc.edu>
- with the subject "dec10%bpa".
-
- Mike Freeman, Bonneville Power Administration
- Vancouver WA, Telephone (206)690-2307
-
- [Ed. - Thanks, Mike. The full text of your message, and the FILCOMs (diffs)
- have been added to the file K10MIT.BWR in the Kermit Distribution "B" areas.]
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 12 Oct 89 09:58:59 EDT
- From: "C. BACON" <CRB%NIHCUDEC@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu>
- Subject: DECsystem-10 Kermit Macro Source Problem
- Keywords: DECsystem-10 Kermit
-
- At some point, K10MIT.MAC apparently went through a filter someplace which
- wrapped lines to about 80 characters, apparently always at a "grammatically
- acceptable" character position, like a space or punctuation. The result was
- a field day for MACRO-10's error reporter.
-
- A very few of these wraps were of strings which didn't raise an error,
- including at least one "(-1)" which was at the end of a macro invocation.
-
- I can easily find all those which raised assembler errors, but I don't know
- about some which might not.
-
- The funny part is that I have discovered some lines > 80 characters long; I
- wonder if they were added after the wrap disaster. If so, that would
- suggest modifications to the code were made without the result being
- completely recompiled!!
-
- Of course I thank everyone concerned, yourself, Dan Norstedt, and the Kermit
- project at CUCCA, for helping us keep the DECsystem-10 people happy. More
- later... If I can get K10 built, should I send K10MIT.MAC and any others
- which appear to have been similarly wrapped? Of course I'll send them by
- Unix mail, not Bitnet!
-
- Chuck Bacon, aka CRB@NIHCUDEC or crtb@alw.nih.gov
-
- [Ed. - Chuck, by all means try to put together a working version. Also,
- note the message immediately above.]
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- Date: Wed, 11 Oct 89 17:44:47 GMT
- From: kodak!ektools!kadsma!fuller@cs.rochester.edu (Bill Fuller)
- Subject: Kermit Bootstrapping
-
- I have been told that there is a small program that you can type in on a
- system that will allow you to asynch over a full version of Kermit. Has
- anyone heard of this micro-kermit code? If so, does anyone know where I
- could get it? Thanks in advance,
-
- Bill Fuller
-
- [Ed. - The Kermit book, pp.186-188, lists a "baby Kermit" program in BASIC
- for the IBM PC, which you can type in. For raw capture without protocol,
- you can use methods that are listed or described in many places, depending
- upon what kind of computer you have. For example, the procedure for CP/M
- is given in detail in the CP/M Kermit User Guide.]
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