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- From: Christine M Gianone <cmg@watsun.cc.columbia.edu>
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- Info-Kermit Digest Wed, 25 Sep 1991 Volume 14 : Number 7
-
- Today's Topics:
-
- New IBM Mainframe Kermit Release
- Announcing IBM Mainframe Kermit-370 Version 4.2.2
- List of Supported Front Ends for Kermit-370
- Announcing IBM Mainframe Kermit-370 for CICS
- Announcing IBM Mainframe VM/CMS Kermit-370 Version 4.2.2
- Announcing IBM Mainframe MVS/TSO Kermit-370 Version 4.2.2
- ROSCOE Kermit
-
- Digest submissions may be sent to Info-Kermit@WATSUN.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU or
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-
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- UNSUBSCRIBE I-KERMIT (To cancel a subscription)
- REGISTER I-KERMIT <your-personal-name> (To correct your name)
-
- Kermit files may be obtained over networks and by mail order. On the
- Internetwork, use FTP to log in to host WATSUN.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU, a SUN-4/280
- running UNIX (SUNOS 4.1), IP host number 128.59.39.2. Login as user anonymous
- (note, lower case), any password, and GET or MGET (MULTIPLE GET) the desired
- files. The Kermit files are in directories kermit/a, kermit/b, kermit/c,
- kermit/d, and kermit/e. Test versions are in kermit/test. All files in these
- directories should be transferred in text (ASCII) mode. Binaries are in
- kermit/bin (use ftp in binary mode). You can also get Kermit files over the
- BITNET/EARN network; 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: Tue, 24 Sep 1991 14:25:32 EDT
- From: Christine M Gianone <cmg@watsun.cc.columbia.edu>
- Subject: New IBM Mainframe Kermit Release
-
- Here comes a battery of announcements from John Chandler of the
- Harvard/Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for
- IBM Mainframe Kermit-370 version 4.2.2 for the major IBM mainframe operating
- systems. Most notable among these is a brand new version for CICS, which can
- be used under either MVS or DOS/VSE. People have been asking for this for
- nearly ten years! Now they can shave off their long white beards...
-
- The new files are in ~kermit/b/ik*.* on watsun for anonymous FTP over the
- Internet, and on BITNET/EARN as IK* * from KERMSRV at CUVMA. Included are
- brand new versions of the user manuals in plain-text (.DOC), "line printer"
- with carriage control (.LPT), and PostScript (.PS), one for each major
- version: IKCKER (VM/CMS), IKTKER (VMS/TSO), and IKXKER (CICS). Also included
- are detailed installation instructions (the IK*KER.INS files) and other
- documentation (.HLP, .BWR, etc).
-
- Each version comes in two parts: the system-independent part (IK0), and
- the system-dependent part (IKC, IKT, IKX). You have to get both parts:
-
-
- ftp watsun BITNET/EARN
- cd kermit/b KERMSRV@CUVMA
-
- VM/CMS ik0*.* and ikc*.* IK0* * and IKC* *
- MVS/TSO ik0*.* and ikt*.* IK0* * and IKT* *
- CICS ik0*.* and ikx*.* IK0* * and IKX* *
-
- Many thanks to John and to all the contributors and beta testers for these
- significant new Kermit releases.
-
- Now, if only somebody will produce a Kermit program for the AS/400, and
- Systems /34, /36, and /38, we will have Kermit programs for all the major
- IBM machines and operating systems.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Monday, 1991 August 19 14:08 EDT
- From: "John F. Chandler" <PEPMNT@CFAAMP.HARVARD.EDU>
- Subject: Announcing IBM Mainframe Kermit-370 Version 4.2.2
- Keywords: IBM 370 Kermit
- Xref: IBM Mainframe, Also see IBM 370
-
- Kermit-370 version 4.2.2 is now available for CMS, TSO, and CICS. The
- changes are primarily generic, but there are also some system-specific
- updates in each variant. See the accompanying system-specific
- announcements for the details: IKCKER.ANN (CMS), IKXKER.ANN (CICS), and
- IKTKER.ANN (TSO). The most important of the generic updates are:
-
- 1) New "CC" option along with the line range for sending files. This
- option specifies that the file has carriage control in column 1 and
- that it should be converted to ASCII control characters.
-
- 2) More careful avoidance of built-in packet-size limits.
-
- 3) V-binary (or D-binary) file transfers work all the way up to records
- of 64K-1 bytes.
-
- 4) Leaving server mode if packet I/O errors recur.
-
- 5) More liberal recognition of STOP commands in protocol mode.
-
- 6) Extra explanatory error message, if available, now displayed upon
- completing a subcommand, along with basic status. Also, any reason
- for cancellation is included in the E-packet text and noted in the
- transaction log.
-
- 7) Time tags in transaction and packet logs.
-
- 8) New TRANSPARENT transfer character set, which applies a null
- translation to all incoming and outgoing files.
-
- 9) New SET TTABLE KP option which enables a full 8-bit translation
- table based on Hollerith codes.
-
- 10) Proper control-quoting on 8-bit analogs of ordinary control
- characters.
-
- 11) Suppression of echoing on LU1 3770-type front ends.
-
- 12) New VERSION subcommand, which displays the version number and date.
-
- 13) New "End-of-attributes" attribute.
-
- 14) 8th-bit quoting for the XECHO subcommand.
-
- The new release is in the form of updates to be applied to the 4.2
- source. The updates are cumulative, so they include those that were
- already released to make version 4.2.1. In addition, the generic 370
- part of the User's Guide has been updated to reflect version 4.2.1.
-
- Many thanks to the beta testers who have helped work out the bugs.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Tuesday, 1991 August 20 19:40 EDT
- From: "John F. Chandler" <PEPMNT@CFAAMP.HARVARD.EDU>
- Subject: List of Supported Front Ends for Kermit-370
- Keywords: IBM 370 Kermit
- Xref: IBM Mainframe, Also see IBM 370
-
- There is a new version of IK0AAA.HLP to go with release 4.2.2 of several
- variants of Kermit-370, and this seems like a good time to summarize the
- changes in the list of supported "front ends". Here is the list of new
- entries added since the version of April 1990, complete with references
- to footnotes in the new list. The types shown are the abbreviation of
- the relevant controller types in Kermit-370. Those marked (3) are still
- questionable, i.e., the reports were not conclusive. Of the additions,
- only one (the IBM 3174 AEA) represents an enhancement of Kermit itself;
- the others are simply new reports or changes in the status of the "front
- end" software. In this time span, there have not been any new reports
- of UNsupported front ends, just a reconfirmation of the limitation of
- the IBM 3708 to linemode Kermit transfers.
-
- Name, model Type Manufacturer Notes
- -------------- ---- ------------------------- -----
- Amdahl 4705 T Amdahl (2)
- Datalynx 3174 G Andrew Data Systems (3)
- Datalynx 3274 G " (3)
- IBM 3174 AEA A IBM (6)
- IBM 3745 T " (2)
- Jupiter 1000 T Intel (14)
- K200 T Fibronics (14)
- K310 T " (14)
- K2000 T " (14)
- Renex PCM G Renex Corp (8)
- Renex RPAD G " (8)
- SIM3278 TCP/IP S Simware (1,4)
- SIM3278/VM S Simware (1,4)
- STNxx T STRTC (13)
- tn3270 S Greg Minshall (1,2,11)
-
- For the complete list of supported configurations, and for the
- footnotes, see IK0AAA.HLP in the Kermit distribution.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Monday, 1991 August 19 14:08 EDT
- From: "John F. Chandler" <PEPMNT@CFAAMP.HARVARD.EDU>
- Subject: Announcing IBM Mainframe Kermit-370 for CICS
- Keywords: IBM 370 Kermit, CICS Kermit
- Xref: IBM Mainframe, Also see IBM 370
- Xref: CICS Kermit, Also see CICS Kermit, IBM 370
-
- There is now a variant of Kermit-370 for CICS. The new Kermit has been
- tested under releases 1.7 and 2.1 of CICS and with CICS running under
- both VSE and MVS. This is a full-function Kermit, like other variants
- of Kermit-370, but is still a test program, since it has not been
- subjected to any large-scale testing, and several planned refinements
- have not yet been implemented. Kermit-CICS is both a traditional
- interactive Kermit and a CICS program that can be invoked to carry out a
- specific file transfer or group of transfers and then quit. Thus, it is
- suitable both for "open" CICS systems where the users are permitted to
- log in as "operators" and controlled systems where all activity is
- performed through menus. Kermit-CICS surmounts the lack of a real CICS
- file system by managing its own storage directories assigned to specific
- users, where each directory has members described by eight-character
- names; the assignment of directories is done according to an algorithm
- chosen by the local installer. In addition, Kermit supports transfers
- of TD and TS queues. The initial version is release 4.2.2 and includes
- a number of enhancements that are also appearing in the new releases for
- CMS, TSO, MUSIC, and ROSCOE. However, these enhancements are not listed
- here, since this is the first version of Kermit-370 for CICS. See the
- relevant announcements for more details. Work on Kermit-CICS is
- continuing, but some of the tasks necessary for making it a full-fledged
- production program have not even been started.
-
- Features that need to be improved or added include:
-
- - IKXDYNAL for both CICS/VSE and CICS/MVS. The former would probably
- support only spool files, but the latter should support both spool
- files and MVS data sets.
-
- - Sample exit routines for supporting userid algorithms besides the
- OPID and TERM options.
-
- - Sample package of security exit routines.
-
- - Enqueuing on extra-partition TD names before opening.
-
- - Support for data objects on a remote CICS.
-
- - Cleaner performance of server-mode BYE function, dependent on local
- conventions.
-
- - Support for indirect TD queues.
-
- - Testing linemode operation.
-
- - Mechanism for flushing terminal output from Kermit (such as from the
- TYPE subcommand).
-
- - Mechanism for collecting "terminal" output from invoked programs.
-
- - Testing under CICS/VM.
-
- Anyone interested in working on these or other improvements should first
- get in touch with the Center for Computing Activities at Columbia
- University to find out if someone else has already begun a similar
- project (and, if so, who).
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Monday, 1991 August 19 14:08 EDT
- From: "John F. Chandler" <PEPMNT@CFAAMP.HARVARD.EDU>
- Subject: Announcing IBM Mainframe VM/CMS Kermit-370 Version 4.2.2
- Keywords: IBM 370 Kermit, VM/CMS Kermit
- Xref: CMS Kermit, See VM/CMS Kermit, IBM 370 Kermit
-
- Kermit-370 version 4.2.2 is now available for CMS. As usual, the new
- version comes in VM/SP and VM/XA/SP flavors, but the changes are the
- same for both.
-
- Version 4.2.2 has numerous improvements over 4.2.1, but many of them are
- generic (shared among all the variants). See the accompanying generic
- Kermit-370 announcement for more details. The most important of the
- CMS-specific updates are:
-
- 1) New, more flexible on-line help facility with a separate file
- available for each subcommand. This can be used in connection with
- the CMS help menu system or with Kermit's internal help processor (or
- both). The old-style, single help file is also still available.
-
- 2) Improved recovery from a "stolen" screen, fullscreen I/O errors,
- the classical VTAM lockup at the start of a SEND (caused by having
- too long a SEND delay), or a 4994 buffer overrun.
-
- 3) Kermit-CMS now invokes CMS commands in a way that closely matches the
- behavior of commands entered directly to CMS.
-
- A more complete description of the changes can be found in IKCKER.BWR.
-
- The new release is in the form of updates to be applied to the 4.2.0
- source. The updates are cumulative, so they include those that were
- already released to make version 4.2.1. In addition, the help file has
- been revamped, and the User's Guide has been partly updated (but not
- actually brought up to date with 4.2.2). The new files are IKCKER.UPD,
- IKCKER.BWR, IKCKER.MSS, IKCKER.DOC, IKCKER.LPT, IKCKER.PS, IKCKER.HLP,
- IK0KER.MSS, IK0AAA.HLP, and IK0KER.UPD (the latter is only a catalog of
- all the updates, not the updates themselves). The new code has been
- tested pretty thoroughly (many thanks to the beta testers!), but
- problems may still turn up. Bug reports are welcome, as usual. In
- particular, reports of any kind are needed for the new facility for
- supporting 8-bit transfers in line mode -- this has barely been tested.
-
- A similar release 4.2.2 is also available for TSO and CICS -- see the
- corresponding announcements.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Monday, 1991 August 19 14:08 EDT
- From: "John F. Chandler" <PEPMNT@CFAAMP.HARVARD.EDU>
- Subject: Announcing IBM Mainframe MVS/TSO Kermit-370 Version 4.2.2
- Keywords: IBM 370 Kermit, MVS/TSO Kermit
- Xref: TSO Kermit, See MVS/TSO Kermit, IBM 370 Kermit
-
- Kermit-370 version 4.2.2 is now available for TSO. The new version has
- numerous improvements over 4.2.1, but many of them are generic (shared
- among all the variants). See the accompanying generic Kermit-370
- announcement for more details. The TSO-specific updates are:
-
- 1) Correct UNIT selection for new datasets uploaded to TSO. This fixes
- a bug introduced with version 4.1.
-
- 2) Multiple subcommands allowed on the initial invocation command line,
- provided the Kermit delimiter is defined in one of the initialization
- files.
-
- 3) Current status code available to CLIST's as &LASTCC.
-
- A more complete description of the changes can be found in IKTKER.BWR.
-
- The new release is in the form of updates to be applied to the 4.2.0
- source. The updates are cumulative, so they include those that were
- already released to make version 4.2.1. In addition, the help file has
- been revamped, and the User's Guide has been partly updated (but not
- actually brought up to date with 4.2.2). The new files are IKTKER.UPD,
- IKTKER.BWR, IKTKER.MSS, IKTKER.DOC, IKTKER.LPT, IKTKER.PS, IKTKER.HLP,
- IK0KER.MSS, IK0AAA.HLP, and IK0KER.UPD (the latter is only a catalog of
- all the updates, not the updates themselves). The new code has been
- tested pretty thoroughly (many thanks to the beta testers!), but
- problems may still turn up. Bug reports are welcome, as usual. In
- particular, reports of any kind are needed for the new facility for
- supporting 8-bit transfers in line mode -- this has barely been tested.
-
- A similar release 4.2.2 is also available for CMS and CICS -- see the
- corresponding announcements.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Fri, 1991 Mar 29 22:04 EST
- From: "John F. Chandler" <PEPMNT@CFAAMP.HARVARD.EDU>
- Subject: ROSCOE Kermit
- Keywords: IBM 370 Kermit, ROSCOE Kermit
- Xref: IBM Mainframe, Also see IBM 370
- Xref: ROSCOE Kermit, Also see ROSCOE Kermit, IBM 370
- Xref: MVS/TSO Kermit, Also see MVS/TSO Kermit, IBM 370
-
- I have stored two new files on WATSUN: IKRKER.BWR and IKRKER.UPD. These
- constitute the collection of all known tips, fixes, and workarounds for
- running TSO Kermit under ROSCOE. This is not what I would call a full-
- fledged new variant of Kermit-370, since ROSCOE Kermit is only slightly
- changed from "vanilla" TSO Kermit. Hence, installers of ROSCOE Kermit
- will still need to fetch all IKT*.* files and follow the instructions in
- IKTKER.INS with only a few alterations based on IKRKER.BWR. If further
- reports come in, I'll add them to the collection. Also, I would be glad
- to include code updates, especially if some user should feel motivated
- to add support for native ROSCOE files or other ROSCOE-specific features.
-
- John
-
- ------------------------------
-
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