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- From: Christine M Gianone <cmg@watsun.cc.columbia.edu>
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- Info-Kermit Digest Thu, 15 Jul 1993 Volume 18 : Number 1
-
- Today's Topic:
- Announcing MS-DOS Kermit 3.13
-
-
- Digest submissions may be sent to Info-Kermit@WATSUN.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU or
- KERMIT@CUVMA.BITNET. Requests for addition to or deletion from the
- Info-Kermit subscriber list should be sent to LISTSERV@CUVMA.BITNET or
- LISTSERV@CUVMA.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU. These messages must be of the form:
-
- SUBSCRIBE I$KERMIT <your-personal-name> (To start a subscription)
- UNSUBSCRIBE I$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
- SPARCserver 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 file kermit/read.me is a general guide to where
- things are. 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). All files on watsun (with the exceptions
- of some of the READ.ME files) have lowercase names, and case is significant.
-
- 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
- Academic Information Systems, 612 West 115th Street, New York, NY 10025 USA.
-
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- Date: Tue, 13 June 1993 12:00:00 EDT
- From: Christine M Gianone <cmg@columbia.edu>
- Subject: Announcing MS-DOS Kermit 3.13
- Keywords: MS-DOS Kermit 3.13
-
- This is to announce the final release of MS-DOS Kermit 3.13 for the IBM PC,
- PS/2, and compatibles with DOS or Windows, and also for "generic DOS", the
- Victor 9000 (Sirius 1), and the Heath/Zenith 100. The new MS-DOS Kermit
- release was prepared by Professor Joe R. Doupnik of Utah State University and
- includes the major new features that were listed in Info Kermit V17 #3, 30
- June 1993. To recapitulate, briefly:
-
- . A new faster method for transferring binary and precompressed files
- . Larger packets and windows allowed, up to 9024 x 31.
- . Switching among multiple simultaneous TCP/IP sessions
- . Data General DASHER terminal emulation
- . Graphics-mode support for 132-column operation on EGA and VGA video adapters
- . Text-mode support for 132-column operation on ET4000 and other VESA adapters
- . Horizontal scrolling
- . Expanded-memory option for screen rollback and graphics image retention
- . Hebrew character-set translation and Hebrew terminal emulation
- . East European character-set translation
- . Icelandic CP861 code page support
- . Separate code page selection for terminal emulation and file transfer
- . Compose-key sequences for entering accented characters
- . New KERMIT PATH environment variable
- . Support for Novell SLIP_PPP ODI driver and other networking improvements
- . BOOTP improvements
- . TELNET improvements, including option negotiation display
- . DIAL-command support for additional modem types
-
- The new files are listed below. Be sure to use binary mode when FTP'ing files
- from kermit/bin. Use text mode for kermit/a files.
-
- Internet anonymous ftp EARN/BITNET
- watsun.cc.columbia.edu KERMSRV@CUVMA Description
-
- kermit/bin/msvibm.exe (none) Binary executable for IBM PC
- kermit/bin/msvibm.pif (none) Program Information File for Windows
- kermit/bin/msvgen.exe (none) Binary executable, generic DOS
- kermit/bin/msvv90.exe (none) Binary executable, Victor 9000
- kermit/bin/msvz10.exe (none) Binary executable, Heath/Zenith 100
- kermit/a/msvibm.boo MSVIBM BOO BOO-encoded executable for IBM PC
- kermit/a/msvpif.boo MSVPIF BOO BOO-encoded IBM Windows PIF file
- kermit/a/msvgen.boo MSVGEN BOO BOO-encoded executable, generic DOS
- kermit/a/msvv90.boo MSVV90 BOO BOO-encoded executable, Victor 9000
- kermit/a/msvz10.boo MSVZ10 BOO BOO-encoded executable, H/Z-100
- kermit/a/mskermit.ini MSKERMIT INI Standard initialization file
- kermit/a/mscustom.ini MSCUSTOM INI Customization file
- kermit/a/msr313.upd MSR313 UPD List of changes since version 3.12
- kermit/a/msr313.pch MSR313 PCH Dummy patch file for version 3.13
- kermit/a/mskerm.upd MSKERM UPD Supplement to "Using MS-DOS Kermit"
- kermit/b/mskerm.hlp MSKERM HLP Updated help file
- kermit/a/mskerm.bwr MSKERM BWR Updated "beware file"
- kermit/a/msvibm.vt MSVIBM VT Updated terminal emulator summary
- kermit/a/msmaaa.hlp MSMAAA HLP Documentation for dialing scripts
- kermit/a/msm*.scr MSM* SCR New modem-dialing scripts
- kermit/a/msidgk.ini MSIDGK INI Data General DASHER key mappings
- kermit/bin/msudg.com (none) DG DASHER/286 keyboard helper TSR
- kermit/a/msudgk.boo MSUDGK BOO BOO-encoded MSUDGK.COM
- kermit/a/msudgk.doc MSUDGK DOC Documentation for MSUDGK.COM
-
- Also, on watsun only:
-
- kermit/bin/msvibm.zip
-
- is a ZIP file containing the new MS-DOS Kermit (IBM PC version) distribution
- diskette. Unzip it using "pkunzip -d msvibm.zip". The "-d" switch is to
- preserve the (new) subdirectory structure. Any version of PKUNZIP since 1990
- should work.
-
- Once again, please note that all the new features are documented in the
- MSKERM.UPD file, with additional details of a more technical nature in the
- MSKERM.BWR file.
-
- The ".boo" files are .EXE or other binary files encoded in a printable ASCII
- format, suitable for BITNET, e-mail, and other nontransparent modes of
- transmission. You can decode the boo-files back into .EXE files using any of
- the MSBPCT.* programs available in kermit/a/msbpct.* or MSBPCT * from
- KERMSRV. See kermit/a/msbaaa.hlp (MSBAAA HLP) for details.
-
- All the MS-DOS Kermit-related files have been removed from the test areas
- (kermit/test on watsun, T: on KERMSRV).
-
- Thanks again to Joe on behalf of all MS-DOS Kermit users everywhere. Thanks
- too to Yossi Gil at the Technion in Israel for lots of last-minute help with
- MS-DOS Kermit's Hebrew features.
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