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- [FEATURES.DOC] -- Features of VTKermit 1.0 -- 6 Feb 1986
-
- o Runs on IBM PC, PC/XT, Portable PC, PC AT and most IBM compatibles
- (tested on Compaq Portable, Morrow Pivot II, GRiD GRiDCASE and QuadRAM
- DataVue)
-
- o Most features (all but pop-up HELP and MENU) also supported on
- DEC Rainbow
- - Rainbow version is SAME .EXE file
-
- o Uses enhanced KERMIT file-transfer protocol
- - Standardized error-correcting protocol
- - Fully compatible with vanilla Columbia University Kermits
- - Can move ASCII or binary files
- - Repeated characters compressed for faster transfer
- - Can operate over 7-bit networks (such as Telenet)
- - File names transmitted with files
- - Files may be moved in "wildcarded" groups (SEND *.WKS)
- - Can accept file size packet, used to check for sufficient disk
- space on floppy disk
-
- o DEC VT100 terminal emulation
- - Very complete VT100 implementation
- - VT100 line-drawing graphics
- - Flicker-free scrolling on IBM Color/Graphics Adapter with no "snow"
- - High-speed screen update on IBM Enhanced Graphics Adapter
- - Automatic detection of EGA, can be overridden manually
- - Option for monochrome attributes on "color" card (as, for
- example, on the IBM Portable PC, which has a monochrome display)
- - Supports connected printer as if VT100 with printer port
- - Provides special mode for use with IBM 7171 protocol converter
- - Pop-up help, 7171 mode dependent (VTKERMIT.HLP or VTKERMIT.H71)
- - ALT-key sequences to toggle to Command mode, Push to new
- COMMAND.COM or quit to DOS
- - Host data captured while "Pushed"
- - Some special non-VT100 escape sequences supported:
- - Sequence to identify self as VTKERMIT
- - Sequence to enter SERVER mode
- - Sequence to enter COMMAND mode
- - Sequence to quit to DOS
- - Sequence to preload a command to be executed
-
- o Powerful Command mode features
- - Question-mark help (as on TOPS-20)
- - ESCAPE completion (as on TOPS-20)
- - DIRECTORY, SPACE and DELETE commands (similar to DOS)
- - Ability to provide multiple commands on VTKERMIT command line
- (e.g. VTKERMIT SET PORT 2,SET PARITY SPACE,CONNECT)
- - Ability to TAKE commands from a file, ability to nest such
- files up to 10 levels deep
- - Ability to DEFINE and run a MACRO (like an in-core TAKE file)
- - PUSH to new COMMAND.COM
- - SET command sets parameters
- - STATUS command shows parameters
- - Ability to communicate with remote SERVER (normal Kermit file
- transfer)
- - Ability to send text files and capture host-typed text with
- no protocol
-
- o Powerful Script file capability
- - Script processor runs as co-routine with Terminal Emulator for
- "what you see is what you get" operation
- - Script can prompt user for input
- - Ability to wait for host-typed string (not just single character),
- or one of several strings, or timeout
- - Ability to dispatch to different code based on host output or
- timeout -- script file can handle its own errors, for example
- - Ability to send text directly to screen to provide error messages
- - Availability of all VT100 display renditions for error messages
- (message can be bold, blink, enclosed in boxes, etc.)
- - Script files are simple text files, easily customized
- - Script MACROs also available (in-core script file)
- - Ability to CALL or CHAIN from one script file to another
-
- o Simple, customizable, Menu capability
- - Familiar Macintosh/Lotus-style of menu -- move highlight bar
- or type first initial of command to invoke a command
- - Menus are prepared as simple text files
- - Menus can produce any set of VTKERMIT commands to be executed
- - Automatic re-invokation of menu after commands have been processed
- - Ability to switch to sub-menus, then switch back to main menu
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- [End of FEATURES.DOC]
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