Info-IBMPC@USC-ISIB.ARPA (10/01/84)
From: Info-IBMPC Digest <Info-IBMPC@USC-ISIB.ARPA> Return-Path: <SY.FDC%CU20B@COLUMBIA> Received: FROM COLUMBIA.ARPA BY USC-ISIB.ARPA WITH TCP ; 28 Sep 84 17:21:26 PDT Received: from CU20B.ARPA by columbia.arpa; Fri, 28 Sep 84 20:21:24 edt Date: Fri 28 Sep 84 12:48:34-EDT From: Frank da Cruz <SY.FDC%CU20B@COLUMBIA> Subject: Bugs in MS-DOS Kermit Bootstrapping Programs To: Info-Kermit%CU20B@COLUMBIA, Info-IBMPC@USC-ISIB.ARPA The Fortran-Basic program pair that is used for bootstrapping MS-DOS Kermit initially from a mainframe to a PC does not work in certain cases. There were two small problems -- one caused the Fortran program to hang waiting for input (in Fortrans that do not supply default values for missing variables on a READ statement), the other an erroneous GOTO that had the unfortunate quirk of not breaking the program on systems whose Fortran happened to initialize arrays with blanks... Anyway, the fixed versions are available in KER:MSBOOT.FOR and KER:MSPCBOOT.BAS on CU20B and COLUMBIA-20. If you'd rather not get the new files, the changes are simple: In MSBOOT.FOR, after the statement 200 FORMAT(4A1), change GO TO 30 to GO TO 20 In MSPCBOOT.BAS, change line 100 to: 100 print#1,"O ,2" ' Char constants Oh,Space,Comma,Two. Thanks to Jeff Ramsey of DGM&S, Delran NJ, for pointing out these problems. ------- -------