cc.fdc@COLUMBIA-20.ARPA (12/07/83)
From: Frank da Cruz <cc.fdc@COLUMBIA-20.ARPA> This is to announce the possible arrival of KERMIT-86 for the Sirius 1, aka Victor 9000. There are two versions, one for CP/M-86, another for MS DOS. The programs arrived on a tape in undecipherable format, which I had to dump bit-for-bit and then pick apart by hand, removing periodic chunks of imbedded garbage. I hope I didn't remove anything that wasn't garbage (I was careful), and didn't miss anything that was. These two programs are adaptations of IBM PC Kermit as it existed in May 1983 (edit 13), i.e. before the interrupt-drive i/o was added, terminal emulation improved, various minor bugs fixed, etc. The MS DOS support could conceivably be merged into the current (better still, next -- announcement forthcoming) release of IBM PC Kermit, and the CP/M-86 support integrated with the new Rainbow CP/M-86 Kermit. However, since we don't have any Victor machines to test them on at Columbia (at least not yet), we're making these programs available as they are for the benefit (?) of anyone who does. The programs were supplied in source form only -- no binaries or hex. It would be greatly appreciated if someone who has a Victor could download the appropriate source program (do Victors have a way to do this? MODEM? Some proprietary or vendor-supplied package?), try it out, create a hex (or IBM PC Kermit-style .FIX) file and make it available, along with any reactions about if and how well the program works. The files are available via anonymous FTP from host COLUMBIA-20, as KER:VIC*.*. KER:VICTOR.DOC is a short message explaining the changes he made to support the Victor. KER:VICMSDOS.ASM is the MS DOS version, KER:VICCPM.A86 is the CP/M-86 version. Thanks to Barry Devlin, University College Dublin (Ireland), for the contribution. - Frank -------