info-kermit@ucbvax.ARPA (06/25/85)
From: Frank da Cruz <SY.FDC@CU20B.ARPA>
Info-Kermit Digest Mon, 24 Jun 1985 Volume 2 : Number 37
Commodore-64 Kermit V1.6
MS-Kermit Support Module for ACT Apricot
Kermit for the Acorn BBC Micro
New Release of Sperry 1100 Kermit
Kermit for ND Series Minicomputers
Another Kermit Implementation for the ICL/Perq
New HP-3000 SPL Kermit
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Date: 8 Jun 85 17:59:50 EDT
From: Eric <LAVITSKY@RU-BLUE.ARPA>
Subject: Commodore-64 Kermit V1.6
Is ready for distribution. There are a few minor annoyances, like the disk
command parsing routine not working entirely correctly and the timeout
implementation is far from complete (though it can timeout), and not
handling the lack of an init file on the disk elegantly. The documentation
describes all the features of this new Kermit, I'm sure people will find it
a major improvement over previous versions. All known bugs in the
communications routines have been fixed and eight-bit-quoting works.
ARPA: LAVITSKY@RUTGERS
UUCP: ...{harvard,seismo,ut-sally,sri-iu,ihnp4!packard}!topaz!eric
SNAIL: CPO 2765, CN 700
New Brunswick, NJ 08903
[Ed. - The new files are in KER:C64KER.* on CU20B, available via anonymous
FTP, as are all the other new files announced below.]
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Date: Mon 24 Jun 85 17:05:20-EDT
From: Frank da Cruz <SY.FDC@CU20B>
Subject: MS-Kermit Support Module for ACT Apricot
The file KER:MSXAPR.ASM contains the system-dependent functions for the ACT
Apricot, suitable for inclusion in MS-DOS Kermit 2.27 or later. It comes
from Ralph Mitchell, Computer Centre, Brunel University, Uxbridge UK. There
is no documentation to speak of, so nothing can be said at this point about
its capabilities (maximum baud rate, screen scroll, printer control, key
redefinition, etc). Reviews, contributions of documentation (or a .BOO
file) welcome. Note that there was already a version of the old IBM PC
Kermit version 1.20 that was modified for the Apricot at the
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, which has been available as KER:APRICOT.* since
November 1984. If anyone knows any reason why this new version should not
replace the old one, please speak up. Thanks to Alan Phillips of Lancaster
University for sending it on tape.
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Date: Mon 24 Jun 85 17:15:47-EDT
From: Frank da Cruz <SY.FDC@CU20B>
Subject: Kermit for the Acorn BBC Micro
This is to announce the initial release (version 0.53) of Kermit for the Acorn
BBC micro under the operating system OS1.20, by Alan Phillips, Department of
Computing, Lancaster University, UK. The source, in 6502 assembler, is in
KER:BBC*.ADE, and a binary dump of the compiled code is in KER:BBC053.ROM.
KER:BBCBUILD.HLP describes how to construct a BBC Kermit, and KER:BBCKERMIT.BWR
lists known problems with this release. A printable form of the user guide is
in BBCKERMIT.DOC. Inside the UK, this program will be available on diskette
and via the UK university network from Lancaster University.
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Date: Mon 24 Jun 85 18:05:55-EDT
From: Frank da Cruz <SY.FDC@CU20B>
Subject: New Release of Sperry 1100 Kermit
Version 2.2 of Sperry (Univac) 1100 Kermit (the assembler version, not the
Pascal or the Ratfor version) has been sent in by the author, Paul Stevens
of the University of Wisconsin. Version 2.2 includes 8th-bit and repeat-count
prefixing, server operation, and supports wildcards in filenames (server and
wildcard code mostly from Grant Gilmour of Guld Canada Resources Inc). The
program is in KER:UNIVAC.ASM on CU20B.
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Date: Mon 24 Jun 85 17:21:39-EDT
From: Frank da Cruz <SY.FDC@CU20B>
Subject: Kermit for ND Series Minicomputers
Announcing the initial release of Kermit-ND (version 3.1b) for the
Norwegian ND family of minicomputers (ND-10/100/500), by H. Eidnes and A.
Lie, Norwegian Institute of Technology and others, written in ND Pascal
version J / MAC. The files are in KER:ND*.* on CU20B.
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Date: Mon 24 Jun 85 17:28:55-EDT
From: Frank da Cruz <SY.FDC@CU20B>
Subject: Another Kermit Implementation for the ICL/Perq
Here is a second Kermit program for the ICL/Three Rivers Perq workstation.
This one is by A. Lie, formerly of the Norwegian Institute of Technology,
written in POS Pascal for POS version D6/R2. Like the other Pascal-based
Perq Kermit (from Peter Thew in Australia), it has a pop-up menu user
interface. This new version of Perq Kermit is in KER:PQ2*.* on CU20B (the
old one is in KER:PQK*.*). Unbiased comparisons by Perq users of the two
programs would be welcome, so that the less favored one can be retired to
make space. Thanks to Frithjov Iversen of the Computing Centre at the
University of Trondheim for sending this to us on tape.
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Date: Tue, 4 Jun 85 08:29:49 edt
From: Steve Archer <archer@rochester.arpa>
Subject: New HP-3000 SPL Kermit
Here is a new version of HP-3000 Kermit in SPL, version 1.1, to replace
version 1.0 originally from Ed Eldridge, Polaris Inc. (POLARIS@USC-ISI).
It adds the capability to show parameters, changes the "serve" command to
"server". Help messages have been added, and some short-form commands.
Also added parity, a FINISH command, and a very primitive connect mode.
steve archer
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