info-kermit@ucbvax.ARPA (05/08/85)
From: Frank da Cruz <SY.FDC@CU20B.ARPA>
Info-Kermit Digest Mon, 7 May 1985 Volume 2 : Number 24
Announcing Version 2.00 of CMS Kermit
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Date: Mon 6 May 85 17:49:51-EDT
From: Daphne Tzoar <Sy.Daphne@CU20B>
Subject: Announcing Version 2.00 of CMS Kermit
To: info-kermit@CU20B.ARPA
Version 2.00 of Kermit-CMS is now available. Some of the new
features are:
- Prefixing of the "8th bit". This allows CMS Kermit to send or
receive fixed format binary data, such as microcomputer binary files.
- The maximum record length allowed has been increased to 64K for
both incoming and outgoing files.
- Repeat count prefixing has been added to speed up transmission.
- Support for two character checksum and three character CRC.
- New debugging mode to log packets.
- Input to command parser allowed from command line. Multiple commands
should be separated by the linend character. After execution of these
commands, Kermit returns control to CMS.
- Support for Series/1 front end with Yale ASCII package.
- Server operation.
- Upon startup, read commands from two init files: SYSTEM KERMINI and
(USERID) KERMINI (that is the userid of the person running Kermit).
Add TAKE command.
- Allow system manager to change ASCII/EBCDIC translation tables to
conform to the various specifications of different systems. Also,
bypass user translate tables when sending and receiving data.
Work on CMS Kermit continues.
Daphne Tzoar
Columbia University Center for Computing Activities
[Ed. - The files are available on CU20B as KER:CMS*.* via anonymous FTP,
and on BITnet via KERMSRV at CUVMA. Included is a new Kermit User Guide
chapter for CMS Kermit.]
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