tim@noscvax.UUCP (Tim W. Wadsworth) (05/06/86)
Below is an update to my previous posting of an excerpt from the
Info-Kermit Digest; I didn't think there had been any new postings
since I last looked at that newsgroup, but apparently this was posted
about a week ago -- sorry. Davide Cervone has done us a great service,
and it looks like the best is yet to come; congratulations and thanks
to him!
Tim Wadsworth
Naval Ocean Systems Center tim@nosc.ARPA
Code 444 (Artificial Intelligence Branch) tim@cod.nosc.MIL
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Info-Kermit Digest Wed, 30 Apr 1986 Volume 4 : Number 27
Today's Topics:
Announcing Kermit for the Commodore Amiga
Commodore Amiga Kermit Bootstrap Progam
Announcing UNIX Kermit 4D(060)
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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 86 16:12 EDT
>From: Frank da Cruz <SY.FDC@CU20B>
Subject: Announcing Kermit for the Commodore Amiga
Keywords: Commodore Amiga Kermit, C-Kermit, UNIX Kermit
A version of C-Kermit for the Commodore Amiga is now available. It's an
adaption of C-Kermit (which also runs on UNIX, VAX/VMS, and the Apple
Macintosh) for the Amiga by Davide P. Cervone of the University of Rochester,
User Services, DPVC@UORDBV.BITNET. It was developed in Lattice C V3.03; it is
not known whether it is compatible with other compilers, or cross-compilers.
This version runs as a regular local Kermit, and also provides a server mode
supporting GET, SEND, REMOTE HELP, and BYE. The user interface is
line-oriented (it runs from the CLI), with command completion and help in the
style of the UNIX Kermit.
The limitations of this version are discussed in KER:CKIKER.BWR, and the
differences between Amiga Kermit and UNIX Kermit are described in
KER:CKIKER.DOC. The procedure for creating an executable from the sources
is outlined in KER:CKIKER.BLD (an automated EXECUTE file, KER:CKIKER.MAK, is
provided). A BOO-format encoded executable is available (KER:CKIKER.BOO),
together with the program to decode it (KER:MSBPCT.C). There's also a BASIC
version in CKIBOO.BAS (see next message).
Amiga Kermit is still under development, with planned enhancements to include:
a menu and mouse driven interface, wildcard file expansions, VT100 terminal
emulation, and local and remote command execution. Now that Davide has
received his copy of the ROM kernel manuals, he should be able to add these
more advanced features. Another version of Kermit for the Amiga, also based on
C-Kermit, has been in development at SAS Institue. Davide has made contact
with these people, in hopes that the two versions can be merged into one.
The complete set of new files is in KER:CKU*.*, KER:CKC*.*, and KER:CKI*.*
on Internet host CU20B, available via anonymous FTP, and on KERMSRV at CUVMA
on BITNET. The "I" system designator was selected for the Amiga because "A"
was already in use for general C-Kermit information; "I" stands for
Intuition (the Amiga operating system?). Also, the bare minimum Amiga files
can be found in KER:CA*.*, for the benefit of those who order Tape A
(micros) and expect the Amiga to be among them.
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Date: Mon, 28 Apr 86 15:24 EST
>From: CDTAXW%IRISHMVS.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU
Subject: Commodore Amiga Kermit Bootstrap Progam
Keywords: Commodore Amiga Kermit
I am sending a modified version of MSPCTRAN.BAS which will unpack the .BOO
file for the Amiga Kermit for those of us lacking the benefit of a C
compiler. The work was done by Andy Hollander here at Notre Dame and the
file is called CKAKER.BAS. It takes about an hour to unpack the current
pre-release version of CKAKER.BOO, but it is worth the wait. Our
compliments to Davide Cervone.
mark johnson
univ of notre dame
[Ed. - Thanks! The file is in KER:CKIBOO.BAS.]
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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 86 16:13 EDT
>From: Frank da Cruz <SY.FDC@CU20B>
Subject: Announcing UNIX Kermit 4D(060)
Keywords: UNIX Kermit, C-Kermit
This is a minor new release of UNIX Kermit. The big change is the addition of
Commodore Amiga support by Davide Cervone (see above), hence the escalation of
the minor version from C to D. Also, a couple minor problems have been
corrected:
. Multiline GET in TAKE command files now works (thanks to G|ran Uddeborg
for reporting this one) - KER:CKUUSR.C.
. File collision renaming bugs fixed and algorithm improved - KER:CKUFIO.C.
. CONNECT command handles fork creation failure more gracefully - KER:CKUCON.C.
Thanks to Gordon Haverland, Dawson Creek, BC, for reporting this one.
The new files are in KER:CKU*.* and KER:CKC*.*. Fixed bugs removed from list
in KER:CKUKER.BWR. This new release was tested on a VAX with Ultrix 1.1
(4.2BSD), built using all the new modules, including the ones to which Amiga
support was added.
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-------adp@hp-sdd.UUCP (05/07/86)
[Kermit the frog eats BUGS]
For those of you who use UUCP with okstate to get your kermit files,
as of last night, THEY STILL HAVEN'T MADE IT TO OKSTATE!
It is annoying to read these nice announcements of Amiga kermits only
to find that it takes forever and a day to get them.
-- Sparky
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*******************************************************************************fnf@unisoft.UUCP (Fred Fish) (05/17/86)
In article <212@hp-sdd.UUCP> adp@hp-sdd.UUCP (Tony Parkhurst) writes: >It is annoying to read these nice announcements of Amiga kermits only >to find that it takes forever and a day to get them. I know the feeling, I had to get someone on the ARPANET to ftp it and send me a disk (thanks Eric :-). Even as we speak, my Manx C compiler crunches away on it (there are some problems under Manx), and it should be available in the next few days on one of my library disks. Now all I have to do is figure out how to get the diffs back into the "official" version. -Fred =========================================================================== Fred Fish UniSoft Systems Inc, 739 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94710 USA {ucbvax,lll-lcc}!unisoft!fnf (415) 644 1230 TWX 11 910 366-2145 ===========================================================================