walton%DEImos.Caltech.Edu@Hamlet.Caltech.Edu (03/25/86)
From: walton%DEImos.Caltech.Edu@Hamlet.Caltech.Edu
I'd best put in my two cents worth on these subjects, since I'm the source
of the information on AmigaTerm with Kermit.
(1) PDTerm as distributed on Info-Amiga compiles with minor changes (basically
correction of syntax errors flagged by the compiler) on both Lattice C
version 3.03B (the only one I have available) and Manx C version 3.20a.
The former doesn't come with CreateExtIO and DeleteExtIO, the latter
does. The versions Stan Shepard sent out the a few weeks back had a few
obvious syntax errors; I can post a working version if anyone desires.
(2) AmigaTerm with Kermit from CompuServe is VERY unreliable. It
regularly times out on normal transfers, refuses to recognize various
perfectly legitimate packets, and so on. For this reason, I have not nor
do I intend to uuencode and distribute it. Fact is, I've stopped using
it myself, because:
(3) The latest issue of the Kermit discussion group contains an announcement
that C-Kermit for the Amiga (the genuine article) is on its way to Columbia
from some kind soul in Rochester, NY. The author claims high reliability
of file transfers and some server commands. It does not have menus and
mouse support, nor does it yet have wildcard SEND's. But it works. I
will cross-post the notice of its arrival at Columbia and how to get it
on Info-Amiga as soon as it comes out.
While on the subject of PDTerm, a small bug fix: main() contains two
while statements within the main loop, while(CheckIO(console)) and
while(CheckIO(serial)). Both of the "while"'s here should be replaced
with "if", otherwise mouse button pushes and keyboard hits won't be
handled until the serial port is quiet--you won't be able to stop a long
file with ^C (DEL for UNIX fans) because it won't be sent out.
Steve Walton
Caltech Solar Astronomy
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