SY.CHRISTINE@CU20B.COLUMBIA.EDU (Christine M Gianone) (08/01/86)
Info-Kermit Digest Fri, 1 Aug 1986 Volume 5 : Number 5 Today's Topics: The First Kermit Newsletter Available Okstate Downtime Kermit-80 files on PC-format diskettes in the UK Japanese Kermit Manuals KERMIT for Sirius/Victor 9000 under CP/M-86 Two Kermit-MS 2.29 Implementations for the Sanyo 550 Series Re: KERMIT with Other Terminal Emulators CMS Kermit Problem (making it work) .BOO files Using C-Kermit to dialout on a DF112 modem? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue 29 Jul 86 14:41:54-EDT From: Christine M Gianone <SY.CHRISTINE@CU20B.COLUMBIA.EDU> Subject: The First Kermit Newsletter Available Keywords: Kermit Newsletter The first issue of the (paper) Kermit Newsletter (July 1986, Vol.1 No.1) is currently available. The Newsletter target audience was originally intended to be those who do not have access to our networks and have asked to be informed about new Kermit releases and other Kermit news. Articles in this issue include: MS-DOS Kermit Version 2.29; Kermit Book Published by Digital Press; C-Kermit; The Top Five Kermit Questions; Mac Kermit 0.8(34); Protocol Extensions; VAX/VMS Kermit-32 Version 3.2; Kermit's Early History. Anyone who is interested in obtaining a copy of this and future Kermit Newsletters may do so by sending their postal (not electronic) mailing address to Info-Kermit-Request@CU20B, Kermit@CU20B, or KERMIT@CUVMA. Number 1 will be sent to those who request it this way till our leftover copies run out. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Jul 86 20:12:34 -0500 From: Mark Vasoll <vasoll%a.cs.okstate.edu@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA> Subject: Okstate Downtime Keywords: Okstate Downtime The system Okstate, (home of the UUCP and Kermit Server Kermit distributions) will be down from August 8th until August 31st while our machine room is being remodeled. The uucpker and kermsrv dialin number will not answer the phone during this period. Watch for the return of uucpker and kermsrv shortly after August 31st. Thanks, Mark Vasoll Department of Computing and Information Sciences Oklahoma State University Internet: vasoll@a.cs.okstate.edu Obsolete: vasoll%okstate.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa UUCP: {cbosgd, ea, ihnp4, isucs1, mcvax, pesnta, uokvax}!okstate!vasoll [Ed. - Thanks for the information. The return date of UUCP will be announced in the digest.] ------------------------------ Date: 30-JUL-1986 17:18:19 From: SYSKERMIT%vax1.central.lancaster.ac.uk@cs.ucl.ac.uk Subject: Kermit-80 files on PC-format diskettes in the UK Having had a number of requests lately for it, we've now set things up so we can supply a complete set of the CP/M-80 Kermit files (CP4) on IBM PC MS-DOS format diskettes. Not having any CP/M engines, we can't write diskettes directly in CP/M format: but this at least will let people get the files onto their own territory (and it's easier to move files from your own PC to your CP/M machine than download over a phone line). The service is offered in the UK and Irish Republic only: the address, as before, is Kermit Distribution, Department of Computing, Computer Building, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YW UK Phone (UK) 0524-65201 x 4881 We hope before long to be able to provide all the IBM PC Kermits (Xenix, QNX and so on) on MS-DOS format discs; and in the longer term we intend to offer all Kermit sources for everything in this way. Alan Phillips [Ed. - Thanks!] ------------------------------ Date: Mon 21 Jul 86 09:20:55 From: ken-ichiro murakami <nttlab!NTT-20!MURAKAMI@shasta.stanford.edu> Subject: Japanese Kermit Manuals Keywords: Japanese Kermit Manuals I will give the Japanese Kermit manuals to everyone. The only problem is that I cannot distribute machine readable code. My favorite workstation is STAR Japanese version, and all my document files are in this machine. JSTAR has no way to export files except for FDD, and the number of JSTAR in Japan is also small. That is, every time the manual is ordered, I must print it out and send by mail (not E-mail). However, I'll distribute free manuals as many as possible. Please forward me, when you receive requests for Japanese manuals. I can distribute JSTAR FDD or printed documents. Ken-ichiro Murakami NTT Basic Research Laboratories 3-9-11 Midori-cho, Musashino-shi Tokyo, 180 Japan Telephone : 0422-59-3589 E-mail address : "nttlab!murakami"@Shasta (from ARPA) or murakami@nttlab.ntt.junet (from JUNET) (JUNET is Japanese domestic network.) [Ed. - Thanks to Ken-ichiro Murakami for all the work he put into translating the Kermit User's Guide and the Kermit Protocol Manual and for volunteering to distribute these manuals to others.] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Jul 86 10:44 MDT From: <REHABIV@USU.BITNET> (Eric Zurcher) Subject: KERMIT for Sirius/Victor 9000 under CP/M-86 Keywords: Sirius/Victor 9000 Kermit, CP/M-86 This note will be followed by slightly modified versions of A86 and H86 files for KERMIT for the Victor 9000/Sirius under CP/M-86. This version is nearly identical to the one I sent to you about 3 weeks ago, and differs only in that the SET PORT command is now implemented, allowing the user to select either serial port "A" or "B" - "A" is the default. I hadn't originally intended bothering to add this feature, but a freak lightning strike knocked out the "A" port on one of the Victors in our department, and it was easier (and cheaper) to implement the SET PORT option than to fix the hardware. Sincerely, Eric Zurcher Dept. of Biology Utah State University Logan, Utah 84322-5305 REHABIV@USU.BITNET [Ed. - Thanks, Eric. The new files are in the Kermit distribution as KER:C86XV9.*.] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23-JUL-1986 22:26 EST From: Bob Babcock <PEPAP@CFA2.BITNET> Subject: Two Kermit-MS 2.29 Implementations for the Sanyo 550 Series Keywords: MS-DOS 2.29, Sanyo 550 Series This is to announce two versions of Kermit 2.29 for the Sanyo 555. One has a fairly simple machine dependent routine MSXMBC.ASM, in particular, it does not have any terminal emulation other than responding properly to some VT-100 escape sequences which the BIOS recognizes. This version will run under DOS 2.11 on any Sanyo MBC-550 or 555 which has a serial port. I haven't tried it under DOS 1.25, but Kermit does check the DOS version, so it ought to work. The other version is derived from the IBM Kermit and includes almost all of its features including emulation of VT-52, VT-102, Heath-19 terminals. This version requires the optional IBM compatible video board. Since DOS 1.25 doesn't support the video board, the question of DOS version doesn't arise for this version. Most of the work in producing these routines was copied from code written by Joe Smiley for version 2.27. Both versions use the standard files: mssdef.h msscmd.asm msscom.asm mssfil.asm mssker.asm mssrcv.asm msssen.asm mssser.asm mssset.asm msster.asm mssfin.asm The simple version has one Sanyo dependent-file: msxmbc.asm The video board version has three Sanyo-dependent files: msx55x.asm msy55x.asm msz55x.asm Bob Babcock Mail stop 63 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory 60 Garden Street Cambridge, MA 02138 617-495-7107 FTS 830-7107 Net addresses: PEPMNT@HARVARDA.BITNET PEPAP@CFA1.BITNET [Ed. - The new files are in KER:MS%MBC.* (simple version) and KER:MS%55X.* (video-board/vt100 version), including .BOO files for each (% is the DEC-20 single-character wildcard).] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Jul 86 11:40 AST From: <IUS@DACTH51.BITNET> (Eberhard W. Lisse) Subject: Re: KERMIT with Other Terminal Emulators Keywords: Terminal Emulation Apropos of Jonathan Scott's message on this subject in the Info-Kermit Digest V5 #4... If one needs both Kermit (MS 2.29) and another Terminal program I would try to run the other one from within Kermit. (RUN XYTERM) I do this with a public domaine Tektronix 4010 emulator with no problems at all. That combination works, in fact, better than a commercial product (VTERM from Coefficient Systems) we use here as well, as that one does not leave the keyboard as it is but switches to the US layout which is very different from the one which comes with the IBM PC when bought in Germany. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jul 86 14:34 EDT From: CCPHIL@TUCC Subject: CMS Kermit Problem (making it work) Keywords: VM/CMS Kermit, CMS Kermit Bob Babcock mentioned a problem with CMS Kermit putting him into CP mode, where he has to interact with the system by entering a "begin" command to get back into CMS mode. The solution is to enter the command "set run on". This changes your CMS environment in a few . One thing that happens is that a carriage return will return you to CMS mode if you enter CP mode. S most Kermits will time out, and send a NAK packet (which is terminate in a carriage return), then you automatically return to CMS mode where ermi Kermit runs without dropping a stroke. Your default environment must be "set run off". We have used e "set run on" command hen going to CMS from the HP 900 and other hosts at SAS Institute. [Ed. - Version 3.0 of CMS Kermit should return you to CMS mode automatically if you happen to enter CP mode.] ------------------------------ Date: 30-JUL-1986 15:04:20 From: SYSKERMIT%vax1.central.lancaster.ac.uk@cs.ucl.ac.uk Subject: .BOO files How about using a hybrid Intel-Hex/BOO file format to provide the error checking? If you were to structure a record as :<length><BOO-encoded data><checksum> where length and checksum are ASCII hex, and checksum is based on the sum of the byte values after conversion, you'ld add only 5 bytes per record. An EOF record would have a length value of 0, adding 3 bytes to the grand total. I would guess an 8-bit checksum would be enough for anyone's needs, and you'ld have only a 6% or so increase in file size. That would give you the checking needed: for another 2 bytes per record you could add a <record-type> ASCII hex field after the <length> field, which then gives you an expansion path if you ever do a major change in the structure. The obvious ones here are Type 0 Filename record (including such attributes as you might want, such as "total length of data you should get when you've done") Type 1 Data record Type 2 ASCII test pattern Type $FF EOF Having a specific record type for EOF and FileName would let you concatenate .BOO encodings for multiple files and convert them all in one run of the converter program. And, I suppose, if you used record type values not used in Intel hex, you could produce a universal converter that could do both..... Alan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jul 86 14:57:07 edt From: Jeffrey Burgan <jeff@umbc3.UMD.EDU> Subject: Using C-Kermit to dialout on a DF112 modem? Keywords: DF112 Modem I am having problems getting a DF112 modem to work with C-Kermit. When I issue a 'set line /dev/ttyIb' command after the 'set modem df100' command, kermit does not respond with a prompt. It seems it is waiting for carrier detect. Has anyone gotten a DF112 to work dialing out and if so, are there any special switch settings for the modem. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, Jeffrey Burgan University of Maryland jeff@umbc3.umd.edu [Ed. - It also depends on which version of C-Kermit -- Sys V, 4.2BSD, etc. Sys V has special treatment for modems ("CLOCAL"), which may or may not be consistently implemented on different System-V systems.] ------------------------------ End of Info-Kermit Digest ************************* -------