[comp.sys.apple] Customizing Kermit 3.85 & What are the protocols of Kermit??

IRPGMR7@OUACCVMB.BITNET (05/15/89)

I got a couple of questions for Kermit users out there.  I'm asking the list
because I haven't had any luck with anybody else yet.

I know there's a way to permanently place certain default values into Kermit
instead of using a kermit.init file.  I think it's by typing in something
like this:  BSAVE KERMIT,A$xxxx,L$yyyy (x's & y's being the location &
length of KERMIT).  My problem is this:  What are they for KERMIT 3.85??

2nd question: I'm not having too much luck with setting a different prefix in
ProDOS with KERMIT either.  Is there some dark hidden secret about this
feat of magic??

I lied, I've got a third question too:  Who should I contact in order
to find out more about the intrincacies of KERMIT. (such as the sending
& receiving protocols, defining keys for emulations, etc.)  This last
question comes from the fact that I'm working on my own personal
Kermit-clone for the Apple //gs. (Kind of a GS-Kermit, not to be confused
with MS-Kermit).


David William Wrage  a.k.a.  The Frenchman

'I don't have a nifty saying yet, but I'll think of one.....'



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SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) (05/15/89)

>I lied, I've got a third question too:  Who should I contact in order
>to find out more about the intrincacies of KERMIT. (such as the sending
>& receiving protocols, defining keys for emulations, etc.)  This last
>question comes from the fact that I'm working on my own personal
>Kermit-clone for the Apple //gs. (Kind of a GS-Kermit, not to be confused
>with MS-Kermit).

Ted Medin <medin-t@shark.nosc.mil> just like it says in the documentation...
imagine that! :-)

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SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) (05/16/89)

>> 2nd question: I'm not having too much luck with setting a different prefix in
>> ProDOS with KERMIT either.  Is there some dark hidden secret about this
>> feat of magic??
>
>I do not understand what your question is.  You should be able to
>simply issue the command SET PREFIX /volume/directory...  from
>Kermit.  If this does not work, send us more information about
>exactly what you are trying and what the results are.

I have noticed that the SET PREFIX command behaves oddly if a new volume
isn't on a DIFFERENT DEVICE than the current volume (if I BRUN Kermit
from S6,D1 with a volume of /KERMIT and then swap disks and
SET PREFIX /DATA, I get an error -- however, if /DATA is on D2 there's
no problem -- also if I BRUN from S6,D2 and /DATA is in D1 SET PREFIX
works okay).

Since there haven't been howls of complaints, I gather that using SET
PREFIX to change directories in a VOLUME doesn't cause any difficulty(?)

Murph Sewall                       Vaporware? ---> [Gary Larson returns 1/1/90]
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ART100@PSUVM.BITNET (Andy Tefft) (05/16/89)

Original note:
>I have noticed that the SET PREFIX command behaves oddly if a new volume
>isn't on a DIFFERENT DEVICE than the current volume (if I BRUN Kermit
>from S6,D1 with a volume of /KERMIT and then swap disks and
>SET PREFIX /DATA, I get an error -- however, if /DATA is on D2 there's
>no problem -- also if I BRUN from S6,D2 and /DATA is in D1 SET PREFIX
>works okay).


>Murph Sewall                       Vaporware? ---> [Gary Larson returns 1/1/90]

I've never had this problem and since I only have one drive, I ALWAYS
put a new disk in the same drive and SET PREFIX to it.

Could it be that this happens if you have a prefix set already when you
run kermit? I never have a prefix set when I run Kermit -- it's basically
run by a one-line STARTUP program and I almost always run it by booting
its disk. Do you have a prefix set when you run Kermit?