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

JDA@NIHCU.BITNET (Doug Ashbrook) (05/15/89)

> 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??

Use A$1000,L$6E00.

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JDA@NIHCU.BITNET (Doug Ashbrook) (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).

Frank da Cruz wrote a book titled "Kermit, A File Transfer Protocol"
that should answer most (if not all) of your questions about the
Kermit protocol.  It is ISBN 0-932376-88-6 and is published by:

     Digital Press
     Digital Equipment Corp.
     12 Crosby Drive
     Bedford, Mass.  01730
     (order number EY-6705E-DP)

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J. Douglas Ashbrook                                   (301) 496-5181
BITNET: JDA@NIHCU             ARPA: jda%nihcu.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu
National Institutes of Health, Computer Center,   Bethesda, MD 20892

-+- Remember.  If some weirdo in a blue suit offers you some MS-DOS,
JUST SAY NO!

JDA@NIHCU.BITNET (Doug Ashbrook) (05/15/89)

> 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.

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J. Douglas Ashbrook                                   (301) 496-5181
BITNET: JDA@NIHCU             ARPA: jda%nihcu.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu
National Institutes of Health, Computer Center,   Bethesda, MD 20892

-+- Remember.  If some weirdo in a blue suit offers you some MS-DOS,
JUST SAY NO!

erast1@cisunx.UUCP (Evan Ron Aussenberg) (05/16/89)

In article <8905141802.aa09698@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> you write:
>> 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...

>Use A$1000,L$6E00.

>J. Douglas Ashbrook                                   (301) 496-5181
>BITNET: JDA@NIHCU             ARPA: jda%nihcu.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu

Actually under ProDOS you don't even need the A$ and L$.  Just boot
kermit, set all your prefixes, protocols, etc., then exit to basic and 
assuming the Kermit program is in the current directory just type
"BSAVE KERMIT" and the program will be saved properly.

BTW- The only thing I have in my Kermit.init file is 'con' to immediately
put me online.

	Evan Ron Aussenberg / erast1@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu