TLUTZ@WSUMATH.BITNET (02/02/88)
Regarding the recent posting about V2.30. I managed to get the .BOO file from KERMSRV@CUVMA via BITNET, and downloaded it from a VAX 11/750 to my Rainbow. I used a program which I was given some years ago written in ASM to convert the .BOO file - It was called MSBPCT.ASM when I got it, and it is at home and I can't recall who wrote it. The conversion program offered by KERMSRV is written in MICROSOFT BASIC (CP/M-86 !!!). That sounded so bizzare that I didn't even try it. Anyway, it all worked and my version of MS-KERMIT V2.30 does work, though I have only used it briefly and made no attempt to try all of the features. In addition to .INI files, it has the ability to look for specific input coming over the COMM port (i.e. it can wait until a "username:" prompt appears and then answer it). So, in principle, one could have a means of using KERMIT to automatically log in to a remote computer. It advertises VT102 emulation. I don't know if it can be tricked into VT220 emulation. If not, it will be of less use to me than V2.29.1 which does allow full VT220 emulation. Tom Lutz Program in Astronomy Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-2930 509/335-3141 TLUTZ@WSUMATH.BITNET
SY.FDC@CU20B.COLUMBIA.EDU (Frank da Cruz) (02/03/88)
Un-boo-ing programs are available in assembler, C, Turbo Pascal, and Fortran. MSBPCT.BOO is a BOO-encoded version of an .EXE built from the C source, and is quite fast. The Basic version is for people who don't have anything. They can download it, or type it in, and then unboo the C version, which they can then use to unboo longer files, like Kermit itself. As you point out, 2.30 does not offer VT220 emulation, and neither did 2.29 or any earlier mainline version. The version you're talking about, 2.29.1, is a special, one-shot version, only for the Rainbow, that was contributed by Dave Knoell of Basic American Foods in Vacaville, CA. If differs so radically from the mainline version that it was not possible to include all of the changes in 2.30. Therefore this special version is still available as MSVRB2.*. To my knowledge, Dave doesn't have time to upgrade this version to include the 2.30 features, like long packets, login scripts, etc. - Frank -------