From: SMTP%"Info-Kermit@watsun.cc.columbia.edu" 29-NOV-1994 17:59:22.43 To: EVERHART CC: Subj: Info-Kermit Digest V20 #3 Date: Mon, 28 Nov 1994 14:26:37 EST Reply-To: Info-Kermit@watsun.cc.columbia.edu Sender: INFO-KERMIT Digest From: Christine M Gianone Subject: Info-Kermit Digest V20 #3 Comments: To: To: Multiple recipients of list I-KERMIT Info-Kermit Digest Mon, 28 Nov 94 Volume 20 : Number 3 Today's Topics: C-Kermit 5A(190) Replaces 5A(189) Kermit-370 4.3.1 Beta Test MS-DOS Kermit 3.1 Beta Test Continues Directory: Kermit's New World-Wide Web Home Page: http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ ftp: kermit.columbia.edu Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.announce - Moderated comp.protocols.kermit.misc - Unmoderated LISTSERV: I$KERMIT@CUVMA.BITNET or CUVMA.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU - Submissions LISTSERV@CUVMA.BITNET or CUVMA.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU - Subscriptions KERMRSV: KERMSRV@CUVMA.BITNET or CUVMA.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU - Files (Send e-mail with text HELP to get started.) E-mail: kermit@columbia.edu (not an FTP mail server!) Post: Kermit Distribution Columbia University Academic Information Systems 612 West 115th Street New York, NY 10025 USA Fax: +1 212 663-8202 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Frank da Cruz Subject: C-Kermit 5A(190) Replaces 5A(189) Date: 13 Nov 1994 19:38:59 GMT Keywords: C-Kermit, UNIX C-Kermit, VMS C-Kermit, OS/2 C-Kermit Keywords: Stratus VOS C-Kermit, AOS/VS C-Kermit, OS-9 C-Kermit Keywords: QNX C-Kermit, RESEND, Recovery As of 13 November 1994, C-Kermit 5A(190) is installed for real on kermit.columbia.edu, replacing the previous version, 5A(189) of 30 June 1993. This is the Kermit software for UNIX (all varieties), VMS, OS/2, Stratus VOS, AOS/VS, OS-9, the Macintosh, the Commodore Amiga, and the Atari ST. Highlights of the new version are: . File transfer recovery from point of failure (binary-mode transfers only): UNIX, VMS, OS/2, AOS/VS, VOS, Amiga. . Massive improvements in the OS/2 version. . Totally new and full-featured implementations for QNX and Stratus VOS. . Support for many new OS releases: Solaris 2.3, AIX 4.1, Unixware 1.1, new releases of Linux, {Free,Net,etc}BSD, OpenVMS 6.x, OS/2 Warp, etc. . Auto-upload/download/configuration/anything-else via APC mechanism: UNIX, VMS, OS/2. . Numerous improvements in performance, script programming, client/server protocol, character sets, file transfer display, dialing, etc. C-Kermit 5A(190) is available via anonymous ftp from kermit.columbia.edu, directory kermit/f (NOT kermit/b), also known as kermit/c-kermit, and several other directories, as follows: kermit/f (= kermit/c-kermit) - FTP all files in text mode: Source code; Documentation files (.hlp, .nr, .upd, .bwr, .doc, etc); Initialization and script files (.ini, .kdd, .ksd, etc); ASCII-binaries except for VMS, UNIX, and OS/2: ckd190.uue - DG AOS/VS ckiker.boo - Amiga cklker.h68 - VOS 680x0 cklker.h86 - VOS i860 ckm190.hqx - Macintosh cksker.boo - Atari ST cksncp.boo - Atari ST (small version) kermit/bin - FTP all files in binary mode (except READ.ME): True binaries for UNIX, VMS, etc. See the READ.ME for details. kermit/vmshex - FTP in text mode: VMS C-Kermit binaries in hex format, together with the decoding program, ckvdeh.mar. See the READ.ME file for details. kermit/archives - FTP in binary mode unless otherwise indicated: cku190.tar.Z - Compressed tar of C-Kermit source code & other files. cku190.tar.gz - Gzip'd tar of C-Kermit source code & other files. ckvsrc.hex - (TEXT mode) VMS C-Kermit source BACKUP saveset. cko190.zip - OS/2 C-Kermit distribution diskette image. See kermit/f/ckc190.ann for a detailed list of changes in 5A(190). See kermit/f/cko190.ann for new features of the OS/2 version. For overviews of specific versions, see: kermit/f/ckaaaa.hlp - General C-Kermit overview kermit/f/ckdaaa.hlp - AOS/VS kermit/f/ckiaaa.hlp - Amiga kermit/f/cklaaa.hlp - Stratus VOS kermit/f/ckoaaa.hlp - OS/2 kermit/f/ckuaaa.hlp - UNIX kermit/f/ckvaaa.hlp - VMS The user manual, "Using C-Kermit", is recommended for everybody who wants to make serious use of C-Kermit and to get the most out of it; remember that manual sales are the primary source of support for the Kermit effort. Call +1 212-854-3703 to order, or send email to kermit@columbia.edu for further info. A German-language edition is also available. - Frank ------------------------------ From: "John F. Chandler" Date: Fri, 25 Nov 1994 16:05 EST Subject: Kermit-370 4.3.1 Beta Test Keywords: IBM Mainframe Kermit, CMS Kermit, TSO Kermit, CICS Kermit Keywords: MUSIC Kermit Keywords: RESEND, Recovery Xref: VM/CMS, See CMS Xref: MVS, See TSO or CICS Xref: ROSCOE, See TSO All the variants of Kermit-370 are now available for testing in release 4.3.1: CICS, CMS, MUSIC, and TSO (and its related sub-variant for ROSCOE). The list of updates is different for the different variants, but all of them have a generic feature that is new and exciting: it's the first level of support for restarting interrupted Kermit transfers. This first level works only for binary transfers, and it requires that you have a similarly upgraded Kermit at the other end, but it's a lot better than nothing. In principle, any interrupted binary file transfer (even a non-Kermit one) can be restarted with this facility, and the resulting file will be identical to what would have been received in a single transfer. The CMS and CICS variants have a new feature of setting the date/time stamp for a received file to match that of the original. The MUSIC variant has newly-added support for long userids and file names, and it now allows arbitrary MUSIC commands to be executed from within Kermit. Further, there is a new all-in-one installation procedure for MUSIC, now included in ikmker.ins in the Kermit distribution. The updates are described in a little more detail in the respective BWR files, and are contained in the NUP files (ik*ker.nup). Follow the instructions in the appropriate ik*ker.ins for installing a test verion. The new features are applied to the 4.3.0 source code using the appropriate update program. The new files are available via anonymous ftp from kermit.columbia.edu, directory kermit/b, text mode, and also from KERMSRV@CUVMA on BITNET (EARN (CREN) ): System Updates Documentation VM/CMS ikcker.nup ikcker.bwr MVS/TSO iktker.nup iktker.bwr CICS ikxker.nup ikxker.bwr MUSIC ikmker.nup ikmker.bwr Please send test reports by e-mail to kermit@columbia.edu. ------------------------------ From: Christine M Gianone Subject: MS-DOS Kermit 3.1 Beta Test Continues Date: Mon Nov 28 09:49:46 1994 Keywords: MS-DOS Kermit 3.14, Cyrillic The MS-DOS Kermit 3.14 beta testing period continues. Numerous improvements have already been made as a result of the testing so far, most of them related to serial communications (RTS/CTS flow control and SET CARRIER ON improvements) and BBS operation (Fossil driver interface added, ANSI terminal emulation improvements). Also the Cyrillic support has been strengthened, including the addition of some keyboard drivers. The ZIP file remains available via anonymous ftp from kermit.columbia.edu in the directory kermit/test/bin, filename msv314.zip. Transfer it in binary mode, and then unzip it with the "-d" switch (needed to preserve the subdirectory structure - important!), read the top-level READ.ME file, and go from there. Send reports by e-mail to kermit@columbia.edu. Hopefully we'll have a final release in a short amount of time. Thanks to Joe Doupnik for his careful attention to all the Beta test reports so far, and for his continued dedication to MS-DOS Kermit and its users. ------------------------------ End of Info-Kermit Digest *************************