[KERMIT]AAAREADME				Dec. 1984

			KERMIT

	  	  submitted by the 

	Columbia University Center for Computing Activities


This is an update distribution.  The last complete distribution was
onthe Spring '84 SIG tape.  Only submissions which have substantially
changed have been included.

For information from the original tape, see 00README.TXT in this
(Top Level) directory.

Please also read COMMER.DOC which contains a policy statement on
guidelines for redistribution of KERMIT particularly as it affects
commercial software houses.

VMS tape organization
--- ---- ------------

This save set was prepared from the standard KERMIT distribution tape
and arranged for VAX use.  The standard tape does not use subdirectories.
Files have been moved into subdirectories in this distribution where 
appropriate. 

The following organization scheme has been used:

Top Level:

00README.TXT	-	Cover document from original Kermit tape
AAAREADME.DOC	-	This document
BYTE.DOC	-	Article submitted to BYTE magazine
COMMER.DOC	-	Commercial policy statement
CURRENT.DOC	-	Current version status
FLYER.DOC	-	Flyer
KPROTO.DOC	-	Protocol Manual
KUSER.DOC	-	User Manual
MAIL.HLP	-	Explanation for MAIL.TXT
MAIL.TXT	-	Archive of Arpanet distribution list
VERSIONS.DOC	-	Summary of work done or in progress

Subdirectories:

[.CPM80]	-	CPM Kermit
[.CPM86]	-	CMP-86 Kermit (Rainbow etc.)
[.MACINTOSH]	-	Apple Macintosh Kermit
[.MSDOS]	-	MS-DOS Kermit (IBM-PC, Rainbow, etc.)
[.PDP11]	-	PDP-11 Kermits (RT, RSX, RSTS, POS)
[.UNIX]		-	Unix Kermit