From fdc Mon Dec 28 20:41:07 1992 Return-Path: Received: by watsun.cc.columbia.edu (5.59/FCB/jba) id AA11284; Mon, 28 Dec 92 20:41:07 EST Date: Mon, 28 Dec 92 20:41:05 EST From: Frank da Cruz To: Info-Kermit Subject: Info-Kermit Digest V16 #7 Reply-To: Info-Kermit@watsun.cc.columbia.edu Queries-To: Info-Kermit-Request@WATSUN.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU Errors-To: Info-Kermit-Request@watsun.cc.columbia.edu Message-Id: Info-Kermit Digest Mon, 28 Dec 1992 Volume 16 : Number 7 Today's Topics: Announcing Release 4.2.5 of Kermit-370 for VM/CMS New Patches for MS-DOS Kermit 3.11 and 3.12 Gateway Telepath Intenal Modem Problems Solved New MS-DOS Kermit Dialing Scripts New BOO-File Encoder and Decoder Programs OS/2 C-Kermit 5A(188) Extended Keyboard Definitions C-Kermit 5A News Digest submissions may be sent to Info-Kermit@WATSUN.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU or KERMIT@CUVMA.BITNET. Requests for addition to or deletion from the Info-Kermit subscriber list should be sent to LISTSERV@CUVMA.BITNET or LISTSERV@CUVMA.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU. These messages must be of the form: SUBSCRIBE I$KERMIT (To start a subscription) UNSUBSCRIBE I$KERMIT (To cancel a subscription) REGISTER I$KERMIT (To correct your name) Kermit files may be obtained over networks and by mail order. On the Internetwork, use FTP to log in to host WATSUN.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU, a SUN-4/280 running UNIX (SUNOS 4.1), IP host number 128.59.39.2. Login as user anonymous (note, lower case), any password, and GET or MGET (MULTIPLE GET) the desired files. The file kermit/read.me is a general guide to where things are. The Kermit files are in directories kermit/a, kermit/b, kermit/c, kermit/d, and kermit/e. Test versions are in kermit/test. All files in these directories should be transferred in text (ASCII) mode. Binaries are in kermit/bin (use ftp in binary mode). All files on watsun have lowercase names, and case is significant. You can also get Kermit files over the BITNET/EARN network; to get started send a message with text HELP to KERMSRV, the Kermit file server, at host CUVMA. For detailed instructions, read the file kermit/a/aanetw.hlp (AANETW.HLP on KERMSRV). To order by mail, request a complete list of Kermit versions and an order form from Kermit Distribution, Columbia University Center for Computing Activities, 612 West 115th Street, New York, NY 10025 USA. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 1992 Dec 2 12:18 EST >From: "John F. Chandler" Subject: Announcing Release 4.2.5 of Kermit-370 for VM/CMS Keywords: VM/CMS Kermit, IBM 370 Kermit A new release of Kermit-370 for CMS is now available: 4.2.5. It includes a new CNTRL file for installing Kermit under VM/ESA (370 Feature) when HASM is not available. This CNTRL file is automatically used, as needed, by the (now revised) IKCINS EXEC included in IKCKER.INS. The other new features are mainly diagnostics. They include: 1) An extra line of greetings for send/receive/server, as introduced in release 4.2.4 of the TSO, ROSCOE, and CICS variants of Kermit-370, as well as the latest releases of MS-DOS Kermit and C-Kermit. 2) A new option to dump Kermit's internal trace table to KER LOG. 3) Extra debug log info for TTY and FULLSCREEN modes, similar to that for SERIES1, GRAPHICS, and AEA modes. 4) The status code from a SEND or RECEIVE is now available to the accounting exit, if any. See the IKCKER.BWR file for further details. COMING SOON: Kermit-370 customized for languages other than English. The Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Turkish versions are in progress. Volunteers are needed to translate the (200-line) Kermit-370 message file into other languages. The help files and user guide chapters could also be translated, but that's a much bigger undertaking. John [Ed. - Thanks, John! The new files are in kermit/b/ on watsun.cc.columbia.edu for anonymous FTP access on the Internet, and available from KERMSRV at CUVMA on BITNET/EARN/CREN.] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Dec 92 11:59:59 EST >From: Christine M Gianone Subject: New Patches for MS-DOS Kermit 3.11 and 3.12 Keywords: MS-DOS Kermit 3.11, MS-DOS Kermit 3.12, Patches for MS-DOS Kermit Cross-Reference: IBM PC. See MS-DOS Kermit >From Professor Joe R. Doupnik: patches for MS-DOS Kermit 3.12 to correct the following problems: 1. Optional patch needed to enable 132 column mode on certain VGA board models from Orchid Designer. 2. Make VT terminal emulator ignore ESC C. 3. Don't exit from macros when Ctrl-C'd out of server mode. 4. Some IBM mainframe fullscreen file transfer corrections. 5. Fix \v(ndate) to omit unwanted extra zero in Oct, Nov, and Dec. 6. Fix for serial device initialization. 7. Fix for using MS-DOS Kermit under OS/2. 8. Don't do repeat-count compression if other Kermit says it won't. 9. Speedup for Interconnections TES connections. 10. Workaround for problems with Gateway 2000 Telepath internal modems. The new patch file is available in ~kermit/a/mskermit.pch, and is usable only with the IBM PC binary MS-DOS Kermit 3.12 program distributed by Columbia University (kermit/a/msvibm.boo or kermit/bin/msvibm.exe). Patches 7 and 10 above have also been added to the version 3.11 patch file as patches number 10 and 11. The new updated 3.11 patch file is available in kermit/a/msr311.pch (MSR311 PCH on KERMSRV), To install the patches, get the appropriate patch file (which is a text file and should be transferred in text mode) onto your PC, rename it MSKERMIT.PCH if necessary, and put it in the same directory as your MSKERMIT.INI file. Make sure your MSKERMIT.INI file contains the PATCH command near the top (as the standard MSKERMIT.INI file does). The patches are applied automatically each time you start MS-DOS Kermit. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1992 11:10:53 -0800 (PST) >From: Fred Forster Subject: Gateway Telepath Intenal Modem Problems Solved Keywords: Gateway Telepath Modem I implemented the new MSKERMIT.PCH that you sent to me yesterday in response to my inquiry about problems I was having with a Gateway 2000 computer with a Telepath internal modem. It was surprising to find how few patches have been incorporated into v3.11 and to see a patch particular to that computer! I never expected such as specific response! I was just groping since I did everything that I could think of. Also thanks for your prompt response! You guys are great! Most importantly, Kermit now appears to work. As usual, I will be more certain after I exercise it more, but it is much improved now! It may be of interest to note that I am able to connect at 38400 to my campus' fast modem line. I wasn't sure that would be the case after reading the comment associated with the patch that referred to slowing things way down. But let me tell you this Gateway seems to be an O.K. computer, 66MHz is great, and having only used a 2400 baud modem before this computer makes it just short of amazing. Using e-mail from home through Kermit with this hardware is really being in touch. End of message. [Ed. - The comment in the patch file says "vastly slow down serial port setup". The slowdown only occurs at the time the port is initialized, not during communication.] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Dec 92 11:59:59 EST >From: Christine M Gianone Subject: New MS-DOS Kermit Dialing Scripts Keywords: MS-DOS Kermit 3.12, Penril modems, Vadic modems, SupraFAXmodem Keywords: Telebit modems >From John Klensin at MIT, new MS-DOS Kermit dialing scripts for the Penril Alliance V.32 modem, the Vadic VA2400PA modem, and the SupraFAXmodem V.32bis modem. And, written locally, a new dialing script for the Telebit T3000 (which should also work with the T1600, QBlazer, and possibly WorldBlazer). These new scripts are designed to be used with the DIAL macro that is defined in the standard MSKERMIT.INI file, just like the current Hayes and Rolm dialing scripts. Here is a list of the available dialing scripts: Modem Type DOS Filename Internet KERMSRV Hayes 2400 HAYES.SCR kermit/a/msmhayes.scr MSMHAYES SCR Penril Alliance V.32 PENRIL.SCR kermit/a/msmpenril.scr MSMPENRIL SCR Rolm CBX DCM ROLM.SCR kermit/a/msmrolm.scr MSMROLM SCR SupraFAXmodem V.32bis SUPRA.SCR kermit/a/msmsupra.scr MSMSUPRA SCR Telebit T3000 T3000.SCR kermit/a/msmt3000.scr MSMT3000 SCR Vadic VA2400PA VA2400PA.SCR kermit/a/msmva2400.scr MSMVA2400 SCR Note that a new category of MS-DOS Kermit files, MSM, has been created for modem-dialing scripts. Previously, HAYES.SCR and ROLM.SCR were stored as MSIHAY.SCR and MSIROLM.SCR (copies of these two only have been kept under their old names to reduce confusion). See the instructions in the modem script files themselves, and/or in the MSKERM.BWR file. For Telebits, also see MSMT3000.DOC, and for further information about Telebits, see kermit/b/ckcker.bwr on watsun or CKCKER BWR on KERMSRV. Many thanks to John for contributing the Penril, Supra, and Vadic dialing scripts! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 11:59:59 EST >From: Christine M Gianone Subject: New BOO-File Encoder and Decoder Programs Keywords: BOO-File Encoders and Decoders A long delayed announcement: a new release of the BOO-File maker and decoder programs, msbmkb.c and msbpct.c. These are from Robert Weiner of Programming Plus in New York, based on the Christian Hemsing versions that were announced in Info-Kermit V15 #3 last April. Robert has totally rewritten the code to make it portable to multiple operating systems including UNIX, VMS and OpenVMS, MS-DOS, OS-9, the Commodore Amiga, and the Atari ST, and to fix a few bugs. This version, like Christian's, incorporates the new mechanism, first proposed by Charles Lasner, for encoding the exact filesize, rather than (often) adding several null bytes to the end of an un-boo'd BOO file. This turns out to be essential in operating systems (like OS-8 and OS-9) where executable programs contain internal length and/or error-checking information. The new versions replace the old ones as msbmkb.c (the BOO-file maker) and msbpct.c (the decoder) in kermit/a and ckbmkb.c and ckbunb.c on kermit/b on watsun.cc.columbia.edu, and as MSBMKB C, MSBPCT C, CKBMKB C, and CKBUNB C on CUVMA. Thanks to Robert for the all the work he put in on this, and to Christian and Charles for all of their earlier work. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Dec 92 09:51:41 -0600 >From: lowey@jester.usask.ca (Kevin Lowey) Subject: OS/2 C-Kermit 5A(188) Extended Keyboard Definitions Keywords: OS/2 Kermit Below please find enclosed a file called UOFS_KBD.INI. This is a keyboard definition file for the OS/2 version of C-Kermit 5A(188) which lets extended keyboard numeric keypads act like the VT102 numeric keypad. See the comments in the file for more information on what was re-defined. - Kevin Lowey [Ed. - Many thanks, Kevin! Your contribution has been placed in kermit/b/ckovtk.ini on watsun and CKOVTK INI on CUVMA.] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Dec 92 11:59:59 EST >From: Frank da Cruz Subject: C-Kermit 5A News Keywords: C-Kermit 5A, External Protocols, Alpha AXP, VMS Kermit, UNIX Kermit Cross-Reference: AXP. See Alpha, VMS, UNIX Well, folks, we've been averaging about 500 FTP requests at watsun every day since the C-Kermit 5A announcement, with thousands of additional requests to CUVMA KERMSRV on BITNET/EARN/CREN. Looks like a hit! Most reports have been positive. Successful testing has been reported for about 250 different machine/operating-system/version combinations, including over 210 different UNIX configurations. The few systems (mostly early AIX releases on IBM 370 and PS/2 machines) where compilation failures were reported have been fixed. Several new makefile entries have also been added: altos3 Altos ACX68000 with AT&T UNIX System III R2 clix Intergraph Clipper cray8 Cray supercomputers with UNICOS 8.0-Alpha dnixnetc DIAB DNIX 5.2 with TCP/IP and fullscreen transfer display iclsys5r4_486 ICL DRS3000 (i486 platform) with DRS/NX System V R4 isi Integrated Solutions VS8 VME 680x0 t31tos40x Nixdorf Targon/31 M15 with TOS 4.0.x And several have been updated or corrected: cray Cray supercomputers with UNICOS 6.1, 7.0 cx_ux Harris Night Hawk ft21 Fortune For:Pro 2.1 sys3upcx AT&T 7300 UNIX PC sco286 SCO Xenix/286 2.3.3 sco32v4 SCO UNIX/386 3.2 V4.0 sco32v4gcc ditto, with GNU CC sco32v4net SCO UNIX/386 3.2 V4.0 with TCP/IP = ODT 2.0 sco32v4netgcc ditto, with GNU CC The new UNIX makefile is available in kermit/b/ckuker.mak (CKUKER MAK on KERMSRV), and is also incorporated in the UNIX C-Kermit tar archive, kermit/bin/cku188.tar.Z (ftp in binary mode). You can find a current list of successfully tested systems in the file kermit/b/ckcker.upd on watsun.cc.columbia.edu and CKCKER UPD on CUVMA KERMSRV. If you have successfully installed C-Kermit 5A(188) on a system that is not listed in that file, please send a report to me giving the needed information: machine make and model, operating system name and release, makefile entry used, executable program size. The minor (and mostly highly system-specific) corrections that were made since the release are also listed in ckcker.upd. C-Kermit 5A users should get a copy of this file and read it to see if there are any new developments that pertain to them. There have definitely been some changes that will interest OS/2 and OS-9 C-Kermit users. Also, the set of SCO-related makefile entries has been updated thanks to Warren Tucker in Georgia (USA), Eduard Vopica in Prague (Czechoslovakia), and Piet Plomp in Groningen (Netherlands). Some statistics about the new release: Smallest executable (minimum configuration): 90372, 386 PC clone, SVR4 Smallest fully configured executable: 310636, 386 PC clone, SVR4 Biggest executable: 1607480, Cray-2 Meanwhile, a new section has been added to the UNIX C-Kermit "beware file", kermit/b/ckuker.bwr (CKUKER BWR on KERMSRV) about using C-Kermit as an external protocol from other programs, and vice versa. Finally, those of you with new DEC Alpha AXP machines running OpenVMS AXP 1.0 but without a C compiler can find a binary version of C-Kermit for the Alpha in kermit/b/ckvaxp.hex (it is, needless to say, quite huge: 1.7MB), CKVAXP HEX on KERMSRV (no network support). It's a "CKBHEX" file to be transferred in text mode. You have to decode this file on a VAX (not an AXP) using CKBDEH.MAR (or VMSDEH.MAR, same program) because we do not yet have hexifying and dehexifying programs written for the AXP (any volunteers to convert VMSHEX/CKBHEX.MAR and VMSDEH/CKBDEH.MAR for the Alpha AXP? -- they are written in VAX assembly language, and do not not seem to work correctly when compiled with the AXP's Macro-32 comiler). ------------------------------ End of Info-Kermit Digest *************************