DEC Rainbow 100 CP/M-86 KERMIT version 2.9. See the file C86KER.HLP for general information about CP/M-86 KERMIT. Kermit-86 is a version of Kermit that runs on the DEC Rainbow 100 series under CP/M-86/80, version 1 or 2, on the 8088 side. It is generated from the CP/M-86 Kermit source program, which can also produce Kermit programs for other CP/M-86 systems, like the NEC APC. You should be able to download the program using the old Kermit on the Z80 side (Rainbow Kermit, VT180 Kermit, or generic CP/M-80 Kermit will do the job, but only under DEC CP/M-86/80 version 1.0), or an earlier version of Kermit-86. The program is stored in the Kermit distribution area as KER:C86XRB.*. KER:C86XRB.H86 is the hex file; you can use GENCMD on the Rainbow to build the .CMD file from this. KER:C86*.A86 are the source modules, written in Digital Research CP/M-86 assembler and assembled on the Rainbow. If you don't have an earlier version of Kermit, then follow the directions for installing KERMIT-80 (yes, KERMIT-80) in the Kermit-80 section of the Kermit User Guide, but send the Kermit-86 hex file (C86XRB.H86) instead. This works because the Rainbow can run CP/M-80 programs like DDT. Another way to get Kermit onto your Rainbow for the first time would be from a DEC VT-180 diskette. A VT-180 can use its own Kermit to load Rainbow Kermit onto its disk, which can then be read directly by a Rainbow. Also, note that VT-180 Kermit-80 can actually run on the Rainbow on the Z80 side under DEC CP/M-86/80 version 1 (but not version 2 or higher), at speeds of 1800 baud or lower. KNOWN PROBLEMS: During CONNECT logging (SET LOG), certain ANSI escape sequences -- notably those that change modes like reverse/normal video, smooth/jump scrolling -- cause the logging to terminate mysteriously and abruptly. Certain other sequences (which are unlikely to occur) tickle Rainbow firmware bugs and hang the machine. There are some characters, like ^X, that can't be given as arguments to SET ESCAPE. Print Screen and Ctrl-Print Screen have no effect, but they don't do any harm.