CDC Cyber Kermit Version 3 Available. 3/19/87 A new version of Kermit is available for CDC Cybers running NOS. It is derived from the U of Texas Fortran 5 Kermit, with NOS/BE and UT2D support removed. It contains the following new features and changes (items 8 through 10 are new for Version 3.3.) 1. Wildcard file names on the SEND command and server GET command. A '*' stands for any 0 or more characters. A '?' stands for any one character. For example: *BUG All files ending in BUG. *DOG* All files containing DOG. F* All files starting with F. F?X* All files whose names start with F and contain X in the the third position, followed by 0 or more characters. 2. Local and permanent file SEND and server GET. If no local files match the request, the user's permanent file catalog is searched. If the specified file name is preceeded by 'L:', only local files are sent. If preceeded by 'P:', only permanent files are sent. 3. A DIRECTORY command and server REMOTE DIRECTORY command. Lists local (by default) or permanent file names. Accepts wildcards and/or L: and P: specifications (above). 4. Automatic recognition of DISPLAY CODE, 6/12 ASCII, and 8/12 ASCII file text modes on SEND. Receives 6/12 ASCII by default. The SET FILE-MODE command allows BINARY and TEXT file types. SET TEXT-MODE allows AUTO to set automatic recognition (above), or DISPLAY, 6/12-ASCII, or 8/12-ASCII to force a specific character translation for TEXT file mode. BINARY file mode stores characters as 7.5 8-bit characters per 60 bit Cyber word. 5. Supports repeated character compression (if the micro Kermit allows). 6. Supports long file transfer packets up to 1000 characters (if the micro Kermit allows). Use the SET RECEIVE PACKET 1000 command within Cyber Kermit to enable long packet receive. To send long packets, enter the above command in your micro Kermit, if it supports long packets. 7. Cyber Kermit no longer affects the parity of your terminal connection. If you have trouble sending or receiving files, check your parity setting. On the Cyber, the parity at login is set to NONE. Note that changing your terminal class (TC parameter) via TRMDEF or %TC=?? will reset your parity setting. 8. ***New for V3.3*** (May, 1987) Kermit will take commands from the file KERMINI at startup time. You may use this to set non-standard parameters, start up an server automatically, etc. Kermit will first look for a local KERMINI, then for a permanent file KERMINI. 9. ***New for V3.3*** There is now a TAKE filename command to direct Kermit to read its commands from a local or permanent file. It searches for local and permanent files like the SEND command, above. 10. ***New for V3.3*** When files are being received by the Cyber, Kermit will now attempt to use up to 3 characters of the micro's filename's extension as part of the Cyber's file name. This allows file transfers of the form LONGNAME.* to proceed with fewer file name conflict problems. Installation Instructions: There are 6 files in the CDC Kermit Version 3 release: CD3KERM.MSG This file CD3KERM.INS Installation proc, store as KERMINS CD3KERM.SRC Update Source file of Kermit V3, store as KERMSRC. Display Code file (it has ^ characters). CD3KERM.HLP ASCII help file, store as direct file KERMHLP/UN=LIBRARY,CT=PU CD3KERM.DOC ASCII documentation file CD3KERM.MSS ASCII SCRIBE source for CD3KERM.DOC 1. Store CD3KERM.SRC as perm file under installer's username as KERMSRC. 2. Run KERMINS to build KERMIT overlay file. If a file KERMODS is found, it is expected to be an Update modset to be applied against the Kermit PL. Print KERMLST file if desired. 3. Store KERMIT wherever your users can get to it. 4. Store CD3KERM.HLP as direct file KERMHLP/UN=LIBRARY,CT=PU. (change in routine KRM0300 if required) 5. Print CD3KERM.DOC on upper/lower case printer. 6. It is advised that PP routine TLX resides on fast storage, CM or EM, since it is called fairly often while waiting for packets. 7. Remember to inform your users of the 3 incompatibilities: The connection parity is no longer changed by Cyber Kermit, so if their connection parity doesn't match the micro, transfers will not work. The default text send mode is AUTO and receive mode is 6/12. If anything else is needed, use the SET TEXT-MODE command. BINARY File-Mode is 7.5 8-bit characters per CM word. This matches PC-CONNECT, but not the version 2 of Cyber Kermit. 8. 63 character set sites: Kermit V3 will update its conversion tables automatically for 63 character set. Please contact me if you have any problems with Cyber Kermit Version 3. Steve Roseman Lehigh University LUSGR@LEHICDC1.BITNET (215) 758-3987 Date: Mon, 9 May 88 16:47:20 EDT From: Olaf Pors Subject: CDC Kermit I just took a look at the Kermit distribution and noticed that the CD3KER.IN2 and CD3KER.MOD files were the ones that conflicted with Steve Roseman's 3.3 version of Kermit. Late last year I downloaded Roseman's 3.3 version and upgraded my mod to correspond (producing version 3.4), and I thought I sent you the upgraded stuff. In case something got dropped, here are the two files again. The first one should be put in place of CD3KER.INS (get rid of CD3KER.IN2). The second should be put in place of CD3KER.MOD. Olaf Pors