Columbia University Center for Computing Activities INFO-KERMIT DIGEST VOLUME 19 Christine M. Gianone, Editor January - June 1994 Table of Contents Volume 19, Number 1 1 New Kermit in EMACS Lisp 2 Updated Kermit for Alpha Micro 3 INFO KERMIT DIGEST V19 #1 Page 1 Info-Kermit Digest Thu, 16 Jun 1994 Volume 19 : Number 1 Today's Topics: MS-DOS Kermit News New Kermit in EMACS Lisp Updated Kermit for Alpha Micro IBM Mainframe Kermit Problems with VM/Passthru (PVM) Digest submissions may be sent to Info-Kermit@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 KERMIT.COLUMBIA.EDU, a Sun SPARCserver running UNIX (SunOS 4.1), IP host number 128.59.39.2. Login as user anonymous (lower case), supply your email ID as the 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. All files in these directories should be transferred in text (ASCII) mode. Binaries are in kermit/bin (use ftp in binary mode). All files (with the exceptions of some of the READ.ME files) 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 Academic Information Systems, 612 West 115th Street, New York, NY 10025 USA. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 14 Jun 1994 15:19:41 EDT From: Frank da Cruz Subject: MS-DOS Kermit News Keywords: MS-DOS Kermit 3.13, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Patches Keywords: Modem Dialing Scripts, French MS-DOS Kermit Book Hi everybody. It has been 8 months since the last Kermit Digest, Volume 18, Number 4, October 23, 1993. The silence has been due mainly to a combination of little news to report, plus a lot of work going on behind the scenes to prepare new releases, which will be announced as soon as they are ready for testing. As most of you know, "Using MS-DOS Kermit" was translated into French by Jean Dutertre and published in France as "Kermit MS-DOS Mode d'Emploi" by Heinz Schiefer et Cie in Versailles. Since it is rather difficult to find this book in French-speaking areas outside of France, we are now able to distribute the French edition from Columbia University. If you are interested in ordering it, please send e-mail to kermit@columbia.edu. Page 2 INFO KERMIT DIGEST V19 #1 The following patches have been issued for MS-DOS Kermit 3.13 by its author, Professor Joe R. Doupnik of Utah State University, since the last Kermit Digest: 13. Correct memory corruption resulting from erase to end of line for double-wide characters on a 132-column screen. 14. OPTIONAL. For PATHWORKS version 4.0 and later only, enable use of LAT in Windows and in expanded memory. Don't install this patch if using Interconnections Inc TES dated 08-10-93 or later. 15. Correct unprefixing of 8-bit control codes for file transfer. 16. Ensure Packet Driver signature is examined to full length. 17. Correct erase-to-end-of-screen when on status line. 18-19: Arcnet ODI address byte location correction. 20. Correct erase-to-end-of-line when on status line. 21. Include status line on TELNET session screen save/restores. The new patch file is available on kermit.columbia.edu, directory kermit/a, file msr313.pch. You'll also find a number of new or corrected MS-DOS Kermit dialing scripts in kermit/a/msm*.scr: msmboca.scr Boca 14.4 Faxmodem msmc144p.scr Digicom Connection 144+/Connection 96+ (thanks to Mike Long) msmmt1432.scr Multitech MT1432 series msmpp14400.scr Practical Peripherals 14400 (corrected) msmsport.scr US Robotics Sportster (corrected) msmviva.scr VIVA 2442ef (thanks to Gregory Forster) msmwang14.scr Wang 14/14i and 14/14e (thanks to John Pritchard) msmzoom.scr Zoom 14400 (thanks to Phillip Feldman) Dialing scripts are still needed for several popular types of modems, notably ZyXEL. Finally, there have been numerous questions about how to use MS-DOS Kermit with Windows for Workgroups 3.11. A new file, kermit/a/mskwfw.doc, tells the story. All files referenced in this and subsequent messages are also available on BITNET/EARN/CREN via KERMSRV@CUVMA. Leave off the "kermit/x/" part, and spell the name in uppercase. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jun 1994 18:51:54 GMT From: "Ben A. Mesander" Subject: New Kermit in EMACS Lisp Keywords: EMACS Kermit, LISP Kermit INFO KERMIT DIGEST V19 #1 Page 3 Here is an implementation of kermit written in EMACS lisp that Bob Manson and I wrote. It has been tested to work with various EMACS versions between 18.59 and 19.24. It's a simple kermit - it just does binary and text-mode send and recieve, but it should be portable to any machine EMACS runs on (UNIX, VMS, etc). To run it, either put it in a directory in your load-path, or add the directory it is in to your load-path, and then execute (load "kermit"), perhaps in your .emacs file. Or if you just want to test it quickly, pull it up in a buffer and do M-x eval-current-buffer. Byte compiling it will improve performance. Once you have it loaded, there are three commands: M-x kermit-send-buffer prompts for a buffer name and sends it via kermit protocol. M-x kermit-send-current-buffer sends the buffer your cursor currently is in via the kermit protocol. M-x kermit-receive-buffer receives a buffer from the local kermit program. To switch between binary and text mode, set kermit-text-mode to t (true) or nil (false). Binary mode: M-x set-var RET kermit-text-mode RET nil RET Text mode: M-x set-var RET kermit-text-mode RET t RET [Ed. - Many thanks for this one! And they said it couldn't be done... Readers can find EMACS Kermit in kermit/b/emkermit.* on kermit.columbia.edu.] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 15:19:41 -0600 (CST) From: Christine M Gianone Subject: Updated Kermit for Alpha Micro Keywords: Alpha Micro, AMOS From Bob Rubendunst , version 2.0 of Alpha Micro Kermit, replacing version 1.0 from Feb 1985, for AMOS/L 1.3 and above and AMOS/32 systems. New features include: . Bug fixes . 8-bit terminal support . Autosend, Autoreceive . Random file bypass for batch sends . Parity checking . Wildcards . Statistics . CRC error-checking . AM3000 compatibility Page 4 INFO KERMIT DIGEST V19 #1 . AMOS/32 compatibility The new files are in kermit/c/am*.* on kermit.columbia.edu and also available as AM* * from KERMSRV@CUVMA on BITNET. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1994 Jun 15 15:46 EDT From: "John F. Chandler" Subject: IBM Mainframe Kermit Problems with VM/Passthru (PVM) Keywords: IBM Mainframe Kermit, VM/CMS Kermit Kermit-CMS may incorrectly identify the terminal controller type for sessions established using VM/Passthru (PVM) from a remote system. I.e., it may decide that a fullscreen session is linemode, depending on the I/O gen of both the local and remote hosts. Further, an improperly configured PVM may interfere with correct detection of the fullscreen controller type, even if Kermit makes the effort. I have an update that allows Kermit to distinguish "disguised" fullscreen sessions from linemode (TTY) sessions, at least for the one site that has reported this problem (see the distribution file IKCKER BWR and look for update SC93355). However, it turns out that PVM (at that site) intercepts the diagnostic orders Kermit sends to distinguish between SERIES1 and GRAPHICS. Therefore, it may be necessary to SET CONTROLLER by hand if the configuration cannot be corrected. See also the optional update SC9131X for dealing with VTAM (also in IKCKER BWR). ------------------------------ End of Info-Kermit Digest Index Page 5 Alpha Micro, 3 AMOS, 3 EMACS Kermit, 3 French MS-DOS Kermit Book, 1 IBM Mainframe Kermit, 4 LISP Kermit, 3 Modem Dialing Scripts, 1 MS-DOS Kermit 3.13, 1 Patches, 1 VM/CMS Kermit, 4 Windows for Workgroups 3.11, 1