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Contributed articles are welcome.)59 W 19440 66643 MT (Material in)63 W /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic SF 24627 XM (Kermit News)64 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 31017 XM (may be quoted or reproduced without permission, but with)64 W 19440 67810 MT (proper attribution. And be sure to send us a copy!)SH 20464 69473 MT (Editor:)SH 25504 XM (Christine M. Gianone)SH 20464 70505 MT (E-Mail:)SH /Courier SF 25504 XM (cmg@watsun.cc.columbia.edu)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 40664 XM (or)SH /Courier SF 42340 XM (kermit@cuvma.bitnet)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 19440 72168 MT (The Kermit file transfer protocol is named after Kermit the Frog, star of the television)57 W 19440 73335 MT (series The Muppet Show, used by permission of Henson Associates, Inc.)SH 51120 50 5040 75800 UL ES %%Page: 1 3 BS 0 SI 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 4423 MT (Kermit News)SH 10.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 25385 XM (Number 4, June 1990)SH 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 52192 XM (Page 1)SH 51120 50 5040 5728 UL 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 31680 7872 MT (don't think) 10 W( it's interesting, we'd still like to know how)11 W 11.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 8009 MT (Editor's Notes)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 31680 9039 MT (you are using Kermit. Is it) 97 W( saving you money, time,)96 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 6130 9735 MT (Christine M. Gianone, Manager)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 10206 MT (aggravation? Is) 662 W( it making your life better in some)196 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 6130 10822 MT (Kermit Development and Distribution)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 11373 MT (small way? Let us know!)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 6130 11909 MT (Columbia University, New York City, USA)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic SF 31680 13736 MT (Where Do Kermit Programs) 62 W( Come From?)61 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 52910 XM (Kermit)SH 5040 14272 MT (Publication of)242 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 12067 XM (Kermit News)243 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 18668 XM (began in 1986 to keep)243 W 31680 14903 MT (Development and Distribution) 235 W( is managed from an)236 W 5040 15439 MT (Kermit users up to date on developments in the) 69 W( Ker-)68 W 31680 16070 MT (obscure little office on the outskirts of) 122 W( the Columbia)121 W 5040 16606 MT (mit protocol, software,) 45 W( and documentation. 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This brings us) 186 W( to the)185 W 51120 50 5040 75800 UL ES %%Page: 2 4 BS 0 SI 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 4423 MT (Page 2)SH 10.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 25385 XM (Number 4, June 1990)SH 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 48056 XM (Kermit News)SH 51120 50 5040 5728 UL 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 5040 7872 MT (Comparison of Columbia's Kermit) 66 W( customer database)65 W 31680 XM (been shipped to virtually) 42 W( every US and Canadian na-)43 W 5040 9039 MT (with the April 1989 Fortune 500 listing shows:)SH 31680 XM (tional government agency and) 87 W( to most major govern-)86 W 31680 10206 MT (ment contractors, as) 165 W( well as to thousands of county)166 W 6130 10798 MT (Fortune)SH 11520 XM (15)SH 15199 XM (100%)SH 31680 11373 MT (governments, school districts, state agencies,) 46 W( etc, and)45 W 6130 11885 MT (Fortune)SH 11520 XM (50)SH 15744 XM (94%)SH 31680 12540 MT (to international organizations like the European) 44 W( Par-)45 W 6130 12972 MT (Fortune)SH 10975 XM (100)SH 15744 XM (80%)SH 31680 13707 MT (liament, the European Space) 476 W( Agency, the Inter-)475 W 6130 14059 MT (Fortune)SH 10975 XM (200)SH 15744 XM (65%)SH 31680 14874 MT (national Atomic Energy Agency, the) 196 W( North Atlantic)197 W 6130 15146 MT (Fortune)SH 10975 XM (300)SH 15744 XM (56%)SH 31680 16041 MT (Treaty Organization,) 237 W( the Organization of American)236 W 6130 16233 MT (Fortune)SH 10975 XM (400)SH 15744 XM (49%)SH 31680 17208 MT (States, the United Nations, and the World Bank.)SH 6130 17320 MT (Fortune)SH 10975 XM (500)SH 15744 XM (42%)SH 31680 19571 MT (It has been reported repeatedly over the years) 173 W( that)174 W 5040 19683 MT (These figures would be impressive for) 156 W( a commercial)157 W 31680 20738 MT (Kermit is a requirement in) 26 W( major US government Re-)25 W 5040 20850 MT (venture, but they are extraordinary for a small opera-)12 W 31680 21905 MT (quests for) 279 W( Proposals \050RFPs\051. For example, it was)280 W 5040 22017 MT (tion consisting of a handful) 373 W( of people, without a)374 W 31680 23072 MT (reported from the) 140 W( headquarters of the US Air Force)139 W 5040 23184 MT (marketing or advertising budget. And they) 216 W( do not)215 W 31680 24239 MT (Logistic Command at McClellan Air Force Base in)249 W 5040 24351 MT (reflect the many companies that) 132 W( have obtained Ker-)133 W 31680 25406 MT (California that) 164 W( Kermit file transfer protocol is a re-)163 W 5040 25518 MT (mit from other sources. A single) 63 W( copy of Kermit may)62 W 31680 26573 MT (quirement for all Air Force terminal emulation soft-)137 W 5040 26685 MT (be reproduced many times) 111 W( over, at vast savings to a)112 W 31680 27740 MT (ware, and) 46 W( that the Kermit software itself is in use on)45 W 5040 27852 MT (large organization compared to commercial, licensed)146 W 31680 28907 MT (thousands of computers throughout the Air Force.)SH 5040 29019 MT (software.)SH 31680 31270 MT (A typical) 99 W( military Request for Proposals is US Army)100 W 5040 31382 MT (The Fortune 500 figures are not totally accurate) 127 W( be-)128 W 31680 32437 MT (RFP for Small Multi-User) 328 W( Computer, DAEA26-87-)327 W 5040 32549 MT (cause many of these companies are) 157 W( vague corporate)156 W 31680 33604 MT (R-0007, SMC, which invites vendors to submit) 189 W( bids)190 W 5040 33716 MT (entities whose names don't show up in) 224 W( the Kermit)225 W 31680 34771 MT (for about 20,000 systems. Appendix VIII, Section)291 W 5040 34883 MT (Distribution database because the orders) 149 W( come from)148 W 31680 35938 MT (3.4.14b, lists support for Kermit protocol) 228 W( to upload)229 W 5040 36050 MT (the actual companies that they hold.)SH 31680 37105 MT (and download ASCII and binary) 194 W( files as one of the)193 W 31680 38272 MT (requirements. Suppose) 464 W( one) 96 W( of these computers costs)97 W 5040 38413 MT (Another measure of Kermit's penetration) 5 W( into the cor-)6 W 31680 39439 MT ($5000. That's) 440 W( a one hundred million dollar contract.)83 W 5040 39580 MT (porate sector is the Datamation) 73 W( 100 Leading USA IS)72 W 31680 40606 MT (Now suppose \050we don't know this\051 that the Army)300 W 5040 40747 MT (Companies \050listed in Datamation, June 15, 1989\051:)SH 31680 41773 MT (decides to equip) 211 W( these computers with Kermit soft-)210 W 6130 42506 MT (Datamation)SH 12960 XM (20)SH 15199 XM (100%)SH 31680 42940 MT (ware rather than a commercial package) 76 W( costing \050say\051)77 W 6130 43593 MT (Datamation)SH 12960 XM (50)SH 15744 XM (96%)SH 31680 44107 MT ($250. If) 414 W( this happens, Kermit has) 71 W( just saved the US)70 W 6130 44680 MT (Datamation)SH 12415 XM (100)SH 15744 XM (80%)SH 31680 45274 MT (taxpayers $5,000,000.)SH 5040 47043 MT (and the) 204 W( Datamation 50 Leading Non-USA IS Com-)205 W 31680 47637 MT (A similar) 63 W( story can be told of the US Army Recruiter)64 W 5040 48210 MT (panies:)SH 31680 48804 MT (Workstation project, currently under development by)77 W 6130 49969 MT (Datamation)SH 12960 XM (20)SH 15744 XM (85%)SH 31680 49971 MT (the Ohio National Guard, in which) 217 W( PCs at recruit-)218 W 6130 51056 MT (Datamation)SH 12960 XM (50)SH 15744 XM (58%)SH 31680 51138 MT (ment offices worldwide will communicate) 130 W( enlistment)129 W 31680 52305 MT (applicant data) 152 W( to central host computers using Ker-)153 W 5040 53419 MT (The Kermit protocol has) 503 W( been incorporated into)502 W 31680 53472 MT (mit software. How many) 40 W( recruiting offices are there?)39 W 5040 54586 MT (several)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 8613 XM (hundred)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 12806 XM (different commercial products, rang-)52 W 31680 54639 MT (Multiply that number by the software cost) 189 W( savings,)190 W 5040 55753 MT (ing from the well-known communication) 407 W( software)406 W 31680 55806 MT (and let's hope the) 579 W( result is a sizeable ``peace)578 W 5040 56920 MT (programs, to laboratory and manufacturing) 327 W( equip-)328 W 31680 56973 MT (dividend''.)SH 5040 58087 MT (ment \050see) 255 W( p.23\051, to data communication equipment)254 W 5040 59254 MT (\050like the Telebit Trailblazer) 490 W( Modem\051, to spread-)491 W 31680 59336 MT (With the) 178 W( increasing popularity of PC networks, our)179 W 5040 60421 MT (spectrum radio applications \050p.24\051, to) 230 W( scientific cal-)229 W 31680 60503 MT (governments have an) 456 W( even greater money-saving)455 W 5040 61588 MT (culators \050like the new HP-48SX\051,) 245 W( to fast-food-chain)246 W 31680 61670 MT (potential in Kermit software.) 145 W( The) 564 W( popular commer-)146 W 5040 62755 MT (cash registers \050page 22\051.)SH 31680 62837 MT (cial PC communication software packages) 385 W( can be)384 W 31680 64004 MT (used in the PC network environment) 60 W( only if you pur-)61 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold SF 5040 64691 MT (Government Use of Kermit)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 65171 MT (chase special ``network) 244 W( editions'' at high cost, typi-)243 W 5040 66007 MT (Local, state, province, and) 574 W( national government)573 W 31680 66338 MT (cally $400-700 per unit. MS-DOS Kermit) 182 W( 3.0 oper-)183 W 5040 67174 MT (agencies in the US, Canada, and other) 104 W( countries are)105 W 31680 67505 MT (ates in the) 73 W( same environments at negligible cost \050see)72 W 5040 68341 MT (among the biggest customers.) 175 W( Kermit) 621 W( software has)174 W 31680 68672 MT (the article on p.4\051. Hey, taxpayers, it's our money) 100 0 WX(!)SH 51120 50 5040 75800 UL ES %%Page: 3 5 BS 0 SI 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 4423 MT (Kermit News)SH 10.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 25385 XM (Number 4, June 1990)SH 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 52059 XM (Page 3)SH 51120 50 5040 5728 UL 21.8 SS 15405 8695 MT (MS-DOS Kermit 3.0 Debuts)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 5040 11539 MT (Version 3.0 of MS-DOS Kermit for the) 39 W( IBM PC, PS/2,)40 W 31680 XM (redefinition, screen rollback) 37 W( and capture, printer con-)36 W 5040 12706 MT (and compatibles was released in) 283 W( January 1990 by)282 W 31680 XM (trol, compatibility with Microsoft Windows, and more.)SH 5040 13873 MT (Professor Joe R. Doupnik of the) 223 W( Center for Atmos-)224 W 5040 15040 MT (pheric and Space Sciences and Department of) 16 W( Electri-)15 W 31680 15069 MT (The program, on a 5.25-inch PC diskette, is packaged)39 W 5040 16207 MT (cal Engineering of Utah State University in Logan,)186 W 31680 16236 MT (together with the new book)6 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 44348 XM (Using MS-DOS Kermit)5 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 55089 XM (by)SH 5040 17374 MT (Utah, USA, in) 30 W( cooperation with Columbia University,)29 W 31680 17403 MT (Christine M.) 323 W( Gianone, Digital Press \0501990\051. This)324 W 5040 18541 MT (and with contributions from many) 8 W( others in the inter-)9 W 31680 18570 MT (package may be ordered by mail from Columbia) 101 W( \050see)100 W 5040 19708 MT (national academic and corporate sectors. The) 120 W( major)119 W 31680 19737 MT (the order) 441 W( form in back\051, purchased in computer)442 W 5040 20875 MT (new features of version) 61 W( 3.0 are listed below; separate)62 W 31680 20904 MT (bookstores, or) 2 W( ordered by phone from Digital Press for)1 W 5040 22042 MT (articles go into in more detail.)SH 31680 22071 MT ($29.95 by) 127 W( calling 1-800-343-8321 \050order number EY-)128 W 31680 23238 MT (C204E-DP, USA only\051 and providing a) 281 W( credit card)280 W 9.3 /Symbol AF 5040 24083 MT (\267)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 6237 XM (Transfer of text files in international character sets)SH 9.8 SS 31680 24405 MT (number.)SH 9.3 SS 6237 25125 MT (using a new extension to the Kermit protocol \050see)SH 6237 26167 MT (page 16\051.)SH 9.8 SS 31680 26768 MT (Since the last issue) 149 W( of)150 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 42528 XM (Kermit News)150 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 48943 XM (there were also)150 W 31680 27935 MT (other MS-DOS Kermit) 116 W( releases. Pre-3.0 releases in-)115 W 9.3 /Symbol AF 5040 28083 MT (\267)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 6237 XM (Emulation of the DEC VT320 terminal, including soft)SH 9.8 SS 31680 29102 MT (cluded 2.31, 2.32, or 2.32/A for the IBM family, the)168 W 9.3 SS 6237 29125 MT (function keys and support for a wide variety of inter-)SH 6237 30167 MT (national character sets during terminal connection.)SH 9.8 SS 31680 30269 MT (DEC Rainbow, the) 176 W( Wang PC, the Victor 9000, Grid)175 W 31680 31436 MT (Compass, HP-110, HP-150, HP Portable PC, NEC) 40 W( PC)41 W 9.3 /Symbol AF 5040 32083 MT (\267)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 6237 XM (Sliding window packet protocol for improved file)SH 9.8 SS 31680 32603 MT (9801, etc. The non-IBM-compatible) 201 W( versions neces-)200 W 9.3 SS 6237 33125 MT (transfer performance over public data networks and)SH 9.8 SS 31680 33770 MT (sarily lag) 135 W( one or more releases behind the IBM ver-)136 W 9.3 SS 6237 34167 MT (long distance satellite connections, fully integrated)SH 9.8 SS 31680 34937 MT (sion. These) 290 W( are all on Tape A, as well as test versions)9 W 9.3 SS 6237 35209 MT (with long packets \050see p.12\051.)SH 9.8 SS 31680 36104 MT (of 3.0 for the Rainbow, Grid, and HP PCs.)SH 9.3 /Symbol AF 5040 37125 MT (\267)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 6237 XM (Expanded support for local area networks, including)SH 6237 38167 MT (IBM Netbios, StarLAN, Novell NASI/NACS and TES,)SH 6237 39209 MT (IBM EBIOS/LANACS, DECnet LAT and CTERM,)SH 6237 40251 MT (Ungermann-Bass Net/One, Intel OpenNET, 3COM)SH 11.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 31680 40837 MT (MS-DOS Kermit 3.0 Early Reviews)SH 9.3 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 6237 41293 MT (BAPI, and TCP/IP with vendor-provided utilities \050see)SH 6237 42335 MT (page 4\051.)SH 8.8 SS 32658 42495 MT (``I *LOVE* Kermit! It is wonderful to have a free)248 W 32658 43492 MT (communication package that I can distribute to users)114 W 9.3 /Symbol AF 5040 44251 MT (\267)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 6237 XM (Enhanced Tektronix graphics terminal emulation)SH 8.8 SS 32658 44489 MT (just getting started dailing in to) 77 W( our VAX 8800 and/or)78 W 6.8 SS 42731 45163 MT (_)SH 42871 XM (_)SH 9.3 SS 6237 45293 MT (with DEC VT340 sixel graphics extensions, suitable)SH 8.8 SS 32658 45486 MT (online library catalog.'')46 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 43601 XM (Prof. Joe St Sauver, Univer-)45 W 9.3 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 6237 46335 MT (for use with mainframe WordPerfect versions 5 and)SH 8.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 32658 46483 MT (sity of Oregon)SH 9.3 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 6237 47377 MT (4.2 and other applications. Support for color, line)SH 6237 48419 MT (patterns, rectangle fill patterns. Graphics screens)SH 8.8 SS 32658 48676 MT (``This version is AMAZING) 100 10 WX(!) 100 MX(!) 100 MX(!) 100 MX(! . . .) SH( Until) 255 W( today, I didn't)11 W 9.3 SS 6237 49461 MT (may be saved in TIFF 5.0 format for importation into)SH 8.8 SS 32658 49673 MT (realize how powerful the) 133 W( DECnet interface is) 132 W( . . .) SH( We)377 W 9.3 SS 6237 50503 MT (applications like WordPerfect, Pagemaker, and Ven-)SH 8.8 SS 32658 50670 MT (have modem servers around the network and) 224 W( never)225 W 9.3 SS 6237 51545 MT (tura Publisher, and they may be printed on a variety)SH 8.8 SS 32658 51667 MT (thought that a) 283 W( PC could Kermit over one of those)282 W 6.8 SS 36114 52341 MT (_)SH 36254 XM (_)SH 9.3 SS 6237 52587 MT (of printers.)SH 8.8 SS 32658 52664 MT (modems)SH 36694 XM (but)SH 6.8 SS 38540 XM (SET PORT DECNET)231 W 8.8 SS 46168 XM (does the trick. Nice)231 W 6.8 SS 36093 53338 MT (_)SH 36233 XM (_)SH 8.8 SS 32658 53661 MT (job) 100 MX(!) 100 MX(!) 100 MX(!) 100 MX(!) 100 MX('')SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 36918 XM (Chris Lent, Robert Weiner, Cooper Union)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 5040 54950 MT (Other additions include) 961 W( instantaneous screen)960 W 8.8 SS 32658 55854 MT (``Initial impressions of MS-DOS Kermit 3.0 are very)205 W 9.8 SS 5040 56117 MT (rollback and increased) 327 W( capacity for saved screens,)328 W 8.8 SS 32658 56851 MT (good indeed. Praise) 156 W( and congratulations to all those)157 W 9.8 SS 5040 57284 MT (saving of cleared screens,) 247 W( improved Microsoft Win-)246 W 8.8 SS 32658 57848 MT (working on) 91 W( this project. Running vs C-Kermit on our)90 W 9.8 SS 5040 58451 MT (dows compatibility, a) 8 W( visual bell for deaf users, select-)9 W 8.8 SS 32658 58845 MT (VAXen, and using 1000-byte packets, it typically)451 W 9.8 SS 5040 59618 MT (able screen writing direction \050for languages) 475 W( like)474 W 8.8 SS 32658 59842 MT (delivers twice the net data rate provided by) 6 W( Linkware.'')5 W 6.8 SS 32758 60516 MT (_)SH 32898 XM (_)SH 9.8 SS 5040 60785 MT (Hebrew and) 908 W( Arabic\051, support for the high-)909 W 8.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 33583 60839 MT (Roger Wallace, Raytheon Co., Research Div.)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 5040 61952 MT (performance features of) 80 W( the PS/2's 16550A communi-)79 W 8.8 SS 32658 63032 MT (``I have been testing and) 36 W( sending a text file in Swedish)37 W 9.8 SS 5040 63119 MT (cations chip, RTS/CTS handshaking for) 9 W( use with half-)10 W 8.8 SS 32658 64029 MT (IBM ASCII on) 233 W( the PC to UNIX with Swedish 7-bit)232 W 9.8 SS 5040 64286 MT (duplex modems and radio) 1 W( transmitters \050see p.24\051, and)SH 8.8 SS 32658 65026 MT (ASCII [using) 135 W( MS-DOS Kermit 3.0 and C-Kermit 5A].)136 W 9.8 SS 5040 65453 MT (support for 75/1200 bps split-speed operation)SH 6.8 SS 48792 65700 MT (_)SH 48932 XM (_)SH 8.8 SS 32658 66023 MT (It works and that is very GOOD) 100 272 WX(!) 100 MX('')SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 49889 XM (Bo Kullmar,)271 W 32658 67020 MT (Central Bank of Sweden)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 5040 67816 MT (Version 3.0 continues) 293 W( to support advanced Kermit)294 W 5040 68983 MT (protocol features) 42 W( such as long packets, file attributes,)41 W 8.8 SS 32658 69213 MT (``MS-DOS Kermit is the only PC communication) 158 W( pro-)159 W 9.8 SS 5040 70150 MT (and a) 135 W( secure server mode, as well as command files)136 W 8.8 SS 32658 70210 MT (gram that works 100 percent with speech devices and)90 W 6.8 SS 44718 70884 MT (_)SH 44858 XM (_)SH 8.8 SS 32658 71207 MT (software used by the) 75 W( blind.'')76 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 45619 XM (Rick Hayner, Portland,)76 W 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 5040 71317 MT (and macros, a \050now) 161 W( even more powerful\051 script pro-)160 W 8.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 32658 72204 MT (Michigan)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 5040 72484 MT (gramming language, VT52/100/102 emulation,) 390 W( key)391 W 51120 50 5040 75800 UL ES %%Page: 4 6 BS 0 SI 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 4423 MT (Page 4)SH 10.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 25385 XM (Number 4, June 1990)SH 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 48056 XM (Kermit News)SH 51120 50 5040 5728 UL 17.8 SS 5040 8421 MT (MS-DOS Kermit 3.0 on Local Area Networks)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 6130 10099 MT (Joe R. Doupnik and Christine M. Gianone)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 12302 MT (Many of) 179 W( us are accustomed to using Kermit on our)178 W 31680 XM (Now Kermit can fill this need at little or no cost.) 4 W( Just)281 W 5040 13469 MT (PCs to access timesharing computers or to dial up)234 W 31680 XM (give it the commands)39 W 7.8 SS 41768 XM (SET PORT NOVELL)38 W 9.8 SS 49782 XM (and)SH 7.8 SS 51800 XM (CONNECT)SH 9.8 SS (,)SH 5040 14636 MT (data services. But MS-DOS Kermit 3.0) 346 W( supports)345 W 31680 XM (and you're communicating with the ACS. You can)211 W 5040 15803 MT (another mode of communication that is) 98 W( becoming in-)99 W 31680 XM (even maintain multiple simultaneous) 474 W( connections)473 W 5040 16970 MT (creasingly popular: the local area network, or LAN.)SH 31680 XM (and switch among them with a single keystroke.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold SF 31680 18906 MT (Station-To-Station)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 19333 MT (IBM PCs and PS/2s can be) 17 W( connnected to LANs based)16 W 31680 20222 MT (Station-to-station communication is also possible)565 W 5040 20500 MT (on Ethernet, Token Ring, or other media using a)311 W 31680 21389 MT (with Kermit, using the)146 W 7.8 SS 42889 XM (SET PORT NETBIOS)145 W 9.8 SS 51513 XM (command.)SH 5040 21667 MT (variety of software and) 201 W( protocols: AT&T StarLAN/)200 W 31680 22556 MT (Any two PCs) 145 W( on the Novell \050or other Netbios-based\051)146 W 5040 22834 MT (StarGROUP, DECnet \050including) 185 W( LAT and CTERM\051,)186 W 31680 23723 MT (network can transfer, print, and manage) 317 W( files be-)316 W 5040 24001 MT (IBM EBIOS/LANACS, Intel OpenNET,) 664 W( Netbios,)663 W 31680 24890 MT (tween themselves using Kermit's normal file) 51 W( transfer)52 W 5040 25168 MT (Novell NASI/NACS and TES; TCP/IP Telnet from)324 W 31680 26057 MT (commands. This) 298 W( is a) 13 W( useful option when the file serv-)12 W 5040 26335 MT (FTP Inc., Novell, and Interlan; 3COM BAPI,) 330 W( and)329 W 31680 27224 MT (er is unavailable, does not) 55 W( provide the flexibility that)56 W 5040 27502 MT (Ungermann-Bass Net/One. MS-DOS Kermit 3.0 con-)59 W 31680 28391 MT (you need, or when its disk is full.)SH 5040 28669 MT (tains some form of support for all of these, and more.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold SF 31680 30327 MT (Terminal Emulation)SH 11.8 SS 5040 31279 MT (Novell Networks)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 31680 31643 MT (VAX/VMS computers can join Novell networks) 246 W( too,)245 W 31680 32810 MT (and PCs with appropriate software can log in to) 24 W( them)25 W 5040 33005 MT (To get an idea of what Kermit can do) 61 W( on a LAN, let's)60 W 31680 33977 MT (directly over the) 142 W( Novell network. Novell's TES pro-)141 W 5040 34172 MT (look at its support) 99 W( for Novell and Netbios-based net-)100 W 31680 35144 MT (gram and) 199 W( shell execute the low-level protocols, and)200 W 5040 35339 MT (works. MS-DOS) 456 W( Kermit 3.0 can) 92 W( operate with Novell)91 W 31680 36311 MT (MS-DOS Kermit rides on top of them if you give it) 2 W( the)1 W 5040 36506 MT (products in at least five) 41 W( ways: with a file server, with)42 W 31680 37478 MT (commands)SH 7.8 SS 37024 XM (SET PORT BIOS1)243 W 9.8 SS 44657 XM (and)SH 7.8 SS 46880 XM (CONNECT)SH 9.8 SS (. Multiple)758 W 5040 37673 MT (an asynchronous communication) 323 W( server, station-to-)322 W 31680 38645 MT (sessions are available) 348 W( via TES's hot-key menu to)347 W 5040 38840 MT (station, with) 205 W( NetWare/VMS, and through a TCP/IP)206 W 31680 39812 MT (place connections on hold,) 299 W( or hangup old ones, or)300 W 5040 40007 MT (gateway.)SH 31680 40979 MT (make new ones. To use this feature, you) 33 W( must assign)32 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold SF 5040 41943 MT (File and Print Servers)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 42146 MT (the new Kermit verb)326 W /Courier SF 42642 XM (\134Knethold)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 48533 XM (to a key \050using)327 W 5040 43259 MT (The use of Kermit with a file server) 33 W( is especially easy)32 W 31680 43313 MT (Kermit's)SH 7.8 SS 35940 XM (SET KEY)84 W 9.8 SS 39891 XM (command\051, and then) 84 W( press this key)83 W 5040 44426 MT (because the file server looks like a local) 76 W( PC device to)77 W 31680 44480 MT (whenever you want to) 263 W( switch sessions. The same)264 W 5040 45593 MT (Kermit: as an additional set of disk) 338 W( drive letters)337 W /Courier SF 31680 45647 MT (\134Knethold)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 37742 XM (key is used by several) 498 W( packages to)497 W 5040 46760 MT (and/or as extra) 29 W( printers. Special procedures are built)30 W 31680 46814 MT (awaken the external control program) 317 W( and, for ex-)318 W 5040 47927 MT (into Kermit to assist printing to a network) 213 W( printer)212 W 31680 47981 MT (ample, change modem speed or change) 443 W( sessions.)442 W 5040 49094 MT (while Kermit is attached) 146 W( to a host via a high speed)147 W 31680 49148 MT (Similarly, the normal commands to send a)19 W 7.8 SS 51301 XM (BREAK)SH 9.8 SS 54452 XM (and)SH 5040 50261 MT (communications port.) 155 W( Network) 580 W( printing is achieved)154 W 31680 50315 MT (to)SH 7.8 SS 32829 XM (HANGUP)SH 9.8 SS 36718 XM (a connection are converted to do the) 5 W( opera-)4 W 5040 51428 MT (by using) 111 W( the Novell utility)112 W 7.8 SS 17737 XM (CAPTURE)SH 9.8 SS 22049 XM (to redirect a PC)112 W 31680 51482 MT (tion over the network if the) 263 W( network supports the)264 W 5040 52595 MT (printer channel to the file server.)SH 31680 52649 MT (concepts.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold SF 5040 54531 MT (Asynchronous Communication Servers)SH 31680 54585 MT (TCP/IP Access)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 55847 MT (An asynchronous communication server \050ACS\051 is) 258 W( a)257 W 31680 55901 MT (Finally, if your Novell) 21 W( network has a TCP/IP gateway)20 W 5040 57014 MT (device on the PC network) 11 W( that houses serial commun-)12 W 31680 57068 MT (such as the one sold by Interlan, and if the) 79 W( maker of)80 W 5040 58181 MT (ication ports and/or modems that all the) 119 W( PCs on the)118 W 31680 58235 MT (the gateway has provided appropriate) 334 W( driver soft-)333 W 5040 59348 MT (network can share, using them as) 38 W( if they were locally)39 W 31680 59402 MT (ware, MS-DOS Kermit 3.0 can connect at very) 153 W( high)154 W 5040 60515 MT (attached. On) 476 W( a Novell network, this is) 102 W( done by run-)101 W 31680 60569 MT (speeds to) 145 W( any host on the TCP/IP network. For ex-)144 W 5040 61682 MT (ning the Novell NASI utility on your PC.) 415 W( The)1103 W 31680 61736 MT (ample, to get through the Interlan) 303 W( gateway using)304 W 5040 62849 MT (asynchronous server runs the) 116 W( matching part, named)115 W 31680 62903 MT (Kermit, run Kermit) 120 W( from Interlan's)119 W 7.8 SS 48582 XM (TELNET)SH 9.8 SS 52295 XM (program)SH 5040 64016 MT (NACS. Communication) 726 W( programs like Kermit that)227 W 31680 64070 MT (by issuing the command:)SH 5040 65183 MT (understand the NASI) 37 W( protocol can use it to communi-)36 W /Courier SF 32856 65453 MT (telnet)SH /Courier-Oblique SF 36972 XM (hostname)SH /Courier SF 42264 XM (Int14h-kermit)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 66350 MT (cate with the ACS.)SH 31680 66896 MT (and then give Kermit the commands)129 W 7.8 SS 49269 XM (SET PORT) 129 W( BIOS1)130 W 9.8 SS 31680 68063 MT (and)SH 7.8 SS 33739 XM (CONNECT)SH 9.8 SS (. Then) 430 W( you will) 79 W( have a very high-speed)78 W 5040 68713 MT (Until the release of MS-DOS) 155 W( Kermit 3.0, the use of)156 W 31680 69230 MT (Telnet connection to the) 427 W( Internet host you have)428 W 5040 69880 MT (asynchrounous communication servers) 34 W( was an expen-)33 W 31680 70397 MT (selected, but with Kermit's user) 376 W( interface \050screen)375 W 5040 71047 MT (sive proposition because of the many) 101 W( copies required)102 W 31680 71564 MT (rollback, key mapping, character sets, and so on\051.)SH 5040 72214 MT (of ``network) 120 W( versions'' of costly commercial packages.)119 W 51120 50 5040 75800 UL ES %%Page: 5 7 BS 0 SI 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 4423 MT (Kermit News)SH 10.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 25385 XM (Number 4, June 1990)SH 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 52059 XM (Page 5)SH 51120 50 5040 5728 UL 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 31680 7872 MT (itself. Once) 340 W( DECnet-DOS main-body software) 34 W( is run-)35 W 11.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 8009 MT (Other Networks)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 31680 9039 MT (ning on the PC and either) 46 W( CTERM or LAT have been)45 W 5040 9735 MT (If you) 66 W( have a PC network other than Novell, chances)67 W 31680 10206 MT (loaded give the MS-DOS Kermit command)132 W 7.8 SS 52025 XM (SET PORT)133 W 9.8 SS 5040 10902 MT (are that) 189 W( MS-DOS Kermit 3.0 will work in your en-)188 W 7.8 SS 31680 11373 MT (DECNET)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 35500 XM (nodename)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (,)SH 7.8 SS 40734 XM (CONNECT)SH 9.8 SS (, and see a login) 96 W( prompt)95 W 5040 12069 MT (vironment too.)SH 31680 12540 MT (from the distant host.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic SF 5040 14432 MT (IBM EBIOS/LANACS)631 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 17014 XM (is another Asynchronous)632 W 31680 14903 MT (DECnet-DOS provides two pathways for terminal)393 W 5040 15599 MT (Communications Server protocol.) 42 W( To) 354 W( use it with Ker-)41 W 31680 16070 MT (connections: CTERM \050Command Terminal\051 and LAT)124 W 5040 16766 MT (mit, load)193 W /Courier SF 9713 XM (EBIOS.SYS)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 15471 XM (in your)194 W /Courier SF 19364 XM (CONFIG.SYS)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 25710 XM (file, run)194 W 31680 17237 MT (\050Local Area Transport\051. CTERM works to any VAX)142 W 5040 17933 MT (the)SH 7.8 SS 6957 XM (REDIRECT)SH 9.8 SS 11661 XM (program, and tell Kermit to)173 W 7.8 SS 25345 XM (SET PORT)173 W 9.8 SS 31680 18404 MT (near or far, LAT is for) 28 W( connections on the local Ether-)27 W 7.8 SS 5040 19100 MT (EBIOS 1)91 W 9.8 SS 8687 XM (\050or 2, 3, or) 91 W( 4\051. Then)92 W 7.8 SS 18529 XM (CONNECT)SH 9.8 SS (, and you're on)92 W 31680 19571 MT (net; load one program or the other depending on dis-)77 W 5040 20267 MT (your way.) 235 W( A)741 W 7.8 SS 11930 XM (BREAK)SH 9.8 SS 15295 XM (may be sent and the)234 W 7.8 SS 25908 XM (HANGUP)SH 9.8 SS 31680 20738 MT (tance or what the local site requires.) 124 W( MS-DOS) 518 W( Ker-)123 W 5040 21434 MT (command also works to the server's RS-232 device.)SH 31680 21905 MT (mit will transparently try LAT first \050it's faster\051 and)147 W 31680 23072 MT (then if necessary the CTERM path.)289 W 7.8 SS 50280 XM (HANGUP)SH 9.8 SS 54452 XM (and)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic SF 5040 23797 MT (Ungermann-Bass)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 14137 XM (has a local) 127 W( area network method)128 W 7.8 SS 31680 24239 MT (BREAK)SH 9.8 SS 34811 XM (\050)SH /Courier SF (\134Kbreak)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (, Alt-B\051 work here too.)SH 5040 24964 MT (named Net/One. To) 51 W( use Kermit activate the network)50 W 5040 26131 MT (and then) 43 W( Kermit. Command)44 W 7.8 SS 18569 XM (SET PORT UB)44 W 9.8 SS 24391 XM (followed by)44 W 31680 26602 MT (DECnet-DOS has many other features,) 76 W( among which)77 W 7.8 SS 5040 27298 MT (CONNECT)SH 9.8 SS 9531 XM (invokes the Net/One command interface to)130 W 31680 27769 MT (is invocation of a) 232 W( named task on another DECnet-)231 W 5040 28465 MT (form connections to hosts.) 252 W( Kermit) 778 W( keyboard verbs)253 W 31680 28936 MT (DOS node) 150 W( temporarily acting as a server. MS-DOS)151 W /Courier SF 5040 29632 MT (\134Knethold)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 10705 XM (and)SH /Courier SF 12786 XM (\134KBreak)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 17275 XM (are useful to regain) 101 W( atten-)100 W 7.8 SS 44967 29762 MT (_)SH 45157 XM (_)SH 9.8 SS 31680 30103 MT (Kermit can) 274 W( be such a task)273 W 45647 XM (a Kermit server upon)273 W 5040 30799 MT (tion of the command interface again, or) 258 W( to send a)259 W 31680 31270 MT (demand. Details) 958 W( are part of DECnet SPAWNER)343 W 7.8 SS 5040 31966 MT (BREAK)SH 9.8 SS 8171 XM (signal across the network, respectively.)SH 31680 32437 MT (\050guru territory\051.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic SF 5040 34329 MT (Intel OpenNET)85 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 13062 XM (and MS-DOS Kermit) 85 W( work together)84 W 31680 34800 MT (Systems managers enjoy two additional features.)14 W 7.8 SS 54585 XM (SET)SH 9.8 SS 5040 35496 MT (by running the OpenNET) 72 W( NetBios program and then)73 W 7.8 SS 31680 35967 MT (PORT DECNET *)85 W 9.8 SS 38693 XM (shows a list) 85 W( of all the LAT servers on)86 W 5040 36663 MT (Kermit. The) 856 W( Kermit Command)291 W 7.8 SS 21021 XM (SET PORT NETBIOS)291 W 9.8 SS 31680 37134 MT (the network.) 250 W( The)771 W 7.8 SS 40994 XM (SET PORT DECNET)249 W 9.8 SS 49684 XM (command can)249 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 5040 37830 MT (hostname)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 9652 XM (starts a connection to the remote host.)SH 31680 38301 MT (also have) 165 W( an extra word for the password of a LAT)166 W 31680 39468 MT (box:)SH 7.8 SS 34040 XM (SET PORT DECNET)255 W 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 42747 XM (node password)254 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (, for manage-)254 W /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic SF 5040 40193 MT (3Com BAPI)209 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 11438 XM (is the) 209 W( name for the 3Com Bridge Ap-)210 W 31680 40635 MT (ment and security purposes.)SH 5040 41360 MT (plications Programmer Interface to 3Com) 183 W( networks.)182 W 5040 42527 MT (It simulates a serial port with the fast network path.)60 W 31680 42998 MT (DEC PCSA users will be happy to know) 236 W( that MS-)237 W 5040 43694 MT (Start the network and then Kermit. Assign)664 W 31680 44165 MT (DOS Kermit also runs well under Microsoft) 11 W( Windows,)10 W /Courier SF 5040 44861 MT (\134Knethold)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 10694 XM (to a convenient key) 90 W( with the Kermit)91 W 7.8 SS 27945 XM (SET)SH 9.8 SS 31680 45332 MT (in a window like other Windows) 50 W( programs. Windows)51 W 7.8 SS 5040 46028 MT (KEY)SH 9.8 SS 7237 XM (command. The) 683 W( commands)205 W 7.8 SS 20366 XM (SET PORT 3COM)205 W 9.8 SS 27812 XM (and)SH 31680 46499 MT (for AT \05080286\051 machines imposes one constraint:) 34 W( only)33 W 5040 47195 MT (then)SH 7.8 SS 7556 XM (CONNECT)SH 9.8 SS 12088 XM (start the process and the BAPI com-)173 W 31680 47666 MT (the active window receives service for) 12 W( serial port com-)13 W 5040 48362 MT (mand menu should appear to select a host.)SH 31680 48833 MT (munications \050COM1 etc\051; the 386 version) 267 W( lifts this)266 W 31680 50000 MT (restriction. Also) 494 W( Windows for 386 machines permits)112 W /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic SF 5040 50725 MT (StarLAN and StarGROUP)70 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 18723 XM (are AT&T's networking)69 W 31680 51167 MT (Kermit to do full color graphics but Windows 286 will)32 W 5040 51892 MT (products, and MS-DOS) 184 W( Kermit has implicit support)185 W 31680 52334 MT (not let Kermit do graphics in a Window, but) 112 W( will al-)113 W 5040 53059 MT (for this network) 144 W( method too. First run the NetBios)143 W 31680 53501 MT (low full-screen access if Kermit is) 613 W( marked as)612 W 5040 54226 MT (program for the network and then) 59 W( Kermit. The com-)60 W 31680 54668 MT (``Exclusive'' for graphics.)SH 5040 55393 MT (mand)SH 7.8 SS 8048 XM (SET PORT NETBIOS)157 W 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 16707 XM (nodename)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 21729 XM (will then start a)156 W 5040 56560 MT (connection to login to) 244 W( a remote Unix host running)245 W /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic SF 31680 57031 MT (TCP/IP)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 35930 XM (is a very widespread) 367 W( networking method)368 W 5040 57727 MT (StarGROUP. If) 320 W( a host is also arranged to) 24 W( provide file)23 W 31680 58198 MT (linking machines locally) 73 W( and around the world. Ker-)72 W 5040 58894 MT (serving then those disk) 183 W( drive letters are also avail-)184 W 31680 59365 MT (mit does not attempt to) 161 W( speak TCP-ese directly, be-)162 W 5040 60061 MT (able to Kermit for normal DOS file operations.) 73 W( Most)417 W 31680 60532 MT (cause that requires a) 25 W( large specialized body of code in)24 W 5040 61228 MT (of the testing of C-Kermit 5A with) 150 W( MS-DOS Kermit)151 W 31680 61699 MT (itself. But) 717 W( Kermit can be used as the terminal in)223 W 5040 62395 MT (3.0 at Utah State University) 12 W( occurs across a StarLAN)11 W 31680 62866 MT (Telnet connections for) 219 W( some TCP/IP products. The)218 W 5040 63562 MT (local area network.)SH 31680 64033 MT (way it works) 455 W( is to tell Kermit)456 W 7.8 SS 48399 XM (SET PORT BIOS1,)456 W 31680 65200 MT (CONNECT)SH 9.8 SS (. The) 600 W( TCP/IP product must provide a) 164 W( con-)163 W /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic SF 5040 65925 MT (DECnet-DOS)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (, or DECnet-PCSA, is the PC) 83 W( end-node)84 W 31680 66367 MT (nection between that apparent serial port) 453 W( point,)454 W 5040 67092 MT (version of Digital) 207 W( Equipment Corporation's DECnet)206 W 31680 67534 MT (BIOS1, and its own code to) 96 W( send and receive charac-)95 W 5040 68259 MT (networking method used to form networks, of local) 48 W( to)49 W 31680 68701 MT (ters across the) 147 W( network. The general name for this)148 W 5040 69426 MT (worldwide dimensions.) 591 W( Among) 1453 W( the features of)590 W 31680 69868 MT (connection is an Interrupt \050INT\051 14h) 55 W( interceptor. On)54 W 5040 70593 MT (DECnet-DOS is a terminal emulator) 28 W( named)29 W 7.8 SS 25404 XM (SETHOST)SH 9.8 SS (,)SH 31680 71035 MT (a PC thus equipped, MS-DOS Kermit can replace the)48 W 5040 71760 MT (named after) 89 W( the VAX command)88 W 7.8 SS 20042 XM (SET HOST)88 W 9.8 SS 24551 XM (used to es-)88 W 31680 72202 MT (normal Telnet program, and it) 82 W( can also transfer files)81 W 5040 72927 MT (tablish a direct connection to) 15 W( any machine on the net-)16 W 31680 73369 MT (over the same connection.)SH 5040 74094 MT (work. MS-DOS) 622 W( Kermit replaces that program with)175 W 51120 50 5040 75800 UL ES %%Page: 6 8 BS 0 SI 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 4423 MT (Page 6)SH 10.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 25385 XM (Number 4, June 1990)SH 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 48056 XM (Kermit News)SH 51120 50 5040 5728 UL 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 5040 7872 MT (Presently we) 39 W( know of three commercial products sup-)40 W 31680 XM (sion; just ``shelling out to DOS'') 1 W( \050Kermit's)SH 7.8 SS 50558 XM (PUSH)SH 9.8 SS 53128 XM (or)SH 7.8 SS 54325 XM (RUN)SH 9.8 SS 5040 9039 MT (porting this connection: FTP Software) 424 W( Inc.'s TN-)423 W 31680 XM (commands\051 keeps it alive.)SH 5040 10206 MT (GLASS routine running with their kernel software,)196 W 5040 11373 MT (Interlan's TCP/IP Gateway) 557 W( for Novell Networks)556 W 11.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 31680 11649 MT (Summary)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 5040 12540 MT (\050described above\051, and Novell's Excelan LAN Work-)198 W 31680 13375 MT (With all) 247 W( its new communication features, MS-DOS)248 W 5040 13707 MT (Place for DOS. The) 96 W( latter provides INT 14h service,)95 W 31680 14542 MT (Kermit is rapidly becoming a ``total solution'' to cam-)79 W 5040 14874 MT (3COM BAPI, and other interfaces usable) 42 W( by MS-DOS)43 W 31680 15709 MT (pus and corporate) 381 W( communication needs. Rather)382 W 5040 16041 MT (Kermit 3.0. It is hoped that) 240 W( public domain \050or at)239 W 31680 16876 MT (than having to use) 123 W( one program for dialing, another)122 W 5040 17208 MT (least free\051 TCP/IP packages such) 4 W( as NCSA Telnet will)5 W 31680 18043 MT (for Telnet,) 172 W( another for local mainframe communica-)173 W 5040 18375 MT (also add INT) 5 W( 14h service that Kermit can take advan-)4 W 31680 19210 MT (tion, yet another for accessing) 334 W( asynchronous com-)333 W 5040 19542 MT (tage of. In) 40 W( the commercial products a small interface)41 W 31680 20377 MT (munication servers,) 224 W( and still another for station to)225 W 5040 20709 MT (program, such as TNGLASS, is given) 27 W( the name of the)26 W 31680 21544 MT (station functions,) 91 W( the PC user can do it all with MS-)90 W 5040 21876 MT (remote host and it starts) 383 W( Kermit when the host)384 W 31680 22711 MT (DOS Kermit 3.0. This brings substantial) 117 W( savings in)118 W 5040 23043 MT (responds, for example:)SH 31680 23878 MT (software costs, disk storage, and perhaps) 22 W( most impor-)21 W /Courier SF 6216 24426 MT (tnglass)SH /Courier-Oblique SF 10920 XM (hostname)SH /Courier SF 16212 XM (-e kermit)SH /Courier-Oblique SF 22092 XM (commands)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 25045 MT (tant, in ``human factors'' by reducing) 290 W( the time re-)291 W 5040 25869 MT (Then the) 68 W( Kermit commands begin a terminal session)67 W 31680 26212 MT (quired to) 353 W( learn multiple packages and the incon-)352 W 5040 27036 MT (with the host.)31 W 7.8 SS 11976 XM (EXIT)SH 9.8 SS (ing Kermit) 31 W( normally ends the ses-)32 W 31680 27379 MT (venience of frequently switching among them.)SH 51120 50 5040 28666 UL 8.8 SS 32658 30816 MT (``)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF (Using MS-DOS Kermit)407 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 43877 XM (is very well) 407 W( written and)408 W 14.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 31227 MT (MS-DOS Kermit 3.0 In Print)SH 8.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 32658 31813 MT (clarifies many questions that I've) 380 W( had for several)379 W 32658 32810 MT (years. I) 697 W( love Kermit because) 226 W( . . .) SH( it's) 471 W( command-line)226 W 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 6130 33170 MT (Frank da Cruz)SH 8.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 32658 33807 MT (oriented, because it talks to) 156 W( practically all machines,)155 W 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 6130 34257 MT (Columbia University, New York City, USA)SH 8.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 32658 34804 MT (and most important) 81 W( because it's the product of a com-)82 W 32658 35801 MT (munity of dedicated people) 143 W( instead of what one finds)142 W 6.8 SS 50568 36475 MT (_)SH 50708 XM (_)SH 9.8 SS 5040 36620 MT (Christine Gianone's book)73 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 16921 XM (Using MS-DOS Kermit)73 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 27866 XM (is a)73 W 8.8 SS 32658 36798 MT (increasingly in the computer world.'')415 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 51808 XM (Norman)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 5040 37787 MT (milestone in Kermit documentation. Unlike our)441 W 8.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 32658 37795 MT (Miller, Trinity College)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 5040 38954 MT (usual pile of computer printout,) 87 W( it is a professionally)88 W 8.8 SS 32658 39988 MT (``Congratulations and thank) 67 W( you for a job well done. I)66 W 9.8 SS 5040 40121 MT (produced, typeset, illustrated) 396 W( work, lavished with)395 W 8.8 SS 32658 40985 MT (have been using Kermit for my) 59 W( connection to the cam-)60 W 9.8 SS 5040 41288 MT (useful examples and tables, gently) 274 W( written for the)275 W 8.8 SS 32658 41982 MT (pus mainframe for several) 174 W( years and wish that your)173 W 9.8 SS 5040 42455 MT (``mere mortal'') 246 W( who winces at data communications)245 W 8.8 SS 32658 42979 MT (book had been available when I) 12 W( first started out. Until)13 W 9.8 SS 5040 43622 MT (jargon, interface specifications, and circuit) 141 W( diagrams)142 W 8.8 SS 32658 43976 MT (now I have been using V2.32/A but) 65 W( with the new bells)64 W 9.8 SS 5040 44789 MT (and who merely wants to set up) 166 W( and use communi-)165 W 8.8 SS 32658 44973 MT (and whistles of V3.0 \050and many of) 164 W( the old ones that)165 W 9.8 SS 5040 45956 MT (cation software with a minimum of pain and fuss.) 43 W( In)360 W 8.8 SS 32658 45970 MT (you have brought to my attention\051) 163 W( I shall be able to)162 W 32658 46967 MT (use Kermit even more effectively. I have) 361 W( recom-)362 W 9.8 SS 5040 47123 MT (the words of Joe Doupnik:)SH 8.8 SS 32658 47964 MT (mended to our) 207 W( PC support group that they promote)206 W 32658 48961 MT (your book for first-time users) 41 W( of Kermit as it is so very)42 W 6018 49123 MT (``)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF (Using MS-DOS Kermit)47 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 16157 XM (covers all the topics needed to)47 W 32658 49958 MT (readable and contains so many) 150 W( practical examples to)149 W 6018 50120 MT (start new users easily, and) 247 W( it does so in a natural)248 W 6.8 SS 43359 50632 MT (_)SH 43499 XM (_)SH 8.8 SS 32658 50955 MT (clarify the commands.'')191 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 43939 XM (Trevor Cradduck, Univ. of)192 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 6018 51117 MT (progression . . .) SH( The) 392 W( pace is a lot faster than) 147 W( readers)146 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 32658 51952 MT (Western Ontario)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 6018 52114 MT (will realize, mostly) 252 W( because the writing is skillfully)253 W 6.8 SS 8042 52788 MT (_)SH 8182 XM (_)SH 8.8 SS 6018 53111 MT (done)SH 8622 XM (crisp, often entertaining, and always to) 397 W( the)396 W 6018 54108 MT (point. This) 245 W( is a terrific book) 100 0 WX(!) 100 MX('')SH 32658 54145 MT (``[)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 33411 XM (Using MS-DOS Kermit)1 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 42906 XM (] is truly worthy of the beauti-)1 W 32658 55142 MT (ful foreword and could serve as a pradigm for) 38 W( thought-)39 W 6.8 SS 42556 55816 MT (_)SH 42696 XM (_)SH 7.8 SS 17619 56130 MT (_)SH 17809 XM (_)SH 8.8 SS 32658 56139 MT (ful technical writing.'')107 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 43487 XM (Hal Falk, City University of)106 W 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 5040 56471 MT (And not just for) 102 W( new users)103 W 18299 XM (the reference sections of)103 W 8.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 32658 57136 MT (New York)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 5040 57638 MT (my copy are) 24 W( already well-thumbed and rumpled! The)23 W 5040 58805 MT (appendices listing the IBM PC's keyboard scan codes,)34 W 8.8 SS 32658 59329 MT (``I just received Christine's book from Digital) 14 W( Press and)15 W 9.8 SS 5040 59972 MT (keyboard verbs, and character sets are invaluable,)273 W 8.8 SS 32658 60326 MT (am very pleased with the style and clarity) 72 W( with which)71 W 9.8 SS 5040 61139 MT (and the chapter on International) 83 W( Character Sets is a)84 W 8.8 SS 32658 61323 MT (it is written. I have installed older versions on) 99 W( 30-40)100 W 9.8 SS 5040 62306 MT (groundbreaker.)SH 8.8 SS 32658 62320 MT (PCs and am totally happy with the) 119 W( package. I think)118 W 32658 63317 MT (it's great and you all are to be congratulated for your)104 W 6.8 SS 36462 63991 MT (_)SH 36602 XM (_)SH 8.8 SS 32658 64314 MT (efforts.'')SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 37287 XM (John F. Waters, National Cancer Institute)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 5040 64669 MT (I expect that Chris's book to go) 148 W( a long way towards)147 W 5040 65836 MT (``legitimizing'' Kermit) 191 W( as a real software product on)192 W /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic SF 31680 66677 MT (Using MS-DOS Kermit)301 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 44071 XM (will be available soon in)301 W 5040 67003 MT (the mass market, and introducing it to) 67 W( a large sector)66 W 31680 67844 MT (``soft copy'' to) 26 W( people with print disabilities from Com-)27 W 5040 68170 MT (of the) 122 W( public that might not have heard about it be-)123 W 31680 69011 MT (puterized Books for the Blind, 52 Corbin) 100 W( Hall, Univ-)99 W 5040 69337 MT (fore. And) 510 W( don't worry, this publication does not sig-)119 W 31680 70178 MT (ersity of Montana,) 205 W( Missoula, Montana 59812, USA,)206 W 5040 70504 MT (nal any change in the status) 23 W( of Kermit software. You)24 W 31680 71345 MT (Telephone \050406\051 243-2899.)SH 5040 71671 MT (can still copy and share it) 317 W( \050the software, not the)316 W 5040 72838 MT (book) 100 MX(!) 100 MX(\051. Here) 272 W( are some early reviews from readers:)SH 51120 50 5040 75800 UL ES %%Page: 7 9 BS 0 SI 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 4423 MT (Kermit News)SH 10.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 25385 XM (Number 4, June 1990)SH 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 52059 XM (Page 7)SH 51120 50 5040 5728 UL 12.8 SS 5040 8078 MT (Making the Mainstream Connection with MS-DOS Kermit)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 6130 10108 MT (Robert J. Arnzen, DSc., St. Louis, Missouri, USA)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 12222 MT (The old adage ``Man is a tool using animal'') 74 W( has been)73 W 31680 XM (DOS device driver) 167 W( facility to install a program that)168 W 5040 13389 MT (with us for quite some time and the image) 76 W( that com-)77 W 31680 XM (remains resident in the) 62 W( memory of the machine after)61 W 5040 14556 MT (monly springs to) 93 W( mind is that of a person wielding a)92 W 31680 XM (loading is completed. In) 162 W( a nutshell, the function of)163 W 5040 15723 MT (hand tool or using a machine to multiply) 326 W( muscle)327 W 31680 XM (this program) 150 W( is threefold. First, it must detect and)149 W 5040 16890 MT (power or perform) 104 W( a task that the human anatomy is)103 W 31680 XM (trap any new information going to the) 131 W( video display)132 W 5040 18057 MT (otherwise ill) 219 W( equipped to accomplish. With today's)220 W 31680 XM (system and) 423 W( the data is commonly copied into a)422 W 5040 19224 MT (widespread availability of information) 530 W( processing)529 W 31680 XM (private buffer area so as not to adversely impact) 55 W( pro-)56 W 5040 20391 MT (``tools'' it may be much) 30 W( more appropriate to revise the)31 W 31680 XM (gram execution speed. Second, the program must)276 W 5040 21558 MT (old familiar adage and state that ``Man is a) 167 W( symbol)166 W 31680 XM (monitor the keyboard for any) 142 W( special instructions to)143 W 5040 22725 MT (using animal'' and the contemporary image) 85 W( might be)86 W 31680 XM (change mode or to review the information) 143 W( displayed)142 W 5040 23892 MT (one of a person) 208 W( seated before a personal computer,)207 W 31680 XM (on the video) 70 W( screen. Finally, the program must send)71 W 5040 25059 MT (busily typing on) 335 W( a keyboard and viewing a video)336 W 31680 XM (the information it collects and) 132 W( processes to a speech)131 W 5040 26226 MT (screen filled with softly glowing symbols. The scene)111 W 31680 XM (synthesizer attached to the PC.) 63 W( Of) 399 W( course, all of this)64 W 5040 27393 MT (is commonplace and) 26 W( the range of possibilities that ex-)27 W 31680 XM (must happen in a manner that is) 170 W( completely trans-)169 W 5040 28560 MT (ist for) 218 W( symbolic manipulation, that is to say, infor-)217 W 31680 XM (parent to) 185 W( the operation of a running program or to)186 W 5040 29727 MT (mation processing has) 119 W( become enormous. Moreover,)120 W 31680 XM (the user. Clearly, these requirements can) 314 W( be ex-)313 W 5040 30894 MT (when large numbers of these systems are intercon-)203 W 31680 XM (tremely difficult to satisfy and) 25 W( they become especially)26 W 5040 32061 MT (nected, the) 189 W( scope of application possibilities become)190 W 31680 XM (difficult in) 104 W( the case of communication programs that)103 W 5040 33228 MT (astronomical. The) 624 W( potential personal) 176 W( benefits to be)175 W 31680 XM (are necessarily time critical processes.)SH 5040 34395 MT (gained are correspondingly great.)SH 31680 35591 MT (In light of the stringent demands placed) 58 W( upon a com-)59 W 5040 36758 MT (Unfortunately, past experience has) 181 W( shown that per-)182 W 31680 XM (munication program running in a speech synthesized)57 W 5040 37925 MT (sons with severe physical handicaps) 196 W( of one form or)195 W 31680 XM (environment, Kermit has) 197 W( proven to be a marvelous)198 W 5040 39092 MT (another have not been able to enjoy the full or) 125 W( even)126 W 31680 XM (file transfer) 249 W( and terminal emulation system that I)248 W 5040 40259 MT (partial benefits that many) 151 W( new technologies provide)150 W 31680 XM (have found extremely useful) 184 W( for my work with per-)185 W 5040 41426 MT (and this has) 61 W( been especially true for the visually dis-)62 W 31680 XM (sonal computers over the past) 248 W( 6 years. As an in-)247 W 5040 42593 MT (abled community. Happily, the) 239 W( advent of the per-)238 W 31680 XM (dividual with) 164 W( a visual handicap, Kermit has consis-)165 W 5040 43760 MT (sonal computer revolution did not) 201 W( follow that path.)202 W 31680 XM (tently proven to function in harmony with the) 45 W( speech)44 W 5040 44927 MT (As personal computer systems emerged in) 22 W( large num-)21 W 31680 XM (synthesis programs upon which I am completely de-)138 W 5040 46094 MT (bers in the mid 70's, the) 203 W( proliferation stimulated a)204 W 31680 XM (pendent for gaining access to the) 137 W( visual information)136 W 5040 47261 MT (host of new products for these systems.) 33 W( Of) 337 W( particular)32 W 31680 XM (displayed on a video monitor. Kermit is a well be-)178 W 5040 48428 MT (importance to the potential blind) 201 W( users of PCs was)202 W 31680 XM (haved, robust protocol that can function reliably in a)81 W 5040 49595 MT (the introduction of a number) 156 W( of speech synthesizers)155 W 31680 XM (hostile environment and has provided) 82 W( the blind com-)83 W 5040 50762 MT (in the early 1980's that were easily) 161 W( adapted to per-)162 W 31680 XM (munity a valuable tool for making the) 220 W( mainstream)219 W 5040 51929 MT (sonal computer hardware. The devices were) 372 W( not)371 W 31680 XM (connection to a fabulous source of information.)SH 5040 53096 MT (specifically targeted to the) 305 W( blind user but, rather,)306 W 5040 54263 MT (manufacturers had) 421 W( the general population of PC)420 W 5040 55430 MT (owners in mind as a market) 50 W( base. Consequently, the)51 W 7.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 38540 56140 MT (_)SH 38730 XM (_)SH 9.8 SS 31680 56481 MT (Editorial Note)11 W 39504 XM (Kermit developers have always made)12 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 56597 MT (resultant high volume production of these units)480 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 31680 57648 MT (a special effort to keep) 261 W( Kermit programs usable by)260 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 57764 MT (reduced their) 432 W( cost dramatically and afforded the)433 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 31680 58815 MT (people with) 267 W( visual, hearing, or motor impairments.)268 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 58931 MT (visually disabled an opportunity to tap) 445 W( into the)444 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 31680 59982 MT (Other communication packages that fill the) 322 W( screen)321 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 60098 MT (wealth of) 398 W( information that was rapidly becoming)399 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 31680 61149 MT (with brightly colored menus, graphics) 151 W( and sound ef-)152 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 61265 MT (widely available.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 31680 62316 MT (fects, and whose functions are invoked by) 117 W( arcane key)116 W 31680 63483 MT (combinations like Ctrl-Alt-Shift-F10, are) 113 W( not compat-)114 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 63628 MT (One of the principal ingredients of a) 52 W( speech equipped)51 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 31680 64650 MT (ible with most speech) 30 W( and other prosthetic devices. As)29 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 64795 MT (PC is the mechanism by which new information is)222 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 31680 65817 MT (one disabled user \050and developer\051 of Kermit puts it,)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 65962 MT (detected and captured on) 51 W( its way to the video display)50 W 5040 67129 MT (system and subsequently processed for use by) 283 W( the)284 W 8.8 SS 32658 67179 MT (``In about 15 milliseconds I went from) 6 W( a 120 wpm touch)7 W 32658 68176 MT (typist to a 35 wpm two-`finger' typist. Kermit's com-)134 W 9.8 SS 5040 68296 MT (speech synthesizer. Several methods) 464 W( have been)463 W 8.8 SS 32658 69173 MT (mand abbreviation) 7 W( and completion feature is a big plus)8 W 9.8 SS 5040 69463 MT (employed but the one that is frequently favored for)177 W 8.8 SS 32658 70170 MT (for higher quadruplegics and cerebral palsy) 68 W( types who)67 W 9.8 SS 5040 70630 MT (use with the MS-DOS operating systems running) 109 W( on)108 W 8.8 SS 32658 71167 MT (use special keyboards.) 297 W( For) 840 W( some of those folks, a)298 W 9.8 SS 5040 71797 MT (IBM compatible equipment utilizes the Terminate)344 W 6.8 SS 51073 71841 MT (_)SH 51213 XM (_)SH 8.8 SS 32658 72164 MT (keystroke is a 10- to 120-second ordeal.'')252 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 52150 XM (Warren)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 5040 72964 MT (and Stay Resident \050TSR\051 DOS function) 252 W( call or the)251 W 8.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 32658 73161 MT (Tucker, Mountain Park, Georgia, USA)SH 51120 50 5040 75800 UL ES %%Page: 8 10 BS 0 SI 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 4423 MT (Page 8)SH 10.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 25385 XM (Number 4, June 1990)SH 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 48056 XM (Kermit News)SH 51120 50 5040 5728 UL 21.8 SS 5040 8695 MT (C-Kermit 5A Is Coming . . .)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 5040 12525 MT (C-Kermit 5A for UNIX has reached the) 48 W( testing stage,)49 W 31680 XM (C-Kermit 5A has been built) 72 W( and tested on most post-)73 W 5040 13692 MT (and it) 166 W( will be released Real Soon Now. Written by)165 W 31680 XM (V7 varieties of) 121 W( UNIX, including AT&T System V R2)120 W 5040 14859 MT (Frank da Cruz of Columbia University, with) 319 W( con-)320 W 31680 XM (and R3, Berkeley 4.1,) 133 W( 4.2, and 4.3, most varieties of)134 W 5040 16026 MT (tributions from many) 182 W( others around the world, this)181 W 31680 XM (Xenix, DEC Ultrix,) 204 W( SUN OS, Encore UMAX, NeXT)203 W 5040 17193 MT (version includes:)SH 31680 XM (Mach, HP-UX, IBM AIX, Masscomp RTU, and DIAB)98 W 31680 18360 MT (DNIX. Because) 436 W( of all its new features, version 5A) 82 W( is)81 W 9.3 /Symbol AF 5040 19234 MT (\267)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 6237 XM (Performance improvements. Sliding window packet)SH 9.8 SS 31680 19527 MT (larger than previous releases and might not) 163 W( run on)164 W 9.3 SS 6237 20276 MT (protocol, which may be used with both short and long)SH 9.8 SS 31680 20694 MT (computers with small address spaces; older) 152 W( releases)151 W 9.3 SS 6237 21318 MT (packets. Maximum) 259 W( packet length increased to 2000)SH 9.8 SS 31680 21861 MT (of C-Kermit can be used) 224 W( on small systems. Adap-)225 W 9.3 SS 6237 22360 MT (\050maybe more by the time the program is released\051.)SH 9.8 SS 31680 23028 MT (tation of C-Kermit 5A to VAX/VMS, IBM OS/2,) 187 W( the)186 W 9.3 SS 6237 23402 MT (Low-level packet readers and writers recoded for in-)SH 9.8 SS 31680 24195 MT (Apple Macintosh,) 155 W( and the Commodore Amiga is un-)156 W 9.3 SS 6237 24444 MT (creased efficiency. Dynamic sizing of packets based)SH 9.8 SS 31680 25362 MT (derway.)SH 9.3 SS 6237 25486 MT (on error history. See the article on page 12 for a)SH 6237 26528 MT (discussion of these features.)SH 9.8 SS 31680 27725 MT (Special thanks are due to the volunteer programmers)34 W 9.3 /Symbol AF 5040 27969 MT (\267)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 6237 XM (Transfer of text files in most Roman-alphabet-based)SH 9.8 SS 31680 28892 MT (who have put so much) 197 W( effort into development and)198 W 9.3 SS 6237 29011 MT (languages using the new Kermit international text)SH 6237 30053 MT (transfer protocol \050see article, p.16\051. C-Kermit also in-)SH 9.8 SS 31680 30059 MT (testing of C-Kermit 5A in diverse environments) 135 W( and)134 W 9.3 SS 6237 31095 MT (cludes special language-specific transliteration rules)SH 9.8 SS 31680 31226 MT (locales: Kristoffer) 782 W( Eriksson \050)256 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Accent SF (S)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (erobro, Sweden\051; Bo)256 W 9.3 SS 6237 32137 MT (for rendering languages like German, Norwegian,)SH 9.8 SS 31680 32393 MT (Kullmar \050Stockholm, Sweden\051;) 409 W( Warren H. Tucker)408 W 9.3 SS 6237 33179 MT (and Italian into US ASCII, which lacks accented)SH 9.8 SS 31680 33560 MT (\050Mountain Park,) 658 W( Georgia, USA\051; Peter Mauzey)659 W 9.3 SS 6237 34221 MT (characters.)SH 9.8 SS 31680 34727 MT (\050Middletown, New Jersey, USA\051; Joe) 410 W( R. Doupnik)409 W 9.3 /Symbol AF 5040 35662 MT (\267)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 6237 XM (Sending and recognition of file attribute \050A\051 packets:)SH 9.8 SS 31680 35894 MT (\050Utah State) 7 W( University, USA\051; Ken Yap \050University of)8 W 9.3 SS 6237 36704 MT (file size, creation date, file type, character set, system)SH 9.8 SS 31680 37061 MT (Rochester, New York, USA\051; Paul Placeway \050Cam-)283 W 9.3 SS 6237 37746 MT (ID, as described in)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 14512 XM (Kermit News)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 20319 XM (V3 #1, June 1988.)SH 9.8 SS 31680 38228 MT (bridge, Massachusetts, USA\051;) 94 W( Chris Adie \050Edinburgh)95 W 9.3 SS 6237 38788 MT (Control of file attributes on an individual basis.)SH 9.8 SS 31680 39395 MT (University, Scotland, UK\051;) 372 W( Chris Armstrong \050New)371 W 9.3 /Symbol AF 5040 40229 MT (\267)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 6237 XM (A new and powerful script programming language)SH 9.8 SS 31680 40562 MT (York, USA\051; Mark Buda \050New Hampshire,) 383 W( USA\051;)384 W 9.3 SS 6237 41271 MT (compatible with that of MS-DOS Kermit, including)SH 9.8 SS 31680 41729 MT (Steve Walton \050California State University) 428 W( North-)427 W 9.3 SS 6237 42313 MT (macros and parameters,)SH 7.3 SS 16904 XM (INPUT)SH 9.3 SS 19624 XM (and)SH 7.3 SS 21503 XM (OUTPUT)SH 9.3 SS (,)SH 7.3 SS 25240 XM (IF)SH 9.3 SS 26283 XM (and)SH 9.8 SS 31680 42896 MT (ridge, USA\051.)SH 7.3 SS 6237 43355 MT (GOTO)SH 9.3 SS (, etc, but with many extensions including arith-)SH 6237 44397 MT (metic and string functions, a local file input/output)SH 9.8 SS 31680 45259 MT (Contact Kermit Distribution at Columbia for) 135 W( availa-)136 W 9.3 SS 6237 45439 MT (and management system, user-defined functions, lo-)SH 9.8 SS 31680 46426 MT (bility of C-Kermit) 138 W( 5A. The UNIX version should be)137 W 9.3 SS 6237 46481 MT (cal and global variables, arrays, access to host func-)SH 6237 47523 MT (tions and environment variables,)SH 7.3 SS 20719 XM (FOR)SH 9.3 SS 22560 XM (and)SH 7.3 SS 24439 XM (WHILE)SH 9.8 SS 31680 47593 MT (ready, at least in beta test form, by) 206 W( early Summer)207 W 9.3 SS 6237 48565 MT (loops and)SH 7.3 SS 10564 XM (IF-ELSE)SH 9.3 SS 13852 XM (constructions with nesting and)SH 9.8 SS 31680 48760 MT (1990, with the VMS, Macintosh, OS/2, and other) 55 W( ver-)54 W 9.3 SS 6237 49607 MT (statement grouping, and much more.)SH 9.8 SS 31680 49927 MT (sions to follow later.)SH 9.3 /Symbol AF 5040 51048 MT (\267)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 6237 XM (On Berkeley-based UNIX systems, support for)SH 6237 52090 MT (TCP/IP telnet connections. Kermit replaces)SH 7.3 SS 25372 XM (TELNET)SH 9.3 SS 6237 53132 MT (and)SH 7.3 SS 8116 XM (FTP)SH 9.3 SS (! Now) 259 W( you can have a script language for use)SH 24480 50 31680 54113 UL 6237 54174 MT (over TCP/IP connections, and for the first time you)SH 6237 55216 MT (can transfer ``national language'' files between unlike)SH 6237 56258 MT (computers in the TCP/IP environment.)SH 7.3 SS 21764 57367 MT (_)SH 21929 XM (_)SH 9.3 /Symbol AF 5040 57699 MT (\267)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 6237 XM (A new set of)SH 7.3 SS 11737 XM (FILE COLLISION)SH 9.3 SS 18284 XM (options)SH 7.3 SS 22653 XM (APPEND,)SH 26212 58409 MT (_)SH 26377 XM (_)SH 6237 58741 MT (BACKUP, DISCARD, OVERWRITE, RENAME, UPDATE)SH 9.3 SS 27101 XM (that)SH 6237 59783 MT (specify what to do when a file arrives that has the)SH 14.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 31680 59816 MT (Macintosh Kermit)SH 9.3 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 6237 60825 MT (same name as an existing file. For example,)SH 7.3 SS 25615 XM (UPDATE)SH 9.8 SS 31680 61759 MT (The new release of Macintosh Kermit, when) 313 W( it is)314 W 9.3 SS 6237 61867 MT (means to replace the existing file only if it is older)SH 6237 62909 MT (than the arriving file.)SH 9.8 SS 31680 62926 MT (ready, will not only have the) 55 W( new protocol features of)54 W 31680 64093 MT (C-Kermit 5A, but possibly also) 192 W( a way to get at the)193 W 9.3 /Symbol AF 5040 64350 MT (\267)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 6237 XM (Security features for server mode:)SH 7.3 SS 21094 XM (DISABLE)SH 9.3 SS 24747 XM (and)SH 9.8 SS 31680 65260 MT (new script language.) 32 W( In) 335 W( addition, Paul Placeway \050the)31 W 7.3 SS 6237 65392 MT (ENABLE)SH 9.3 SS 9686 XM (commands similar to MS-DOS Kermit.)SH 9.8 SS 31680 66427 MT (Macintosh Kermit) 275 W( developer\051 has been adding fea-)276 W 9.3 /Symbol AF 5040 66833 MT (\267)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 6237 XM (Non-error-checked uploading and downloading of files)SH 9.8 SS 31680 67594 MT (tures like VT320 emulation) 135 W( with international char-)134 W 9.3 SS 6237 67875 MT (from computers that don't have Kermit.)SH 9.8 SS 31680 68761 MT (acters, a) 229 W( sizeable terminal window with scrollback,)230 W 9.3 /Symbol AF 5040 69316 MT (\267)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 6237 XM (Improved and expanded modem control, and many,)SH 9.8 SS 31680 69928 MT (MacBinary transfers, printer) 154 W( support, and improved)153 W 9.3 SS 6237 70358 MT (many other new features.)SH 9.8 SS 31680 71095 MT (keyboard management.)SH 51120 50 5040 75800 UL ES %%Page: 9 11 BS 0 SI 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 4423 MT (Kermit News)SH 10.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 25385 XM (Number 4, June 1990)SH 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 52059 XM (Page 9)SH 51120 50 5040 5728 UL 21.8 SS 11061 8695 MT (IBM Mainframe Kermit 4.2 Is Here)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 27185 11145 MT (John Chandler)SH 20082 12232 MT (Harvard/Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)SH 23203 13319 MT (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 15965 MT (There have been two major) 232 W( releases of IBM Main-)233 W 31680 XM (matters, there is a seemingly endless parade of) 168 W( dif-)169 W 5040 17132 MT (frame Kermit-370 since the last issue) 1 W( of)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 23405 XM (Kermit News)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (.)SH 31680 XM (ferent front ends,) 506 W( controllers, concentrators, and)505 W 5040 18299 MT (This program is) 33 W( also known as ``Portable Kermit-370'')34 W 31680 XM (simulators to) 272 W( choose from, each different from the)273 W 5040 19466 MT (because it is designed for easy adaptation) 320 W( to any)319 W 31680 XM (other.)SH 5040 20633 MT (operating system that runs on an IBM) 174 W( System/370-)175 W 5040 21800 MT (architecture machine, including the entire IBM 370)181 W 31680 21829 MT (One of) 156 W( Kermit's claims to fame is that, unlike most)155 W 5040 22967 MT (line \05043xx, 303x, 308x, 3090, 937x\051,) 11 W( plus Amdahls and)12 W 31680 22996 MT (other asynchronous) 226 W( protocols, it can work at all in)227 W 5040 24134 MT (other compatibles.) 82 W( To) 434 W( date, the Kermit-370 program)81 W 31680 24163 MT (this environment. Two methods are offered. The)266 W 5040 25301 MT (has been successfully introduced to three) 101 W( major soft-)102 W 31680 25330 MT (first method requires a ``linemode'' or) 41 W( TTY connection)42 W 5040 26468 MT (ware environments: VM/CMS, MVS/TSO,) 919 W( and)918 W 31680 26497 MT (to the mainframe,) 45 W( in which the front end converts in-)44 W 5040 27635 MT (MUSIC/SP.)SH 31680 27664 MT (coming ASCII to EBCDIC, and then Kermit) 76 W( converts)77 W 31680 28831 MT (the EBCDIC back to ASCII in) 197 W( order to process the)196 W 5040 29998 MT (Kermit-370 version 4.1 was released in January) 39 W( 1989)40 W 31680 XM (packet control) 7 W( fields \050length, checksum, etc\051, and then)8 W 5040 31165 MT (for VM/CMS and MVS/TSO. It included) 187 W( many bug)186 W 31680 XM (back to EBCDIC again to store the) 44 W( data on disk, plus)43 W 5040 32332 MT (fixes, file transfer protocol) 173 W( improvements, new com-)174 W 31680 XM (the reverse process for) 293 W( sending data. This works)294 W 5040 33499 MT (mands, and,) 61 W( perhaps most important, support for ad-)60 W 31680 XM (even when special character sets) 43 W( like Hebrew, Greek,)42 W 5040 34666 MT (ditional types of communication front ends \050see)511 W 31680 XM (or Cyrillic are) 101 W( involved because Kermit's packet con-)102 W 5040 35833 MT (below\051. The) 1171 W( following month, Pierre Goyette of)449 W 31680 XM (trol fields are the simple, printable ASCII characters)75 W 5040 37000 MT (McGill University completed adapting) 199 W( this program)200 W 31680 XM (that are available in) 257 W( all character sets. The data)258 W 5040 38167 MT (to McGill's MUSIC timesharing system.)SH 31680 XM (within the packets is handled separately.)SH 5040 40530 MT (Version 4.2 of Kermit-370) 67 W( was released in May 1990.)66 W 31680 XM (The second method is used) 23 W( through special front ends)22 W 5040 41697 MT (Its major) 149 W( features include an accounting function, a)150 W 31680 XM (called ``protocol converters'', which not only) 179 W( perform)180 W 5040 42864 MT (method of sending partial files) 127 W( by line numbers, im-)126 W 31680 XM (character code) 516 W( conversion, but also manage the)515 W 5040 44031 MT (proved support for Attribute packets, support for) 86 W( the)87 W 31680 XM (screen of an ASCII terminal \050or emulator, like) 182 W( MS-)183 W 5040 45198 MT (new file collision mechanism, and) 73 W( support for a)72 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 27234 XM (large)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 XM (DOS Kermit\051 to give the illusion) 319 W( of an IBM full-)318 W 5040 46365 MT (selection of) 40 W( international character sets for file trans-)41 W 31680 XM (screen 3270 block-mode terminal. The) 518 W( protocol)519 W 5040 47532 MT (fer \050see p.16\051.)SH 31680 XM (converter's behavior) 37 W( is unpredictable; it might, for in-)36 W 31680 48699 MT (stance, decide not to transmit certain characters be-)130 W 31680 49866 MT (cause they are unchanged since the last time the)297 W 5040 49895 MT (As yet, Kermit/370 does) 611 W( not support CICS or)610 W 7.8 SS 41879 50692 MT (_)SH 42069 XM (_)SH 9.8 SS 31680 51033 MT (``screen'' was updated)192 W 42559 XM (an undesirable feature) 192 W( when)193 W 5040 51062 MT (DOS/VSE. However,) 616 W( among the Kermit-370 files) 172 W( is)173 W 31680 52200 MT (files are being transferred!) 85 W( To) 440 W( transfer files success-)84 W 5040 52229 MT (support code for a version of CICS that runs in a)249 W 31680 53367 MT (fully through) 154 W( a protocol converter, Kermit-370 must)155 W 5040 53396 MT (rather specialized) 204 W( environment in the Soviet Union)205 W 31680 54534 MT (turn off protocol conversion) 115 W( by putting the converter)114 W 5040 54563 MT (\050see article on p.18\051. We are hoping this) 135 W( CICS sup-)134 W 31680 55701 MT (into ``transparent) 105 W( mode''. Unfortunately, each proto-)106 W 5040 55730 MT (port will be merged into Kermit-370 soon. A CICS)180 W 31680 56868 MT (col converter seems to have a different way) 124 W( of doing)123 W 5040 56897 MT (version should be usable with CICS under) 490 W( any)489 W 31680 58035 MT (this, and some have no way at) 59 W( all. And to compound)60 W 5040 58064 MT (IBM/370 operating system, including) 121 W( MVS, VM, and)122 W 31680 59202 MT (matters further, front ends) 447 W( can be connected in)446 W 5040 59231 MT (DOS/VSE. Efforts) 394 W( are currently underway at Lehigh)60 W 31680 60369 MT (series!)SH 5040 60398 MT (University, but further contributers) 187 W( and testers are)188 W 5040 61565 MT (always welcome.) 219 W( Volunteers? Please) 708 W( contact us if)218 W 5040 62732 MT (you're interested.)SH 31680 XM (Therefore, we cannot guarantee that) 91 W( Kermit-370 can)92 W 31680 63899 MT (work in all) 325 W( communication environments. We do)324 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold SF 5040 64668 MT (The IBM Difference)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 65066 MT (know, however, that it) 140 W( works in TTY linemode with)141 W 5040 65984 MT (Because IBM) 221 W( mainframes use a different character)222 W 31680 66233 MT (the IBM 3705, 3708, 3725, and the) 196 W( COMTEN 36xx)195 W 5040 67151 MT (set from most other computers, and because) 294 W( their)293 W 31680 67400 MT (series, and that it works in full-screen mode with) 52 W( the)53 W 5040 68318 MT (preferred method of terminal communication is full-)148 W 31680 68567 MT (IBM Series/1,) 23 W( 4994, and 7171 front ends and with the)22 W 5040 69485 MT (screen block-mode, it can be quite a trick to) 88 W( get Ker-)87 W 31680 69734 MT (IBM 937x ASCII subsystem, and) 345 W( with compatible)346 W 5040 70652 MT (mit file transfer to work between an ordinary ASCII)107 W 31680 70901 MT (protocol converters including the Hydra) 105 W( II and Com-)104 W 5040 71819 MT (computer and an IBM mainframe. To complicate)312 W 31680 72068 MT (mtex Cx-80. It even works through an IBM) 249 W( 8232)250 W 51120 50 5040 75800 UL ES %%Page: 10 12 BS 0 SI 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 4423 MT (Page 10)SH 10.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 25385 XM (Number 4, June 1990)SH 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 48056 XM (Kermit News)SH 51120 50 5040 5728 UL 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 5040 7872 MT (with TCP/IP from another) 825 W( computer running)824 W 31680 XM (cludes bug fixes, additional file) 471 W( attribute packet)470 W 5040 9039 MT (TN3270. In) 883 W( many configurations, Kermit-370 can)306 W 31680 XM (capabilities, improved)229 W 7.8 SS 42402 XM (CONNECT)SH 9.8 SS 46992 XM (mode for RSX, and)230 W 5040 10206 MT (recognize front ends automatically by issuing) 148 W( a spe-)147 W 31680 XM (improved support of the DF224 modem.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 50216 XM (Tape B)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (.)SH 5040 11373 MT (cial order. Front ends that do not have the Series/1-)80 W 5040 12540 MT (style transparent mode might still permit) 54 W( Kermit file)53 W /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic SF 31680 12569 MT (DECsystem-10 Kermit-10)280 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 44757 XM (version 3\050134\051) 280 W( was con-)279 W 5040 13707 MT (transfers in ``graphics'' mode. Kermit-370) 213 W( makes a)214 W 31680 13736 MT (tributed by Dan Norstedt of) 202 W( the Stacken Computer)203 W 5040 14874 MT (``best guess'' as to the correct) 48 W( mode when it starts up.)47 W 31680 14903 MT (Club in Sweden in September 1989. Its major feature)6 W 5040 16041 MT (Graphics mode works on the) 393 W( Datastream/Leedata)394 W 31680 16070 MT (is support for) 238 W( long packets, up to 1000 characters,)239 W 5040 17208 MT (8010, 8030, and 974, the PCI 1076 and) 335 W( 276, the)334 W 31680 17237 MT (plus several bug fixes. Since Kermit-10 and)646 W 5040 18375 MT (Renex TMS-1 and RTD, and with KMW front ends.)SH 31680 18404 MT (VAX/VMS Kermit-32 share a common Bliss-language)59 W 31680 19571 MT (protocol module, Dan's work was quickly adapted) 138 W( to)137 W 5040 20738 MT (Failure has) 46 W( been reported with Adacom products, the)47 W 31680 XM (Kermit-32 \050see above\051.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 42388 XM (Tape B)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (.)SH 5040 21905 MT (MICOM 7400, Hydra/SNA, Datalynx 3274, and) 119 W( with)118 W 5040 23072 MT (the SIM3278 software protocol emulator. The) 190 W( IBM)191 W /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic SF 31680 23101 MT (PDP-8, PDP-12, and DECmate)181 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 47716 XM (were brought) 181 W( into)182 W 5040 24239 MT (3174 controller does not have) 286 W( a transparent mode)285 W 31680 24268 MT (the fold in October 1989 with Kermit-12 from Charles)16 W 5040 25406 MT (suitable for Kermit file transfers, but reportedly IBM)52 W 31680 25435 MT (Lasner. This) 692 W( program runs on the entire series) 210 W( of)211 W 5040 26573 MT (will add this) 223 W( capability in a forthcoming microcode)222 W 31680 26602 MT (DEC 12-bit computers including) 321 W( the entire PDP-8)320 W 5040 27740 MT (upgrade. For) 986 W( others, the results) 357 W( are not yet in.)358 W 31680 27769 MT (and DECmate lines under) 64 W( any OS/8 family operating)65 W 5040 28907 MT (Reports welcome! IBM) 356 W( Mainframe Kermit-370 is)355 W 31680 28936 MT (system, including compatibles) 584 W( like the Fabritek)583 W 5040 30074 MT (available on)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 10800 XM (Tape B)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 14284 XM (\050see the order form in back\051.)SH 31680 30103 MT (MP-12, Intersil Intercept, Pacific) 877 W( CyberMetrix)878 W 31680 31270 MT (PCM-12, DCC-112, Computer Extensions boards, the)81 W 31680 32437 MT (Hungarian TPA, etc. Kermit-12 also runs on the)293 W 31680 33604 MT (DEC PDP-12 laboratory computer \050circa 1970\051 and) 22 W( on)21 W 12.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 34047 MT (New Kermits for DEC Computers)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 31680 34771 MT (the DEC PDP-10,) 330 W( PDP-15, or IBM PC configured)331 W 31680 35938 MT (with a suitable PDP-8 emulator.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 46883 XM (Tape D)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic SF 5040 36656 MT (VAX/VMS Kermit-32)263 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (, long considered a dead) 263 W( pro-)264 W 5040 37823 MT (duct because the original) 7 W( authors, Nick Bush and Bob)6 W /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic SF 31680 38301 MT (Ultrix)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 35548 XM (Tape B)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 39032 XM (\050see C-Kermit article\051.)SH 5040 38990 MT (McQueen of Stevens) 54 W( Institute of Technology in Hobo-)55 W 5040 40157 MT (ken, New Jersey, USA, had moved on to) 213 W( new jobs,)212 W 5040 41324 MT (received a welcome) 97 W( enhancement from Burt Johnson)98 W 12.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 31680 41695 MT (New Hewlett-Packard Kermits)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 5040 42491 MT (of Diversified Computer Systems, Boulder,) 110 W( Colorado,)109 W 5040 43658 MT (USA, in February 1990: support for long packets \050see)55 W /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic SF 31680 44304 MT (HP-1000.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 36899 XM (Version 1.99D of HP-1000 Kermit) 118 W( for the)117 W 5040 44825 MT (p.12\051, up) 26 W( to 1000 characters in length. This update is)25 W 31680 45471 MT (Hewlett-Packard 1000 series of computers) 209 W( with the)210 W 5040 45992 MT (an adaptation of Dan Norstedt's Kermit-10 release) SH( for)1 W 31680 46638 MT (RTE-6 and RTE-A operating systems) 22 W( was contributed)21 W 5040 47159 MT (the DECsystem-10 \050see) 209 W( below\051. Jonathan Welch of)208 W 31680 47805 MT (by Paul Schumann of E-Systems,) 363 W( Inc, Greenville,)364 W 5040 48326 MT (the University of Massachusetts,) 54 W( who had fixed some)55 W 31680 48972 MT (Texas, USA, in January) 96 W( 1990. This version replaces)95 W 5040 49493 MT (bugs in) 136 W( earlier versions, added several new features)135 W 31680 50139 MT (version 1.98 of September 1986.) 83 W( The) 439 W( major new fea-)84 W 5040 50660 MT (to Burt's submission, most) 170 W( notably the long sought-)171 W 31680 51306 MT (ture is support for the HP D-Series multiplexer and)134 W 5040 51827 MT (after)SH 7.8 SS 7688 XM (SET FILE BLOCKSIZE)196 W 9.8 SS 17186 XM (command for receiving bi-)196 W 31680 52473 MT (drivers.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 35709 XM (Tape C)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (.)SH 5040 52994 MT (nary files, and also allowance) 335 W( for file names and)336 W 5040 54161 MT (types up) 332 W( to 39 characters. The result is version)331 W /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic SF 31680 54836 MT (HP-9000 BASIC Workstation)146 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (. This) 564 W( is a new Ker-)146 W 5040 55328 MT (3.3.122, released in May 1990,) 38 W( now available on Tape)39 W 31680 56003 MT (mit program, written entirely in) 333 W( HP BASIC, con-)332 W 5040 56495 MT (B \050see order form after page 30\051.)SH 31680 57170 MT (tributed by Andy Campagnola) 620 W( of the Hewlett-)621 W 31680 58337 MT (Packard Measurement Systems Division) 33 W( in Loveland,)32 W 5040 58858 MT (There is not likely to) 291 W( be much further large-scale)290 W 31680 59504 MT (Colorado, USA, with contributions from Keith Moore)94 W 5040 60025 MT (development of Kermit-32, mainly because) 93 W( it is writ-)94 W 31680 60671 MT (at the HP New Jersey Division labs. Kermit-RMB is)67 W 5040 61192 MT (ten in a language,)8 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 13501 XM (Bliss)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (, that very few) 8 W( sites have com-)7 W 31680 61838 MT (capable of both remote and) 93 W( local operation, transfers)94 W 5040 62359 MT (pilers for. Work is in progress on adapting) 61 W( C-Kermit)62 W 31680 63005 MT (text and binary) 49 W( files over both 8-bit and 7-bit connec-)48 W 5040 63526 MT (5A to VAX/VMS, and) 152 W( when that's done we'll have a)151 W 31680 64172 MT (tions, emulates the DEC VT100 terminal,) 189 W( does raw)190 W 5040 64693 MT (more powerful) 188 W( and supportable Kermit program for)189 W 31680 65339 MT (uploads and downloads, includes) 264 W( logging functions,)263 W 5040 65860 MT (VAX/VMS. In) 422 W( the meantime, thanks to) 75 W( Burt for this)74 W 31680 66506 MT (has a macro facility, and handles) 283 W( Kermit File At-)284 W 5040 67027 MT (much-needed performance boost) 64 W( to Kermit-32, and to)65 W 31680 67673 MT (tribute packets. It also includes printer control,) 4 W( a hex)3 W 5040 68194 MT (Jonathan for his welcome contributions.)SH 31680 68840 MT (editor and) 178 W( dump facility, and a file type conversion)179 W 31680 70007 MT (utility. The) 278 W( program runs on any Series 200/300 com-)2 W /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic SF 5040 70557 MT (PDP-11 Kermit-11)519 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 15291 XM (for RSX-11, RT-11, RSTS/E,)519 W 31680 71174 MT (puter with 1MB of memory and BASIC 4.0) 13 W( or greater,)14 W 5040 71724 MT (TSX+, P/OS,) 225 W( Pro/RT, and IAS had a minor release)226 W 31680 72341 MT (and will run) 93 W( on any HP serial interface available for)92 W 5040 72891 MT (\0503.60\051 in June 1989 from its creator, Brian) 81 W( Nelson at)80 W 31680 73508 MT (these computers.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 39904 XM (Tape C)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (.)SH 5040 74058 MT (the University of Toledo, Ohio, USA. This release) 38 W( in-)39 W 51120 50 5040 75800 UL ES %%Page: 11 13 BS 0 SI 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 4423 MT (Kermit News)SH 10.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 25385 XM (Number 4, June 1990)SH 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 51636 XM (Page 11)SH 51120 50 5040 5728 UL 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic AF 5040 7872 MT (HP-125)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 8938 XM (Business Assistant with) 31 W( CP/M 2.2. An adap-)32 W 31680 XM (Honeywell environment, a modified version) 255 W( of MS-)254 W 5040 9039 MT (tation of CP/M Kermit 4.09 from Mike Freeman, Bon-)19 W 31680 XM (DOS Kermit is required to talk to it;) 62 W( this is also sup-)63 W 5040 10206 MT (neville Power Administration,) 217 W( Vancouver, Washing-)218 W 31680 XM (plied. Support) 522 W( for Honeywell) 125 W( communications is ex-)124 W 5040 11373 MT (ton, USA. Aug 89.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 14009 XM (Tape A)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (.)SH 31680 XM (pected to appear) 235 W( in a future release of ``main-line'')236 W 31680 12540 MT (MS-DOS Kermit) 279 W( and perhaps in other Kermits as)278 W 31680 13707 MT (well.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 34368 XM (Tape D)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic SF 5040 13736 MT (HP MS-DOS PCs)20 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (. Versions) 312 W( 2.31, 2.32, and/or) 20 W( 3.0 for)19 W 5040 14903 MT (the HP-110, 150, and Portable PC.)93 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 21871 XM (Tape A)94 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 25525 XM (\050see MS-)94 W 5040 16070 MT (DOS Kermit article\051.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic SF 31680 XM (Apollo Aegis Pascal Kermit)282 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 46766 XM (2.9, handles 8th-bit)282 W 31680 17237 MT (prefixing and repeat-count compression,) 437 W( improved)436 W 7.8 SS 31680 18404 MT (CONNECT)SH 9.8 SS 36121 XM (mode. From) 434 W( Gordon Sands,) 81 W( Marconi Space)82 W /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic SF 5040 18433 MT (HP-UX)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 9304 XM (Tape B)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 12788 XM (\050see C-Kermit article\051.)SH 31680 19571 MT (Systems, Portsmouth, England. May 89.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 50763 XM (Tape C)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (.)SH 12.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 21827 MT (Other New Kermits)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic AF 31680 21934 MT (Apple II Kermit)213 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 40400 XM (3.86, Oct 89, for Apple DOS and)212 W 31680 23101 MT (ProDOS, from Ted) 16 W( Medin, Naval Ocean Systems Cen-)17 W 31680 24268 MT (ter. Improved) 312 W( performance, bug fixes, multiple proto-)19 W 5040 24436 MT (Since the last issue of)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 15141 XM (Kermit News:)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 25435 MT (cols supported, new commands)365 W 7.8 SS 47410 XM (TYPE)SH 9.8 SS (,)SH 7.8 SS 50472 XM (TAKE)SH 9.8 SS (,)SH 7.8 SS 53635 XM (HELP)SH 9.8 SS (.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 31680 26602 MT (Tape A)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic SF 5040 26799 MT (PRIME Kermit)441 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 13555 XM (version 8.00 was) 441 W( contributed in)440 W 5040 27966 MT (January 1990 by John) 423 W( Horne, Polytechnic South)424 W /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic SF 31680 28965 MT (BTOS/CTOS Kermit)167 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 42205 XM (1.07 for Burroughs) 167 W( B20, Con-)166 W 5040 29133 MT (West \050PSW\051, Plymouth, Devon, England,) 227 W( UK. The)226 W 31680 30132 MT (vergent NGEN: Joel Dunn,) 581 W( Univerity of North)582 W 5040 30300 MT (new version replaces version 7.57 of May 1986,) 30 W( which)31 W 31680 31299 MT (Carolia at Chapel Hill, USA. July 88.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 49372 XM (Tape C)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (.)SH 5040 31467 MT (was contributed) 651 W( by The Source Telecomputing,)650 W 5040 32634 MT (Alexandria, VA. The) 95 W( Source was recently bought up)96 W /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic SF 31680 33662 MT (GEC OS4000 Kermit)103 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 42319 XM (3.9, bug fixes done by Gordon)103 W 5040 33801 MT (and liquidated by Compuserve.) 73 W( Thanks) 417 W( and goodbye)72 W 31680 34829 MT (Sands, Marconi Space Systems, Portsmouth,)1063 W 5040 34968 MT (to our friends at The Source who) 20 W( contributed so much)21 W 31680 35996 MT (England. May) 272 W( 89.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 40522 XM (Tape D)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (.)SH 5040 36135 MT (to Kermit in the early days!)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic SF 31680 38359 MT (IBM PS/2 OS/2 Kermit)322 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 44229 XM (1.00, based on) 322 W( C-Kermit)321 W 5040 38498 MT (The new version has been tested at) 230 W( PRIMOS revi-)229 W 31680 39526 MT (4E\050072\051, from Chris Adie, Edinburgh) 523 W( University)524 W 5040 39665 MT (sions 21.0.5q and 22.0.1a.) 108 W( Changes) 490 W( include: support)109 W 31680 40693 MT (Computing Services, Scotland, UK, May 89. \050A) 1 W( newer)SH 5040 40832 MT (for 8-bit no-parity file transfers; better) 21 W( error handling)20 W 31680 41860 MT (version, based on C-Kermit) 267 W( 5A, is in preparation.\051)268 W 5040 41999 MT (and messages; full) 380 W( support for pathnames within)381 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 31680 43027 MT (Tape B)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (.)SH 5040 43166 MT (commands; improved logging; more) 32 W( command line op-)31 W 5040 44333 MT (tions available; pound sign conversion option)823 W /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic SF 31680 45390 MT (Luxor ABC Series)242 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (. ABC-800,) 756 W( ABC-80. From) 242 W( Bo)241 W 5040 45500 MT (\050US/UK\051; support for file size and date attributes;)288 W 31680 46557 MT (Kullmar, ABC-Klubben, Stockholm, Sweden. Dec 89.)46 W 5040 46667 MT (support for nested)142 W 7.8 SS 14000 XM (TAKE)SH 9.8 SS 16667 XM (files; local file) 142 W( management)143 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 31680 47724 MT (Tape C)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (.)SH 5040 47834 MT (commands added; filename collision) 359 W( detection and)358 W 5040 49001 MT (avoidance.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic SF 31680 50087 MT (Microsoft Windows Kermit)370 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 46316 XM (4.11 from Bill Hall.)369 W 31680 51254 MT (H19 terminal emulation, Kermit file transfer under)181 W 5040 51364 MT (Version 8.11 is expected soon. It will include) 260 W( im-)261 W 31680 52421 MT (Microsoft Windows,) 74 W( with a Windows-style user inter-)73 W 5040 52531 MT (provements in the sliding window algorithms \050so that)33 W 31680 53588 MT (face. Jan) 272 W( 90.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 38161 XM (Tape A)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (.)SH 5040 53698 MT (it works nicely with the) 236 W( new MS-DOS and C Ker-)237 W 5040 54865 MT (mits\051, support for) 68 W( dialout lines and local-mode opera-)67 W /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic SF 31680 55951 MT (NEC PC 9801 Kermit)74 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 42605 XM (2.32/A with Kana/Kanji char-)75 W 5040 56032 MT (tion \050)370 W 7.8 SS (CONNECT, GET, FINISH, BYE)370 W 9.8 SS (\051, and script com-)370 W 31680 57118 MT (acter support, by Hirofumi Fujii, National) 18 W( Laboratory)17 W 5040 57199 MT (mands \050)384 W 7.8 SS (INPUT, OUTPUT,) 384 W( PAUSE)383 W 9.8 SS (, and)383 W 7.8 SS 22822 XM (CLEAR)SH 9.8 SS (\051. This)1038 W 31680 58285 MT (for High-Energy Physics, Japan, Apr 89.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 50542 XM (Tape A)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (.)SH 5040 58366 MT (work, done by Matthew Sutter of Lincoln) 233 W( National)234 W 5040 59533 MT (Corporation, Fort Wayne,) 370 W( Indiana, USA, has just)369 W /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic SF 31680 60648 MT (PICK Kermit)92 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 38572 XM (version 0.3 from Joe) 92 W( Fisher of Austin,)93 W 5040 60700 MT (been sent to John Horne) 169 W( at PSW for final checkout)170 W 31680 61815 MT (Texas, USA, for McDonnell Douglas \050MicroData\051)488 W 5040 61867 MT (before release. Contact us) 55 W( at Kermit Distribution for)54 W 31680 62982 MT (REALITY 4.2E,) 360 W( DEC MicroVAX II with Ultimate)361 W 5040 63034 MT (availability.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 11020 XM (Tape D)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (.)SH 31680 64149 MT (Coprocessor, IBM PC/XT) 72 W( and PC/AT with PICK R93.)71 W 31680 65316 MT (Aug 89.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 35692 XM (Tape D)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic SF 5040 65397 MT (Honeywell DPS-6 Kermit)727 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 19842 XM (comes from Frank)728 W 5040 66564 MT (Dreano, Chesapeake, Virginia, USA \050who also) 140 W( wrote)139 W /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic SF 31680 67679 MT (Uniflex 6809 Kermit)20 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 42021 XM (from Jur van der Burg, Alphen)21 W 5040 67731 MT (the article on p.21\051.) 29 W( Its) 331 W( features include file attribute)30 W 31680 68846 MT (aan den Rijn, Netherlands, v1.4, Jan 89.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 50532 XM (Tape C)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (.)SH 5040 68898 MT (packets and long packets.) 343 W( Documentation) 956 W( and C)342 W 5040 70065 MT (source code) 98 W( are included. Due to peculiarities of the)99 W 51120 50 5040 75800 UL ES %%Page: 12 14 BS 0 SI 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 4423 MT (Page 12)SH 10.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 25385 XM (Number 4, June 1990)SH 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 48056 XM (Kermit News)SH 51120 50 5040 5728 UL 17.8 SS 19145 8421 MT (How Efficient Is Kermit?)SH 10 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 21789 10918 MT (Frank da Cruz and Christine Gianone)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 5040 13148 MT (When Kermit was born nine years ago, file transfer)148 W 31680 XM (The basic Kermit protocol works by) 130 W( sending packets)131 W 5040 14315 MT (efficiency was close to) 96 W( the bottom of the priority list.)97 W 31680 XM (back and forth in stop-and-wait fashion. The) 290 W( file)289 W 5040 15482 MT (An efficient design was definitely at odds) 224 W( with the)223 W 31680 XM (sender transmits a packet containing) 121 W( file data in its)122 W 5040 16649 MT (primary goals of) 15 W( universality and simplicity. In order)16 W 31680 XM (DATA field, the receiver sends) 66 W( back an acknowledge-)65 W 5040 17816 MT (to make Kermit work through) 28 W( delicate front ends and)27 W 31680 XM (ment packet) 60 W( \050ACK\051 with an empty DATA field. Let's)61 W 5040 18983 MT (cantankerous communication devices, its packets)540 W 31680 XM (assume the connection between the two Kermits) 218 W( is)217 W 5040 20150 MT (were deliberately kept short, with all data) 25 W( encoded as)24 W 31680 XM (perfectly clean,) 84 W( with no transmission delay, and that)85 W 5040 21317 MT (printable ASCII) 93 W( characters. And for Kermit to work)94 W 31680 XM (the two computers take no time at all to) 33 W( compose and)32 W 5040 22484 MT (in the IBM mainframe environment, the) 47 W( protocol had)46 W 31680 XM (process packets. Formula) 105 W( \0502\051 shows the expected ef-)106 W 5040 23651 MT (to be half-duplex ``stop and wait''.)SH 31680 XM (ficiency for a text file transfer with) 95 W( the basic Kermit)94 W 31680 24818 MT (protocol. It) 351 W( is the ratio of the number of data charac-)40 W 31680 25985 MT (ters in a packet to the total number of characters re-)73 W 5040 26014 MT (These design) 116 W( decisions gave Kermit easy entr)117 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Accent SF (h)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (e into)117 W 31680 27152 MT (quired for the packet to be sent and acknowledged.)SH 5040 27181 MT (territory unexplored by other popular file) 303 W( transfer)302 W 5040 28348 MT (protocols, and largely account for its popularity.) 70 W( But)414 W /Times-Roman SF 34992 28645 MT (0.95)SH /Symbol SF 36857 XM (\264)SH /Times-Italic SF 37545 XM (p)SH 3043 50 34992 29060 UL 32660 29305 MT (e)SH /Times-Roman SF 33767 XM (=)SH 55018 XM (\0502\051)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 29515 MT (now that Kermit works reliably on a wide range) 184 W( of)183 W /Times-Italic SF 35352 29947 MT (p)SH /Times-Roman SF 35992 XM (+) 150 MX(10)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 30682 MT (computers, there is an increasing demand to) 77 W( make it)78 W 31680 31440 MT (where:)SH 5040 31849 MT (also work more efficiently.)SH /Times-Italic SF 32770 33022 MT (e)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 35321 XM (= efficiency, 1.00 is perfect)SH /Times-Italic SF 32770 34109 MT (p)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 35321 XM (= packet data field length)SH 5040 34212 MT (In this article, we'll) 28 W( look at Kermit's performance, see)27 W 32770 35196 MT (0.95)SH 35321 XM (= encoding factor)SH 5040 35379 MT (how it has been improved by protocol) 43 W( extensions, and)44 W 32770 36283 MT (10)SH 35321 XM (= protocol overhead characters)SH 5040 36546 MT (measure the) 326 W( performance of new Kermit releases.)325 W 5040 37713 MT (This discussion requires some knowledge) 101 W( of the Ker-)102 W 31680 37865 MT (The)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 33973 XM (encoding factor)277 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 41680 XM (results from the ``single) 277 W( shift'')278 W 5040 38880 MT (mit protocol \050as described in) 104 W( the book)103 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 22925 XM (Kermit, A File)103 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 39032 MT (character, or prefix,) 111 W( that precedes each control char-)110 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 5040 40047 MT (Transfer Protocol)304 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (, Digital Press,) 304 W( 1987\051. We begin)305 W 31680 40199 MT (acter in the data field of a) 145 W( Kermit packet for trans-)146 W 5040 41214 MT (with the basic Kermit packet:)SH 31680 41366 MT (parency. The) 286 W( average text) 7 W( file contains about 5% con-)6 W 31680 42533 MT (trol characters, so 5% of a typical) 51 W( DATA field is over-)52 W 9 SS 6774 43480 MT (Ctrl-A)SH 10207 XM (LEN)SH 12989 XM (SEQ)SH 15705 XM (TYPE)SH 18987 XM (DATA . . .)SH 24385 XM (CHECK)SH 9.8 SS 31680 43700 MT (head \050the figure is higher for binary files\051. The)353 W 21809 2211 50 6375 44276 BX BX1 -2211 50 9808 44276 LV BX1 -2211 50 12590 44276 LV BX1 -2211 50 15306 44276 LV BX1 -2211 50 18588 44276 LV BX1 -2211 50 23986 44276 LV BX1 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 31680 44867 MT (protocol overhead)79 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 40025 XM (consists of the five control) 79 W( fields in)80 W 31680 46034 MT (the data packet plus the five control) 278 W( fields in the)277 W 5040 46639 MT (The length field, LEN, is a single printable) 82 W( 7-bit AS-)81 W 31680 47201 MT (dataless acknowledgement. Table 1 shows how ef-)226 W 5040 47806 MT (CII character that) 137 W( tells the length of the rest of the)138 W 31680 48368 MT (ficiency increases) 231 W( with packet length, and that the)230 W 5040 48973 MT (packet. Since) 596 W( there are 95) 162 W( printable ASCII charac-)161 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 31680 49535 MT (best)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 33893 XM (efficiency we can expect from the basic) 180 W( Kermit)181 W 5040 50140 MT (ters, the maximum length is)160 W /Times-Roman SF 18971 XM (95)SH /Symbol SF 20101 XM (-)SH /Times-Roman SF 20789 XM (1 = 94)427 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (. SEQ) 592 W( and)160 W 31680 50702 MT (protocol is 85.6% for typical 7-bit text files.)SH 5040 51307 MT (TYPE are) 123 W( single-character fields, so the longest pos-)122 W 9.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 31680 52441 MT (Table 1)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 35703 XM (Basic Kermit Efficiency)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 5040 52474 MT (sible data field is 91.)SH /Courier SF 32856 53652 MT (Data Length) SH( Efficiency)1764 W 6468 50 32856 53852 UL 5880 50 41676 53852 UL 35796 54667 MT (20 0.633)5880 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 54837 MT (For an asynchronous serial connection, we) 369 W( define)370 W /Courier SF 35796 55682 MT (40 0.760)5880 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 5040 56004 MT (efficiency)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 9450 XM (as:)SH /Courier SF 35796 56697 MT (80 0.844)5880 W /Times-Italic SF 8760 57609 MT (f)SH /Symbol SF 9182 XM (/)SH /Times-Italic SF 9604 XM (t)SH /Courier SF 35796 57712 MT (91 0.856)5880 W 1933 50 8352 58024 UL /Times-Italic SF 6020 58269 MT (e)SH /Times-Roman SF 7127 XM (=)SH 28378 XM (\0501\051)SH /Times-Italic SF 8352 59023 MT (r)SH /Symbol SF 8883 XM (/)SH /Times-Roman SF 9305 XM (10)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 60075 MT (But now suppose that data does not travel between)161 W 5040 60516 MT (where:)SH 31680 61242 MT (the two) 51 W( computers instantaneously. It might have to)52 W /Times-Italic SF 6130 62098 MT (e)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 7220 XM (= efficiency, 1.00 is perfection)SH 31680 62409 MT (travel very long distances or stop and) 69 W( visit a number)68 W /Times-Italic SF 6130 63185 MT (f)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 7220 XM (= file size in characters)SH 31680 63576 MT (of intermediate) 87 W( devices like packet-switch nodes in a)88 W /Times-Italic SF 6130 64272 MT (t)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 7220 XM (= elapsed time in seconds)SH 31680 64743 MT (public data network. How does Kermit) 212 W( fare under)211 W /Times-Italic SF 6130 65359 MT (r)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 7220 XM (= transmission rate, bits per second)SH 31680 65910 MT (these conditions? The formula is:)SH 5040 66941 MT (This is) 114 W( the ratio of actual file characters transferred)113 W /Times-Roman SF 35276 67403 MT (0.95)SH /Symbol SF 37141 XM (\264)SH /Times-Italic SF 37829 XM (p)SH 3611 50 34992 67818 UL 32660 68063 MT (e)SH /Times-Roman SF 33767 XM (=)SH 55018 XM (\0503\051)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 68108 MT (per second to the speed of) 84 W( the communication line in)85 W /Times-Italic SF 34992 68705 MT (p)SH /Times-Roman SF 35632 XM (+) 150 MX(10) 150 MX(+)SH /Times-Italic SF 38168 XM (c)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 69275 MT (characters per second \050cps\051. The transmission) 8 W( speed)7 W /Times-Italic SF 29139 XM (r)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 70198 MT (where:)SH 5040 70442 MT (is divided by 10 to convert) 23 W( bits per second \050bps\051 to cps)24 W 5040 71609 MT (because a character is transmitted as 8) 157 W( bits framed)156 W /Times-Italic SF 32770 71780 MT (p)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 33860 XM (= packet data field length)SH 5040 72776 MT (by 1 start bit and 1 stop bit, 10 bits in all.)SH 51120 50 5040 75800 UL ES %%Page: 13 15 BS 0 SI 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 4423 MT (Kermit News)SH 10.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 25385 XM (Number 4, June 1990)SH 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 51503 XM (Page 13)SH 51120 50 5040 5728 UL 8 /Times-Italic AF 9658 7749 MT (r)SH 9.8 /Times-Roman AF 35276 7872 MT (0.95)SH /Symbol SF 37141 XM (\264)SH /Times-Italic SF 37829 XM (p)SH 800 50 9414 8124 UL 3611 50 34992 8287 UL 6130 8369 MT (c)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 7220 XM (=)SH /Times-Italic SF 8086 XM (d)SH /Symbol SF 8726 XM (\264)SH /Times-Italic SF 32660 8532 MT (e)SH /Times-Roman SF 33767 XM (=)SH 55018 XM (\0506\051)SH 8 SS 9414 8848 MT (10)SH 9.8 /Times-Italic AF 34992 9174 MT (p)SH /Times-Roman SF 35632 XM (+) 150 MX(13) 150 MX(+)SH /Times-Italic SF 38168 XM (c)SH 6130 9935 MT (d)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 7220 XM (= round trip delay, seconds)SH 31680 10667 MT (which is just like \0503\051, but with 13 protocol overhead)141 W /Times-Italic SF 6130 11022 MT (r)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 7220 XM (= transmission rate, bits per second)SH 31680 11834 MT (characters rather than 10. Table 4) 271 W( shows the ef-)270 W /Times-Italic SF 5040 12604 MT (c)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5781 XM (is the number of characters that) 34 W( can be transmitted)35 W 31680 13001 MT (ficiencies for different packet length and) 38 W( delay values)39 W 5040 13771 MT (at)SH /Times-Italic SF 6418 XM (r)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 7250 XM (bits per second in)178 W /Times-Italic SF 16171 XM (d)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 17111 XM (seconds, that is, the delay)178 W 31680 14168 MT (at speed)SH /Times-Italic SF 35711 XM (r)SH /Times-Roman SF (=1200)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (.)SH 5040 14938 MT (expressed in character times.) 322 W( Formula) 918 W( \0504\051 shows)323 W 9.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 31680 15907 MT (Table 4)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 35808 XM (Long Packet Efficiency with Delays)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 5040 16105 MT (Kermit's efficiency for)SH /Times-Italic SF 15262 XM (p)SH /Times-Roman SF 15902 XM (=) 150 MX(91)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 17857 XM (and)SH /Times-Italic SF 19837 XM (r)SH /Times-Roman SF 20368 XM (=) 150 MX(1200)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (:)SH /Courier SF 36972 17290 MT (Packet Length)SH /Times-Roman SF 10143 17598 MT (91)SH /Symbol SF 11273 XM (\264)SH /Times-Roman SF 11961 XM (0.95)SH 19149 XM (86.45)SH 7116 50 8352 18013 UL 5773 50 17365 18013 UL /Times-Italic SF 6020 18258 MT (e)SH /Times-Roman SF 7127 XM (= =)8215 W 28378 XM (\0504\051)SH /Courier SF 32856 18305 MT (Delay 91) 2352 W( 500) 1764 W( 1000 9024)1176 W 2940 50 32856 18505 UL 15288 50 36972 18505 UL /Times-Roman SF 8352 18900 MT (91) 150 MX(+) 150 MX(10) 150 MX(+) 150 MX(\050)SH /Times-Italic SF (d)SH /Symbol SF 12984 XM (\264)SH /Times-Roman SF 13672 XM (120\051)SH 17365 XM (101) 150 MX(+) 150 MX(\050)SH /Times-Italic SF (d)SH /Symbol SF 20654 XM (\264)SH /Times-Roman SF 21342 XM (120\051)SH /Courier SF 34032 19320 MT (0 0.856) 1764 W( 0.926 0.938 0.949)588 W 34032 20335 MT (1 0.391) 1764 W( 0.750 0.838 0.936)588 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 20393 MT (The efficiencies for delays from 0 to 5 seconds from)164 W /Courier SF 34032 21350 MT (2 0.254) 1764 W( 0.631 0.758 0.924)588 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 21560 MT (formula \0504\051 are given in Table 2. As) 223 W( you can see,)224 W /Courier SF 34032 22365 MT (3 0.188) 1764 W( 0.544 0.692 0.912)588 W 9.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 23299 MT (Table 2)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 9168 XM (Basic Kermit Efficiency with Delays)SH 9.8 /Courier AF 34032 23380 MT (4 0.149) 1764 W( 0.478 0.636 0.901)588 W 34032 24395 MT (5 0.123) 1764 W( 0.427 0.589 0.890)588 W 6216 24510 MT (Delay Efficiency)588 W 2940 50 6216 24710 UL 5880 50 10332 24710 UL 7392 25525 MT (0 0.856)2940 W 7392 26540 MT (1 0.391)2940 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 26758 MT (So for a given delay, efficiency increases with packet)91 W /Courier SF 7392 27555 MT (2 0.254)2940 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 27925 MT (length. Or) 674 W( does) 201 W( it? On a noisy connection, longer)202 W /Courier SF 7392 28570 MT (4 0.149)2940 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 29092 MT (packets are more likely to be damaged) 1 W( by interference)SH /Courier SF 7392 29585 MT (8 0.082)2940 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 30259 MT (and take more time to retransmit; under these con-)157 W /Courier SF 6804 30600 MT (16 0.043)2940 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 31426 MT (ditions, long packets can actually)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 47030 XM (reduce)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 50242 XM (efficiency.)SH 5040 32359 MT (efficiency deteriorates rapidly as delay increases.) 16 W( For)303 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold SF 31680 33362 MT (Dynamic Packet Length)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 33526 MT (1200 bps, efficiency is cut about in half) 322 W( as delay)323 W 31680 34678 MT (To cope better with noise, the file sender can vary) 22 W( the)21 W 5040 34693 MT (doubles, and the effect is even more pronounced at)200 W 31680 35845 MT (packet length based upon the error history. When) 95 W( a)96 W 5040 35860 MT (higher transmission rates.)SH 31680 37012 MT (bad checksum is detected, the packet length is)498 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold SF 5040 37796 MT (Long Packets)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 38179 MT (reduced; as packets arrive with good) 107 W( checksums, the)108 W 5040 39112 MT (An easy and effective way to) 257 W( improve Kermit's ef-)258 W 31680 39346 MT (packet length can) 121 W( be gradually increased back up to)120 W 5040 40279 MT (ficiency is to use longer packets to increase) 95 W( the ratio)94 W 31680 40513 MT (the negotiated maximum. The best) 258 W( length at any)259 W 5040 41446 MT (of real data) 60 W( characters to packet overhead characters)61 W 31680 41680 MT (given time is a function of different factors,) 123 W( and can)122 W 5040 42613 MT (and decrease the) 532 W( number acknowledgements re-)531 W 31680 42847 MT (be calculated) 149 W( using an algorithm presented by John)150 W 5040 43780 MT (quired. An) 968 W( alternative ``extended packet'' format,)348 W 31680 44014 MT (Chandler in) 648 W( the article ``Dynamic Packet Size)647 W 5040 44947 MT (designed in 1985 and implemented since then) 13 W( in most)12 W 31680 45181 MT (Control,'' in)672 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 38565 XM (Kermit News)672 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 46024 XM (V3 #1,) 672 W( June 1988.)673 W 5040 46114 MT (popular Kermit programs,) 80 W( sets the normal LEN field)81 W 31680 46348 MT (Presently, IBM Mainframe Kermit \050version) 201 W( 4.0 and)200 W 5040 47281 MT (to an otherwise illegal value of) 43 W( zero \050space\051, and adds)42 W 31680 47515 MT (later\051 and C-Kermit 5A incorporate this technique,)245 W 7.8 SS 12713 48107 MT (_)SH 12903 XM (_)SH 9.8 SS 5040 48448 MT (three new fields)163 W 13393 XM (a two-byte length field and) 163 W( a one-)164 W 31680 48682 MT (which can be used equally well on both) 34 W( full- and half-)33 W 7.8 SS 15284 49274 MT (_)SH 15474 XM (_)SH 9.8 SS 5040 49615 MT (byte header checksum)34 W 15964 XM (at the beginning of the) 34 W( DATA)33 W 31680 49849 MT (duplex connections.)SH 8 /Times-Roman AF 19498 50437 MT (2)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 5040 50782 MT (field, to allow lengths up to)148 W /Times-Roman SF 18518 XM (95)SH /Symbol SF 20048 XM (-)SH /Times-Roman SF 20736 XM (1 = 9024)427 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (. Replies)568 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold SF 31680 51785 MT (Sliding Windows)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 51949 MT (\050ACKs\051 are) 17 W( still short packets. The efficiency formula)16 W 31680 53101 MT (A technique called ``sliding windows'' addresses both)126 W 5040 53116 MT (for a text file transfer with long packets is:)SH 31680 54268 MT (noise and delay.) 158 W( Sliding) 586 W( window protocol, available)157 W /Times-Roman SF 8352 54609 MT (0.95)SH /Symbol SF 10217 XM (\264)SH /Times-Italic SF 10905 XM (p)SH 3043 50 8352 55024 UL 6020 55269 MT (e)SH /Times-Roman SF 7127 XM (=)SH 28378 XM (\0505\051)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 55435 MT (in MS-DOS Kermit) 84 W( 3.0, C-Kermit 5A, and in PRIME)85 W /Times-Italic SF 8712 55911 MT (p)SH /Times-Roman SF 9352 XM (+) 150 MX(13)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 56602 MT (Kermit, does) 14 W( not stop and wait for a reply after trans-)13 W 5040 57404 MT (The protocol overhead in) 92 W( this case is 13, rather than)93 W 31680 57769 MT (mitting a packet, but rather transmits) 176 W( packets con-)177 W 5040 58571 MT (10 as in formula \0502\051, the sum of the 8 control) 41 W( bytes in)40 W 31680 58936 MT (tinuously and permits the acknowledgements to come)24 W 5040 59738 MT (the extended data packet and 5 in the ACK.) 64 W( Table) 402 W( 3)65 W 31680 60103 MT (later. Packets) 554 W( literally pass each other) 141 W( on the com-)142 W 31680 61270 MT (munication line, like cars on a divided highway.) 171 W( A)613 W 9.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 61477 MT (Table 3)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 9168 XM (Long Packet Efficiency)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 31680 62437 MT (full-duplex connection \050two-way street\051 is required.)SH /Courier SF 6216 62860 MT (Data Length) SH( Efficiency)1764 W 6468 50 6216 63060 UL 5880 50 15036 63060 UL 7980 63875 MT (100 0.840)5880 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 64800 MT (The number of) 151 W( packets that can be sent before ack-)152 W /Courier SF 7980 64890 MT (200 0.892)5880 W 7980 65905 MT (500 0.926)5880 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 65967 MT (nowledgements arrive is called the) 318 W( ``window size''.)317 W /Courier SF 7392 66920 MT (1000 0.938)5880 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 67134 MT (Whenever the oldest packet in the window is ac-)327 W /Courier SF 7392 67935 MT (5000 0.948)5880 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 68301 MT (knowledged, the) 237 W( window can ``slide'' forward and a)236 W /Courier SF 7392 68950 MT (9024 0.949)5880 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 69468 MT (new packet can be sent. If) 147 W( a packet is damaged by)148 W 31680 70635 MT (noise, only) 235 W( that packet need be resent. Therefore,)234 W 5040 70709 MT (shows the efficiencies) 253 W( given by formula \0505\051 for dif-)252 W 31680 71802 MT (with a relatively small packet size, efficiency can) 129 W( be)130 W 5040 71876 MT (ferent extended packet lengths) 77 W( on a clean connection)78 W 31680 72969 MT (high even under noisy conditions.)SH 5040 73043 MT (with no delays.) 155 W( When) 581 W( transmission delays are con-)154 W 5040 74210 MT (sidered, the long packet efficiency formula becomes:)SH 51120 50 5040 75800 UL ES %%Page: 14 16 BS 0 SI 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 4423 MT (Page 14)SH 10.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 25385 XM (Number 4, June 1990)SH 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 48056 XM (Kermit News)SH 51120 50 5040 5728 UL 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 5040 7872 MT (Kermit's window size can) 10 W( be 1 to 31. What is the best)9 W 31680 XM (Table 7 shows the) 42 W( theoretical maximum efficiency for)41 W 5040 9039 MT (window size to use? A good Kermit implementation)125 W 31680 XM (different packet lengths resulting from) 390 W( these for-)391 W 5040 10206 MT (does not preclude mixing) 275 W( long packets and sliding)274 W 31680 XM (mulas.)SH 5040 11373 MT (windows so it is conceivable) 90 W( to have 31 window slots)91 W 9.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 31680 11945 MT (Table 7)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 35808 XM (Efficiency with Sliding Windows)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 5040 12540 MT (each with a) 53 W( 9024-character packet, requiring 274K of)52 W /Courier SF 32856 13328 MT (Packet length) SH( Efficiency)1176 W 7644 50 32856 13528 UL 5880 50 42264 13528 UL /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 13707 MT (memory. In) 772 W( practice, programs) 250 W( like C-Kermit and)251 W /Courier SF 35796 14343 MT (91 0.901)5880 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 14874 MT (MS-DOS Kermit offer only about 4-6K for) 33 W( packet buf-)32 W /Courier SF 35208 15358 MT (500 0.935)5880 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 16041 MT (fers due to memory, addressing,) 288 W( and other limita-)289 W /Courier SF 34620 16373 MT (1000 0.945)5880 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 17208 MT (tions. To) 389 W( allow for longer packets, we should use the)58 W /Courier SF 34620 17388 MT (2000 0.946)5880 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 18375 MT (smallest adequate window) 99 W( size. The formula for the)100 W /Courier SF 34620 18403 MT (9024 0.949)5880 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 19542 MT (minimum window size)SH /Times-Italic SF 15501 XM (w)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 16427 XM (to achieve no delay is:)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold SF 31680 20339 MT (Data Compression)SH /Times-Italic SF 10198 21035 MT (r)SH 980 50 9899 21450 UL /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 21655 MT (An additional performance boost comes from a) 29 W( simple)28 W /Times-Italic SF 8571 21695 MT (d)SH /Symbol SF 9211 XM (\264)SH /Times-Roman SF 9899 22337 MT (10)SH 2308 50 8571 22752 UL /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 22822 MT (kind of data compression in) 45 W( which repeated bytes are)46 W /Times-Italic SF 6020 22997 MT (w)SH /Times-Roman SF 7346 XM (=)SH 28378 XM (\0507\051)SH /Times-Italic SF 9452 23639 MT (L)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 23989 MT (compressed into a) 262 W( special prefix, a count, and one)261 W 5040 25132 MT (where:)SH 31680 25156 MT (copy of the repeated byte. Analysis) 570 W( of many)571 W 31680 26323 MT (megabytes of textual) 197 W( and binary information shows)196 W /Times-Italic SF 6130 26714 MT (d)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 7220 XM (= round-trip delay, seconds)SH 31680 27490 MT (an average 15-20%) 145 W( reduction in transmitted charac-)146 W /Times-Italic SF 6130 27801 MT (r)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 7220 XM (= transmission speed, bps)SH 31680 28657 MT (ters when this technique) 142 W( is used \050see)141 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 49616 XM (Kermit, a File)141 W /Times-Italic SF 6130 28888 MT (L)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 7220 XM (= total packet length)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 31680 29824 MT (Transfer Protocol)68 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (, pp.248-251\051. Most popular) 68 W( Kermit)69 W 5040 30470 MT (If)SH /Times-Italic SF 6065 XM (w)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 7018 XM (comes out to zero, then we use 1. When using an)27 W 31680 30991 MT (programs negotiate this kind of data compression)345 W 5040 31637 MT (adequate window) 222 W( size, transmission of data can be)223 W 31680 32158 MT (with each other automatically. The major beneficiar-)49 W 7.8 SS 10101 32463 MT (_)SH 10291 XM (_)SH 9.8 SS 5040 32804 MT (continuous)SH 10781 XM (a phenomenon) 763 W( best appreciated by)762 W 31680 33325 MT (ies are text files that) 279 W( contain sequences of blanks)278 W 5040 33971 MT (watching your modem's receive) 163 W( and transmit lights.)164 W 31680 34492 MT (within indented or columnar material and binary)353 W 5040 35138 MT (Table 5 shows minimum window size for) 353 W( various)352 W 31680 35659 MT (files containing initialized \050zero\051 data.) 114 W( For) 498 W( example,)113 W 5040 36305 MT (speeds and delays with a 91-character data field.)SH 31680 36826 MT (the MS-DOS 3.30 program)340 W /Courier SF 45383 XM (FIND.EXE)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (, 6417 bytes)340 W 31680 37993 MT (long, can be sent by Kermit in a) 325 W( single 780-byte)324 W 9.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 38044 MT (Table 5)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 9168 XM (Window Sizes for p = 91)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 31680 39160 MT (packet \050efficiency = 817.5%\051.)SH /Courier SF 11508 39427 MT (Delay \050sec\051)SH 6216 40442 MT (bps 0) 2352 W( 1 2 3 4 5)1176 W 2352 50 6216 40642 UL 12348 50 10920 40642 UL /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold SF 31680 41096 MT (Benchmarks and Bottlenecks)SH /Courier SF 6216 41457 MT (9600 1) 1764 W( 11 21)588 W /Courier-Oblique SF 17388 XM (32 42 52)588 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 42412 MT (Now let's compare theory with) 406 W( reality. Table 8)407 W /Courier SF 6216 42472 MT (4800 1) 1764 W( 6) 1176 W( 11 16 21 27)588 W 6216 43487 MT (2400 1) 1764 W( 3 6 8) 1176 W( 11 14)588 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 43579 MT (presents actual efficiency measurements, based) 309 W( on)308 W /Courier SF 6216 44502 MT (1200 1) 1764 W( 2 3 4 6 7)1176 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 44746 MT (formula \0501\051, for) 6 W( transferring a 36K text file containing)7 W /Courier SF 6804 45517 MT (300 1) 1764 W( 1 1 1 2 2)1176 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 45913 MT (no repeated characters) 111 W( between MS-DOS Kermit 3.0)110 W 31680 47080 MT (on a PS/2 Model 50 with a hard disk and C-Kermit) SH( 5A)1 W 5040 47880 MT (As you) 159 W( can see, at high speeds with long delays we)160 W 31680 48247 MT (on an unloaded) 30 W( SUN-4 through a direct terminal con-)29 W 5040 49047 MT (need a bigger window than Kermit has.) 333 W( This) 937 W( is)332 W 31680 49414 MT (nection at 2400 bps \050no) 86 W( delay\051. Up means uploading)87 W 5040 50214 MT (where long packets and) 78 W( sliding windows complement)79 W 31680 50581 MT (from the PC to) 5 W( the SUN, Dn means downloading from)4 W 5040 51381 MT (each other. Table 6) 291 W( shows the minimum window)290 W 31680 51748 MT (the SUN to the PC.)SH 5040 52548 MT (sizes for 200-character packets.)SH 9.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 31680 53487 MT (Table 8)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 35808 XM (PS/2 - SUN Benchmark, 2400 bps)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold SF 5040 54287 MT (Table 6)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 9168 XM (Window Sizes for p = 200)SH 9.8 /Courier AF 32856 54870 MT (Packet Window) 588 W( Size)SH 11508 55670 MT (Delay \050sec\051)SH 32856 55885 MT (Length 1) 588 W( 2 4)4116 W 3528 50 32856 56085 UL 14112 50 37560 56085 UL 6216 56685 MT (bps 0) 2352 W( 1 2 3 4 5)1176 W 2352 50 6216 56885 UL 12348 50 10920 56885 UL /Courier-Oblique SF 37560 56900 MT (Up Dn) 588 W( Up) 1176 W( Dn) 588 W( Up) 1176 W( Dn)588 W /Courier SF 6216 57700 MT (9600 1) 1764 W( 4 9) 1176 W( 14 19 24)588 W 34032 57915 MT (90 .74) 1176 W( .73 .86 .88 .86 .88)SH 6216 58715 MT (4800 1) 1764 W( 2 4 7 9) 1176 W( 12)588 W 33444 58930 MT (250 .84) 1176 W( .84 .88 .91 .89 .89)SH 6216 59730 MT (2400 1) 1764 W( 1 2 3 4 6)1176 W 33444 59945 MT (500 .88) 1176 W( .88 .91 .91 .89 .91)SH 6216 60745 MT (1200 1) 1764 W( 1 1 1 2 3)1176 W 33444 60960 MT (750 .89) 1176 W( .88 .91 .91)SH 6804 61760 MT (300 1) 1764 W( 1 1 1 1 1)1176 W 32856 61975 MT (1000 .91) 1176 W( .89 .89 .93)SH 32856 62990 MT (1500 .89) 1176 W( .89)SH 32856 64005 MT (2000 .91) 1176 W( .91)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 64123 MT (With an adequate window size and therefore) 301 W( con-)302 W 5040 65290 MT (tinuous transmission, neither delays nor ACKs con-)172 W 31680 66368 MT (Table 9) 254 W( shows Kermit transfers on the same com-)255 W 5040 66457 MT (tribute to the total) 187 W( transmission time, as shown by)188 W 31680 67535 MT (puters and connection, but at) 132 W( 9600 bps. Comparing)131 W 5040 67624 MT (formula \0508\051 for regular packets:)SH 31680 68702 MT (the two cases reveals efficiency to be lower at) 85 W( higher)86 W /Times-Roman SF 8352 69117 MT (0.95)SH /Symbol SF 10217 XM (\264)SH /Times-Italic SF 10905 XM (p)SH 3043 50 8352 69532 UL 6020 69777 MT (e)SH /Times-Roman SF 7127 XM (=)SH 28378 XM (\0508\051)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 69869 MT (speeds \050but of course the actual throughput is) 215 W( still)214 W /Times-Italic SF 8957 70419 MT (p)SH /Times-Roman SF 9597 XM (+) 150 MX(5)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 71036 MT (higher\051. This) 544 W( suggests that there is some) 136 W( transmis-)137 W 5040 71912 MT (and formula \0509\051 for long packets:)SH 31680 72203 MT (sion speed at which one) 17 W( of the computers becomes the)16 W 31680 73370 MT (bottleneck. To) 659 W( find out which one, we perform the)194 W /Times-Roman SF 8352 73405 MT (0.95)SH /Symbol SF 10217 XM (\264)SH /Times-Italic SF 10905 XM (p)SH 3043 50 8352 73820 UL 6020 74065 MT (e)SH /Times-Roman SF 7127 XM (=)SH 28378 XM (\0509\051)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 74537 MT (same benchmark again,) 6 W( this time between two SUN-4)5 W /Times-Italic SF 8957 74707 MT (p)SH /Times-Roman SF 9597 XM (+) 150 MX(8)SH 51120 50 5040 75800 UL ES %%Page: 15 17 BS 0 SI 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 4423 MT (Kermit News)SH 10.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 25385 XM (Number 4, June 1990)SH 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 51503 XM (Page 15)SH 51120 50 5040 5728 UL 9.5 SS 5040 7852 MT (Table 9)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 9168 XM (PS/2 - SUN Benchmark, 9600 bps)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold SF 31680 XM (Table 11)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 36143 XM (Satellite Benchmark, 9600 bps)SH 9.8 /Courier AF 6216 9235 MT (Packet Window) 588 W( Size)SH 32856 XM (Packet Window) 588 W( Size)SH 6216 10250 MT (Length 1) 588 W( 2 4)4116 W 32856 XM (Length 1 2 4 8 16) 588 W( 31)1176 W 3528 50 6216 10450 UL 14112 50 10920 10450 UL 3528 50 32856 10450 UL 15876 50 37560 10450 UL /Courier-Oblique SF 10920 11265 MT (Up Dn) 588 W( Up) 1176 W( Dn) 588 W( Up) 1176 W( Dn)588 W /Courier SF 34032 XM (91 .08) 1176 W( .16 .32 .59 .79 .82)588 W 7392 12280 MT (90 .65) 1176 W( .64 .79 .87 .80 .87)SH 33444 XM (200 .17) 1176 W( .33 .63 .82 .82)588 W 6804 13295 MT (250 .76) 1176 W( .76 .82 .91 .84 .91)SH 33444 XM (500 .34) 1176 W( .63 .85)588 W 6804 14310 MT (500 .79) 1176 W( .80 .87 .91 .88 .93)SH 32856 XM (1000 .47) 1176 W( .85)588 W 6804 15325 MT (750 .84) 1176 W( .82 .87 .93)SH 32856 XM (1500 .55) 1176 W( .89)588 W 6216 16340 MT (1000 .84) 1176 W( .82 .87 .93)SH 32856 XM (2000 .63)1176 W 6216 17355 MT (1500 .85) 1176 W( .83)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 18314 MT (formulas \0507\051, \0508\051, and \0509\051, and they dramatically il-)216 W /Courier SF 6216 18370 MT (2000 .85) 1176 W( .84)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 19481 MT (lustrate the benefits of a combination of sliding win-)101 W 5040 20129 MT (computers running C-Kermit 5A at 9600 bps,) 236 W( with)237 W 31680 20648 MT (dows and long packets in the presence of) 59 W( delays even)58 W 5040 21296 MT (the results shown in Table 10.)SH 31680 21815 MT (as short as one second: an) 331 W( elevenfold increase in)332 W 31680 22982 MT (throughput over basic Kermit!)SH 9.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 23035 MT (Table 10)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 9608 XM (SUN - SUN Benchmark, 9600 bps)SH 9.8 /Courier AF 6216 24418 MT (Packet Window) 588 W( Size)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 25345 MT (Trial and error is required to find the best) 113 W( combina-)112 W /Courier SF 6216 25433 MT (Length 1) 588 W( 2 4)4116 W 3528 50 6216 25633 UL 14112 50 10920 25633 UL /Courier-Oblique SF 10920 26448 MT (Up Dn) 588 W( Up) 1176 W( Dn) 588 W( Up) 1176 W( Dn)588 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 26512 MT (tion of packet length and window size for a particular)28 W /Courier SF 7392 27463 MT (90 .73) 1176 W( .73 .89 .89 .89 .89)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 27679 MT (connection between two computers.) 298 W( Some) 867 W( connec-)297 W /Courier SF 6804 28478 MT (250 .81) 1176 W( .81 .91 .91 .91 .91)SH 7.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 55480 28505 MT (_)SH 55670 XM (_)SH 9.8 SS 31680 28846 MT (tions cannot withstand a long barrage of characters)9 W /Courier SF 6804 29493 MT (500 .87) 1176 W( .87 .93 .93 .91 .91)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 30013 MT (the computers or the communication devices) 49 W( between)48 W /Courier SF 6804 30508 MT (750 .89) 1176 W( .89 .93 .93)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 31180 MT (them may have small) 4 W( input buffers or slow processing)5 W /Courier SF 6216 31523 MT (1000 .87) 1176 W( .87 .96 .96)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 32347 MT (speeds that could make them) 19 W( miss packets or lock up.)18 W /Courier SF 6216 32538 MT (1500 .89) 1176 W( .89)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 33514 MT (Delay and noise characteristics must be considered)224 W /Courier SF 6216 33553 MT (2000 .91) 1176 W( .91)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 34681 MT (too.)SH 5040 35916 MT (These results are not) 73 W( surprising, because the SUN is)72 W 31680 37044 MT (How can Kermit's efficiency be improved further?)SH 5040 37083 MT (a much faster computer than the PS/2.) 127 W( For) 528 W( a given)128 W 5040 38250 MT (computer \050ignoring load\051, the packet processing and)170 W 9.3 SS 31680 38979 MT (1.)SH 32877 XM (Fine-tune inner program loops, and \050in non-)SH 9.8 SS 5040 39417 MT (disk access time remain constant,) 10 W( and therefore begin)11 W 9.3 SS 32877 40021 MT (windowing versions\051 prepare the next packet for)SH 9.8 SS 5040 40584 MT (to dominate the) 148 W( efficiency as transmission speed in-)147 W 9.3 SS 32877 41063 MT (transmission while waiting for the ACK to the cur-)SH 9.8 SS 5040 41751 MT (creases. Comparing) 432 W( the figures) 80 W( in Table 10 with the)81 W 9.3 SS 32877 42105 MT (rent one.)SH 9.8 SS 5040 42918 MT (theoretical limits for each) 125 W( case shows that C-Kermit)124 W 9.3 SS 31680 43546 MT (2.)SH 32877 XM (Increase the total packet buffer space to allow larger)SH 9.8 SS 5040 44085 MT (5A on the SUN approaches \050and in one) 73 W( case exceeds\051)74 W 9.3 SS 32877 44588 MT (windows of longer packets, to achieve maximum ef-)SH 9.8 SS 5040 45252 MT (theory when the window size) 45 W( is greater than one, but)44 W 9.3 SS 32877 45630 MT (ficiencies on connections with long delays.)SH 9.8 SS 5040 46419 MT (falls somewhat short) 51 W( in the nonwindowed case where)52 W 9.3 SS 31680 47071 MT (3.)SH 32877 XM (Use a)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 35566 XM (locking shift)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 41101 XM (for control characters and \050in the)SH 9.8 SS 5040 47586 MT (packet processing and) 262 W( disk accesses occur between)261 W 9.3 SS 32877 48113 MT (7-bit communication environment\051 8-bit data to)SH 9.8 SS 5040 48753 MT (packets.)SH 9.3 SS 32877 49155 MT (reduce encoding overhead. A protocol extension for)SH 32877 50197 MT (locking shifts is in the design stages.)SH 9.8 SS 5040 51116 MT (Our final set of measurements, made by) 369 W( Warren)370 W 9.3 SS 31680 51638 MT (4.)SH 32877 XM (Once our computers are fast enough to ensure that)SH 9.8 SS 5040 52283 MT (Tucker of Tridom Corporation, Marietta,) 390 W( Georgia,)389 W 9.3 SS 32877 52680 MT (processing speed is not the bottleneck, we can devote)SH 9.8 SS 5040 53450 MT (USA, shows the effects of) 151 W( delays induced by a long-)152 W 9.3 SS 32877 53722 MT (more CPU time to compression schemes that can in-)SH 9.8 SS 5040 54617 MT (distance connection, in this) 171 W( case through the AT&T)170 W 9.3 SS 32877 54764 MT (crease efficiency not just by 10 or 20 percent, but by)SH 9.8 SS 5040 55784 MT (Tridom Clearlink satellite) 175 W( communications network.)176 W 9.3 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 32877 55806 MT (hundreds)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 37220 XM (of percents.)SH 9.8 SS 5040 56951 MT (A 20K text file was sent using varying) 212 W( packet and)211 W 31680 57775 MT (Future refinements to) 12 W( the protocol and releases of the)11 W 5040 58118 MT (window sizes at 9600 bps between a Pyramid) 234 W( 90/x)235 W 31680 58942 MT (software will focus on these issues, as) 74 W( well as the re-)75 W 5040 59285 MT (running C-Kermit 5A under UNIX to a Tridom) 21 W( Clear-)20 W 7.8 SS 42488 59768 MT (_)SH 42678 XM (_)SH 9.8 SS 31680 60109 MT (lated ``human factors'')395 W 43168 XM (automatic detection of the)395 W 5040 60452 MT (link Plus VSAT Earth) 45 W( Station incorporating a Packet)46 W 31680 61276 MT (round trip delay,) 253 W( and automatic setting of window)254 W 5040 61619 MT (Assembler/Disassembler \050PAD\051, up) 86 W( to an earth satel-)85 W 31680 62443 MT (sizes, packet lengths, and timeouts according) 161 W( to the)160 W 5040 62786 MT (lite, down to) 153 W( the Tridom hub earth station \050another)154 W 31680 63610 MT (delay and noise chracteristics of the connection.)SH 5040 63953 MT (PAD\051, and back to another port on) 13 W( the same Pyramid.)12 W 5040 65120 MT (Total distance: about 74,000 km \05046,000 miles\051.) 95 W( The)463 W 5040 66287 MT (delay is 186,000 miles per second \050the) 79 W( speed of light\051)78 W 5040 67454 MT (divided by 46,000) 208 W( miles, or 0.247 seconds, plus the)209 W 5040 68621 MT (time required) 99 W( for network packet assembly, forward-)98 W 5040 69788 MT (ing, and) 346 W( disassembly using OSI IP and TP4 and)347 W 5040 70955 MT (Tridom Link Control Protocol over a 512 Kbps syn-)173 W 5040 72122 MT (chronous satellite channel, plus any time required) 25 W( for)26 W 5040 73289 MT (possible error recovery between the PADs \050in) 294 W( this)293 W 5040 74456 MT (case, none\051. The) 138 W( results agree reasonably well with)139 W 51120 50 5040 75800 UL ES %%Page: 16 18 BS 0 SI 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 4423 MT (Page 16)SH 10.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 25385 XM (Number 4, June 1990)SH 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 48056 XM (Kermit News)SH 51120 50 5040 5728 UL 17.8 SS 5040 8421 MT (International Character Sets)SH 10 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 6152 10113 MT (Christine M. Gianone)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 5040 12343 MT (Kermit has always been able to) 50 W( transfer text files be-)51 W 31680 XM (C-Kermit 5A and MS-DOS) 55 W( Kermit 3.0 support ASCII)56 W 5040 13510 MT (tween unlike computers,) 164 W( even if they have different)163 W 31680 XM (and Latin Alphabet 1 as transfer character sets, and)86 W 5040 14677 MT (text character sets, such) 95 W( as ASCII and EBCDIC. To)96 W 31680 XM (so the text languages that can be) 222 W( transferred with)223 W 5040 15844 MT (do the text file code conversion,) 146 W( the Kermit protocol)145 W 31680 XM (these programs are) 618 W( limited to Dutch, English,)617 W 5040 17011 MT (requires that local codes be translated into) 140 W( ASCII if)141 W 31680 XM (F)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Accent SF (3)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (roese, Finnish,) 141 W( Flemish, French, Gaelic, German,)142 W 5040 18178 MT (necessary before transmission. But) 216 W( ASCII only in-)215 W 31680 XM (Icelandic, Italian,) 572 W( Latin, Norwegian, Portuguese,)571 W 5040 19345 MT (cludes enough letters and symbols for English and a)104 W 31680 XM (Spanish, Swedish, and Welsh.) 300 W( Future) 874 W( releases of)301 W 5040 20512 MT (few other languages like German \050without umlauts\051)157 W 31680 XM (MS-DOS and C Kermits will support a wider selec-)173 W 5040 21679 MT (or Dutch.) 167 W( Kermit) 607 W( can also transfer files containing)168 W 31680 XM (tion of languages.)SH 5040 22846 MT (accented vowels, c-cedillas, etc, as well as files) 132 W( writ-)131 W 5040 24013 MT (ten in Greek, Arabic,) 104 W( Hebrew, Russian, Japanese, or)105 W 31680 24042 MT (IBM mainframe Kermit 4.2) 58 W( supports several transfer)59 W 5040 25180 MT (Chinese, but often the special characters will turn)256 W 31680 25209 MT (character sets in addition) 95 W( to ASCII and Latin 1, and)94 W 5040 26347 MT (into garbage.) 158 W( This) 590 W( is because different vendors use)159 W 31680 26376 MT (so its list includes the foregoing languages)108 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 51910 XM (plus)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 54216 XM (Bul-)SH 5040 27514 MT (different codes for the same special characters.) 144 W( For)558 W 31680 27543 MT (garian, Byelorussian,) 724 W( Greek, Hebrew, Japanese)723 W 5040 28681 MT (example, an Apple Macintosh,) 297 W( an IBM PC, and a)298 W 31680 28710 MT (Katakana, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian,) 21 W( Ukrainian,)22 W 5040 29848 MT (DEC VAX use totally different) 353 W( codes for, say, A-)352 W 31680 29877 MT (and Yiddish. John Chandler,) 257 W( the IBM Mainframe)256 W 5040 31015 MT (diaeresis \050)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Accent SF (C)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (\051, C-Cedilla \050)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Accent SF (G)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (\051, and E-grave \050)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Accent SF (K)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (\051.)SH 31680 31044 MT (Kermit author, will) 83 W( gladly add support for other lan-)84 W 31680 32211 MT (guages not yet supported,) 78 W( such as Polish, Czech, and)77 W 5040 33378 MT (A new 2-level extension to the Kermit) 175 W( protocol per-)176 W 31680 XM (Hungarian, if) 106 W( someone who has knowledge of the lo-)107 W 5040 34545 MT (mits file transfer to occur in any of) 45 W( a number of stan-)44 W 31680 XM (cal national) 179 W( variations of EBCDIC will provide him)178 W 5040 35712 MT (dard computer alphabets) 191 W( in addition to ASCII: ISO)192 W 31680 XM (with the appropriate code tables.)SH 5040 36879 MT (Latin Alphabet 1, ISO) 450 W( Latin/Cyrillic, ISO Latin/)449 W 5040 38046 MT (Hebrew, Japanese JIS X 0208, etc.) 51 W( Kermit) 375 W( programs)52 W 31680 38075 MT (John Klensin,) 201 W( chair of the Standards Committee of)202 W 5040 39213 MT (can convert between the computer's) 180 W( local codes and)179 W 31680 39242 MT (the Association for) 408 W( Computing Machinery \050ACM\051,)407 W 5040 40380 MT (one of these standard alphabets. Level) 16 W( 2 of the proto-)17 W 31680 40409 MT (says of this work:)SH 5040 41547 MT (col extension allows for transfer of) 111 W( files containing a)110 W 8.8 SS 32658 41771 MT (``The effort to extend the Kermit) 95 W( protocol to deal with)96 W 9.8 SS 5040 42714 MT (mixture of alphabets, using a set) 158 W( of well-defined al-)159 W 8.8 SS 32658 42768 MT (multiple international character) 52 W( sets represents one of)51 W 32658 43765 MT (the first major) 201 W( steps in using existing and proposed)202 W 9.8 SS 5040 43881 MT (phabet designators and shifts in the data stream.)SH 8.8 SS 32658 44762 MT (International Standards not) 388 W( only to identify what)387 W 32658 45759 MT (codings have been used, but to permit active conver-)159 W 9.8 SS 5040 46244 MT (Over many months, the proposed design was dis-)325 W 8.8 SS 32658 46756 MT (sion among them. Not only is this) 59 W( effort likely to lead)58 W 9.8 SS 5040 47411 MT (cussed in) 71 W( an international electronic forum, the ``ISO)72 W 8.8 SS 32658 47753 MT (to better and more accurate transfer of text and) 116 W( data)117 W 6.8 SS 46748 48427 MT (_)SH 46888 XM (_)SH 9.8 SS 5040 48578 MT (Kermit Group'', which included) 306 W( representives from)305 W 8.8 SS 32658 48750 MT (originating in) 209 W( different countries)208 W 47328 XM (an activity that is)208 W 6.8 SS 50381 49424 MT (_)SH 50521 XM (_)SH 9.8 SS 5040 49745 MT (national and international standards) 41 W( committees and)42 W 8.8 SS 32658 49747 MT (critical for international data) 151 W( interchange)152 W 50961 XM (but it has)152 W 32658 50744 MT (also identified weaknesses in the) 95 W( relationships among)94 W 9.8 SS 5040 50912 MT (Kermit experts from Belgium, England, France,)553 W 8.8 SS 32658 51741 MT (the various Standards and proposals) 214 W( that should be)215 W 9.8 SS 5040 52079 MT (Iceland, Ireland, Israel,) 446 W( Japan, The Netherlands,)447 W 8.8 SS 32658 52738 MT (addressed by the Standards-producing bodies.'')SH 9.8 SS 5040 53246 MT (Norway, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, the) 331 W( USA,)330 W 5040 54413 MT (the USSR, and West Germany.)SH 31680 55101 MT (Articles from Belgium \050p.17\051 and the USSR \050p.18\051 dis-)14 W 31680 56268 MT (cuss Kermit's new international character) 60 W( support as)61 W 5040 56776 MT (Implementation of the Level-1 protocol is) 111 W( a straight-)112 W 31680 57435 MT (it is being used in two very different) 167 W( settings. The)166 W 5040 57943 MT (forward but laborious process: translation tables) 124 W( are)123 W 31680 58602 MT (current draft proposal \050Draft 5\051 is available on) 118 W( Tape)119 W 5040 59110 MT (added between each file character set \050such as the)225 W 31680 59769 MT (E. It is updated from time to time) 142 W( to reflect reality.)141 W 5040 60277 MT (IBM PC's code pages\051 and each standard) 302 W( transfer)301 W 31680 60936 MT (In particular,) 152 W( the Level-2 extension may be entirely)153 W 5040 61444 MT (character set \050such as ASCII) 136 W( or ISO Latin Alphabet)137 W 31680 62103 MT (replaced in light of proposed multibyte universal) 5 W( com-)4 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 5040 62611 MT (x)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (\051, in)336 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 8253 XM (both)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 10841 XM (directions, then the corresponding)335 W 7.8 SS 27945 XM (SET)SH 9.8 SS 31680 63270 MT (puter codes like ISO-10646 and Unicode.)SH 5040 63778 MT (commands are added along with the protocol that lets)18 W 5040 64945 MT (one Kermit convey) 222 W( to another which transfer char-)221 W 31680 65633 MT (If you) 98 W( anticipate adding international character sup-)99 W 5040 66112 MT (acter set is being used. This has been done) 145 W( in MS-)146 W 31680 66800 MT (port to a Kermit program, be sure to contact) 106 W( Kermit)105 W 5040 67279 MT (DOS Kermit) 137 W( 3.0, C-Kermit 5A, and IBM Mainframe)136 W 31680 67967 MT (Development and Distribution at Columbia) 17 W( to be sure)18 W 5040 68446 MT (Kermit 4.2, all announced in this issue.)SH 31680 69134 MT (you are working from current information.)SH 51120 50 5040 75800 UL ES %%Page: 17 19 BS 0 SI 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 4423 MT (Kermit News)SH 10.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 25385 XM (Number 4, June 1990)SH 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 51503 XM (Page 17)SH 51120 50 5040 5728 UL 17.8 SS 5040 8421 MT (Report from Western Europe)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 6130 10904 MT (Andr)SH /NewCentury-Italic-Accent SF (h)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 9162 XM (Pirard)SH 6130 11991 MT (SEGI, Universit)SH /NewCentury-Italic-Accent SF (h)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 14117 XM (de Li)SH /NewCentury-Italic-Accent SF (k)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF (ge, Belgium)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 14194 MT (Those who must) 44 W( use international characters in their)43 W 31680 XM (ing features to the) 142 W( already impressive palette of his)143 W 5040 15361 MT (daily work know how useful) 192 W( the modern computers)193 W 31680 XM (remarkable MS-DOS Kermit. Given) 17 W( that DEC's MCS)16 W 5040 16528 MT (are that offer them, but those with needs for data)232 W 31680 XM (is very close to ISO 8859-1, we already have a) 204 W( tri-)205 W 5040 17695 MT (communication also) 80 W( know how difficult it is to trans-)81 W 31680 XM (angular application of the theory to file transfer. For)42 W 5040 18862 MT (fer these characters from one computer) 375 W( brand to)374 W 31680 XM (terminal mode,) 438 W( Joe's Kermit emulates the inter-)439 W 5040 20029 MT (another. When) 838 W( these computers) 283 W( began to appear,)284 W 31680 XM (national version of the DEC) 25 W( VT-320 terminal and can)24 W 5040 21196 MT (there was no) 208 W( standard to tell manufacturers which)207 W 31680 XM (use ISO 8859-1 as well as many ``national'') 124 W( terminal)125 W 5040 22363 MT (characters to use nor which ``hexadecimal values'')339 W 31680 XM (character sets. And the new) 37 W( Macintosh Kermit being)36 W 5040 23530 MT (\050code points\051 to assign them to.) 164 W( And) 598 W( so each did it)163 W 31680 XM (developed by Paul) 249 W( Placeway is far along the same)250 W 5040 24697 MT (their own way. The result is a Babyl of incompatible)56 W 31680 XM (path. When) 356 W( Mac Kermit is able do international text)42 W 5040 25864 MT (character sets and) 217 W( a m)216 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Accent SF (h)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (nagerie of ad-hoc products,)216 W 31680 XM (file transfer too, four computer types will) 204 W( raise the)205 W 5040 27031 MT (each running on a specific computer) 95 W( to transfer data)96 W 31680 XM (possibilities of connections from 3) 105 W( to 6 \050yes, this fast)104 W 5040 28198 MT (from, and maybe to, another specific computer. Not) 21 W( a)20 W 31680 XM (growth shows) 228 W( exactly how ``meshy'' the problem is,)229 W 5040 29365 MT (blessing in a mixed) 497 W( environment and always a)498 W 31680 XM (and if I) 197 W( count different codes on IBM computers, a)196 W 5040 30532 MT (surprise to the my-computer confident.)SH 31680 XM (conservative number is 100\051.)SH 7.8 SS 34777 32554 MT (_)SH 34967 XM (_)SH 9.8 SS 5040 32895 MT (The advent) 86 W( of a new standard, ISO 8859, circa 1987,)85 W 31680 XM (People)SH 35457 XM (French, German, Spanish, or just terrestrial)120 W 7.8 SS 31780 33721 MT (_)SH 31970 XM (_)SH 9.8 SS 5040 34062 MT (allows these computers to communicate in a ``common)8 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 32920 XM (will use) 188 W( these features)187 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (. I) 646 W( can testify to the hard)187 W 5040 35229 MT (language''. The) 21 W( DEC 8-bit multinational character set)20 W 31680 XM (work the Kermit people have done for)71 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 49534 XM (you)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (. Take) 416 W( the)72 W 5040 36396 MT (\050MCS\051 was the) 193 W( starting point for the layout of ISO)194 W 31680 XM (few steps to have translation in effect and be) 230 W( con-)229 W 5040 37563 MT (8859-1 \050``-1'' means it applies to) 73 W( a group of languages)72 W 31680 XM (vinced the bad old days) 33 W( are over. I am using the new)34 W 5040 38730 MT (known as Latin-1\051) 276 W( and, after adoption of an early)277 W 31680 XM (Kermits to transfer French text just as) 65 W( easily now as)64 W 5040 39897 MT (draft of the ISO) 17 W( 8859-1 standard by at least Microsoft)16 W 31680 XM (it has) 53 W( always been for English. And don't hesitate to)54 W 5040 41064 MT (and Lotus, IBM followed with its PC Code Page 850)115 W 31680 XM (send them your) 37 W( remarks, f)36 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Accent SF (h)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (licitations, sch)36 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Accent SF (s)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (nen Dank,)36 W 5040 42231 MT (and mainframe Country Extended Code Pages)687 W 31680 XM (or hartel)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Accent SF ({)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (k bedankt of any kind. Voil)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Accent SF (d)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 49533 XM (pour moi.)SH 5040 43398 MT (\050CECPs\051 containing the ISO) 54 W( character set \050but at dif-)55 W 5040 44565 MT (ferent code points\051, and Apple said ``I am sure we) 31 W( will)30 W 31680 44594 MT (Although)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 36202 XM (Kermit News)34 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 42385 XM (is not) 34 W( exactly the place, I take)35 W 5040 45732 MT (keep pace with emerging) 157 W( \050and existing\051 connectivity)158 W 31680 45761 MT (the occasion to recommend) 119 W( that manufacturers have)118 W 5040 46899 MT (solutions'' \050quoted from private mail\051.)SH 31680 46928 MT (their terminals and computer systems use ISO) 83 W( 8859,)84 W 31680 48095 MT (because null translation) 378 W( everywhere really makes)377 W 7.8 SS 46102 48921 MT (_)SH 46292 XM (_)SH 9.8 SS 5040 49262 MT (Kermit is certainly a uniform tool for data transfer in)30 W 31680 XM (everybody's life much) 531 W( easier)532 W 46782 XM (if the programmer)532 W 5040 50429 MT (mixed environments.) 12 W( The) 297 W( Kermit designers' response)13 W 31680 XM (knows that) 255 W( a character is coded in eight bits. At)254 W 5040 51596 MT (to these problems was very generous and) 83 W( covered in-)82 W 31680 XM (least, until there is a single) 346 W( worldwide multibyte)347 W 5040 52763 MT (ternational needs widely: I would recommend) 121 W( Chris-)122 W 31680 XM (code. But) 272 W( that is another story.)SH 5040 53930 MT (tine Gianone's)89 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 11995 XM (A Kermit Protocol Extension for) 89 W( Inter-)88 W 7.8 SS 38990 54785 MT (_)SH 39180 XM (_)SH 9.8 SS 5040 55097 MT (national Character Sets)27 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 16143 XM (as an invaluable source of in-)27 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 31680 55126 MT ([Editorial Note)74 W 40015 XM (An international Macintosh Kermit)73 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 56264 MT (formation on the theory of standards used to solve the)2 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 31680 56293 MT (is in development. We endorse Andr)277 W /NewCentury-Italic-Accent SF (h)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF ('s recommen-)277 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 57431 MT (problem, even for) 18 W( Japan. In the simplest case of com-)19 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 31680 57460 MT (dation and add to it our further recommendation) 36 W( that)35 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 58598 MT (puters using a single 8-bit character) 111 W( set within each)110 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 31680 58627 MT (manufacturers begin) 202 W( to tag each plain-text file with)203 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 59765 MT (file, the key rule is that they) 152 W( should translate their)153 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 31680 59794 MT (an identifier) 116 W( for the character code in which it is en-)115 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 60932 MT (own character code) 7 W( so that they use ISO 8859 on com-)6 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 31680 60961 MT (coded. This) 362 W( will make the job of Kermit and) 45 W( all other)46 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 62099 MT (munication lines and, in general, behave) 30 W( with respect)31 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 31680 62128 MT (applications much easier) 100 0 WX(!) 100 MX(])SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 63266 MT (to the outside world) 15 W( as if they were using exactly that)14 W 5040 64433 MT (code.)SH 5040 66796 MT (John Chandler was quick) 90 W( to implement the EBCDIC)91 W 5040 67963 MT (CECP to ISO 8859-1 translation) 125 W( \050and others!\051 in his)124 W 5040 69130 MT (excellent IBM Mainframe Kermit-370, and) 46 W( Joe Doup-)47 W 5040 70297 MT (nik rose to the challenge and) 139 W( added the correspond-)138 W 51120 50 5040 75800 UL ES %%Page: 18 20 BS 0 SI 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 4423 MT (Page 18)SH 10.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 25385 XM (Number 4, June 1990)SH 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 48056 XM (Kermit News)SH 51120 50 5040 5728 UL 24 SS 5040 8846 MT (Mission to Moscow)SH 10 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 40595 XM (Kristina Salvatorovna Gianonova)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 5040 11137 MT (The First International Kermit Conference) 124 W( was held)123 W 31680 XM (Czechoslovakia; Ivo Shmeikal, High Economic School,)15 W 5040 12304 MT (in Moscow, USSR, May 29-31, 1989,) 30 W( sponsored by the)31 W 31680 XM (Prague, Czechoslovakia;) 593 W( G.I. Cherkes, Computer)592 W 5040 13471 MT (International Centre for Scientific and Technical In-)129 W 31680 XM (Research Institute, Minsk; Vladimir D. Novikov,)494 W 5040 14638 MT (formation \050ICSTI\051. It was attended by over 70) 122 W( com-)123 W 31680 XM (VNIIPAS Institute of Automated) 219 W( Systems, Moscow;)218 W 5040 15805 MT (puter specialists from Bulgaria, Cuba, Czechoslo-)425 W 31680 XM (and Konstantin Vinogradov and Juri Gornostaev,)410 W 5040 16972 MT (vakia, Hungary,) 305 W( East Germany, Mongolia, Poland,)306 W 31680 XM (ICSTI, Moscow.)SH 5040 18139 MT (and parts of the) 1 W( USSR from ranging from Novosibirsk)SH 5040 19306 MT (in central Russia to Tallinn in Estonia.)SH 31680 19335 MT (ICSTI was presented with) 97 W( a complete, up-to-date set)96 W 31680 20502 MT (of Kermit programs and) 124 W( documentation on magnetic)125 W 5040 21669 MT (The conference began with lectures) 257 W( from Christine)258 W 31680 XM (tape and diskette.) 364 W( ICSTI) 998 W( in Moscow joins other)363 W 5040 22836 MT (Gianone and Frank da) 447 W( Cruz on Kermit history,)446 W 31680 XM (regional Kermit) 452 W( Distribution centers in England,)453 W 5040 24003 MT (philosophy, use, programming, protocol, and) 208 W( perfor-)209 W 31680 XM (France, The Netherlands, Japan, Australia, and else-)54 W 5040 25170 MT (mance, rendered into Russian by interpreters.) 23 W( All) 317 W( at-)22 W 31680 XM (where. ICSTI's) 308 W( Kermit Distribution serves) 18 W( the Soviet)19 W 5040 26337 MT (tendees were familiar with Kermit, some at) 93 W( the user)94 W 31680 XM (Union and ICSTI member) 31 W( states, and ICSTI in now a)30 W 5040 27504 MT (level, others at the implementation and theory) 98 W( level.)97 W 31680 XM (center for coordinating Kermit program development)92 W 5040 28671 MT (On the final day, Gianone's new extension to the Ker-)22 W 31680 XM (in those countries.)SH 5040 29838 MT (mit protocol for) 106 W( transfer of text files in diverse char-)105 W 5040 31005 MT (acter sets \050including Cyrillic\051 was presented; this was)36 W 31680 31034 MT (Gianone and da) 110 W( Cruz also visited several other com-)109 W 5040 32172 MT (of great interest to the international) 212 W( audience, and)211 W 31680 32201 MT (puting installations in Moscow, including VNIIPAS)234 W 5040 33339 MT (was warmly endorsed in the ensuing discussion.)SH 31680 33368 MT (\050the Institute of Automated Systems of) 124 W( the National)123 W 31680 34535 MT (Centre for Automated Data Exchange\051) 267 W( and INION)268 W 5040 35702 MT (The conference concluded with presentations) 345 W( from)346 W 31680 XM (\050the Institute of Scientific Information) 435 W( for Social)434 W 5040 36869 MT (other attendees, discussing adaption of) 200 W( Kermit pro-)199 W 31680 XM (Science\051, and) 36 W( were shown how Kermit plays a central)37 W 5040 38036 MT (grams to Soviet) 101 W( and other East European computers)102 W 31680 XM (role at) 135 W( each. VNIIPAS has developed an integrated)134 W 5040 39203 MT (and some of the uses) 222 W( to which they had put these)221 W 31680 XM (software system) 148 W( including E-mail, conferencing, and)149 W 5040 40370 MT (programs. For) 401 W( example, one talk described how Ker-)65 W 31680 XM (data search and retrieval, with) 230 W( Kermit as its com-)229 W 7.8 SS 28840 41196 MT (_)SH 29030 XM (_)SH 9.8 SS 5040 41537 MT (mit was used) 124 W( in Soviet secondary school CAI labs)123 W 31680 XM (munication mechanism.)SH 5040 42704 MT (250,000 special ``Kermit PCs'' are being) 357 W( manufac-)358 W 5040 43871 MT (tured and delivered to Soviet) 172 W( schools as part of the)171 W 31680 43900 MT (The First International Kermit Conference) 242 W( was or-)243 W 5040 45038 MT (current five-year plan, each of them with) 152 W( Kermit in)153 W 31680 45067 MT (ganized and sponsored by) 180 W( Professor A. Butrimenko,)179 W 5040 46205 MT (ROM. The) 556 W( roster of speakers included: A. Gruzdev,)142 W 31680 46234 MT (Director of ICSTI, Dr. Juri Gornostaev, Head) 419 W( of)420 W 5040 47372 MT (NPO Informatika, Ivanovo;) 8 W( A. Smirnov and V. Rejma,)9 W 31680 47401 MT (ICSTI's Computer Department, and the) 680 W( ICSTI)679 W 7.8 SS 39123 48227 MT (_)SH 39313 XM (_)SH 9.8 SS 5040 48539 MT (EstNIINTI, Tallinn, Estonia;) 251 W( A. Liberov, Computer)250 W 31680 48568 MT (``Kermit Gang'')158 W 40233 XM (Mikhail Morozov, Marina) 158 W( Tuman-)159 W 5040 49706 MT (Research Institute,) 11 W( USSR Ministry of Radio Industry;)12 W 31680 49735 MT (ova, Konstantin Vinogradov, Andrej) 777 W( Yuzhakov,)776 W 5040 50873 MT (M. Motl and F. Zednik, Sigma Concern, Olomouc,)299 W 31680 50902 MT (Shamil, and many others.)SH 51120 50 5040 52189 UL 17.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 16118 55021 MT (Kermit Goes to Eastern Europe)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 20530 57504 MT (Juri Gornostaev and Konstantin Vinogradov)SH 13352 58591 MT (International Centre for Scientic and Technical Information, Moscow, USSR)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 60794 MT (We are from) 199 W( the International Centre for Scientific)200 W 31680 XM (Bill Catchings in BYTE magazine, we) 451 W( wondered)450 W 5040 61961 MT (and Technical) 185 W( Information \050ICSTI\051 having its head-)184 W 31680 XM (whether we could accustom this overseas stranger,)243 W 5040 63128 MT (quarters in Moscow.) 134 W( ICSTI) 542 W( pools together efforts of)135 W 31680 XM (Kermit, to our locale.)SH 5040 64295 MT (about 300) 273 W( information specialists from COMECON)272 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold SF 31680 65064 MT (History)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 65462 MT (countries and North Korea in developing national in-)64 W 31680 66380 MT (We received) 249 W( our first tape with Kermit, a DECUS)248 W 5040 66629 MT (formation industries and mutual information)992 W 31680 67547 MT (tape, in 1984. Since then) 287 W( our Kermit infatuation)288 W 5040 67796 MT (cooperation. The) 653 W( authors of this article are profes-)191 W 31680 68714 MT (started and has never begun to fade or lose sup-)307 W 5040 68963 MT (sionals in telecommunication systems, office automa-)79 W 31680 69881 MT (porters. In) 712 W( those days the) 220 W( multitude of computers)221 W 5040 70130 MT (tion, database management systems)274 W /Courier SF 22898 XM (\050)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (and English,)274 W 31680 71048 MT (that this ``frog'' was) 50 W( leaping about did not include the)49 W 5040 71297 MT (see below)128 W /Courier SF 9871 XM (:-\051)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (. Once) 526 W( upon a time back in 1984, en-)127 W 31680 72215 MT (``Unified Series'' type, widely used in) 121 W( East European)122 W 5040 72464 MT (couraged by intriguing articles by Frank da Cruz) 34 W( and)35 W 51120 50 5040 75800 UL ES %%Page: 19 21 BS 0 SI 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 4423 MT (Kermit News)SH 10.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 25385 XM (Number 4, June 1990)SH 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 51503 XM (Page 19)SH 51120 50 5040 5728 UL 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 5040 7872 MT (countries \050Russian abbreviation EC, often) 70 W( referred to)69 W 31680 XM (mainly to Soviet users, ICSTI) 134 W( distributes them on a)133 W 5040 9039 MT (as RJAD-computers\051. In 1985 we) 81 W( received a distribu-)82 W 31680 XM (separate magnetic tape \050as well as diskettes\051.)SH 5040 10206 MT (tion Kermit tape from Columbia) 466 W( University and)465 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold SF 31680 10975 MT (Kermit and Cyrillic Character Sets)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 11373 MT (decided to adapt it) 477 W( to our mainframe computer)478 W 31680 12291 MT (At least three Cyrillic) 33 W( character sets may be installed)34 W 5040 12540 MT (EC-1055M \050GDR origin\051. The task was to tune) 164 W( the)163 W 31680 13458 MT (and used on PCs at the present time. First is the) 9 W( ISO)8 W 5040 13707 MT (program to specific telecommunication equipment) 72 W( in-)73 W 31680 14625 MT (8859-5 international standard) 43 W( Latin/Cyrillic set. The)44 W 5040 14874 MT (stalled for this computer. Initially, we) 132 W( concentrated)131 W 31680 15792 MT (Iskra 1030 and EC1840) 89 W( \050CGAs\051 manufactured in the)88 W 5040 16041 MT (on the MVS/TSO Kermit version) 272 W( 1.0 and the first)273 W 31680 16959 MT (USSR are supplied with built-in) 658 W( ISO Cyrillic.)659 W 5040 17208 MT (Kermit program produced for an EC) 212 W( computer was)211 W 31680 18126 MT (EC1840 and EC1841 \050EGAs\051 are capable) 190 W( of loading)189 W 5040 18375 MT (based on this software. Shortly, modification) 77 W( of Ker-)78 W 31680 19293 MT (any character set) 246 W( also. With this option available)247 W 5040 19542 MT (mit programs for CP/M, MS-DOS) 111 W( and RSX-11M was)110 W 31680 20460 MT (most of our programmers prefer to) 170 W( use ``Alternative)169 W 5040 20709 MT (carried out enabling their interaction with the) 152 W( new-)153 W 31680 21627 MT (Cyrillic'' which contains Cyrillic letters) 76 W( in columns 8,)77 W 5040 21876 MT (born Kermit) 100 0 WX(/EC via the exotic equipment.)SH 31680 22794 MT (9, A and) 83 W( E of the code table, very similar to IBM PC)82 W 31680 23961 MT (Code Pages. This Cyrillic character set was) 39 W( proposed)40 W 5040 24239 MT (ICSTI offers) 261 W( on-line database services to many or-)260 W 31680 25128 MT (by the Computer Centre of USSR Academy of Science)28 W 5040 25406 MT (ganizations in its Member and non-Member states.)224 W 31680 26295 MT (in 1987 and since) 142 W( then has been widely used in the)143 W 5040 26573 MT (So our next) 173 W( ambition was to implement the Kermit)172 W 31680 27462 MT (USSR. Moreover,) 465 W( most of the Western PCs supplied)96 W 5040 27740 MT (protocol for transfer of data search results to our cus-)41 W 31680 28629 MT (to the Soviet Union have Alternative Cyrillic) 191 W( incor-)192 W 5040 28907 MT (tomers. This) 564 W( raised the issue of implementing Ker-)145 W 31680 29796 MT (porated and/or invoked) 35 W( by means of different kinds of)34 W 5040 30074 MT (mit programs in the CICS environment. The) 236 W( first)237 W 31680 30963 MT (drivers. And) 1366 W( one more) 547 W( Cyrillic set known as)548 W 5040 31241 MT (version of such a program was) 112 W( developed in 1987 by)111 W 31680 32130 MT (``Bulgarian'' may be used on PCs manufactured in)272 W 5040 32408 MT (ICSTI in conjunction with specialists from the) 129 W( Com-)130 W 31680 33297 MT (Bulgaria or by the software developed) 243 W( by our Bul-)244 W 5040 33575 MT (puter Institute \050Russian abbreviation) 263 W( IEVT\051 of the)262 W 31680 34464 MT (garian colleagues. In this case columns 8, 9, A and B)38 W 5040 34742 MT (Latvian Academy) 78 W( of Sciences in Riga. IEVT was the)79 W 31680 35631 MT (contain Cyrillic letters.)SH 5040 35909 MT (leading designer of the) 16 W( ACADEMNET and its special-)15 W 5040 37076 MT (ists, represented by) 196 W( Eugine Mikelevich and Eduard)197 W 31680 37994 MT (In practice, neither of these Cyrillics are) 70 W( widely used)71 W 5040 38243 MT (Zinoviev, were great CICS) 90 W( experts. We are thankful)89 W 31680 39161 MT (``on-the-line'' today. In terms of Kermit these are)3 W 7.8 SS 54240 XM (FILE)SH 9.8 SS 5040 39410 MT (for their efforts in initiating the) 110 W( very first version of)111 W 7.8 SS 31680 40328 MT (CHARACTER-SET)SH 9.8 SS (s. The) 758 W( most) 243 W( popular Cyrillic coding)244 W 5040 40577 MT (Kermit) 100 MX(/CICS.)SH 31680 41495 MT (used in data communication is the so) 211 W( called KOI-7)210 W 31680 42662 MT (character set, which is ``compatible'' with itself) 134 W( only.)135 W 5040 42940 MT (Unfortunately this version, by providing) 327 W( access to)326 W 31680 43829 MT (This set requires the Shift-In/Shift-Out) 135 W( technique to)134 W 5040 44107 MT (data sets normally not available) 191 W( through CICS, got)192 W 31680 44996 MT (switch between Latin) 144 W( and Cyrillic graphics \050GL and)145 W 5040 45274 MT (too deep into CICS's insides,) 125 W( breaking up its system)124 W 31680 46163 MT (GR respectively\051. Usually, KOI-7 is generated) 42 W( by our)41 W 5040 46441 MT (compatibility. This) 394 W( had its pro's and con's.) 61 W( The) 396 W( user)62 W 31680 47330 MT (mainframe telecommunication) 213 W( system. But histori-)214 W 5040 47608 MT (could operate with the ``files'') 12 W( notion, but there was no)11 W 31680 48497 MT (cally, to avoid SI/SO in some applications an) 79 W( ``exotic'')78 W 5040 48775 MT (possibilty of developing) 196 W( the program and making it)197 W 31680 49664 MT (character-set was invented) 61 W( by programmers. Cyrillic)62 W 5040 49942 MT (portable between OS and CICS versions.)SH 31680 50831 MT (letters were coded in lowercase Latin ``by) 322 W( sound''.)321 W 31680 51998 MT (Furthermore, many terminals were designed to) 176 W( dis-)177 W 5040 52305 MT (In 1988) 7 W( we attempted to write a Kermit) 100 6 WX(/CICS version)6 W 31680 53165 MT (play lowercase Latin as) 306 W( uppercase Cyrillic) 100 305 WX(! As) 882 W( a)305 W 5040 53472 MT (that would use only the standard) 51 W( system conventions)52 W 31680 54332 MT (result, this) 113 W( character set consists of uppercase Latin)114 W 5040 54639 MT (of CICS/VS to access data sets. The younger) 136 W( ICSTI)135 W 31680 55499 MT (and uppercase Cyrillic letters. It was) 230 W( never regis-)229 W 5040 55806 MT (generation, namely Alexander Resaev, was) 33 W( successful)34 W 31680 56666 MT (tered anywhere but is still in) 226 W( use, as well as \050and)227 W 5040 56973 MT (in the undertaking. This particular version was)378 W 31680 57833 MT (more than) 100 33 WX(!) 100 MX(\051 KOI-7, and specialists often) 33 W( refer to it as)32 W 5040 58140 MT (presented to Christine Gianone) 186 W( and Frank da Cruz)187 W 31680 59000 MT (``short KOI''.)SH 5040 59307 MT (during their stay in Moscow at the) 427 W( First Inter-)426 W 5040 60474 MT (national Kermit Conference held in ICSTI in May-)228 W 31680 61363 MT (After all these words you may understand) 243 W( our en-)244 W 5040 61641 MT (June 1989.) 373 W( The) 1017 W( version takes into account par-)372 W 7.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 47235 62189 MT (_)SH 47425 XM (_)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 31680 62530 MT (thusiasm receiving the Draft)50 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 45229 XM ([Ed.)SH 47915 XM (See p.16])50 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (. During)371 W 5040 62808 MT (ticulars of our local equipment.) 326 W( Therefore,) 926 W( slight)327 W 31680 63697 MT (our early work) 132 W( with Kermit programs we also made)133 W 5040 63975 MT (changes could be necessary in order to) 136 W( use this pro-)135 W 31680 64864 MT (attempts to put this Cyrillic chaos in) 18 W( order and estab-)17 W 5040 65142 MT (gram on ``standard'' equipment.)SH 31680 66031 MT (lish a convention) 10 W( for transfer of Cyrillic files. We suc-)11 W 31680 67198 MT (ceeded in this and) 74 W( moreover the programs work)73 W /Courier SF 54124 XM (!-\051)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (.)SH 5040 67505 MT (Along with managing the) 69 W( mainframe problem, ICSTI)70 W 31680 68365 MT (Our convention for Cyrillic transfer in Kermit) 231 W( pro-)232 W 5040 68672 MT (specialists developed Kermit programs for USSR and)64 W 31680 69532 MT (grams is valid for both) 188 W( terminal emulation and file)187 W 5040 69839 MT (GDR-origin micro-computers.) 455 W( At) 1183 W( present Kermit)456 W 31680 70699 MT (transfer. We) 562 W( wanted to achieve) 145 W( results quickly and)146 W 5040 71006 MT (runs on such computers) 123 W( as Robotron 1715, Robotron)122 W 31680 71866 MT (at low cost. That) 27 W( is why the convention was based on)26 W 5040 72173 MT (1715M \050CP/M compatible\051, Iskra 1030, EC1840,) 146 W( and)147 W 31680 73033 MT (use of KOI-7 and ``short KOI.'' Now, two years later,)108 W 5040 73340 MT (EC1841 \050MS-DOS compatible\051.) 183 W( As) 636 W( all of these pro-)182 W 31680 74200 MT (we clearly see the disadvantages of) 12 W( such an approach.)11 W 5040 74507 MT (grams were based on old versions and are) 75 W( of interest)76 W 51120 50 5040 75800 UL ES %%Page: 20 22 BS 0 SI 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 4423 MT (Page 20)SH 10.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 25385 XM (Number 4, June 1990)SH 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 48056 XM (Kermit News)SH 51120 50 5040 5728 UL 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 5040 7872 MT (The fundamental) 391 W( approach proposed by Christine)392 W 31680 XM (And still) 21 W( one more Kermit application was introduced)20 W 5040 9039 MT (Gianone resolves the problem which we have in cur-)107 W 31680 XM (at ICSTI in January 1990: a) 38 W( Kermit Server has been)39 W 5040 10206 MT (rent versions of our programs and this) 230 W( makes it a)231 W 31680 XM (installed in our X.25 network) 321 W( for distributing the)320 W 5040 11373 MT (notch higher. That is why we are) 2 W( deeply interested in)1 W 31680 XM (Kermit program versions most popular in the USSR.)86 W 5040 12540 MT (the success of this ``international'' work.)SH 31680 XM (Anybody can receive the Kermit updates offered) 193 W( by)192 W 31680 13707 MT (ICSTI through IASNET) 505 W( network address 02502-)506 W 31680 14874 MT (120702. Since) 274 W( all ICSTI member states are connected)SH 5040 14903 MT (Unfortunately, the last draft) 74 W( of the Kermit extension)75 W 31680 16041 MT (to IASNET, they) 37 W( can use our host to obtain the latest)38 W 5040 16070 MT (proposal, Draft 3,) 74 W( skips commands for terminal emu-)73 W 31680 17208 MT (materials on ``Kermit Culture''.)SH 5040 17237 MT (lation, but strange though it) 335 W( may seem this par-)336 W 5040 18404 MT (ticular question is nicely resolved in the) 20 W( very first im-)19 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold SF 31680 19144 MT (ICSTI Kermit Distribution)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 19571 MT (plementation of) 280 W( this Kermit Protocol Extension by)281 W 31680 20460 MT (ICSTI distributes) 246 W( Kermit software on six magnetic)245 W 5040 20738 MT (MS-DOS Kermit v3.0. This) 51 W( program allows any kind)50 W 31680 21627 MT (tapes: the A-E tapes are copies) 38 W( of the original Colum-)39 W 5040 21905 MT (of Cyrillics on the line and) 1 W( converts it to the character)2 W 31680 22794 MT (bia University distribution tapes, and the F tape con-)40 W 5040 23072 MT (set used by the PC. Moreover,) 206 W( it's possible to mix)205 W 31680 23961 MT (tains all Kermit adaptations carried out at ICSTI or)113 W 5040 24239 MT (incoming KOI-7 and ``short KOI'' in case) 101 W( you are not)102 W 31680 25128 MT (other organizations in the USSR.) 213 W( Kermit) 697 W( software)212 W 5040 25406 MT (sure which kind of them the remote host prefers.) 15 W( But)300 W 31680 26295 MT (for microcomputers is) 211 W( distributed on diskettes also.)212 W 5040 26573 MT (Cyrillic file transfer is still a) 78 W( problem. Transmission)79 W 31680 27462 MT (To request Kermit materials, the user fills in an) 129 W( or-)128 W 5040 27740 MT (of such files is possible in ``transparent'') 206 W( mode only)205 W 31680 28629 MT (der form) 138 W( resembling that of CUCCA, stating the re-)139 W 5040 28907 MT (when it's possible) 156 W( to turn on ``the same'' Cyrillic for)157 W 31680 29796 MT (quired materials, including) 199 W( copies of documentation)198 W 5040 30074 MT (both Kermit programs.)SH 31680 30963 MT (in Russian and English. So far around 100 organiza-)48 W 7.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 12507 32096 MT (_)SH 12697 XM (_)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 31680 32130 MT (tions have) 403 W( received Kermit distribution materials)402 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 5040 32437 MT ([Editorial Note)152 W 13611 XM (This is only because the necessary)151 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 33297 MT (from ICSTI.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 5040 33604 MT (translation tables between ISO Latin-5) 57 W( and the Cyril-)58 W 5040 34771 MT (lic file character sets have not yet been added to) 99 W( MS-)98 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold SF 31680 35233 MT (Kermit Promotion)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 5040 35938 MT (DOS Kermit) 100 0 WX(!) 100 MX(])SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 36549 MT (At present the Kermit enthusiasts at) 2 W( ICSTI \050The Ker-)3 W 31680 37716 MT (mit Gang\051) 89 W( are working on the Russian translation of)88 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold SF 5040 37874 MT (Kermit Applications at ICSTI)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 38883 MT (the popular Kermit book written by Frank da) 141 W( Cruz,)142 W 5040 39190 MT (The wide range of Kermit) 81 W( applications at ICSTI first)82 W 31680 40050 MT (to be published by the Soviet NAUKA) 326 W( publishing)325 W 5040 40357 MT (of all) 86 W( includes downloading of documents from main-)85 W 31680 41217 MT (house. Our) 290 W( next step will) 9 W( be the book)10 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 49108 XM (Using MS-DOS)10 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 41524 MT (frame databases) 221 W( to PCs. As a rule, the volume of)222 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 31680 42384 MT (Kermit)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 35297 XM (by Christine Gianone,) 205 W( recently in print and)204 W 5040 42691 MT (data transfer in this mode is 1-1.5Mb per file.) 158 W( The)587 W 31680 43551 MT (which we are sure will be popular as well.)SH 5040 43858 MT (documents received via Kermit are loaded into) SH( the PC)1 W 5040 45025 MT (retrieval system and are supplied) 73 W( on diskettes to our)72 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold SF 31680 45487 MT (Kermit Conferences)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 46192 MT (subscribers.)SH 31680 46803 MT (The First) 262 W( International Kermit conference, held at)263 W 31680 47970 MT (ICSTI in Moscow,) 159 W( May-June 1989, brought together)158 W 5040 48555 MT (ICSTI has a) 60 W( ring LAN based on RS-232C. Here Ker-)61 W 31680 49137 MT (more than seventy information) 217 W( specialists from ten)218 W 5040 49722 MT (mit is used) 98 W( for file exchange between different kinds)97 W 31680 50304 MT (countries \050p.18\051.) 86 W( This) 443 W( event was a great success and)85 W 5040 50889 MT (of computers connected to this LAN.)SH 31680 51471 MT (we dream) 381 W( of a Second International Kermit con-)382 W 31680 52638 MT (ference. We) 650 W( suggest organizing this forum) 189 W( in 1991)188 W 5040 53252 MT (Kermit is also widely used for connecting to) 159 W( remote)160 W 31680 53805 MT (with wide participation) 271 W( of countries both from the)272 W 5040 54419 MT (hosts in terminal emulation mode. For example, MS-)34 W 31680 54972 MT (West and the East. We) 44 W( are open for proposals on the)43 W 5040 55586 MT (DOS Kermit) 130 W( provided access to Western on-line ser-)131 W 31680 56139 MT (timing and location \050Moscow,) 7 W( Suzdal, Vladimir, or the)8 W 5040 56753 MT (vices during) 128 W( the work of the First East-West Online)127 W 31680 57306 MT (North Pole\051. Please don't hesitate to) 208 W( send us your)207 W 5040 57920 MT (Information Meeting, jointly held at ICSTI) 462 W( with)463 W 31680 58473 MT (thoughts) 100 MX(!)SH 5040 59087 MT (``Learned Information'') 40 W( in October 1989 and proved to)39 W 5040 60254 MT (be a success. Particularly, the excellent operation of)93 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold SF 31680 60409 MT (Conclusion)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 61421 MT (the script language enabled us) 101 W( to simplify to a great)100 W 31680 61725 MT (Finally, we would like to express our sincere wish)245 W 5040 62588 MT (extent the process of connection via ICSTI LAN to)225 W 31680 62892 MT (and readiness to diversify our direct contacts with all)45 W 5040 63755 MT (X.25 PAD and further via) 153 W( X.25 IASNET network to)152 W 31680 64059 MT (the members of the Kermit family. Our postal) 192 W( ad-)193 W 5040 64922 MT (remote hosts and services) 353 W( \050IASNET is a network)354 W 31680 65226 MT (dress is ICSTI, 21-b Kuusinen Street, 125252) 208 W( Mos-)207 W 5040 66089 MT (maintained and developed by the Institute of Applied)43 W 31680 66393 MT (cow, USSR. We can be also reached) 388 W( by E-mail)389 W 5040 67256 MT (Systems of the USSR Academy of Sciences in) 198 W( Mos-)199 W 31680 67560 MT (through)SH 7.8 SS 35585 XM (EARN/BITNET)SH 9.8 SS 41518 XM (address)SH /Courier SF 45294 XM (ENIR@IAEA1)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (.)SH 5040 68423 MT (cow\051. Connection) 278 W( and message transfer in E-mail) 3 W( ser-)2 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 32770 69142 MT (Translation by Marina Tumanova,)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 69590 MT (vices of) 10 W( EARN/BITNET and IASNET networks is also)11 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 32770 70229 MT (K.G.M. \050Kermit Gang Member\051)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 70757 MT (carried out with Kermit.) 258 W( Message) 787 W( acceptance and)257 W 5040 71924 MT (forwarding is done with Kermit's)300 W 7.8 SS 21758 XM (SEND)SH 9.8 SS (/)SH 7.8 SS (RECEIVE)SH 9.8 SS 28595 XM (or)SH 7.8 SS 5040 73091 MT (TRANSMIT)SH 9.8 SS 9659 XM (commands.)SH 51120 50 5040 75800 UL ES %%Page: 21 23 BS 0 SI 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 4423 MT (Kermit News)SH 10.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 25385 XM (Number 4, June 1990)SH 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 51503 XM (Page 21)SH 51120 50 5040 5728 UL 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 31680 7872 MT (heated controversy, that Kermit was) 119 W( going to be the)118 W 14.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 8215 MT (Kermit's in the \050US\051 Navy Now)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 31680 9039 MT (NALCOMIS generic means for electronically) 26 W( interfac-)27 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 6130 10158 MT (Frank Dreano, Jr.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 10206 MT (ing to)506 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 35544 XM (all)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 37538 XM (supply applications regardless of the)505 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 6130 11245 MT (Navy Management Support Office)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 11373 MT (hardware on which they operated. Within) 41 W( two weeks)42 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 6130 12332 MT (Chesapeake, Virginia, USA)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 12540 MT (of this recommendation being approved I completed)179 W 31680 13707 MT (an integrated systems test of a prototype kernel for)157 W 5040 14695 MT (I am a government employee) 124 W( working on the Navy's)123 W 31680 14874 MT (an unattended Kermit telecommunications) 176 W( interface)175 W 5040 15862 MT (NALCOMIS application \050Naval Logistics Command)263 W 31680 16041 MT (between Honeywell and) 354 W( Tandem computers. The)355 W 5040 17029 MT (Management Information System\051. This is) 239 W( a huge)238 W 31680 17208 MT (rest, as they say, is history.)SH 5040 18196 MT (application running on a network of Honeywell)523 W 5040 19363 MT (DPS-6 super-minicomputers. One of) 81 W( the functions of)80 W 31680 19571 MT (The various electronic) 167 W( interfaces using Kermit have)166 W 5040 20530 MT (NALCOMIS is to issue materials to repair all types of)14 W 31680 20738 MT (now)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 33819 XM (eliminated)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 38938 XM (the 72-hour batch processes described)16 W 5040 21697 MT (Navy aircraft \050F-14,) 175 W( A-6, etc.\051. NALCOMIS can re-)174 W 31680 21905 MT (above. Status) 732 W( returns to NALCOMIS from remote)229 W 5040 22864 MT (quest the issuance of material, but) 263 W( the requisition)264 W 31680 23072 MT (supply systems now occur in 7-10) 345 W( seconds. This)346 W 5040 24031 MT (must go to one of the Navy's existing) 75 W( supply systems)74 W 31680 24239 MT (method of) 581 W( one-size-fits-all telecommunications to)580 W 5040 25198 MT (for financial accountability) 346 W( purposes and a status)347 W 31680 25406 MT (various systems has) 404 W( the following significant ad-)405 W 5040 26365 MT (must be returned by these systems. This has to) 15 W( occur)14 W 31680 26573 MT (vantages over) 63 W( ``host-to-host'' or totally vendor-specific)62 W 5040 27532 MT (before NALCOMIS can ``really'' issue the part.)SH 31680 27740 MT (protocols:)SH 5040 29895 MT (Unfortunately, these other supply) 144 W( applications oper-)145 W /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic SF 31680 30103 MT (Cost:)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 34818 XM (The majority of) 407 W( the interface development,)408 W 5040 31062 MT (ate on IBM, Tandem, Burroughs,) 310 W( VAX, and other)309 W 31680 31270 MT (prototyping and implementation costs) 357 W( to the U.S.)356 W 5040 32229 MT (Honeywell systems at distances) 224 W( of up to 300 miles)225 W 31680 32437 MT (Navy consist) 83 W( of basically the price of an 80286-based)84 W 5040 33396 MT (from NALCOMIS sites. Therefore, until recently, a)164 W 31680 33604 MT (PC and my time.) 134 W( Since) 538 W( NALCOMIS will operate at)133 W 5040 34563 MT (batch magnetic tape) 268 W( database synchronization pro-)269 W 31680 34771 MT (over 200 sites world-wide the savings is significant.)SH 5040 35730 MT (cess was being used to interface NALCOMIS to)439 W 5040 36897 MT (remote Navy supply) 187 W( systems. Because this process)188 W /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic SF 31680 37134 MT (Development:)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 39416 XM (\0501\051 The activity in) 222 W( Mechanicsburgh)223 W 5040 38064 MT (caused application down-time,) 171 W( these tape exchanges)170 W 31680 38301 MT (develops whatever telecommunciations) 277 W( file transfer)276 W 5040 39231 MT (only occured at intervals of up to 72 hours) 99 W( \050provided)100 W 31680 39468 MT (protocol they like between their supply system) 202 W( and)203 W 5040 40398 MT (the tapes) 12 W( were good) 100 11 WX(!) 100 MX(\051. This) 294 W( lag time between an item)11 W 31680 40635 MT (an MS-DOS PC \050usually Kermit) 100 164 WX(!) 100 MX(\051. I,) 600 W( in) 164 W( turn, have)163 W 5040 41565 MT (being requisitioned and a) 616 W( remote status being)617 W 31680 41802 MT (already developed) 393 W( the Honeywell Kermit and PC)394 W 5040 42732 MT (returned directly affected the operational readiness) 9 W( of)8 W /Courier SF 31680 42969 MT (.BAT)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 34505 XM (file at) 201 W( my site in Norfolk. We eventually all)200 W 5040 43899 MT (Naval fighter squadrons.)SH 31680 44136 MT (meet once at the first prototype site for) 226 W( each style)227 W 31680 45303 MT (interface and mesh our) 122 W( respective programs. \0502\051 An)121 W 5040 46262 MT (The job of providing) 70 W( a better interface between NAL-)71 W 31680 46470 MT (additional unexpected advantage) 222 W( was the ability to)223 W 5040 47429 MT (COMIS and these various systems was given) 12 W( to me. I)11 W 31680 47637 MT (``massage'' the data that is being) 261 W( passed back and)260 W 5040 48596 MT (spent a) 115 W( year investigating and testing different tele-)116 W 31680 48804 MT (forth on the PC. Several) 124 W( ``show-stopper'' application)125 W 5040 49763 MT (communications protocols such) 153 W( as host-to-host 2780,)152 W 31680 49971 MT (interface bugs were fixed this) 40 W( way on-site. Moreover,)39 W 5040 50930 MT (3270, SNA,) 160 W( HASP synchronous and various asynch-)161 W 31680 51138 MT (since the old batch) 377 W( interface application software)378 W 5040 52097 MT (ronous protocols, not to mention looking) 109 W( into a Wide)108 W 31680 52305 MT (dealt with files produced from magnetic) 314 W( tape, the)313 W 5040 53264 MT (Area Network \050WAN\051 solution.) 296 W( These) 866 W( methods of)297 W 31680 53472 MT (slight application changes) 564 W( required to use files)565 W 5040 54431 MT (telecommunication all seemed) 196 W( inappropriate for dif-)195 W 31680 54639 MT (produced by Kermit were a breeze.)SH 5040 55598 MT (ferent reasons. For instance, \0501\051 not all the) 107 W( systems)108 W 5040 56765 MT (involved ``agreed'' on what constituted a specific) 109 W( pro-)108 W /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic SF 31680 57002 MT (Life cycle support:)104 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 41784 XM (Basically, Columbia University)103 W 5040 57932 MT (tocol, \0502\051) 79 W( many of these options would require expen-)80 W 31680 58169 MT (is providing 90%) 34 W( of the life cycle support. Every time)35 W 5040 59099 MT (sive dedicated) 94 W( and conditioned leased-lines and were)93 W 31680 59336 MT (Kermit is improved,) 401 W( these interfaces improve. I)400 W 5040 60266 MT (really ``one-way'' remote) 117 W( job entry style protocols, \0503\051)118 W 31680 60503 MT (recently implemented) 141 W( 2000-byte packets into the in-)142 W 5040 61433 MT (an integrated system test between my activity) 288 W( \050in)287 W 31680 61670 MT (terface environments in about two days.)SH 5040 62600 MT (Norfolk, Virginia\051 and the) 48 W( activity that developed the)49 W 5040 63767 MT (other applications \050in) 149 W( Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania\051)148 W /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic SF 31680 64033 MT (Throughput:)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 38565 XM (This was initally my largest) 228 W( concern)227 W 5040 64934 MT (would be a logistical and bureaucratic nightmare.)SH 31680 65200 MT (and it turned out to be totally unfounded. At) 159 W( 9600)160 W 31680 66367 MT (bps \050with the) 212 W( potential to run at 19,200 bps\051, with)211 W 5040 67297 MT (During this time, in) 39 W( attempt to learn the C language,)40 W 31680 67534 MT (data compression, the interfaces can) 378 W( deliver data)379 W 5040 68464 MT (I wrote a Kermit program for the Honeywell) 219 W( mini-)218 W 31680 68701 MT (faster than the respective applications) 124 W( can consume,)123 W 5040 69631 MT (computer. Once) 754 W( I had this program) 241 W( operational, I)242 W 31680 69868 MT (massage it and disgorge responses. In addition, since)25 W 5040 70798 MT (was struck) 67 W( by its ease of use and versatility. \050It also)66 W 31680 71035 MT (the interface is generally driven by) 109 W( interactive users)108 W 5040 71965 MT (turned out to be 3 to 4 times faster) 31 W( than the propriet-)32 W 31680 72202 MT (requesting parts, transmissions tend to be) 103 W( short and)104 W 5040 73132 MT (ary mainframe-to-micro file transfer programs) 376 W( we)375 W 31680 73369 MT (bursty. This) 356 W( eliminates a lot of) 42 W( the concerns of large,)41 W 5040 74299 MT (had been using) 100 81 WX(!) 100 MX(\051 I) 434 W( then decided, in the face of some)81 W 31680 74536 MT (bulk file transfers. Even so, the first site \050now opera-)31 W 51120 50 5040 75800 UL ES %%Page: 22 24 BS 0 SI 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 4423 MT (Page 22)SH 10.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 25385 XM (Number 4, June 1990)SH 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 48056 XM (Kermit News)SH 51120 50 5040 5728 UL 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 5040 7872 MT (tional for six months\051 transfers about a) 39 W( megabyte per)38 W 31680 XM (electronic interface.) 176 W( As) 625 W( an amusing aside, the first)177 W 5040 9039 MT (day of interface) 213 W( data. NOTE: All interface data is)214 W 31680 XM (prototype site that was implemented) 73 W( agreed to let us)72 W 5040 10206 MT (journaled to an)35 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 12301 XM (extra)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 14876 XM (hard disk on the microcomputer)34 W 31680 XM (``stand-up'' the electronic interface for five) 257 W( working)258 W 5040 11373 MT (to provide automatic restart/recovery in the event of) 5 W( a)6 W 31680 XM (days as a favor. After that) 83 W( time we were to go away)82 W 5040 12540 MT (PC head-crash or a mainframe glitch.)SH 31680 XM (and let) 101 W( them resume their batch interfaces while we)102 W 31680 13707 MT (fixed whatever program) 322 W( bugs, hardware problems,)321 W 31680 14874 MT (etc., that) 143 W( we had discovered. At the end of the five)144 W /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic SF 5040 14903 MT (Operational aspects:)111 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 15943 XM (The Kermit) 100 110 WX(/micro philosophy)110 W 31680 16041 MT (days the site literally) 129 W( would not allow the electronic)128 W 5040 16070 MT (of performing these interfaces had several ad-)618 W 31680 17208 MT (interface to be) 66 W( removed and has operated with it day)67 W 5040 17237 MT (vantages over other methods. For) 96 W( instance, if either)95 W 31680 18375 MT (and night for the past half year.)SH 5040 18404 MT (NALCOMIS or the supply system is) SH( down, the PC can)1 W 5040 19571 MT (buffer interface) 53 W( data until the other system can come)52 W 5040 20738 MT (back online. Also,) 102 W( the interface does)103 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 22557 XM (not)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 24368 XM (require the)103 W 31680 XM (The interface) 157 W( micro has a graphics window package)156 W 5040 21905 MT (application to) 61 W( be taken down as the old batch system)60 W 31680 XM (\050also public) 62 W( domain\051 that shows what the interface is)63 W 5040 23072 MT (did. Honeywell) 547 W( pipe files \050the equivalent of ``named)138 W 31680 XM (doing \050direction of data transfers, number) 208 W( of round)207 W 5040 24239 MT (FIFOs'' in UNIX parlance\051 were used to replace) 155 W( the)154 W 31680 XM (trips completed, etc.\051) 650 W( at any instant in time.)651 W 5040 25406 MT (old files produced) 347 W( by magnetic tapes and provide)348 W 31680 XM (Moreover, interface activity and accuracy) 445 W( reports)444 W 5040 26573 MT (asynchronous inter-process communication between)291 W 31680 XM (have been moved from) 336 W( the already heavily-loaded)337 W 5040 27740 MT (Honeywell Kermit and) 199 W( the NALCOMIS application.)200 W 31680 XM (mainframe systems to) 134 W( the interface micro for execu-)133 W 5040 28907 MT (Additionally, impact on both the supply and) 256 W( NAL-)255 W 31680 XM (tion.)SH 5040 30074 MT (COMIS applications is about equivalent) 276 W( to that of)277 W 5040 31241 MT (another interactive) 112 W( user. The interface PC basically)111 W 31680 31270 MT (In summary, I simply cannot say enough) 59 W( good things)60 W 5040 32408 MT (``logs in'') 17 W( to both mainframe systems upon boot-up, in-)18 W 31680 32437 MT (about Kermit.) 17 W( It) 305 W( has provided the perfect solution for)16 W 5040 33575 MT (vokes the respective Kermit servers) 241 W( \050or other com-)240 W 31680 33604 MT (an automated,) 235 W( low-to-medium volume, flexible tele-)236 W 5040 34742 MT (munications software\051 and starts the) 237 W( interface get) 100 238 WX(/)SH 31680 34771 MT (communications requirement, when other more) 8 W( exotic)7 W 5040 35909 MT (send loop until operator intervention or a) 49 W( catastroph-)48 W 31680 35938 MT (methods would probably) 218 W( have been expensive over-)219 W 5040 37076 MT (ic hardware failure.)SH 31680 37105 MT (kill. Kermit) 548 W( has made the harried life of a) 138 W( systems)137 W 31680 38272 MT (programmer \050I am) 230 W( really)231 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 44108 XM (not)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 46047 XM (a telecommunications)231 W 5040 39439 MT (Site computer operators love this interface. Instead)135 W 31680 XM (guru\051 much easier.) 32 W( What) 334 W( a pleasure it is when some-)31 W 5040 40606 MT (of dealing with magnetic) 120 W( tapes from foreign systems)119 W 31680 XM (one says to me ``yeah, but can NALCOMIS) 123 W( interface)124 W 5040 41773 MT (and hearing users complain about) 45 W( system down-time,)46 W 31680 XM (with a Belchfire-8 system) 146 W( . . . '') SH( to respond by) 146 W( saying)145 W 5040 42940 MT (they have) 896 W( an easy-to-understand, micro-based)895 W 31680 XM (``When would you like the software delivered?'')SH 51120 50 5040 44227 UL 31680 46445 MT (mance information.) 100 W( The) 471 W( POS system today is a cru-)99 W 14.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 46788 MT (FAST FOOD!)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 31680 47612 MT (cial and vital part) 381 W( of almost every fast-food res-)382 W 9.3 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 6074 48697 MT (Roman M. Lubynsky, Nashua, New Hampshire, USA)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 31680 48779 MT (taurant. Fasfax) 1014 W( POS systems are based upon a)370 W 31680 49946 MT (proprietary hardware) 609 W( and software architecture.)610 W 5040 51060 MT (Fasfax Corporation is) 435 W( a mid-sized manufacturing)436 W 31680 51113 MT (Both the POS operating system and) 54 W( applications lan-)53 W 5040 52227 MT (firm based in) 535 W( New Hampshire with about 250)534 W 31680 52280 MT (guage were) 238 W( developed by Fasfax. The language is)239 W 5040 53394 MT (employees. Fasfax) 516 W( sells and) 122 W( services microprocessor)123 W 31680 53447 MT (called ``STRING''. It has many similarities) 9 W( to FORTH)8 W 5040 54561 MT (based point-of-sale) 165 W( \050POS\051 systems for the quick ser-)164 W 31680 54614 MT (and runs interpretively.) 544 W( The) 1362 W( operating system)545 W 5040 55728 MT (vice restaurant industry.) 124 W( Fasfax) 522 W( has more than ten)125 W 31680 55781 MT (provides real-time transaction processing) 112 W( in a multi-)111 W 5040 56895 MT (thousand installations.) 196 W( Major) 663 W( Fasfax users include)195 W 31680 56948 MT (user, multi-tasking environment.)SH 5040 58062 MT (Burger King, Kentucky Fried Chicken, White Castle,)76 W 5040 59229 MT (Carl Jr.'s, Whataburger, and Skipper's Seafoods.)SH 31680 59311 MT (Large Fasfax users have used) 209 W( data telecommunica-)210 W 31680 60478 MT (tions to) 192 W( transfer restaurant operational information)191 W 5040 61592 MT (POS systems perform quite) 268 W( a number of functions)267 W 31680 61645 MT (from individual store POS systems to their home) 118 W( of-)119 W 5040 62759 MT (within a) 47 W( restaurant. All customer orders are entered)48 W 31680 62812 MT (fice mainframe host systems since the) 57 W( mid 1970s. In)56 W 5040 63926 MT (into the system through one of) 89 W( the terminals \050a cash)88 W 31680 63979 MT (1983, Fasfax implemented) 172 W( a Kermit server function)173 W 5040 65093 MT (register\051. As) 596 W( customer orders) 162 W( are entered, the POS)163 W 31680 65146 MT (within their POS software in addition to) 224 W( the other)223 W 5040 66260 MT (system displays elements of the) 92 W( order on remote ter-)91 W 31680 66313 MT (protocols supported. This was done to provide a com-)37 W 5040 67427 MT (minals and printers at various production) 268 W( stations)269 W 31680 67480 MT (munications protocol) 21 W( that had many implementations)20 W 5040 68594 MT (where the food is prepared. In) 178 W( addition to keeping)177 W 31680 68647 MT (running on a large number) 127 W( of hardware and operat-)128 W 5040 69761 MT (track of sales dollars, complete product) 91 W( mix informa-)92 W 31680 69814 MT (ing system platforms.)SH 5040 70928 MT (tion is recorded.) 61 W( Employees) 393 W( also use the system as a)60 W 5040 72095 MT (time clock.) 181 W( Management) 635 W( reports are available that)182 W 31680 72177 MT (The Fasfax version of Kermit runs in) 237 W( server mode)236 W 5040 73262 MT (integrate all of the) 46 W( above information to provide com-)45 W 31680 73344 MT (and may be) 61 W( dialed at any time. Password security is)62 W 5040 74429 MT (prehensive and detailed productivity and perfor-)501 W 31680 74511 MT (provided. Once) 778 W( connected to the) 253 W( POS system, the)252 W 51120 50 5040 75800 UL ES %%Page: 23 25 BS 0 SI 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 4423 MT (Kermit News)SH 10.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 25385 XM (Number 4, June 1990)SH 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 51370 XM (Page 23)SH 51120 50 5040 5728 UL 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 5040 7872 MT (host may request various) 47 W( types of operational data to)48 W 31680 XM (using Kermit from their) 123 W( respective headquarters. A)122 W 7.8 SS 49019 8698 MT (_)SH 49209 XM (_)SH 9.8 SS 5040 9039 MT (be sent from) 177 W( the remote POS. Information may be)176 W 31680 XM (wide variety) 52 W( of host systems are used)53 W 49699 XM (VAX, PDP-11,)53 W 5040 10206 MT (requested on a) 33 W( real-time basis displaying current res-)34 W 31680 XM (HP, IBM, and many) 52 W( MS-DOS based PC's used by the)51 W 5040 11373 MT (taurant activity during operating hours, or data) 85 W( files)84 W 31680 XM (smaller franchisees with 50 or) 163 W( fewer units. Kermit)164 W 5040 12540 MT (containing summary data) 129 W( may be collected after the)130 W 31680 XM (provides a) 80 W( high degree of reliability with overall suc-)79 W 7.8 SS 42025 13366 MT (_)SH 42215 XM (_)SH 9.8 SS 5040 13707 MT (end of the business day. Polled data becomes the in-)67 W 31680 XM (cess rates of) 88 W( over 99%)89 W 42705 XM (even in locations like Hawaii)89 W 5040 14874 MT (put into the management information system) 20 W( used by)21 W 31680 XM (where a franchisee has about 30) 19 W( Burger Kings spread)18 W 5040 16041 MT (headquarters.)SH 31680 XM (over many islands and communications are) 378 W( often)379 W 31680 17208 MT (noisy. Kermit) 360 W( is utilized in many remote) 44 W( locations in)43 W 31680 18375 MT (the U.S. where new TELCO switching systems) 221 W( are)222 W 5040 18404 MT (Electronic mail can be sent from HQ to the store to)142 W 31680 19542 MT (yet to be installed.) 123 W( There) 517 W( are also a number of sys-)122 W 5040 19571 MT (print out messages for the restaurant manager.) 132 W( In-)537 W 31680 20709 MT (tems in the Caribbean and) 122 W( in Europe where line in-)123 W 5040 20738 MT (formation in the) 142 W( POS data base may be modified or)141 W 31680 21876 MT (terference and long-delay) 340 W( satellite communications)339 W 5040 21905 MT (replaced by downloading new prices, new menu) 91 W( item)92 W 31680 23043 MT (are no problem for Kermit to handle.)SH 5040 23072 MT (information, or even a) 292 W( new POS program version.)291 W 5040 24239 MT (Fasfax also can use Kermit to perform remote) 146 W( diag-)147 W 5040 25406 MT (nostics and software maintenance for its users.)SH 31680 XM (So next time you get to the head of the line at your)127 W 31680 26573 MT (favorite fast-food restaurant, remember there) 230 W( could)229 W 31680 27740 MT (be a little Kermit in the cash register helping to make)5 W 5040 27769 MT (Kermit has proven to be extremely) 142 W( popular as more)141 W 31680 28907 MT (sure that your order comes out right.)SH 5040 28936 MT (than 2,000 individual restaurants are polled daily)310 W 51120 50 5040 30223 UL 31680 32441 MT (cell controllers, front end processors,) 288 W( programming)289 W 17.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 32990 MT (Kermit Protocol in)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 31680 33608 MT (systems and) 337 W( status gathering systems have made)336 W 31680 34775 MT (available a) 121 W( low cost interface protocol for connecting)122 W 17.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 35123 MT (Manufacturing)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 31680 35942 MT (into shop floor equipment.) 100 W( Kermit) 470 W( is desirable since)99 W 31680 37109 MT (it runs on the existing serial data lines.) 17 W( Another) 307 W( plus)18 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 6130 37606 MT (Golden E. Herrin, Control Product Specialist)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 38276 MT (is emerging) 119 W( out of the binary Cutter Location \050BCL\051)118 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 6130 38693 MT (Cincinnati Milacron, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 39443 MT (environment. Because) 1004 W( of its packet transmission)366 W 31680 40610 MT (capability Kermit has become a) 84 W( very desirable proto-)83 W 5040 41056 MT (As computer-integrated) 800 W( manufacturing expands,)799 W 31680 41777 MT (col for transmitting BCL data to BCL input controls.)SH 5040 42223 MT (users and systems integrators alike continually)591 W 5040 43390 MT (search for lower cost reliable methods) 51 W( of getting com-)50 W 31680 44140 MT (Even though Kermit is implemented on a wide range)59 W 5040 44557 MT (puter equipment to talk to each other. Kermit) 155 W( File)156 W 31680 45307 MT (of computers, it is still not available on) 72 W( all shop floor)71 W 5040 45724 MT (Transfer Protocol) 569 W( is starting to appear on the)568 W 31680 46474 MT (control devices, but there is a) 130 W( sizeable list. The fol-)131 W 5040 46891 MT (manufacturing floor, filling the gap between low cost)85 W 31680 47641 MT (lowing control devices offer a) 167 W( Kermit protocol inter-)166 W 5040 48058 MT (serial connections without error checking) 248 W( and high)247 W 31680 48808 MT (face: Cincinnati) 271 W( Milacron's Acramatic 750 and 950)272 W 5040 49225 MT (cost, full capability local area networks \050LANs\051.)SH 31680 49975 MT (CNC Controls; GEFANUC's Series 0,) 128 W( 10, 11, 12 and)127 W 31680 51142 MT (15 CNC) 34 W( offer Kermit in the MMC development mode;)35 W 5040 51588 MT (There are) 86 W( many interface solutions available, includ-)87 W 31680 52309 MT (Siemen's RCM-3 Robot Controller; GRECO System's)139 W 5040 52755 MT (ing Manufacturing Automation Protocol \050MAP\051.) 94 W( The)459 W 31680 53476 MT (Versifile, Versinet and) 494 W( Greco-Net Products; BCL)495 W 5040 53922 MT (cost of utilizing these) 253 W( various interface methods is)254 W 31680 54643 MT (Technology's BCL Front End;) 421 W( and the ISS Vega)420 W 5040 55089 MT (generally proportional to their capability and) 196 W( speed)195 W 31680 55810 MT (Series 9000 CNC.)SH 5040 56256 MT (with LANs at) 199 W( the top end of the price range. The)200 W 5040 57423 MT (lowest cost) 288 W( solution to connecting computer equip-)287 W 31680 58173 MT (The role of Kermit in) 76 W( manufacturing is not clear yet.)77 W 5040 58590 MT (ment is still a serial) 117 W( connection provided by RS-232,)118 W 31680 59340 MT (It could be that Kermit will serve as) 222 W( a short term)221 W 5040 59757 MT (RS-422 or) 149 W( RS-423 running very basic protocols with)148 W 31680 60507 MT (solution until MAP products become) 170 W( available or, it)171 W 5040 60924 MT (error checking.) 133 W( Most) 540 W( CNCs and programmable con-)134 W 31680 61674 MT (could become a long term low cost) 57 W( solution coexisting)56 W 5040 62091 MT (trollers today include one or) 87 W( more of these interfaces)86 W 31680 62841 MT (with MAP. Much depends on where MAP interface)155 W 5040 63258 MT (as standard) 90 W( equipment. Kermit File Transfer Proto-)91 W 31680 64008 MT (costs settle out.)SH 5040 64425 MT (col implemented on) 24 W( these controls upgrades the exist-)23 W 5040 65592 MT (ing interfaces) 21 W( and data lines to a packet transmission)22 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 32770 65767 MT (Excerpt printed with permission from) 36 W( CIM Perspec-)35 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 66759 MT (type system, with checksums) 440 W( and retransmission)439 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 32770 66934 MT (tives, Modern Machine Shop, November 1989)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 67926 MT (capability to enhance data integrity.)SH 5040 70289 MT (The proliferation of Kermit into the shop is primarily)47 W 5040 71456 MT (due to the wide variety of computers on which the)210 W 5040 72623 MT (protocol has been implemented. These) 318 W( computers)319 W 5040 73790 MT (when used as direct-numerical control \050DNC\051 hosts,)173 W 51120 50 5040 75800 UL ES %%Page: 24 26 BS 0 SI 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 4423 MT (Page 24)SH 10.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 25385 XM (Number 4, June 1990)SH 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 48056 XM (Kermit News)SH 51120 50 5040 5728 UL 17.8 SS 5040 8421 MT (MS-DOS Kermit 3.0 and Radio Communications)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 6130 10904 MT (Barbara Cox, Proxim Inc.)SH 6130 11991 MT (Mountain View, California, USA)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 14282 MT (Proxim manufactures spread spectrum radios and)353 W 31680 XM (This not only) 298 W( exercised the radios, but Kermit as)297 W 5040 15449 MT (data communications) 270 W( networks for commercial and)269 W 31680 XM (well. Testing) 426 W( at various distances and) 77 W( environments)78 W 5040 16616 MT (industrial applications. Proxim's focus is) 139 W( on provid-)140 W 31680 XM (helped determine the operating parameters,) 58 W( and how)57 W 5040 17783 MT (ing a low cost and very) 204 W( reliable wireless high data)203 W 31680 XM (well Kermit and the radios) 4 W( performed. With the serv-)5 W 5040 18950 MT (rate communications link that does not require FCC)111 W 31680 XM (er computer in one) 51 W( office of the building, the Compaq)50 W 5040 20117 MT (site licensing.) 229 W( Spread) 728 W( spectrum is a form of radio)228 W 31680 XM (continually sent and received data from) 124 W( different of-)125 W 5040 21284 MT (transmission that ``spreads'' a) 102 W( signal's spectrum over)103 W 31680 XM (fices, floors, and outside) 179 W( the building. Communica-)178 W 5040 22451 MT (a radio frequency channel greater than that neces-)218 W 31680 XM (tion was successful up to 38,400 bps on the computers)6 W 5040 23618 MT (sary to transmit the information.)SH 31680 XM (in asyncronous half duplex mode, at packet sizes)345 W 31680 24785 MT (varying from 50 to 2000 bytes.) 129 W( The) 531 W( radios can sup-)130 W 31680 25952 MT (port a data rate of 122Kbps in synchronous mode.)SH 5040 25981 MT (These radios provide) 375 W( numerous advantages. The)376 W 5040 27148 MT (radios have a very) 267 W( small form factor, which make)266 W 5040 28315 MT (them ideally suited for use in products) 70 W( that are port-)71 W 31680 XM (The development of the sales) 82 W( demonstration package)81 W 5040 29482 MT (able, or where space is otherwise constrained. The)182 W 31680 XM (revealed a number of) 458 W( application possibilities in)459 W 5040 30649 MT (radio's low power consumption makes) 11 W( it suited for ap-)12 W 31680 XM (which spread spectrum radio communications can be)85 W 5040 31816 MT (plications with limited input) 222 W( power available. The)221 W 31680 XM (very beneficial. The radios lend themselves) 172 W( well to)173 W 5040 32983 MT (radios are multichannel and have a data) 358 W( rate of)359 W 31680 XM (markets wanting low cost wireless communication)334 W 5040 34150 MT (122Kbps for applications with high data) 36 W( rate require-)35 W 31680 XM (with high data rates, portability, low power) 23 W( consump-)24 W 5040 35317 MT (ments. The) 780 W( spread spectrum radio product family)255 W 31680 XM (tion, and no FCC site licensing. Local area networks,)28 W 5040 36484 MT (can operate at this data rate at ranges up) 367 W( to a)366 W 31680 XM (the portable data recorder) 288 W( \050PDR\051, and medical in-)289 W 5040 37651 MT (quarter mile.)SH 31680 XM (dustries are just a) 139 W( few examples of potential spread)138 W 31680 38818 MT (spectrum radio communication applications.)SH 5040 40014 MT (With the new radios in mind, our goal was to come up)10 W 5040 41181 MT (with an effective way to support) 13 W( sales demonstrations)12 W 31680 XM (Radios in local area networks) 284 W( provide connectivity)285 W 5040 42348 MT (of our wireless) 4 W( products. We decided to show wireless)5 W 31680 XM (without the wires. Replacing wired networks) 223 W( with)222 W 5040 43515 MT (data communications between two personal com-)458 W 31680 XM (spread spectrum radios) 232 W( not only eliminates wiring,)233 W 5040 44682 MT (puters running Kermit over the radios.)SH 31680 XM (but also can provide higher data rates with) 6 W( additional)5 W 31680 45849 MT (security, reliability and error checking.)SH 5040 47045 MT (MS-DOS Kermit 3.0 was selected) 28 W( because it is able to)29 W 5040 48212 MT (support the radio's half duplex) 283 W( mode of operation.)282 W 31680 XM (The use of radios in PDRs offers tremendous benefit)109 W 5040 49379 MT (Since MS-DOS Kermit) 215 W( 3.0 can use RTS/CTS hand-)216 W 31680 XM (in meeting the) 3 W( needs of warehousing, real-time inven-)2 W 5040 50546 MT (shaking for half-duplex line turnaround, we) 360 W( were)359 W 31680 XM (tory, production control, and quality control.) 47 W( Also) 368 W( in-)48 W 5040 51713 MT (able to control the radio's receive and transmit modes)25 W 31680 XM (cluded is maintenance) 231 W( and many other mobile and)230 W 5040 52880 MT (via the interface cable between the radio) 295 W( and the)294 W 31680 XM (remote data collection and communication) 286 W( applica-)287 W 5040 54047 MT (computer. When) 413 W( RTS was asserted the radios would)71 W 31680 XM (tions.)SH 5040 55214 MT (transmit data, and when RTS was deasserted the)293 W 5040 56381 MT (radios would receive data.)SH 31680 56410 MT (In an effort to contain health care costs) 75 W( and compen-)74 W 31680 57577 MT (sate for reduced nursing staff, radios) 186 W( can be imple-)187 W 5040 58744 MT (Another goal of the sales) 97 W( demonstration was to have)98 W 31680 XM (mented in a) 168 W( wireless data network. Vital statistics)167 W 5040 59911 MT (the radios work with standard, off-the-shelf) 388 W( com-)387 W 31680 XM (can be collected) 272 W( and communicated via radio from)273 W 5040 61078 MT (puters and software \050Kermit\051.) 184 W( A) 641 W( Mitsubishi PC/AT)185 W 31680 XM (medical equipment to nurses' stations,) 795 W( where)794 W 5040 62245 MT (desktop clone and a Compaq LTE/286 laptop com-)265 W 31680 XM (patients can be centrally monitored. Economic gains)75 W 5040 63412 MT (puter were configured with) 228 W( the radios and Kermit.)229 W 31680 XM (can be quickly realized for systems) 3 W( looking to improve)2 W 5040 64579 MT (The computers communicated asynchronously)1181 W 31680 XM (performance versus hardwire retrofitting.)SH 5040 65746 MT (through the RS-232) 632 W( serial port to the radio's)633 W 5040 66913 MT (synchronous port.) 288 W( While) 846 W( the Mitsubishi computer)287 W 31680 66942 MT (Kermit has been a tremendous) 184 W( asset in demonstra-)185 W 5040 68080 MT (was in server mode at a stationary position,) 363 W( the)364 W 31680 68109 MT (ting and testing) 152 W( our radio's capabilities. As further)151 W 5040 69247 MT (mobile Compaq was) 71 W( issuing remote commands to the)70 W 31680 69276 MT (testing and experimenting progresses, Kermit may)284 W 5040 70414 MT (server at various distances, demonstrating portable)218 W 31680 70443 MT (prove itself viable for many commercial and in-)449 W 5040 71581 MT (wireless communication.)SH 31680 71610 MT (dustrial spread spectrum radio communication ap-)305 W 31680 72777 MT (plications.)SH 51120 50 5040 75800 UL ES %%Page: 25 27 BS 0 SI 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 4423 MT (Kermit News)SH 10.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 25385 XM (Number 4, June 1990)SH 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 51370 XM (Page 25)SH 51120 50 5040 5728 UL 14.8 SS 5040 8215 MT (Kermit Is Not a Toy!)SH 31680 XM (MS-DOS Kermit Backers)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 6130 10158 MT (Landy Manderson, Lead Software Specialist)SH 32770 XM (Joe R. Doupnik)SH 6130 11245 MT (University of Alabama at Birmingham,)SH 6130 12332 MT (Birmingham, Alabama, USA)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 12521 MT (While the development of each issue of) 44 W( MS-DOS Ker-)43 W 31680 13688 MT (mit includes contributions of) 176 W( code and ideas from a)177 W 5040 14695 MT (We really appreciate the work that) 409 W( the folks at)408 W 31680 14855 MT (number of people around the) 40 W( world, several organiza-)39 W 5040 15862 MT (Columbia do towards keeping Kermit alive and) 93 W( well!)94 W 31680 16022 MT (tions have also contributed in the) 52 W( form of software or)53 W 5040 17029 MT (Maintaining the Kermit) 184 W( library and the Digest and)183 W 31680 17189 MT (hardware. These material assets) 102 W( have allowed me to)101 W 5040 18196 MT (the protocol is a big) 44 W( job, but it definitely ensures that)45 W 31680 18356 MT (enhance Kermit for wide groups) 60 W( of users. If it seems)61 W 5040 19363 MT (this ``volunteer'' effort keeps on track.)SH 31680 19523 MT (peculiar to list an individual and my) 406 W( University)405 W 31680 20690 MT (please note that they incurred significant real costs) 6 W( to)7 W 5040 21726 MT (Now, as for the people who think Kermit is just a) 48 W( toy)47 W 31680 21857 MT (themselves while assisting) 106 W( MS-DOS Kermit develop-)105 W 5040 22893 MT (used by hobbyists) 322 W( . . . HA!) SH( These) 917 W( people have ob-)323 W 31680 23024 MT (ment. I offer my appreciation) 24 W( and thanks to each con-)25 W 5040 24060 MT (viously not visited)21 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 13641 XM (this)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 15641 XM (campus. The) 312 W( University Com-)20 W 31680 24191 MT (tributor.)SH 5040 25227 MT (puter Center \050my department\051) 441 W( maintains all the)442 W 5040 26394 MT (primary administrative records) 4 W( for the University \050in-)3 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold SF 31680 26554 MT (Commercial Contributors:)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 27561 MT (cluding the payroll, purchasing and) 11 W( accounts payable,)12 W 9.3 /Symbol AF 31680 28595 MT (\267)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 32877 XM (AT&T Networking Group. Unix PC development)SH 9.8 SS 5040 28728 MT (student information,) 320 W( and more\051 on an IBM main-)319 W 9.3 SS 32877 29637 MT (machine, STARLAN and STARGROUP networking)SH 9.8 SS 5040 29895 MT (frame. TUCC) 724 W( only ``supports'' two) 226 W( mechanisms for)227 W 9.3 SS 32877 30679 MT (software, STARLAN boards.)SH 9.8 SS 5040 31062 MT (accessing all this information: 3270 coax and Kermit.)SH 9.3 /Symbol AF 31680 32120 MT (\267)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 32877 XM (IBM and Yale University. EBIOS, YTERM, and)SH 32877 33162 MT (LANACS async server software.)SH 9.8 SS 5040 33425 MT (Years ago,) 43 W( our mainframe operations group began in-)42 W 5040 34592 MT (stalling asynchronous statistical multiplexers and)442 W 9.3 /Symbol AF 31680 34603 MT (\267)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 32877 XM (Novell. Excelan) 259 W( division: LAN WorkPlace for DOS)SH 32877 35645 MT (software and EXOS 205T Ethernet board. Educa-)SH 9.8 SS 5040 35759 MT (protocol converters so that people outside the range) 5 W( of)4 W 9.3 SS 32877 36687 MT (tional division: NetWare file server software)SH 9.8 SS 5040 36926 MT (3270 coax could get) 67 W( to the mainframe. Of course, in-)68 W 9.3 SS 32877 37729 MT (NW/VMS, NW/386, ANW/286 SFT II, ELS II,)SH 9.8 SS 5040 38093 MT (itially they only used) 63 W( ``dumb'' terminals, but soon the)62 W 9.3 SS 32877 38771 MT (NASI/NACS async server, PC AnyWare, Ascom IV,)SH 9.8 SS 5040 39260 MT (PC's needed to connect also. The operations group)200 W 9.3 SS 32877 39813 MT (network boards, and more over the years. Part of the)SH 9.8 SS 5040 40427 MT (started out recommending Crosstalk, but) 373 W( we \050the)372 W 9.3 SS 32877 40855 MT (Technology Transfer Partnership, preceeding and)SH 9.8 SS 5040 41594 MT (User Services section\051 went looking for a better op-)180 W 9.3 SS 32877 41897 MT (succeeding.)SH 9.8 SS 5040 42761 MT (tion. We) 696 W( chose Kermit because it) 212 W( was \050a\051 free, \050b\051)211 W 9.3 /Symbol AF 31680 43338 MT (\267)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 32877 XM (Tseng Laboratories. Ultra Pak Short display adapter)SH 9.8 SS 5040 43928 MT (available on many machines, \050c\051) 558 W( free, \050d\051 non-)559 W 9.3 SS 32877 44380 MT (board.)SH 9.8 SS 5040 45095 MT (commercial, \050e\051) 163 W( free, \050f\051 able to do file transfer with)162 W 5040 46262 MT (our mainframe, and \050g\051 free.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold SF 31680 46743 MT (Non-commerical contributors:)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 48625 MT (Today, when a personal computer) 150 W( user wants to ac-)151 W 9.3 /Symbol AF 31680 48784 MT (\267)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 32877 XM (Terry Kennedy, St. Peter's College. DEC VT340/330)SH 9.8 SS 5040 49792 MT (cess any of our systems for any reason) 153 W( \050administra-)152 W 9.3 SS 32877 49826 MT (Technical Reference manuals.)SH 9.8 SS 5040 50959 MT (tive, academic, research, or) 139 W( E-mail\051, we give them a)140 W 9.3 /Symbol AF 31680 51267 MT (\267)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 32877 XM (Columbia University, Kermit Project. Hayes 1200B)SH 9.8 SS 5040 52126 MT (copy of) 115 W( Kermit and an appropriate handout showing)114 W 9.3 SS 32877 52309 MT (modem, books, specs.)SH 9.8 SS 5040 53293 MT (how to use it. Of course, we) 238 W( have a few die-hard)239 W 9.3 /Symbol AF 31680 53750 MT (\267)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 32877 XM (Utah State University. Electrical Engineering)SH 9.8 SS 5040 54460 MT (users that just)188 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 12489 XM (have)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 15056 XM (to use their)187 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 21066 XM (own)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 23377 XM (software, but)187 W 9.3 SS 32877 54792 MT (Department for long distance phone charges. Dean of)SH 9.8 SS 5040 55627 MT (there is always one catch: they)76 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 19678 XM (have)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 22133 XM (to be able to set)76 W 9.3 SS 32877 55834 MT (Engineering for supporting VMS Mail for many)SH 9.8 SS 5040 56794 MT (it up for Kermit file-transfer, because) 171 W( we)170 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 25010 XM (only)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 27359 XM (have)SH 9.3 SS 32877 56876 MT (years. Computer) 259 W( Services for VMS Mail costs and)SH 32877 57918 MT (now a VMS MicroVAX.)SH 7.8 SS 5040 57961 MT (IND$FILE)SH 9.8 SS 9510 XM (and Kermit file transfer protocols on the)284 W 5040 59128 MT (mainframe.)SH 31680 60281 MT (And special thanks to the people who) 111 W( contributed so)110 W 31680 61448 MT (much to the development and) 324 W( testing of MS-DOS)325 W 5040 61491 MT (For the future, UAB is attempting, like many institu-)31 W 31680 62615 MT (Kermit 3.0: Kevin Black, Phil Benchoff, Susan) 47 W( Bram-)46 W 5040 62658 MT (tions, to) 339 W( come up with a campuswide networking)340 W 31680 63782 MT (hall, Jack Bryans, John F. Chandler, Frank da Cruz,)66 W 5040 63825 MT (plan. We) 382 W( have already done some preliminary) 55 W( drafts)54 W 31680 64949 MT (Drew Derbyshire, Hirofumi Fujii,) 80 W( Christine Gianone,)79 W 5040 64992 MT (of RFI's and RFP's for a) 2 W( campus communications hub.)3 W 31680 66116 MT (R. Brooks Van Horn,) 260 W( John Junod, Terry Kennedy,)261 W 5040 66159 MT (One of those) 173 W( drafts states: ``[The hub] must include)172 W 31680 67283 MT (Mikko Laanti, Joseph Moyer, Dan Norstedt,) 234 W( Andr)233 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Accent SF (h)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 67326 MT (facilities for access by users who) 651 W( cannot buy)652 W 31680 68450 MT (Pirard, Matthias) 90 W( Reichling, Fred Richter, Gisbert W.)91 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 5040 68493 MT (anything)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 9364 XM (. . .) SH( software) 573 W( \050such) 301 W( as Kermit and NCSA)300 W 31680 69617 MT (Selke, Ted Shapin,) 615 W( Gary Stebbins, Bert Tyler,)614 W 5040 69660 MT (Telnet\051 must be usable for base services.'') 165 W( It) 603 W( is not)166 W 31680 70784 MT (Konstantin Vinogradov, Paul Whitmer, and) 381 W( Mark)382 W 5040 70827 MT (official yet, but you can see how important) 180 W( we con-)179 W 31680 71951 MT (Zinzow.)SH 5040 71994 MT (sider Kermit to be in our future plans.) 174 W( Thank) 621 W( you)175 W 5040 73161 MT (again for your work and support.)SH 51120 50 5040 75800 UL ES %%Page: 26 28 BS 0 SI 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 4423 MT (Page 26)SH 10.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 25385 XM (Number 4, June 1990)SH 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 48056 XM (Kermit News)SH 51120 50 5040 5728 UL 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 31680 7872 MT (schedules. We) 536 W( will, however, keep on) 132 W( one part-time)133 W 14.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 8215 MT (The Kermites)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 31680 9039 MT (student worker, Taka Sajima.) 119 W( Taka) 509 W( has been work-)118 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 6130 10158 MT (Ken Suh and Max Evarts)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 10206 MT (ing part-time for) 4 W( Kermit during the school years since)5 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 6130 11245 MT (Kermit Distribution, Columbia University)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 31680 11373 MT (April, 1988.) 61 W( Hopefully,) 392 W( you will also notice the bene-)60 W 31680 12540 MT (fits of this arrangement, such) 98 W( as increased efficiency)99 W 5040 13608 MT (You may have wondered who) 153 W( the people are behind)152 W 31680 13707 MT (and continuity.)SH 5040 14775 MT (those voices that you) 60 W( hear when you call Kermit Dis-)61 W 5040 15942 MT (tribution. There) 592 W( are) 160 W( currently two Kermites, as we)159 W 31680 16070 MT (Incidentally, if you call the Kermit Tech Support) 13 W( Line)12 W 5040 17109 MT (are affectionately) 254 W( named, who take care of Kermit)255 W 31680 17237 MT (you will talk to one of us) 184 W( as well. Despite our ap-)185 W 5040 18276 MT (software distribution. Ken Suh, who) 169 W( recently grad-)168 W 31680 18404 MT (parently Liberal Artsish educational goals, we are)296 W 5040 19443 MT (uated from Columbia College with his Bachelors De-)101 W 31680 19571 MT (both avid computer fans and handle the first) 82 W( level of)83 W 5040 20610 MT (gree in) 146 W( Political Science, is an experienced Kermite.)145 W 31680 20738 MT (technical support for Kermit. Kermit Distribution)275 W 5040 21777 MT (He has been working) 256 W( at Kermit Distribution since)257 W 31680 21905 MT (provides an excellent environment for learning) 69 W( about)70 W 5040 22944 MT (July, 1988. He will be with us until the summer of)130 W 31680 23072 MT (computers and data communications. On) 327 W( a daily)326 W 5040 24111 MT (1990, after which he plans to enter public service.)245 W 31680 24239 MT (basis, we use some fairly) 84 W( advanced features of UNIX)85 W 5040 25278 MT (Max Evarts joined Kermit in December,) 86 W( 1988. He is)85 W 31680 25406 MT (to make our work easier, and we) 112 W( are always looking)111 W 5040 26445 MT (a happily married man) 274 W( who is currently trying to)275 W 31680 26573 MT (for ways to let) 66 W( the computers do more work, more ef-)67 W 5040 27612 MT (finish a BA in English Literature as a part-time) 80 W( stu-)79 W 31680 27740 MT (ficiently. One) 344 W( cannot) 36 W( help but learn quite a bit about)35 W 5040 28779 MT (dent at Columbia) 69 W( University. Both work full-time at)70 W 31680 28907 MT (Kermit, and data communications in general, while)190 W 5040 29946 MT (Kermit Distribution. Those of you who have) 243 W( been)242 W 31680 30074 MT (working here. In time, one comes) 201 W( to recognize the)200 W 5040 31113 MT (dealing with the Distribution Center for a) 67 W( while may)68 W 31680 31241 MT (``Ten Most Commonly Asked) 381 W( Questions,'' and can)382 W 5040 32280 MT (realize that the current arrangement, with two full-)145 W 31680 32408 MT (easily answer them. Working with) 98 W( Chris and Frank)97 W 5040 33447 MT (time employees,) 123 W( is a change from the past. Prior to)124 W 31680 33575 MT (is instructive in itself.) 73 W( So) 419 W( feel free to try us out on a)74 W 5040 34614 MT (Max's joining Kermit,) 27 W( the Center was run by one full-)26 W 31680 34742 MT (question, we will try our best to help you!) 20 W( If) 311 W( we can't,)19 W 5040 35781 MT (time person and several) 366 W( part-time workers. The)367 W 31680 35909 MT (we'll pass your call along to someone who can.)SH 5040 36948 MT (move to two full-timers was made in order to make)158 W 5040 38115 MT (the Distribution Center more independent) 362 W( and to)363 W 31680 38272 MT (There, now we are no longer mere disembodied voices)26 W 5040 39282 MT (relieve Chris of the burden of) 384 W( juggling part-time)383 W 31680 39439 MT (at the other end of a long-distance phone connection!)SH 51120 50 5040 42472 UL 16 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 44741 MT (Have You Seen . . . ?)SH 9.8 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 5040 48031 MT (Kermit, a File Transfer Protocol)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (, Frank da Cruz and)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 31680 XM (Algoritm Druzhbi)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 39959 XM (\050``The Friendship Algorithm''\051,)SH 6130 49118 MT (Bill Catchings, BYTE Magazine, June & July 1984.)SH 32770 XM (Andrei Yuzhakov, POISK \050Newspaper of the USSR)SH 32770 50205 MT (Academy of Sciences\051, June 1989.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 5040 50877 MT (Kermit, A File Transfer Protocol)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (, Frank da Cruz,)SH 6130 51964 MT (Digital Press, 1987.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 31680 XM (Kermit to Speak non-ASCII: Greek, Russian, et al.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (,)SH 32770 53051 MT (Sue J. Lowe, Data Communications Magazine,)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 5040 53723 MT (Kermit Software Capable of Linking Diverse Systems)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (,)SH 32770 54138 MT (June 1989.)SH 6130 54810 MT (Don Steinberg, PC Week, March 3, 1987.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 31680 55897 MT (Kermit in the USSR)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (, EDUCOM Review, Fall 1989.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 5040 56569 MT (Kermit: All-Around Micro File Transfer)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (, Lynn Jar-)SH 6130 57656 MT (rett, Digital Review, April 6, 1987.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 31680 XM (It's Time to Prepare for International Computing)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (,)SH 32770 58743 MT (Christine M. Gianone, PC Week, October 2, 1989.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 5040 59814 MT (Shopping for Software that Lets PCs Chat with)SH 31680 60502 MT (Using MS-DOS Kermit)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (, Christine M. Gianone, Digi-)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 6130 60901 MT (Mainframes)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (, Frank da Cruz and Christine M. Gia-)SH 32770 61589 MT (tal Press, 1990.)SH 6130 61988 MT (none, Data Communications Magazine, Dec 1987.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 31680 63348 MT (The Matrix)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (, John Quarterman, Digital Press, 1990.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 5040 63747 MT (Terminal Emulation Makes Kermit a File-Transfer)SH 6130 64834 MT (Contender)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (, Steve Higgins, PC Week, Aug 8, 1988.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 31680 65107 MT (Who Is Kermit and Why Is He in My Computer?)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (, Bob)SH 32770 66194 MT (Rasmussen, NCR Monthly, March 1990.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 5040 66593 MT (MacKermit Transfers Files among Minis, PCs,)SH 6130 67680 MT (Mainframes)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (, Jonathan Perrow, MacWEEK, June)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 31680 67953 MT (More Than a Frog About Town, Kermit Is Serious)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 6130 68767 MT (21, 1988.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 32770 69040 MT (Software)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (, David Buerger, Info World, March 12,)SH 32770 70127 MT (1990.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 5040 70526 MT (Making PC Software Work with Digital PBXs)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (, Chris-)SH 6130 71613 MT (tine Gianone and Frank da Cruz, Data Communi-)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 31680 71886 MT (Neue Kermit f)SH /NewCentury-Italic-Accent SF (y)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF (r MS-DOS-Rechner)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF (,)SH 7.8 SS 47886 XM (MC)SH 9.8 SS 49457 XM (\050Die Mikro-)SH 6130 72700 MT (cations Magazine, October 1988.)SH 32770 72973 MT (computer-Zeitschrift\051, April 1990.)SH 51120 50 5040 75800 UL ES %%Page: 27 29 BS 0 SI 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 4423 MT (Kermit News)SH 10.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 25385 XM (Number 4, June 1990)SH 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 51370 XM (Page 27)SH 51120 50 5040 5728 UL 14.8 SS 5040 8215 MT (Ordering Information)SH 9.3 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 5040 10124 MT (Kermit software is distributed by Columbia) 148 W( University on diskettes, magnetic tape reels and cartridges in several)147 W 5040 11291 MT (formats. Tapes) 491 W( include source code and documentation in machine-readable form) 116 W( for each Kermit implementation,)117 W 5040 12458 MT (and in some cases also binaries) 58 W( \050encoded in hex or other printable format\051. Selected Kermit versions in formats that)57 W 5040 13625 MT (Columbia cannot produce are available from diskette services, user groups, and volunteers.)SH 5040 15988 MT (Kermit programs are collected on five reel-to-reel 9-track tapes: A, B, C, D and E.) 29 W( The programs are assigned to tapes)30 W 5040 17155 MT (A-D as shown in the second column of) 88 W( the Kermit version list as follows: Popular Micro and PC versions on Tape A)87 W 5040 18322 MT (\050)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF (exception:)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 10005 XM (C-Kermit versions, including those for the Macintosh and Amiga, are on Tape B\051, Popular Mini and)227 W 5040 19489 MT (Mainframe versions on tape B, and less popular micro/PC and mini/mainframe versions on tapes) 4 W( C and D respectively.)3 W 5040 20656 MT (Tape E contains) 252 W( machine-readable copies of the Kermit User Guide, Protocol Manual, articles, the Info-Kermit)253 W 5040 21823 MT (Digests, Newsletters,) 100 W( the International Character Set Proposal and other general documents. Tapes and cartridges)99 W 5040 22990 MT (are available in these formats:)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold SF 5040 25091 MT (ANSI:)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 9176 XM (ANSI labeled ASCII, format D \050variable length records\051, blocksize 8192, 9-track, 1600 bpi. Readable by)SH 9176 26133 MT (many computer systems, including VAX/VMS.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold SF 5040 27696 MT (TAR:)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 9176 XM (UNIX TAR format, blocksize 10240, 9-track, 1600 bpi.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold SF 5040 29259 MT (OS:)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 9176 XM (IBM OS standard labeled EBCDIC, format VB \050variable length records\051, blocksize 8192, 9-track, 1600 bpi,)SH 9176 30301 MT (for MVS, CMS, and other mainframe systems.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold SF 5040 31864 MT (TKV:)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 9176 XM (TK50 tape cartridge for the DEC MicroVAX. VAX/VMS BACKUP format. Also readable by TK70. Each)SH 9176 32906 MT (TK50 cassette holds three Kermit tape sets: A, B, and E, or C, D, and E.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold SF 5040 34469 MT (TKU:)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 9176 XM (TK50/TK70 for the DEC MicroVAX. Ultrix TAR format. Three tape sets per cartridge.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold SF 5040 36032 MT (SUN:)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 9176 XM (UNIX TAR-format 1/4-inch tape cartridge. Readable on SUN computers, IBM RT PC, and possibly others.)SH 9176 37074 MT (Three tape sets per cartridge.)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 5040 39175 MT (NO OTHER TAPE FORMATS ARE AVAILABLE.)292 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 29136 XM (If none of our formats looks familiar to you, then specify)292 W 7.3 SS 7535 40010 MT (_)SH 7700 XM (_)SH 9.3 SS 5040 40342 MT (ANSI)SH 8165 XM (this is) 31 W( an industry standard format that)30 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 25915 XM (should)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 29100 XM (be readable by any computer system \050ANSI tape specifications)30 W 5040 41509 MT (are provided on paper\051.) 173 W( IBM) 607 W( VM/CMS users should order the OS format and use the program)174 W 7.3 SS 48684 XM (OSTAPE)SH 9.3 SS (, which is)174 W 5040 42676 MT (included, to read the tape on your CMS system; instructions are included with the OS tape.)SH 11.3 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 44469 MT (TERMS AND CONDITIONS)SH 7.3 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 14103 45681 MT (_)SH 14268 XM (_)SH 24035 XM (_)SH 24200 XM (_)SH 9.3 SS 5040 46013 MT (The Kermit software)8 W 14733 XM (including source code)8 W 24665 XM (is furnished) 8 W( without software fee or license, and without warranty of any)7 W 5040 47180 MT (kind, and neither Columbia University, nor the individual authors, nor any institution that) 97 W( has contributed Kermit)98 W 5040 48347 MT (material, acknowledge any liability for any claims arising from the use or inoperability of) 138 W( Kermit software. Since)137 W 5040 49514 MT (source code is available for all implementations, users may fix bugs, make improvements, or write) 152 W( documentation)153 W 5040 50681 MT (where it is lacking, and are encouraged to contribute their work back to Columbia for) 124 W( further distribution. Under)123 W 5040 51848 MT (certain conditions software or hardware producers may include Kermit protocol in or) 123 W( with their products. Contact)124 W 5040 53015 MT (Kermit Distribution for further information.)SH 5040 55378 MT (Although the Kermit software is free and unlicensed, Columbia University cannot) 78 W( afford to)77 W /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic SF 45464 XM (distribute)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 49972 XM (it for free. To)77 W 5040 56545 MT (defray our costs for media, printing, postage, labor, and computing resources, we require moderate distribution fees)96 W 5040 57712 MT (from those who request Kermit directly) 1 W( from us. The schedule is given on the order form. 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PAL-8) SH( 10f) 2520 W( 89/10/05)720 W 5040 52897 MT (CYB D CDC Cyber) SH( NOS) 2520 W( 2.2) SH( Compass) 1080 W( 1.0) 1800 W( 86/04/17)720 W 32040 XM (CP A Heath) 360 W( H8) SH( CPM80) 2880 W( 2.2 LASM) SH( 4.09) 2880 W( 88/05/17)360 W 5040 53595 MT (NOS D CDC Cyber) SH( NOS) 2520 W( 2.4) SH( Compass) 1080 W( 1.30) 1800 W( 87/05/19)360 W 32040 XM (CP A Heath/Zenith-89 CPM80) 360 W( 2.2 LASM) SH( 4.09) 2880 W( 88/05/17)360 W 5040 54293 MT (CK B CDC) 360 W( Cyber) SH( VX/VE5.2.1) 2520 W( C) SH( 4E) 3960 W( 72 89/02/02)SH 32040 XM (CP A Heath/Zenith-100) 360 W( CPM85) SH( LASM) 1800 W( 4.09) 2880 W( 88/05/17)360 W 5040 54991 MT (CDC D CDC Cyber 170) SH( NOS,NOS/BE) 1080 W( Fortran-77) SH( 2.2 84/09/07)720 W 32040 XM (MS A Heath/Zenith-100) 360 W( MS-DOS) SH( MASM) 1440 W( 2.30) 2880 W( 88/01/11)360 W 5040 55689 MT (CIE C CIE 680/XX) SH( REGULUS) 2160 W( C) 1080 W( -) 4320 W( 87/01/26)1080 W 32040 XM (CK B Heurikon) 360 W( MiniBox Unisoft5.2 C) SH( 4E) 3960 W( 72 89/02/02)SH 5040 56387 MT (CP A Cifer) 360 W( 1886) SH( CPM802.2,3) 2160 W( LASM) SH( 4.09) 2880 W( 88/05/17)360 W 32040 XM (MU D Honeywell) 360 W( MULTICS) 2520 W( PL/I) 1080 W( 2.0h) 2880 W( 84/09/20)360 W 5040 57085 MT (CK B Codata) 360 W( Unix) 3600 W( V7) SH( C) 1080 W( 4E) 3960 W( 72 89/02/02)SH 32040 XM (DTS D Honeywell 6000) SH( DTSS) 720 W( Virtual) 2160 W( PL/1 29May 86/09/16)SH 5040 57783 MT (CP A Comart) 360 W( Communica CPM80 2.2 LASM) SH( 4.09) 2880 W( 88/05/17)360 W 32040 XM (HD6 D Honeywell DPS6) SH( GCOS6 C) 720 W( 1.0) 3960 W( 89/04/27)720 W 5040 58481 MT (C64 A Commodore 64) SH( FORTH) 1440 W( FORTH) 1800 W( 1.5) 2520 W( 85/02/08)720 W 32040 XM (CK B Honeywell) 360 W( HN XPS UNIX V R3 C) SH( 4E) 3960 W( 72 89/02/02)SH 5040 59179 MT (C64 A Commodore 64/128 DOS) SH( CROSS 2.273) 2520 W( 89/08/10)SH 32040 XM (HL6 C Honeywell L6/10 MS-DOS) SH( MASM) 1440 W( 1.20A) 2880 W( 84/10/05)SH 5040 59877 MT (CKI B Commodore Amiga Intuition Lattice C) SH( 4E) 1080 W( 70 88/01/29)SH 32040 XM (HDP D HoneywellDPS8) SH( GCOS/TSS) 1080 W( B) 720 W( 1.1) 3960 W( 85/03/21)720 W 5040 60575 MT (CP A Compupro) 360 W( IF 3/4 CPM80 2.2 LASM) SH( 4.09) 2880 W( 88/05/17)360 W 32040 XM (HG D HoneywellDPS8,66) 360 W( GCOS3,8) SH( C) 1080 W( 3.0) 3960 W( 84/10/05)720 W 5040 61273 MT (CVK D Computervision) SH( CGOS) 720 W( Fortran) 2160 W( S) SH( 1.21) 1080 W( 87/03/04)360 W 32040 XM (HC6 D HoneywellDPS8,90 CP-6) SH( PL/6) 2160 W( 1.00) 2880 W( 88/01/28)360 W 5040 61971 MT (PER D Concurrent 3200 OS/32) SH( Fortran 2.1) 1800 W( 86/09/11)720 W 32040 XM (HCP D HoneywellDPS8,90 CP-6) SH( Pascal) 2160 W( -) 2520 W( 85/04/04)1080 W 5040 62669 MT (PE2 D Concurrent 3200 OS32MT72) SH( Fortran 1.0 87/03/04)720 W 32040 XM (CK B HP) 360 W( Integral PC) SH( HP-UX C) 720 W( 4E) 3960 W( 72 89/02/02)SH 5040 63367 MT (CT C Convergent) 360 W( NGEN CTOS) SH( C) 2160 W( 1.07) 3960 W( 88/07/11)360 W 32040 XM (MS A HP) 360 W( Portable Plus MS-DOS) SH( MASM) 1440 W( 2.32A) 2880 W( 89/01/24)SH 5040 64065 MT (CK B Convex) 360 W( C1) SH( Unix) 2520 W( 4xBSD C) SH( 4E) 3960 W( 67 87/09/14)SH 32040 XM (HP8 C HP-86,87) SH( HP) 2880 W( BASIC) SH( HP) 720 W( BASIC) SH( 1.01) 1440 W( 87/04/29)360 W 5040 64763 MT (CP A CPT-85xx) 360 W( CPM80) 2880 W( 2.2 LASM) SH( 4.09) 2880 W( 88/05/17)360 W 32040 XM (MS A HP-110,) 360 W( 150) SH( MS-DOS) 1800 W( MASM) 1440 W( 2.32A) 2880 W( 89/01/24)SH 5040 65461 MT (CR D Cray-1,Cray-XMP CTSS) 360 W( Fortran-77) 2160 W( - 85/02/08)1080 W 32040 XM (CP A HP-125) 360 W( CPM80) 3600 W( 2.2 LASM) SH( 4.09) 2880 W( 89/08/31)360 W 5040 66159 MT (CP A Cromemco) 360 W( CPM80) 2880 W( 2.2 LASM) SH( 4.09) 2880 W( 88/05/17)360 W 32040 XM (HPM D HP-1000) SH( RTE6,RTEA) 3240 W( F77) 360 W( & Asm) SH( 1.99D) 1080 W( 90/01/09)SH 5040 66857 MT (CN8 C Daisy PCi) SH( CCPM86) 2520 W( ASM86) 1440 W( 2.9) 2520 W( 86/04/10)720 W 32040 XM (HP2 C HP-264x) SH( -) 3600 W( 8080ASM) 2880 W( 1.2) 1800 W( 87/10/09)720 W 5040 67555 MT (CKD B Data General) SH( AOS,AOS/VS) 1440 W( C) SH( 4E) 3960 W( 70 88/01/29)SH 32040 XM (HP3 D HP-3000) SH( MPE) 3240 W( SPL) 2520 W( 1.1) 3240 W( 85/06/24)720 W 5040 68253 MT (RD2 D DataGeneral 800 RDOS) SH( BASIC) 2160 W( -) 2880 W( 87/03/26)1080 W 32040 XM (ST D HP-3000) 360 W( SoftwTools) 3240 W( Ratfor) SH( 1n) 2160 W( 84/02/18)1080 W 5040 68951 MT (MS A DataGeneral) 360 W( DG/1 MS-DOS) SH( MASM) 1440 W( 3.0) 2880 W( 90/01/16)720 W 32040 XM (CK B HP-9000) 360 W( S/500) SH( HP-UX) 1080 W( 3.25 C) SH( 4E) 3960 W( 72 89/02/02)SH 5040 69649 MT (AOS D DataGeneral MV) SH( AOS,AOS/VS) 720 W( SP/Pascal) SH( -) 1440 W( 85/02/08)1080 W 32040 XM (HPB C HP-9000/200,/300 HP-BASIC) SH( HP) 720 W( BASIC) SH( 1.02) 1440 W( 89/06/21)360 W 5040 70347 MT (AOS D DataGeneral S250 AOS) SH( Fortran-5) 2520 W( -) 1440 W( 84/09/14)1080 W 32040 XM (CK B HP-9836) 360 W( S/200) SH( HP-UX) 1080 W( 200B C) SH( 4E) 3960 W( 72 89/02/02)SH 5040 71045 MT (DGM D DataGeneral MV) SH( AOS/VSMVUX) 720 W( C) SH( -) 4320 W( 85/11/27)1080 W 32040 XM (HP9 C HP-9845) SH( BASIC/SAM) 3240 W( HP) 360 W( BASIC) SH( 1.00) 1440 W( 86/10/07)360 W 5040 71743 MT (RDO D DataGeneral Nova RDOS) SH( Fortran-5) 2160 W( -) 1440 W( 84/09/14)1080 W 32040 XM (HP9 C HP-98xx) SH( UCSD) 3240 W( p-Sys HP Pascal) SH( -) 1440 W( 84/01/20)1080 W 51120 50 5040 75800 UL ES %%Page: 29 31 BS 0 SI 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 5040 4423 MT (Kermit News)SH 10.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 25385 XM (Number 4, June 1990)SH 12 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 51370 XM (Page 29)SH 51120 50 5040 5728 UL 12.8 SS 8308 8078 MT (KERMIT VERSIONS Listed by Machine and Operating System \050I-Z\051)SH 24120 50 5040 10395 UL 24120 50 32040 10395 UL 6 /Courier AF 5040 10893 MT (Prefix, Operating) 5760 W( Program) 360 W( Program) 720 W( Released)360 W 32040 XM (Prefix, Operating) 5760 W( Program) 360 W( Program) 720 W( Released)360 W 5400 11591 MT (Tape Machine) 360 W( System) 3240 W( Language) 1440 W( Version yy/mm/dd)360 W 32400 XM (Tape Machine) 360 W( System) 3240 W( Language) 1440 W( Version yy/mm/dd)360 W 22320 50 5040 11791 UL 22320 50 32040 11791 UL 5040 13111 MT (MT2 D IBM 370 Series) SH( MTS) 720 W( PLUS) 2520 W( -) 3240 W( 86/11/03)1080 W 32040 XM (MS A Olivetti) 360 W( M24 PC MS-DOS) SH( MASM) 1440 W( 3.0) 2880 W( 90/01/16)720 W 5040 13809 MT (MTS D IBM 370 Series) SH( MTS) 720 W( Assembler) 2520 W( -) 1440 W( 84/01/06)1080 W 32040 XM (CN8 C Orion PCi) SH( CCPM86) 2520 W( ASM86) 1440 W( 2.9) 2520 W( 86/04/10)720 W 5040 14507 MT (MTS D IBM 370 Series) SH( MTS) 720 W( Pascal) 2520 W( 1.0) 2160 W( 84/01/06)720 W 32040 XM (K6 A OS9/68K) 360 W( Portable various) SH( Assembler 1.0) 1080 W( 87/07/22)720 W 5040 15205 MT (IK B IBM) 360 W( 370 Series) SH( MUSIC Assembler) 720 W( 4.2) 1080 W( 90/05/08)720 W 32040 XM (CP A Osborne) 360 W( 1) SH( CPM80) 2520 W( 2.2 LASM) SH( 4.09) 2880 W( 88/05/17)360 W 5040 15903 MT (IMU D IBM 370 Series) SH( MUSIC Assembler) 720 W( 1.2) 1080 W( 85/12/19)720 W 32040 XM (UCM C PascalMicroengin UCSD p-Sys Pascal) SH( III.0) 2160 W( 84/12/03)SH 5040 16601 MT (GUT D IBM 370 Series) SH( MVS/GUTS Assembler) 720 W( -) 1440 W( 85/04/05)1080 W 32040 XM (QNX C IBM PC,XT,AT) SH( QNX) 1440 W( 1.x) SH( C) 1080 W( 1.0) 3960 W( 85/09/23)720 W 5040 17299 MT (IK B IBM) 360 W( 370 Series) SH( MVS/TSO) 720 W( Assembler 4.2) 1080 W( 90/05/08)720 W 32040 XM (K12 D PCM PCM-12) SH( OS/8) 2160 W( Fam. PAL-8) SH( 10f) 2520 W( 89/10/05)720 W 5040 17997 MT (TS2 B IBM 370 Series) SH( MVS/TSO) 720 W( Pascal/VS,..) 1080 W( 2.3) SH( 87/10/01)720 W 32040 XM (PER D PerkinElmer 3200 OS/32) SH( Fortran 2.1) 1800 W( 86/09/11)720 W 5040 18695 MT (TSN B IBM 370 Series) SH( MVS/TSO) 720 W( ALP/Assem 1.1A) 1080 W( 87/09/17)360 W 32040 XM (CK B PerkinElmer) 360 W( 3200 Unix V7) SH( C) 1080 W( 4E) 3960 W( 72 89/02/02)SH 5040 19393 MT (IK B IBM) 360 W( 370 Series) SH( MVSXA/TSOE) 720 W( Assembler) SH( 4.2) 1080 W( 90/05/08)720 W 32040 XM (CK B PerkinElmer) 360 W( 3200 Xelos) SH( C 4E) 1800 W( 72 89/02/02)SH 5040 20091 MT (CM2 B IBM 370 Series) SH( VM/CMS) 720 W( Pascal) 1440 W( VS) SH( -) 1440 W( 85/11/01)1080 W 32040 XM (PE7 D PerkinElmer 7000 IDRIS) SH( C 1.1) 1800 W( 0 86/12/08)SH 5040 20789 MT (IK B IBM) 360 W( 370 Series) SH( VM/CMS) 720 W( Assembler) 1440 W( 4.2) 1080 W( 90/05/08)720 W 32040 XM (CK B PerkinElmer) 360 W( 7350 Uniplus) SH( C) 1080 W( 4E) 3960 W( 72 89/02/02)SH 5040 21487 MT (IK B IBM) 360 W( 370 Series) SH( VM/HPO/CMS) 720 W( Assembler) SH( 4.2) 1080 W( 90/05/08)720 W 32040 XM (CK B Plexus) 360 W( P/35,P/60 Unix Sys 3 C) SH( 4E) 3960 W( 72 89/02/02)SH 5040 22185 MT (IK B IBM) 360 W( 370 Series) SH( VM/SP3/CMS) 720 W( Assembler) SH( 4.2) 1080 W( 90/05/08)720 W 32040 XM (CP A PMC) 360 W( Micromate101 CPM80 2.2 LASM) SH( 4.09) 2880 W( 88/05/17)360 W 5040 22883 MT (IK B IBM) 360 W( 370 Series) SH( VM/SP4/CMS) 720 W( Assembler) SH( 4.2) 1080 W( 90/05/08)720 W 32040 XM (PRI D Prime) SH( PRIMOS) 3960 W( PL/P) 1440 W( 8.00) 2880 W( 90/01/19)360 W 5040 23581 MT (IK B IBM) 360 W( 370 Series) SH( VM/SP5/CMS) 720 W( Assembler) SH( 4.2) 1080 W( 90/05/08)720 W 32040 XM (CK B Pyramid) 360 W( 90x) SH( Unix) 1800 W( 4xBSD C) SH( 4E) 3960 W( 72 89/02/02)SH 5040 24279 MT (IK B IBM) 360 W( 370 Series) SH( VM/XA/CMS) 720 W( Assembler 4.2) 360 W( 90/05/08)720 W 32040 XM (CP A Rair) 360 W( Black Box) SH( CPM80) 720 W( 2.2 LASM) SH( 4.09) 2880 W( 88/05/17)360 W 5040 24977 MT (CK B IBM) 360 W( 370 Series) SH( VM/UTS) 720 W( 2.4 C) SH( 4E) 3960 W( 72 89/02/02)SH 32040 XM (CK B Ridge) 360 W( 32) SH( ROS) 2880 W( 3.2) SH( C) 1080 W( 4E) 3960 W( 72 89/02/02)SH 5040 25675 MT (CK B IBM) 360 W( 370 Series) SH( VM/UTS) 720 W( v5 C) SH( 4E) 3960 W( 72 89/02/02)SH 32040 XM (CP A RM380ZF) 360 W( CPM80) 3240 W( 2.2 LASM) SH( 4.09) 2880 W( 88/05/17)360 W 5040 26373 MT (IKX B IBM 370\050Russian\051 MVS/CICS) SH( Assembler) 720 W( 2.20) 1080 W( 89/07/10)360 W 32040 XM (CP A RM380ZM) 360 W( CPM80) 3240 W( 2.2 LASM) SH( 4.09) 2880 W( 88/05/17)360 W 5040 27071 MT (MS A IBM) 360 W( PC,XT,AT,jr PC-DOS) SH( MASM) 1440 W( 3.00) 2880 W( 90/01/16)360 W 32040 XM (RM C RML) 360 W( 480Z) SH( ROS) 2880 W( 2.x) SH( C) 1080 W( 1.22) 3960 W( 86/11/03)360 W 5040 27769 MT (MS A IBM) 360 W( PC Portable PC-DOS) SH( MASM) 1440 W( 3.00) 2880 W( 90/01/16)360 W 32040 XM (RM C RML) 360 W( Nimbus) SH( MS-DOS?) 2160 W( C) 1080 W( 1.22) 3960 W( 86/11/03)360 W 5040 28467 MT (MS A IBM) 360 W( PC Convertib PC-DOS) SH( MASM) 1440 W( 3.00) 2880 W( 90/01/16)360 W 32040 XM (CP A Sanyo) 360 W( 1100 MBC) SH( CPM80) 720 W( 2.2 LASM) SH( 4.09) 2880 W( 88/05/17)360 W 5040 29165 MT (QK A IBM) 360 W( PC,XT,AT) SH( PC-DOS Turbo) 1440 W( Pascal 3.1) SH( 88/12/14)720 W 32040 XM (MS A Sanyo) 360 W( 550 MBC) SH( MS-DOS) 1080 W( MASM) 1440 W( 2.30) 2880 W( 88/05/16)360 W 5040 29863 MT (CK B IBM) 360 W( PC/AT) SH( Xenix/286) 2520 W( C) 360 W( 4E) 3960 W( 72 89/02/02)SH 32040 XM (CP A ScreenTyper) 360 W( CPM80) 1800 W( 2.2 LASM) SH( 4.09) 2880 W( 88/05/17)360 W 5040 30561 MT (CK B IBM) 360 W( PC/XT) SH( PC/IX) 2520 W( C 4E) 1800 W( 72 89/02/02)SH 32040 XM (MS A Seequa) 360 W( Chameleon MS-DOS) SH( MASM) 1440 W( 2.32A) 2880 W( 89/01/24)SH 5040 31259 MT (PIC D IBM PC/XT,AT) SH( PICK) 1440 W( DATA/BASIC) 2160 W( 0.3 89/08/21)720 W 32040 XM (CK B Sequent) 360 W( Balance DYNIX 2,3 C) SH( 4E) 3960 W( 72 89/02/02)SH 5040 31957 MT (MS A IBM) 360 W( PS/2 Series PC-DOS) SH( MASM) 1440 W( 3.00) 2880 W( 90/01/16)360 W 32040 XM (CK B Sequent) 360 W( Symmetry DYNIX 3.0 C) SH( 4E) 3960 W( 72 89/02/02)SH 5040 32655 MT (CKO B IBM PS/2 & AT) SH( OS/2) 1080 W( C) 2160 W( 1.0p) 3960 W( 89/03/15)360 W 32040 XM (QL2 C Sinclair QL) SH( QDOS) 1800 W( BCPL) 2160 W( -) 3240 W( 87/05/15)1080 W 5040 33353 MT (UCI C IBM PC family) SH( UCSD) 1080 W( p-Sys UCSD Pascal 0.1) SH( 84/05/23)720 W 32040 XM (QLK C Sinclair QL) SH( QDOS) 1800 W( C) 2160 W( 1.10) 3960 W( 87/05/15)360 W 5040 34051 MT (MX B IBM) 360 W( PC family) SH( MINIX) 1080 W( C 4D) 1800 W( 61 88/05/17)SH 32040 XM (UN D Sperry) 360 W( 1100) SH( Exec) 1800 W( Assembler) 2160 W( 2.5) 1080 W( 86/09/03)720 W 5040 34749 MT (TP4 A IBM PC family) SH( PC-DOS) 1080 W( Turbo) 1440 W( Pascal 1.1a 88/04/15)SH 32040 XM (UN D Sperry) 360 W( 1100) SH( Exec) 1800 W( NOSC) 2160 W( Pascal 2.0) SH( 84/10/08)720 W 5040 35447 MT (WK C IBM) 360 W( PC family) SH( PC-DOS) 1080 W( Lattice) 1440 W( C) SH( 1.18) 1080 W( 86/05/22)360 W 32040 XM (ST D Sperry) 360 W( 1100) SH( 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .)SH 44640 XM ($)SH /Courier SF (__________)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 51141 MT (Kermit source code on diskettes:)SH 12 /ZapfDingbats AF 5040 52309 MT (r)SH 9.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 6521 XM (MS-DOS IBM PC/PS2 Kermit MASM 5.0 Sources, 4 DOS 5.25" 360K disks: $40 / $47) SH( .)68 W 44640 XM ($)SH /Courier SF (__________)SH 12 /ZapfDingbats AF 5040 53477 MT (r)SH 9.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 6521 XM (UNIX C-Kermit C-Language Sources, 2 DOS 5.25" disks + manual: $30 / $35) SH( .) 460 W( . . . . . .)SH 44640 XM ($)SH /Courier SF (__________)SH 12 /ZapfDingbats AF 5040 54645 MT (r)SH 9.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 6521 XM (Macintosh Kermit MPW C Sources, 1 Mac 3.5" disk + manual: $20 / $25) SH( .) 493 W( . . . . . . . . . .)SH 44640 XM ($)SH /Courier SF (__________)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 56973 MT (Printed documents, enter quantity:)SH 12 /ZapfDingbats AF 5040 58141 MT (r)SH 9.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 6521 XM (Book:)SH 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chapters from the Kermit User Guide: $10 / $13 each:)SH 12 /ZapfDingbats AF 8640 62813 MT (r)SH 9.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 9815 XM (UNIX Kermit)SH 12 /ZapfDingbats AF 15840 XM (r)SH 9.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 17015 XM (VMS Kermit)SH 12 /ZapfDingbats AF 23040 XM (r)SH 9.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 24215 XM (Macintosh Kermit) SH( .) 6 W( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .)SH 44640 XM ($)SH /Courier SF (__________)SH 12 /ZapfDingbats AF 5040 63981 MT (r)SH 9.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 6521 XM (BYTE)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 9459 XM (Magazine article manuscript, 1984: $5 / $8) SH( .) 348 W( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .)SH 44640 XM ($)SH /Courier SF (__________)SH 12 /ZapfDingbats AF 5040 65149 MT (r)SH 9.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 6521 XM (Data Communications)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 16640 XM (Magazine software packages article manuscript, 1987: $5 / $7) SH( .)173 W 44640 XM ($)SH /Courier SF (__________)SH 12 /ZapfDingbats AF 5040 66317 MT (r)SH 9.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 6521 XM (Data Communications)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 16640 XM (Magazine digital PBX article manuscript, 1988: $5 / $7) SH( .) 468 W( . . . . .)SH 44640 XM ($)SH /Courier SF (__________)SH 12 /ZapfDingbats AF 5040 67485 MT (r)SH 9.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 6521 XM (International Character Set Proposal: $5 / $7) SH( .) 80 W( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .)SH 44640 XM ($)SH /Courier SF (__________)SH 12 /ZapfDingbats AF 5040 68653 MT (r)SH 9.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 6521 XM (Info-Kermit Digest Volumes, paginated & indexed: $15 / $25 each:)SH 12 /ZapfDingbats AF 8640 69821 MT (r)SH 9.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 9815 XM (V3 1985)SH 12 /ZapfDingbats AF 15840 XM (r)SH 9.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 17015 XM (V4-5 '86)SH 12 /ZapfDingbats AF 23040 XM (r)SH 9.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 24215 XM (V6 '87) SH( .) 9 W( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .)SH 44640 XM ($)SH /Courier SF (__________)SH 12 /ZapfDingbats AF 8640 70989 MT (r)SH 9.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 9815 XM (V7-8 1988)SH 12 /ZapfDingbats AF 15840 XM (r)SH 9.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 17015 XM (V9-10 '89)SH 12 /ZapfDingbats AF 23040 XM (r)SH 9.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 24215 XM (V11-12 '90) SH( .) 221 W( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .)SH 44640 XM ($)SH /Courier SF (__________)SH /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman SF 5040 72701 MT (SIDE 1 SUBTOTAL \050please complete side 2 also\051) SH( .) 405 W( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .)SH 44640 XM ($)SH /Courier SF (__________)SH 8853 50 5040 72901 UL 51120 50 5040 75800 UL ES %%Page: 32 34 BS 0 SI 10.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic AF 5040 4423 MT (Number 4, June 1990)SH 10 /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold AF 22277 XM (KERMIT ORDER FORM, SIDE 2)SH 12 SS 48056 XM (Kermit News)SH 16645 50 22277 4623 UL 51120 50 5040 5728 UL 9.5 /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman AF 5040 7852 MT (SUBTOTAL FROM SIDE 1) SH( .) 335 W( 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Please)406 W 5040 37564 MT (don't use a Post Office Box number, because UPS or other delivery services cannot deliver to PO Boxes.)SH 5040 39684 MT (Name:_____________________________________ Organization:) SH( __________________________________________________)30 W 5040 41804 MT (Address: __________________________________________________________________________________________________)194 W 5040 43924 MT (City:_________________________State or Province:______________Zip or Postal Code:) 235 0 WX(_____________________________)SH 5040 46044 MT (Country:__________________________________________________Phone:) 225 MX(__________________________________________)SH 51120 50 5040 47784 UL 5040 52452 MT (MAIL COMPLETED ORDER FORM TO:)SH 10 SS 12240 54062 MT (Kermit Distribution, Dept. 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