Date: Thu 22 Jan 87 15:13:03-EST
From: Frank da Cruz <SY.FDC@CU20B.COLUMBIA.EDU>
Subject: Announcing Kermit for PICK (REALITY) OS on Microdata Systems
Keywords: PICK Kermit

This is to announce a version of Kermit for the PICK operating system,
contributed by Joe Fisher, a computer consultant in Austin, Texas.  This
first release, 0.2C, is written in DATA/BASIC (with some Microdata assembler
subroutines), and has been successfully run only on the Microdata (now
McDonald Douglas) REALITY systems under version 4.2E of the REALITY (the
original PICK) operating system.  It is very much still in the development
stage (as reflected by the version number) and a great deal of work will be
necessary in order to bring it up to the expectations of the Kermit user
community.  It will transfer error-free data however, and has been used with
a number of other Kermits, including IBM PCs with MS-DOS, DEC Pro-350 with
P/OS, VAX/VMS, PDP-11 with RSX, etc.  The programs have been transferred to
PICK 1.3 running on the IBM PC-XT and testing is underway.  Changes in the
I/O code will have to be made there but operation should be more reliable
than on the Microdata.