Date: Fri, 17 May 85 14:30:34 mdt From: dwf@LANL.ARPA (Dave Forslund) Message-Id: <8505172030.AA19898@b.ARPA> To: INFO-KERMIT-REQUEST@CU20B.ARPA Subject: HP110 Kermit Attached is the file MSXHP110.ASM which is the system-specific source for MS-KERMIT running on the HP110 Portable. It should be used in place of MSXGEN.ASM in making the executable. We have used this code for about 2 months. The MSXGEN.ASM file from CU20B was modified by Chuck Aldrich here at Los Alamos and allows the changing of baud rates and the selection of the serial port or the internal modem. However, we have not tested the internal modem code. The default setting is the serial port (Port 1) and 9600 baud. If you would like we can also send the executable code in uuencoded form. The HP110 does not have built in basic. But it does have a built-in terminal program which can be used to capture a file. The terminal program also has the XMODEM protocol built in. This can be used to capture binary files. The way we brought the source over was to download it with MS-KERMIT on an IBM-PC and move the file to the HP110 with the special IBM board that HP makes which allows the two machines to communicate directly to each other's disks. As to features and documentation, the code is very close to the generic MS-DOS version. It only emulates a dumb terminal. We find the existing MS-Kermit documentation is just fine. As I mentioned, we added the baud rates and the set port command can be used to choose between the serial port and the internal 300 baud modem(Port 2). The only bug we have encountered involves running the HP110 in MS-DOS without going through the PAM. If one uses a CONFIG.SYS file to redefine the shell to bypass the PAM, then the communications port must first be initialized with the internal terminal program before running Kermit. This has to be done only once after each reboot. After that Kermit runs find and the baud rates can be switched at will. David Forslund (dwf@LANL.ARPA)