Announcing C-Kermit for OS/2 A version of C-Kermit for OS/2 is now available for beta testing. Any bugs, suggestions or complaints should be sent to C.Adie@uk.ac.edinburgh. This first version is 1.0b - the 'b' indicates it is a pre-release version. C-Kermit runs in OS/2 protected mode, so you can transfer files in the background while doing something else in the foreground. If you do a lot of file transfer, it may be worthwhile upgrading to OS/2 for this reason alone. A full VT100 emulator is incorporated, with an extended display buffer like MS-Kermit. I've used the letter 'O' as the system-specific identifier for OS/2, so the release files are named as follows: CKOKER.EXE The executable program CKOKER.DOC Documentation The sources for the program and the Scribe source for the documentation will be made available when beta testing is over. C-Kermit for OS/2 runs on OS/2 Standard edition 1.0 (or on 1.1 in a Presentation Manager window). It makes use of the COM01.SYS (or perhaps COM.SYS in some versions of OS/2) device driver, which must be loaded in the CONFIG.SYS file. There are believed to be no major bugs, but the following minor problems exist: * Stop bits: There is currently no mechanism for altering the number of stop bits, which is fixed at 1. * Server breakout: There is no way of stopping server operation from the keyboard, short of Control-Break. * Dial: The DIAL command has not been tested. It is impossible to terminate the dialling process short of pressing Control-Break. * Multiple copies: Multiple copies of Kermit accessing multiple comms ports simultaneously has not been tested. * Multiple send from command line: At present, a wildcard file specification cannot be given as the argument to the '-s' command line option. Thus, only a single file can be sent using a command line. * Half-duplex terminal emulation does not work correctly. There are also some further minor bugs or areas for improvement which are detailed at the end of the documentation. Chris Adie 5 Aug 88 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Mar 89 13:34 CST From: C.J.Adie@edinburgh.ac.uk Via: LOWEY%SASK.USask.CA@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu Subject: OS/2 kermit, here it is!!! This is to announce a new version of C-Kermit for OS/2. Version 1.0p fixes a number of bugs in the VT100 terminal emulator, which is now upgraded to a VT102. Many thanks to all those who commented on the previous releases, and particularly to Kevin Lowey at the University of Saskatchewan and to Peter White of the University of New Brunswick for their advice on the emulation. The documentation is also updated, to explain better the interaction of Kermit with the OS/2 MODE utility. If no bugs are reported to me by Monday 1st May 1989, this version will become the first full (ie. non-beta-test) release of C-Kermit for OS/2, at which point the version number will be changed to 1.0 and the sources will be released. Please send bug reports to "C.J.Adie@edinburgh.ac.uk" Chris Adie ------------------------------