The following note describes an OS/2 Presentation Manager
version of Kermit.  The filenames have been changed to fit into
the Kermit Distribution library as follows:

Original Name    Kermit Distribution     Comments

PCKERMIT.EXE     O2AKER.EXE              Executable program (binary)
                 O2AKER.BOO              Executable program ("boo" encoding)

PCKERMIT.ICO     O2AKER.ICO              Binary program icon
                 O2AICO.BOO              Icon ("boo" encoding)

Source files:    O2ASRC.JAR              All source files together in one file

See the "boo" directory in the Kermit archive for information about,
and programs for, decoding BOO files back into executable binaries.

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            Porting to PM -- A Kermit for OS/2

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     The version of Kermit contained herein is for OS/2-PM.
It was written from scratch by the author (Brian R. Anderson)
in Stony Brook Professional Modula-2.  A two part article
in the September/October 1990 issues of Dr. Dobb's Journal  
describe this implementation (which is a port of an earlier 
program that I wrote for DOS in Logitech Modula-2).

     This program is public domain, and may be copied freely,
modified/enhanced, and distributed freely (in original or
enhanced form).

     Included on the disk are an executable version of the
program (PCKERMIT.EXE); 17 Modula-2 source code files 
(8 .DEF and 9 .MOD); icon and resource files; make and linker 
response files, and the EXE definition file.  To recompile 
the program: M2MAKE PCKERMIT <cr>     

     I have used this Kermit implementation as the starting
point for a program that will be sold commercially.  The
introductory price is a very reasonable $30 (plus $5 shipping
and handling).  So far, the commercial version (which is called 
KXCom) includes the following features (* = new to KXCom):

      Kermit single and multiple file transfer
      TVI950 Terminal Emulation (optimized for IBM7171/PROFS)
      Automatic renaming of files in case of name clash
      Continuous display of communications settings
    * XMODEM single and multiple file transfer
    * VT100 Terminal Emulation
    * Integrated Dialing Directory (supports Hayes SmartMODEM)
    * Configuration information saved/restored automatically
    * "Nicer" user interface for file transfer
    * Continuous time display 
    * Windowed command shell to operating system
    * Typeset and illustrated 36 page users manual
    
Brian R. Anderson
5105 Lorraine Avenue
Burnaby, BC  V5G 2S3
CANADA