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1 | 6-Mar-85 21:53:46-EST,3104;000000000000 |
| 2 | Mail-From: SY.FDC created at 6-Mar-85 21:53:20 | |
| 3 | Date: Wed 6 Mar 85 21:53:20-EST | |
| 4 | From: Frank da Cruz <SY.FDC@CU20B.ARPA> | |
| 5 | Subject: Info-Kermit Digest V2 #9, C-Kermit Release #2 | |
| 6 | To: Info-Kermit@CU20B.ARPA, Info-Micro@BRL-VGR.ARPA, | |
| 7 | Info-Unix@BRL.ARPA | |
| 8 | Reply-To: Info-Kermit@CU20B | |
| 9 | Queries-To: Info-Kermit-Request@CU20B | |
| 10 | ||
| 11 | Info-Kermit Digest Wed, 6 Mar 1985 Volume 2 : Number 9 | |
| 12 | ||
| 13 | Second Pre-Release of C-Kermit for Unix | |
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| 15 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
| 16 | ||
| 17 | Date: Wed 6 Mar 85 21:43:12-EST | |
| 18 | From: Frank da Cruz <SY.FDC@CU20B> | |
| 19 | Subject: Second Pre-Release of C-Kermit for Unix | |
| 20 | To: Info-Kermit@CU20B | |
| 21 | ||
| 22 | This is to announce the second "pre-release" of C-Kermit. The first | |
| 23 | pre-release (version 4.0) occurred a month ago; the program included | |
| 24 | support only for Berkeley Unix. This new release (4.2) includes support | |
| 25 | for: | |
| 26 | ||
| 27 | . 4.x Berkeley Unix (VAX, SUN) | |
| 28 | . Generic AT&T System III, System V | |
| 29 | . Microsoft Xenix for the PC/AT | |
| 30 | . Interactive on the PC/XT (PC/IX) and other systems | |
| 31 | . DEC Professional 3xx with Venix 1.0 | |
| 32 | . NCR Tower | |
| 33 | ||
| 34 | All reported bugs have been fixed (or at least fixes have been | |
| 35 | attempted), and many of the restrictions lifted. "Dial" and "script" | |
| 36 | commands have been added, along with code to support modem control and | |
| 37 | dialers, uucp line locking, and the like. The program itself has been | |
| 38 | somewhat reorganized to be more adaptable to small environments: the | |
| 39 | larger modules have been split; long character strings have been | |
| 40 | shortened. | |
| 41 | ||
| 42 | Most of the new work was done by Herm Fischer of Litton Data Systems, Van | |
| 43 | Nuys CA (HFISCHER@USC-ISIB), and there were also contributions from many | |
| 44 | others in the form of bug reports and/or fixes. NCR Tower support came | |
| 45 | from John Bray at Auburn University. The new makefile (distributed as | |
| 46 | CKERMI.MAK) embodies procedures for building all the different versions. | |
| 47 | ||
| 48 | Since the program now runs on a variety computers, large and small, it | |
| 49 | would seem relatively safe to begin adding support for other systems | |
| 50 | without fear that the program will have to be completely reorganized | |
| 51 | (again). The only systems supported by C-Kermit so far are Unix systems; | |
| 52 | rather than create a separate ckx and ckz module for each such system | |
| 53 | (since these systems tend to differ in small places, but still have much | |
| 54 | in common), conditional compilation was used within these modules. If | |
| 55 | C-Kermit is to be adapted to non-Unix systems, then a full replacement of | |
| 56 | the ckx and/or ckz modules is probably indicated. This is what we will | |
| 57 | probably do in bringing the program up on the Macintosh. | |
| 58 | ||
| 59 | The files are available via anonymous FTP from Internet host CU20B | |
| 60 | (Internet number 192.5.43.128) as KER:CK*.*. They will appear at | |
| 61 | okstate (for uucp'ing) and on KERMSRV (BITnet) shortly. If you plan to | |
| 62 | adapt this program to a new system, be sure to let me know quickly so I | |
| 63 | can prevent duplication of effort and can put people with similar | |
| 64 | interests in touch with each other. | |
| 65 | ||
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| 68 | End of Info-Kermit Digest | |
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