From fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu Thu Aug 25 14:18:04 1994 Received: by watsun.cc.columbia.edu id AA26840 (5.65c+CU/IDA-1.4.4/HLK for info-kermit-dist); Thu, 25 Aug 1994 18:18:05 -0400 Date: Thu, 25 Aug 94 18:18:04 EDT From: Frank da Cruz To: Info-Kermit@watsun.cc.columbia.edu Subject: Info Kermit Digest V20 #1 Reply-To: Info-Kermit@watsun.cc.columbia.edu Queries-To: Info-Kermit-Request@KERMIT.COLUMBIA.EDU Errors-To: Info-Kermit-Request@watsun.cc.columbia.edu Message-Id: Info-Kermit Digest Thu, 25 Aug 1994 Volume 20 : Number 1 Today's Topics: Announcing C-Kermit 5A(190) Beta "Using C-Kermit" Now Available in German "Using C-Kermit" Review Kermit Book Publisher Information Nicolet NIC-80 Kermit Kermit Digest submissions may be sent to Info-Kermit@columbia.edu or KERMIT@CUVMA.BITNET. Requests for addition to or deletion from the Info-Kermit subscriber list should be sent to LISTSERV@CUVMA.BITNET or LISTSERV@CUVMA.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU. These messages must be of the form: SUBSCRIBE I$KERMIT (To start a subscription) UNSUBSCRIBE I$KERMIT (To cancel a subscription) REGISTER I$KERMIT (To correct your name) Kermit files may be obtained over networks and by mail order. On the Internetwork, use FTP to log in to host KERMIT.COLUMBIA.EDU, a Sun SPARCserver running UNIX (SunOS 4.1), IP address 128.59.39.2. Login as user anonymous or ftp (lower case), supply your email ID as the password, and GET or MGET (MULTIPLE GET) the desired files. The file kermit/READ.ME is a general guide to where things are. The Kermit files are in directories kermit/a, kermit/b, kermit/c, kermit/d, and kermit/e, and sometimes also kermit/test. All files in these directories should be transferred in text (ASCII) mode. Binaries are in kermit/bin and sometimes also kermit/test/bin (use ftp in binary mode). All files (with the exceptions of some of the READ.ME files) have lowercase names, and case is significant. You can also get Kermit files over the BITNET/EARN network; to get started send a message with text HELP to KERMSRV, the Kermit file server, at host CUVMA. For detailed instructions, read the file kermit/a/aanetw.hlp (AANETW.HLP on KERMSRV). To order by mail, request a Kermit software catalog from Kermit Distribution, Columbia University Academic Information Systems, 612 West 115th Street, New York, NY 10025 USA. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu Aug 25 17:50:57 1994 From: Frank da Cruz Subject: Announcing C-Kermit 5A(190) Beta Keywords: C-Kermit, UNIX C-Kermit, VMS C-Kermit, OS/2 C-Kermit Keywords: Stratus VOS C-Kermit, AOS/VS C-Kermit, OS-9 C-Kermit Keywords: QNX C-Kermit, RESEND, Recovery This is to announce a Beta testing period for C-Kermit 5A(190), a new release of C-Kermit communications software for for UNIX, VMS, OS/2, AOS/VS, Aegis, OS-9, the Commodore Amiga, the Apple Macintosh, and now also Stratus VOS. The major new feature of version 5A(190) is the ability to continue file transfers that failed. This feature is available in the C-Kermit versions for: . UNIX (all versions except 2.xBSD) . OS/2 (the 16-bit and 32-bit versions) . Data General AOS/VS . Commodore Amiga It works only for binary-mode transfers. For example, suppose you were transferring a huge binary file between UNIX C-Kermit and OS/2 C-Kermit over a slow dialup modem connection, and the phone call was disconnected. Now you can reconnect and continue the transfer where it left off. Suppose you were uploading or downloading a bunch of large ZIP files in binary mode and the same thing happened -- the new "resend" feature lets you reestablish the connection and "resend" the same files; the ones that were already transferred are not transferred again, the one that was partially transferred is continued where the transfer left off, and the ones that were not transferred are sent. All the commands are the same, except you tell C-Kermit to RESEND instead of to SEND. This feature will also be available in the next release of MS-DOS Kermit, 3.14, coming soon, and later maybe also other Kermit programs too. Other highlights of version 5A(190) include: . Execution of APC escape sequences while in CONNECT mode, just like MS-DOS Kermit 3.13, for "auto-download", "auto-upload", and auto-anything-else (UNIX, VMS, OS/2); . Macintosh Kermit now works under System 7.1 (on PowerMac, etc). . Automatic directory creation for incoming files (UNIX, VMS, OS/2) . Command retry and recall, typeahead now allowed in command mode. . Improved transaction logging. . MAJOR improvements in OS/2 C-Kermit (see below). . An entirely new C-Kermit implementation for Stratus VOS. . A complete, full-featured port of C-Kermit to QNX 4.2. . Numerous bug fixes and speedups in all departments, especially script programming. . Documentation now available in German. And here is a more-detailed list of the changes: NEW OR CHANGED COMMANDS ASK & ASKQ Now allow unquoted entry of backslash (\) and question mark (?) for more convenient processing of DOS-like file specifications. DIAL For the first time, DIAL is available in the Commodore Amiga version. FORWARD