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Our) 777 W( complete distribution now requires) 251 W( five)252 W 5760 20636 MT (2400-foot 9-track magnetic) 325 W( tapes \050about 60 Mega-)324 W 5760 21832 MT (bytes of source code and documentation\051.)SH 5760 23746 MT (Kermit has been) 12 W( shipped to each of the 50 states in the)13 W 5760 24942 MT (US and) 142 W( to more than 60 countries around the world.)141 W 5760 26138 MT (Although Columbia) 87 W( University Center for Computing)88 W 5760 27334 MT (Activities has the most complete and up-to-date)517 W 5760 28530 MT (Kermit versions, we do not) 195 W( have many of the com-)196 W 5760 29726 MT (puters on-site and) 129 W( cannot provide Kermit to users on)128 W 5760 30922 MT (native media. We urge) 229 W( people to volunteer to dis-)230 W 5760 32118 MT (tribute diskettes or submit a version to a local user)219 W 5760 33314 MT (group and to inform us so that we can help others)237 W 5760 34510 MT (bypass the tedious bootstrapping procedures.)SH 5760 36424 MT (Kermit has) 314 W( always been a voluntary effort, shared)313 W 5760 37620 MT (with prices to reflect) 18 W( distribution costs. Please help us)19 W 5760 38816 MT (to continue this valuable service.)SH 13 /Times-Bold AF 5760 41031 MT (Kermit in Print)SH 11 /Times-Roman AF 5760 42901 MT (The book)82 W /Times-Italic SF 10384 XM (Kermit, A File Transfer Protocol)82 W /Times-Roman SF (, by Frank)81 W 5760 44097 MT (da Cruz, Digital Press \0501987\051, has been a success in its)11 W 5760 45293 MT (first year of publication,) 162 W( and is already into its third)161 W 5760 46489 MT (printing. Unlike) 301 W( the Kermit manuals, the) 13 W( Kermit book)14 W 5760 47685 MT (provides background, motivation, and history,) 339 W( plus)338 W 5760 48881 MT (tutorials in computers, file) 281 W( systems, and data com-)282 W 5760 50077 MT (munication, including hints on cable building) 379 W( and)378 W 5760 51273 MT (troubleshooting. There) 566 W( are numerous tables, figures,)146 W 5760 52469 MT (and illustrations, plus a glossary) 172 W( and an index. The)171 W 5760 53665 MT (book also includes a Kermit command reference) 134 W( and)135 W 5760 54861 MT (the complete Kermit protocol specification, with) 105 W( pro-)104 W 5760 56057 MT (gramming examples.)SH 5760 57971 MT (And be sure) 25 W( to look for our article,)26 W /Times-Italic SF 21513 XM (Evaluating RS-232)26 W 5760 59167 MT (Communications Packages)105 W /Times-Roman SF (, in a) 105 W( forthcoming issue of)104 W 5760 60363 MT (Data Communications Magazine.)SH 13 /Times-Bold AF 5760 62578 MT (Kermit Competes)SH 11 /Times-Roman AF 5760 64448 MT (Kermit was selected) 102 W( as one of the 11 finalists for the)103 W 5760 65644 MT (First Andrew Fluegelman Award. The) 41 W( award is given)40 W 5760 66840 MT (for ``a) 102 W( substantial, innovative contribution to the per-)103 W 5760 68036 MT (sonal computer community in) 41 W( commercial, shareware,)40 W 5760 69232 MT (or public domain software''.) 116 W( Established) 509 W( in 1986 by)117 W 5760 70428 MT (PCW Communications Inc., the award) 28 W( commemorates)27 W 5760 71624 MT (Fluegelman's contributions) 534 W( to the software field.)535 W 5760 72820 MT (Fluegelman developed PC Talk, ``the first) 44 W( easy-to-use)43 W 5760 74016 MT (and powerful) 155 W( communications program for the PC''.)156 W 32760 7955 MT (The annual award is made possible through a fund)243 W 32760 9151 MT (which was established after his death in) 189 W( July, 1985.)190 W 32760 10347 MT (The award was granted to Tom) 255 W( Jennings' FIDO, a)254 W 32760 11543 MT (bulletin board and mail system which includes) 290 W( the)291 W 32760 12739 MT (Kermit protocol.)SH 13 /Times-Bold AF 32760 14954 MT (Kermit at DECUS Symposia)SH 11 /Times-Italic AF 32760 16824 MT (Kermit: Current Status, Future Directions)272 W /Times-Roman SF (, was the)272 W 32760 18020 MT (title of the session conducted by myself at the) 124 W( Nash-)125 W 32760 19216 MT (ville Digital Equipment Corporation) 443 W( User Society)442 W 32760 20412 MT (\050DECUS\051 Symposium, which was) 328 W( attended by ap-)329 W 32760 21608 MT (proximately 500 people. The) 365 W( session began with)364 W 32760 22804 MT (some Kermit history, an) 216 W( overview of computer net-)217 W 32760 24000 MT (works from which Kermit files can) 148 W( be obtained, and)147 W 32760 25196 MT (how to get) 150 W( these Kermit versions from Columbia by)151 W 32760 26392 MT (mail order. The current status) 117 W( of Kermit distribution)116 W 32760 27588 MT (and development was discussed, and details) 190 W( about a)191 W 32760 28784 MT (number of particular Kermit programs of special) 12 W( inter-)11 W 32760 29980 MT (est to DECUS) 391 W( attendees were addressed. Arran-)392 W 32760 31176 MT (gements were made) 234 W( for the authors of some of the)233 W 32760 32372 MT (most popular Kermit versions to be given the platform)21 W 32760 33568 MT (as guest speakers.) 156 W( Frank) 586 W( da Cruz \050who was greeted)155 W 32760 34764 MT (with quite a reception\051 discussed DEC-20 and UNIX)125 W 32760 35960 MT (Kermits, and) 689 W( some Kermit performance issues.)688 W 32760 37156 MT (Professor Joe Doupnik of Utah State University) 168 W( dis-)169 W 32760 38352 MT (cussed the new release of) 274 W( MS-DOS Kermit \0502.30\051,)273 W 32760 39548 MT (which he had been working) 311 W( on for nearly a year.)312 W 32760 40744 MT (Brian Nelson of the University of Toledo \050who had)197 W 32760 41940 MT (previously given a) 323 W( ``Getting Started with Kermit'')324 W 32760 43136 MT (session\051 discussed his PDP-11 Kermit. And Bob)364 W 32760 44332 MT (McQueen of Stevens Institute of Technology,) 176 W( talked)177 W 32760 45528 MT (briefly about VAX/VMS) 217 W( Kermit. The session con-)216 W 32760 46724 MT (cluded with) 135 W( a question-and-answer period, and much)136 W 32760 47920 MT (interest in continuing Kermit sessions at future)588 W 32760 49116 MT (DECUS symposia.)SH 32760 51030 MT (At press time, Frank and I are off to Tokyo at the) 83 W( in-)84 W 32760 52226 MT (vitation of Japan DECUS to) 160 W( conduct Kermit presen-)159 W 32760 53422 MT (tations and) 185 W( courses, November 18-20. Even though)186 W 32760 54618 MT (Kermit has become an international language in its)247 W 32760 55814 MT (own right,) 19 W( we will still have to speak through an inter-)20 W 32760 57010 MT (preter.)SH 32760 58924 MT (Kermit presentations are also planned for the) 160 W( Spring)159 W 32760 60120 MT (US DECUS Symposium in Cincinnati,) 332 W( Ohio, May)333 W 32760 61316 MT (16-20, 1987. See you there?)SH 13 /Times-Bold AF 32760 63531 MT (Software Publishers Association)SH 32760 64727 MT (Conference)SH 11 /Times-Roman AF 32760 66597 MT (The Software Publishers Association conference was)151 W 32760 67793 MT (held in Cambridge,) 164 W( MA, on October 12, 1987. The)165 W 32760 68989 MT (SPA is an association of software producers) 121 W( and dis-)120 W 32760 70185 MT (tributors. Chris) 1107 W( Stephenson) 416 W( of the University of)417 W 32760 71381 MT (Toronto conducted) 125 W( a session titled)124 W /Times-Italic SF 48748 XM (Software from the)124 W 32760 72577 MT (Ivory Tower: Are Universities) 180 W( Producing Products?)181 W /Times-Roman SF (.)SH 32760 73773 MT (The panelists included Frank da Cruz and) 14 W( myself from)13 W ES %%Page: 2 3 61200 79200 BS 0 SI 12 /Times-Bold AF 5760 4404 MT (Page 2)SH 10 /Times-Italic AF 28140 XM (November 1987)SH 12 /Times-Bold AF 50114 XM (Kermit News)SH 51120 50 5760 5709 UL 51120 50 5760 75800 UL 11 /Times-Roman AF 5760 7955 MT (Columbia \050for Kermit) 15 W( software\051, David Fuchs of Stan-)16 W 5760 9151 MT (ford University \050Manager of the) 261 W( T)260 W 22121 9451 MT (E)SH 22793 9151 MT (X project\051, Ric)260 W 5760 10447 MT (Holt of the) 204 W( University of Toronto \050developer of the)205 W 5760 11643 MT (Turing programming language\051,) 102 W( and Bill McKeeman,)101 W 5760 12839 MT (a faculty member at Harvard University.)SH 5760 14753 MT (The session was) 142 W( attended by representatives of com-)143 W 5760 15949 MT (panies like Apple, IBM, and Commodore,) 164 W( and some)163 W 5760 17145 MT (reporters from the trade press. It exposed) 41 W( commercial)42 W 5760 18341 MT (software vendors to how universities produce and)375 W 5760 19537 MT (``market'' software. For) 279 W( many corporate represen-)280 W 5760 20733 MT (tatives, this was a first look at the) 271 W( broad range of)270 W 5760 21929 MT (projects underway and how academic institutions deal)49 W 5760 23125 MT (with them.)SH 13 /Times-Bold AF 5760 25340 MT (Kermit Seminars and Short Courses)SH 11 /Times-Roman AF 5760 27210 MT (Columbia University's Division) 162 W( of Special Programs)161 W 5760 28406 MT (offers noncredit seminars) 151 W( for the beginner to the ex-)152 W 5760 29602 MT (perienced computer user in) 141 W( the New York City area.)140 W 5760 30798 MT (The Kermit series, conducted) 170 W( by Frank da Cruz and)171 W 5760 31994 MT (myself, is offered several times a year and consists) 67 W( of)66 W 5760 33190 MT (three levels of instruction. Users who are new to) 2 W( com-)3 W 5760 34386 MT (munications may) 395 W( attend the hands-on introductory)394 W 5760 35582 MT (session. Experienced) 777 W( computer users may attend a)252 W 5760 36778 MT (fast-paced course. Technical) 79 W( managers, programmers)78 W 5760 37974 MT (and software developers are exposed to more) 370 W( ad-)371 W 5760 39170 MT (vanced Kermit usage, installation and support.)SH 5760 41084 MT (Classes are) 71 W( held in the evening, on week-ends, and in)70 W 5760 42280 MT (full-day sessions for the convenience of the) 378 W( busy)379 W 5760 43476 MT (professional. For) 597 W( course descriptions and schedules,)161 W 5760 44672 MT (contact:)SH 6860 46623 MT (Columbia University)SH 6860 47719 MT (The Division of Special Programs)SH 6860 48815 MT (209 Lewisohn Hall)SH 6860 49911 MT (New York, NY 10027)SH 6860 51007 MT (\050212\051 280-2820)SH 13 /Times-Bold AF 5760 53222 MT (Long Packets and Sliding Windows)SH 11 /Times-Roman AF 5760 55092 MT (The Kermit protocol extensions described in the pre-)125 W 5760 56288 MT (vious issue of the Kermit Newsletter, long packets) 10 W( and)9 W 5760 57484 MT (sliding windows, are gradually taking root) 78 W( in our col-)79 W 5760 58680 MT (lection of Kermit programs.) 374 W( Both) 1021 W( extensions are)373 W 5760 59876 MT (designed to improve the performance of Kermit file)195 W 5760 61072 MT (transfers. Long) 519 W( packets) 122 W( may be used to increase file)121 W 5760 62268 MT (transfer speed) 55 W( over relatively clean and/or half duplex)56 W 5760 63464 MT (connections. Sliding) 585 W( windows) 155 W( may be used only on)154 W 5760 64660 MT (full duplex connections, and are ideally) 63 W( suited to con-)64 W 5760 65856 MT (nections with a long round-trip) 37 W( delay \050such as satellite)36 W 5760 67052 MT (links\051. Both) 447 W( extensions) 86 W( are described at length in the)87 W 5760 68248 MT (Kermit book.)SH 5760 70162 MT (Long packets) 405 W( are now suported by the following)404 W 5760 71358 MT (Kermit programs:) 326 W( MS-DOS Kermit \050version 2.29B)327 W 5760 72554 MT (and later\051; IBM 370 VM/CMS Kermit \050version) 251 W( 3.1)250 W 5760 73750 MT (and later\051; IBM 370 MVS/TSO Kermit \050the) 264 W( Pascal)265 W 32760 7955 MT (version, 2.0) 900 W( and later\051; C-Kermit for Unix,)899 W 32760 9151 MT (VAX/VMS, etc \050version 4E or) 85 W( later\051; PDP-11 Kermit)86 W 32760 10347 MT (for RSX, RSTS, RT11, and) 189 W( P/OS \050version 3.50 and)188 W 32760 11543 MT (later\051; Apple II DOS and ProDOS) 273 W( Kermit \050version)274 W 32760 12739 MT (3.75 and later\051; CDC Cyber) 228 W( \050Lehigh version 3.0 or)227 W 32760 13935 MT (later\051.)SH 32760 15849 MT (Sliding windows,) 89 W( which are much harder to program,)90 W 32760 17045 MT (are still relatively) 149 W( rare, appearing to date only in the)148 W 32760 18241 MT (Prime PRIMOS minicomputer version,) 154 W( in one of the)155 W 32760 19437 MT (CDC Cyber versions,) 217 W( and in various commercial or)216 W 32760 20633 MT (semicommercial MS-DOS PC packages.)SH 24120 50 32760 22029 UL 12 /Times-Bold AF 32760 24100 MT (MS-DOS KERMIT 2.30)SH 11 /Times-Roman AF 32760 25900 MT (Version 2.30) 172 W( of MS-DOS Kermit, prepared by Prof.)173 W 32760 27096 MT (Joe R. Doupnik of Utah State University,) 2 W( is now avail-)1 W 32760 28292 MT (able after a) 143 W( long period of development, testing, and)144 W 32760 29488 MT (refinement. This) 625 W( program runs on the IBM PC) 175 W( and)174 W 32760 30684 MT (PS/2 families and compatibles, with special) 165 W( versions)166 W 32760 31880 MT (also available for the DEC Rainbow, NEC APC3, and)44 W 32760 33076 MT (other non-IBM compatibles, plus a generic) 135 W( MS-DOS)136 W 32760 34272 MT (version, and) 179 W( a special version for Intel systems run-)178 W 32760 35468 MT (ning iRMX-86 or -286.)SH 32760 37382 MT (Version 2.30 corrects three serious problems in) 116 W( 2.29:)117 W 32760 38578 MT (incompatibility with certain internal modems,) 229 W( faulty)228 W 32760 39774 MT (handshake with half duplex systems during file trans-)81 W 32760 40970 MT (fer, and) 36 W( inability to operate as a "remote" Kermit after)35 W 32760 42166 MT (CTTY COM1. Version 2.30 also includes:)SH /Symbol SF 33079 43744 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 33860 XM (Support for) 76 W( long packets, to improve the efficiency)77 W 33860 44940 MT (of file transfers with other Kermit programs) 256 W( that)255 W 33860 46136 MT (support this option \050listed above\051.)SH /Symbol SF 33079 47332 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 33860 XM (Improved communication I/O performance.)SH /Symbol SF 33079 48528 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 33860 XM (Operation over Netbios-compatible networks.)SH /Symbol SF 33079 49724 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 33860 XM (A script language and raw file upload.)SH /Symbol SF 33079 50920 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 33860 XM (Revised and) 314 W( expanded key definitions, including)315 W 33860 52116 MT (the ability to assign Kermit "verbs" to keys.)SH /Symbol SF 33079 53312 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 33860 XM (Error code return to DOS, for batch operation.)SH /Symbol SF 33079 54508 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 33860 XM (Support for 8-bit and international character sets.)SH /Symbol SF 33079 55704 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 33860 XM (Security features for server operation.)SH /Symbol SF 33079 56900 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 33860 XM (Configurability for COM3 and COM4) 284 W( expansion)283 W 33860 58096 MT (boards \050IBM PC only\051.)SH /Symbol SF 33079 59292 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 33860 XM (VT102 ANSI printer controls.)SH /Symbol SF 33079 60488 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 33860 XM (Expanded screen rollback, macro, and) 192 W( key defini-)193 W 33860 61684 MT (tion storage.)SH 32760 63598 MT (Special thanks to) 190 W( Joe for the tremendous amount of)189 W 32760 64794 MT (work and skill that went into this new release, to) 93 W( Jim)94 W 32760 65990 MT (Sturdevant of A.C. Nielsen) 201 W( Co. for the initial script)200 W 32760 67186 MT (implementation, and to the) 53 W( numerous other volunteers)54 W 32760 68382 MT (who contributed support) 426 W( for other systems, fixes,)425 W 32760 69578 MT (ideas, and their time for testing. MS-DOS) 15 W( Kermit dis-)16 W 32760 70774 MT (kettes are available) 53 W( from Columbia by mail order \050see)52 W 32760 71970 MT (order form\051.)SH /Times-Italic SF 32760 73884 MT (\050As of press time, version) 127 W( 2.30 was being distributed)128 W ES %%Page: 3 4 61200 79200 BS 0 SI 12 /Times-Bold AF 5760 4404 MT (Kermit News)SH 10 /Times-Italic AF 28140 XM (November 1987)SH 12 /Times-Bold AF 53514 XM (Page 3)SH 51120 50 5760 5709 UL 51120 50 5760 75800 UL 11 /Times-Italic AF 5760 7952 MT (in "beta test" form as version 2.29C\051.)SH 12 /Times-Bold AF 5760 10223 MT (C-KERMIT 4E)SH 11 /Times-Roman AF 5760 12023 MT (Version 4E\050067\051 of C-Kermit was released by Colum-)29 W 5760 13219 MT (bia University in September 1987.) 338 W( Like) 952 W( previous)339 W 5760 14415 MT (releases, this program includes support) 77 W( for most Unix)76 W 5760 15611 MT (systems, VAX/VMS,) 246 W( the Apple Macintosh, and the)247 W 5760 16807 MT (Commodore Amiga. Version) 208 W( 4E also includes new)207 W 5760 18003 MT (support for Data General AOS/VS and) 94 W( Apollo Aegis,)95 W 5760 19199 MT (contributed by Phil Julian and Jack) 63 W( Rouse of the SAS)62 W 5760 20395 MT (Institute. The) 1127 W( Macintosh code was converted to)426 W 5760 21591 MT (Megamax C by Jim Noble of) 10 W( Planning Research Corp,)9 W 5760 22787 MT (so that for the first time) 123 W( it can be built and modified)124 W 5760 23983 MT (directly on the Macintosh \050future releases) 169 W( will prob-)168 W 5760 25179 MT (ably also include support for) 74 W( Lightspeed and MPW C)75 W 5760 26375 MT (on the Mac\051. Version 4E includes several major) 67 W( \050and)66 W 5760 27571 MT (many minor\051 bug fixes, and some new features:)SH /Symbol SF 6079 29149 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (Long packet) 37 W( protocol support for more efficient file)38 W 6860 30345 MT (transfers, plus other performance improvements.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 31780 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (The Unix version now) 29 W( executes its initialization file)28 W 6860 32976 MT (always, no matter how invoked.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 34411 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (File and terminal) 259 W( bytesize masks, to allow inter-)260 W 6860 35607 MT (action with both 7-bit and 8-bit ASCII systems.)SH 5760 37521 MT (C-Kermit for Unix and VMS is distributed) 357 W( in C-)356 W 5760 38717 MT (language source form only.) 77 W( Encoded) 430 W( executable files)78 W 5760 39913 MT (\050along with suitable decoding procedures\051 are in-)416 W 5760 41109 MT (cluded with the Macintosh, Amiga, and Data) 90 W( General)91 W 5760 42305 MT (versions. Future) 465 W( releases) 95 W( are expected to include im-)94 W 5760 43501 MT (proved VAX/VMS and Macintosh support.)SH 12 /Times-Bold AF 5760 45772 MT (CMS KERMIT 3.1)SH 11 /Times-Roman AF 5760 47572 MT (Version 3.1 of CMS Kermit was released in) 109 W( Septem-)110 W 5760 48768 MT (ber 1986 for) 396 W( IBM 370-series mainframes running)395 W 5760 49964 MT (VM/CMS. This) 278 W( Kermit version includes contributions)2 W 5760 51160 MT (from several people; Vace Kundakci of Columbia)365 W 5760 52356 MT (University, John Chandler of Harvard, Bob Bolch) 142 W( of)143 W 5760 53552 MT (Triangle Universities, and) 209 W( Clark Frazier of the Har-)208 W 5760 54748 MT (vard Business School.)SH 5760 56662 MT (New features include) 377 W( extended-length packets, ad-)378 W 5760 57858 MT (vanced server functions, file attribute) 345 W( packets, im-)344 W 5760 59054 MT (proved performance) 238 W( and error recovery, support for)239 W 5760 60250 MT (3705 linemode as) 134 W( well as connections through 7171-)133 W 5760 61446 MT (style protocol converters, plus many bug fixes.)SH 12 /Times-Bold AF 5760 63717 MT (NIH MVS/TSO KERMIT)SH 11 /Times-Roman AF 5760 65517 MT (A new IBM) 99 W( 370-series mainframe MVS/TSO Kermit)100 W 5760 66713 MT (from the US National) 87 W( Institutes of Health \050NIH\051, was)86 W 5760 67909 MT (first announced in December, 1986. The) 136 W( program is)137 W 5760 69105 MT (written in ``ALP'', which is a preprocessor for) 209 W( 370)208 W 5760 70301 MT (assembly language developed at NIH. The ALP)400 W 5760 71497 MT (preprocessor, also) 316 W( supplied, is written in PL/I. A)315 W 5760 72693 MT (hexadecimal-encoded object file is) 462 W( also provided,)463 W 5760 73889 MT (along with an assembler program to) 145 W( decode it into a)144 W 32760 7955 MT (binary object file; this can be linked with a tailorable)97 W 32760 9151 MT (module \050written in straight assembler\051 in which site)203 W 32760 10347 MT (dependencies, such) 510 W( as the ASCII/EBCDIC trans-)511 W 32760 11543 MT (lations, are specified.)SH 32760 13457 MT (Thanks to Roger Fajman at NIH for) 189 W( submitting this)188 W 32760 14653 MT (program to us. Roger participated in the) 100 W( design with)101 W 32760 15849 MT (Dale Wright, who did the) 251 W( programming. The new)250 W 32760 17045 MT (program has many advanced features) 243 W( over previous)244 W 32760 18241 MT (TSO Kermit versions, including server) 161 W( mode, binary)160 W 32760 19437 MT (file transfer, file interruption, 8th-bit prefixing,) 227 W( run-)228 W 32760 20633 MT (length encoding,) 257 W( alternate block check types. NIH)256 W 32760 21829 MT (TSO Kermit supports only 3705-style line) 89 W( mode con-)90 W 32760 23025 MT (nections.)SH 12 /Times-Bold AF 32760 25296 MT (PORTABLE IBM MAINFRAME KERMIT)SH 11 /Times-Italic AF 32760 27093 MT (John F. Chandler)SH 32760 28289 MT (Harvard University, Cambridge, MA)SH /Times-Roman SF 32760 30203 MT (The IBM 370 architecture can run quite a variety) 152 W( of)151 W 32760 31399 MT (operating systems, and many of) 28 W( these systems, includ-)29 W 32760 32595 MT (ing CMS, GUTS, MTS, MUSIC, and TSO, have) 55 W( their)54 W 32760 33791 MT (own implementations) 219 W( of Kermit. Some systems, in)220 W 32760 34987 MT (fact, have more than one, and there are) 71 W( currently thir-)70 W 32760 36183 MT (teen different Kermits listed for IBM 370's) 296 W( in the)297 W 32760 37379 MT (Kermit distribution. A new development) 634 W( now)633 W 32760 38575 MT (promises to reduce the redundancy, namely, a) 25 W( generic,)26 W 32760 39771 MT (portable Kermit-370. The new Kermit, like) 159 W( most of)158 W 32760 40967 MT (the others now available, is descended from) 461 W( the)462 W 32760 42163 MT (original Kermit-CMS 1.0, but it) 197 W( differs from all the)196 W 32760 43359 MT (others in that the system-specific functions) 203 W( \050such as)204 W 32760 44555 MT (disk I/O, file-system interaction,) 47 W( and terminal I/O\051 are)46 W 32760 45751 MT (segregated into a separate section of code) 358 W( \050and a)359 W 32760 46947 MT (separate list of macro definitions\051. The generic)470 W 32760 48143 MT (\050system-independent\051 sections of code are) 80 W( entirely re-)81 W 32760 49339 MT (entrant, and the same mechanism) 235 W( for re-entrancy is)234 W 32760 50535 MT (available for the system-specific code as well.)SH 32760 52449 MT (Kermit-370 offers all) 313 W( the capabilities supported by)314 W 32760 53645 MT (Kermit-CMS 3.1, plus many more. Among) 469 W( the)468 W 32760 54841 MT (capabilities are:)SH /Symbol SF 33079 56419 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 33860 XM (Long-packet protocol) 125 W( with automatic adaptation of)126 W 33860 57615 MT (packet length to the noise environment.)SH /Symbol SF 33079 58811 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 33860 XM (Advanced Server functions plus commands) 19 W( for con-)18 W 33860 60007 MT (trolling another Kermit in Server mode.)SH /Symbol SF 33079 61203 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 33860 XM (Optional passing of) 251 W( invalid Kermit commands to)252 W 33860 62399 MT (the host operating system for execution.)SH /Symbol SF 33079 63595 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 33860 XM (Support for 3705,) 186 W( 4994, 7171, Series/1, and 3708)185 W 33860 64791 MT (front ends, with or without VTAM.)SH /Symbol SF 33079 65987 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 33860 XM (Optionally separate ASCII/EBCDIC) 118 W( translation for)119 W 33860 67183 MT (packet and disk I/O)SH /Symbol SF 33079 68379 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 33860 XM (File attribute packets.)SH /Symbol SF 33079 69575 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 33860 XM (Throughput statistics after each single or multiple)191 W 33860 70771 MT (file transfer.)SH /Symbol SF 33079 71967 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 33860 XM (Nestable TAKE files with optional command echo-)59 W 33860 73163 MT (ing and halt-on-error.)SH ES %%Page: 4 5 61200 79200 BS 0 SI 12 /Times-Bold AF 5760 4404 MT (Page 4)SH 10 /Times-Italic AF 28140 XM (November 1987)SH 12 /Times-Bold AF 50114 XM (Kermit News)SH 51120 50 5760 5709 UL 51120 50 5760 75800 UL 11 /Times-Roman AF 5760 7955 MT (As of this writing,) 308 W( Kermit-370 has been fully im-)307 W 5760 9151 MT (plemented for VM/CMS and partially) 296 W( implemented)297 W 5760 10347 MT (for MVS/TSO. Sources) 60 W( and documentation are avail-)59 W 5760 11543 MT (able to anyone wishing to port Kermit-370 to other)212 W 5760 12739 MT (operating systems, either as a new product or) 82 W( as a re-)81 W 5760 13935 MT (placement for) 115 W( one of the existing implementations of)116 W 5760 15131 MT (Kermit. When) 407 W( the TSO version is ready, it) 66 W( should be)65 W 5760 16327 MT (able to replace some of) 229 W( the older TSO versions, in)230 W 5760 17523 MT (which a separate program was required for) 99 W( each kind)98 W 5760 18719 MT (of front end \0503705, 3708, 7171\051.)SH 12 /Times-Bold AF 5760 20990 MT (VAX/VMS KERMIT)SH 11 /Times-Roman AF 5760 22790 MT (VAX/VMS Kermit Version 3.3.111, contributed by)278 W 5760 23986 MT (Bob McQueen at Stevens Institute of Technology,) 7 W( was)6 W 5760 25182 MT (released in April, 1987. This release) 36 W( is a maintenance)37 W 5760 26378 MT (version only and does not) 60 W( contain any major develop-)59 W 5760 27574 MT (ment work. It) 166 W( has been tested under VMS 4.3, 4.4,)167 W 5760 28770 MT (and 4.5 but will definitely not run) 388 W( under pre-4.0)387 W 5760 29966 MT (releases of VMS \050version 3.1 of VMS Kermit) 46 W( was the)47 W 5760 31162 MT (last version that would do so and is kept on) 7 W( the Kermit)6 W 5760 32358 MT (distribution tape as VMSV31.HEX\051.)SH 5760 34272 MT (The major change is the) 227 W( addition of a TRANSMIT)228 W 5760 35468 MT (command for) 68 W( raw file upload. There are also internal)67 W 5760 36664 MT (improvements and bug fixes involving) 7 W( the CONNECT)8 W 5760 37860 MT (command, IBM mainframe communication, etc.)SH 5760 39774 MT (3.3.111 is probably the last release of) 235 W( this Bliss-32)234 W 5760 40970 MT (Kermit version since Stevens Institute no longer) 168 W( has)169 W 5760 42166 MT (the resources for) 235 W( continued development. Unless a)234 W 5760 43362 MT (new VMS site running Bliss with Kermit expertise)255 W 5760 44558 MT (arises, the emphasis for) 140 W( VMS Kermit will shift from)139 W 5760 45754 MT (Bliss to C. A new release of C-Kermit) 66 W( with improved)67 W 5760 46950 MT (support for VMS is expected soon.)SH 12 /Times-Bold AF 5760 49221 MT (APPLE II DOS/PRODOS KERMIT)SH 11 /Times-Roman AF 5760 51021 MT (Version 3.75 of Apple) 3 W( II Kermit was released in April,)2 W 5760 52217 MT (1987. This) 543 W( version was developed by Ted) 134 W( Medin to)135 W 5760 53413 MT (run under both Apple DOS) 213 W( 3.3 and ProDos. It in-)212 W 5760 54609 MT (cludes new LOG, SERVER, and SET commands,) 85 W( the)86 W 5760 55805 MT (ability to do) 507 W( XON/XOFF, printer control, VT52)506 W 5760 57001 MT (emulation improvements, timeouts, support for)851 W 5760 58197 MT (various 80-column cards) 267 W( and for a wide variety of)266 W 5760 59393 MT (communication cards,) 510 W( and it has extended-length)511 W 5760 60589 MT (packet support.)SH 5760 62503 MT (The program is) 10 W( based on the previous release of Apple)9 W 5760 63699 MT (II Kermit, written in) 89 W( the CROSS assembler language,)90 W 5760 64895 MT (and comes with) 134 W( a cross assember written in C to as-)133 W 5760 66091 MT (semble it. This cross assembler can be run on a Unix)60 W 5760 67287 MT (system \050Berkeley or Ultrix, and possibly) 33 W( any other 2's)32 W 5760 68483 MT (complement Unix system\051.)SH 5760 70397 MT (Version 3.79, released in October 1987, adds) 77 W( VT-100)78 W 5760 71593 MT (emulation, support for the Apple IIc and) 144 W( Apple IIgs,)143 W 5760 72789 MT (plus some other new functions.)SH 16 /Times-Bold AF 32760 8272 MT (Many Things to Many People)SH 11 /Times-Roman AF 32760 10353 MT (The following articles) 360 W( describe some of the ways)361 W 32760 11549 MT (Kermit is being used around the world.) 135 W( Readers) 543 W( are)134 W 32760 12745 MT (encouraged to submit) 313 W( their own articles describing)314 W 32760 13941 MT (how Kermit is) 189 W( being put to good, interesting or un-)188 W 32760 15137 MT (usual uses. We would be especially interested) 323 W( in)324 W 32760 16333 MT (stories about how) 98 W( Kermit is used to benefit humanity)97 W 32760 17529 MT (\050or other) 258 W( creatures\051, to foster international coopera-)259 W 32760 18725 MT (tion, or to make life easier for the disabled. For many,)10 W 32760 19921 MT (Kermit is used for mundane purposes like saving)369 W 32760 21117 MT (money. We'd) 275 W( like to hear about that too.)SH 13 /Times-Bold AF 32760 23332 MT (The Green Revolution)SH 11 /Times-Italic AF 32760 25199 MT (Georg Lindsey, CGNET, Palo Alto, CA)SH /Times-Roman SF 32760 27113 MT (The ``green revolution'') 152 W( of the 1970s has essentially)151 W 32760 28309 MT (doubled the world's agricultural) 63 W( output, allowing mil-)64 W 32760 29505 MT (lions of people to) 142 W( eat who once would have starved.)141 W 32760 30701 MT (Genetic engineering) 135 W( has resulted in more productive,)136 W 32760 31897 MT (resilient, and nutritional strains of wheat,) 195 W( rice, corn,)194 W 32760 33093 MT (potatoes, chick peas, sorghum, and many other crops.)SH 32760 35007 MT (Research in these areas is coordinated from) 83 W( a consor-)84 W 32760 36203 MT (tium of 13 international agricultural) 172 W( research centers)171 W 32760 37399 MT (sponsored by the) 150 W( Food and Agriculture Organization)151 W 32760 38595 MT (\050FAO\051 of the United Nations, the World Bank,) 9 W( and the)8 W 32760 39791 MT (United Nations Development Program) 206 W( \050UNDP\051. Its)207 W 32760 40987 MT (mandate is to support research programs aimed) 60 W( at im-)59 W 32760 42183 MT (proving the quantity) 43 W( and quality of food production in)44 W 32760 43379 MT (developing nations.)SH 32760 45293 MT (Some 130 remote outposts are located in) 327 W( over 70)326 W 32760 46489 MT (countries. This) 1135 W( group of centers \050known as) 430 W( the)431 W 32760 47685 MT (CGIAR\051 is foremost in the field, and represents) 201 W( the)200 W 32760 48881 MT (state of) 86 W( the art in agricultural research. Experimental)87 W 32760 50077 MT (data, proposals, budgets,) 50 W( purchase orders, funds trans-)49 W 32760 51273 MT (fers, travel schedules, etc., are) 141 W( communicated among)142 W 32760 52469 MT (the centers and stations with a variety of methods in-)97 W 32760 53665 MT (cluding E-mail, telex, telegraph,) 145 W( telephone, post, and)146 W 32760 54861 MT (courier.)SH 32760 56775 MT (The usage of electronic mail services \050such) 175 W( as Dial-)174 W 32760 57971 MT (com\051 has been increasing used) 174 W( since 1985 when the)175 W 32760 59167 MT (centers began to interconnect their) 172 W( various computer)171 W 32760 60363 MT (resources -- VAX 780s, IBM PCs,) 223 W( IBM 4341s, HP)224 W 32760 61559 MT (3000s, Apples, MACs, Tandys, etc. The use) 407 W( of)406 W 32760 62755 MT (modern electronic communication has been shown to)110 W 32760 63951 MT (save the CGIAR about $1 million) 111 W( per year by avoid-)110 W 32760 65147 MT (ing more costly methods such as telex and courier.)SH 32760 67061 MT (The ``CGNET'' now connects researchers) 9 W( in countries)10 W 32760 68257 MT (all over the world via public data networks when)327 W 32760 69453 MT (available. From) 411 W( countries such as) 68 W( Kenya, Zimbabwe,)69 W 32760 70649 MT (Mali, Nepal, and) 168 W( Niger where these services are not)167 W 32760 71845 MT (available, there is direct international dialing) 286 W( to an)287 W 32760 73041 MT (electronic mail service in London.)SH ES %%Page: 5 6 61200 79200 BS 0 SI 12 /Times-Bold AF 5760 4404 MT (Kermit News)SH 10 /Times-Italic AF 28140 XM (November 1987)SH 12 /Times-Bold AF 53514 XM (Page 5)SH 51120 50 5760 5709 UL 51120 50 5760 75800 UL 11 /Times-Roman AF 5760 7955 MT (However, some) 133 W( stations are not able to initiate inter-)132 W 5760 9151 MT (national calls. One example is ICRISAT \050Inter-)426 W 5760 10347 MT (national Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid)232 W 5760 11543 MT (Tropics\051 Research Center in Hyderabad, India.) 108 W( Mes-)492 W 5760 12739 MT (sages that come) 152 W( in via E-Mail from stations all over)151 W 5760 13935 MT (the world) 247 W( are relayed from CGNET Services Inter-)248 W 5760 15131 MT (national in Palo) 75 W( Alto, California, to a VAX-11/780 in)74 W 5760 16327 MT (Hyderabad via Kermit.)SH 5760 18241 MT (As Richard Miller \050formerly involved in the project\051)151 W 5760 19437 MT (points out,) 6 W( ``It would be understatement to say that the)5 W 5760 20633 MT (use of) 37 W( international direct dial telephone between Cal-)38 W 5760 21829 MT (ifornia and) 54 W( India is noisy. It's horrendous. However,)53 W 5760 23025 MT (by reducing the packet size and) 63 W( twiddling a few other)64 W 5760 24221 MT (parameters, we have) 24 W( had very good success.'' In west)23 W 5760 25417 MT (Africa, Kermit) 32 W( is used to relay point-to-point traffic to)33 W 5760 26613 MT (Hyderabad and to other stations) 287 W( -- Naimey, Niger;)286 W 5760 27809 MT (Ouagadougou, Upper Volta) 449 W( \050now Burkima Faso\051;)450 W 5760 29005 MT (Bamako, Mali. As Richard observes, ``You've never)86 W 5760 30201 MT (really LIVED until you try) 53 W( to get 1200 bps access out)54 W 5760 31397 MT (of Upper Volta or Niger!'') 204 W( Sometimes) 681 W( connections)203 W 5760 32593 MT (are so noisy that login cannot be) 59 W( accomplished within)60 W 5760 33789 MT (VMS's timeout period. The appearance of) 357 W( error-)356 W 5760 34985 MT (correcting modems in recent years) 116 W( has alleviated this)117 W 5760 36181 MT (problem.)SH 5760 38095 MT (An example of) 152 W( the kind of information that is trans-)151 W 5760 39291 MT (ferred between these) 311 W( stations is the results \050to the)312 W 5760 40487 MT (research center in Mexico\051 of 104,000) 218 W( experimental)217 W 5760 41683 MT (trials that are annually conducted in 74 countries.) 19 W( The)314 W 5760 42879 MT (results of the consortium's) 187 W( research activity are col-)186 W 5760 44075 MT (lected by the centers and published in) 235 W( journals and)236 W 5760 45271 MT (abstracts that are sent to) 396 W( the national agricultural)395 W 5760 46467 MT (programs in each) 372 W( country \050like the USDA in the)373 W 5760 47663 MT (United States\051, who pass the information along to) 86 W( the)85 W 5760 48859 MT (farmers. Through) 699 W( use of) 212 W( the CGNET facilities, the)213 W 5760 50055 MT (process of abstracting the information and getting) 29 W( it to)28 W 5760 51251 MT (the farmers was reduced from six months) 403 W( to six)404 W 5760 52447 MT (weeks. The) 389 W( ultimate) 57 W( beneficiaries are the people who)56 W 5760 53643 MT (are nourished by these crops.)SH 13 /Times-Bold AF 5760 55858 MT (Kermit Aids in Giotto Project)SH 11 /Times-Italic AF 5760 57725 MT (Paul de Broeck)SH 5760 58921 MT (ESOC, Darmstadt, West Germany)SH /Times-Roman SF 5760 60835 MT (During the mornings of March 6) 273 W( and 9, 1986, the)274 W 5760 62031 MT (Soviet spacecraft VEGA-1 and VEGA-2) 437 W( flew by)436 W 5760 63227 MT (Halley's comet at a distance) 47 W( of about 10,000 km. For)48 W 5760 64423 MT (this event, a cooperation under the) 8 W( name ``pathfinder'')7 W 5760 65619 MT (was established between the spaceflight) 60 W( centre ``IKI'')61 W 5760 66815 MT (in Moscow, and ESA's Operations Centre ESOC, lo-)107 W 5760 68011 MT (cated in Darmstadt, West Germany.) 264 W( ESA's) 805 W( Giotto)265 W 5760 69207 MT (probe was scheduled) 175 W( to fly by Halley's comet some)174 W 5760 70403 MT (days later, at a targeting distance of some 500 km.)SH 5760 72317 MT (American physicists had an experiment on-board the)151 W 5760 73513 MT (VEGA \050a dust particle mass spectrometer\051,) 60 W( the results)59 W 5760 74709 MT (of which were collected in Moscow during the VEGA)37 W 32760 7955 MT (encounters. For) 1097 W( transfer of their data to ESOC,)411 W 32760 9151 MT (Kermit was used. The results of) 19 W( the experiments were)20 W 32760 10347 MT (collected onto an IBM PC's hard) 94 W( disc. The data was)93 W 32760 11543 MT (then transferred) 18 W( using Kermit to ESOC on a 9.6 kbaud)19 W 32760 12739 MT (line from IKI in Moscow to) 8 W( ESOC in Darmstadt. This)7 W 32760 13935 MT (enabled American) 3 W( and European scientists, gathered at)4 W 32760 15131 MT (ESOC, to obtain their valuable data in) 487 W( Western)486 W 32760 16327 MT (Europe, and made a very quick analysis possible.)SH 32760 18241 MT (This analysis was needed in order) 49 W( to estimate the dust)50 W 32760 19437 MT (hazard in the neighbourhood) 255 W( of Halley, so that the)254 W 32760 20633 MT (scientists could agree) 264 W( upon a targeting distance for)265 W 32760 21829 MT (Giotto -- this was decided to be 550 km.)SH 32760 23743 MT (Using also the information from the camera) 160 W( pictures)159 W 32760 24939 MT (taken from the VEGA spacecraft, containing the) 51 W( posi-)52 W 32760 26135 MT (tion of Halley's nucleus, the flight dynamics team) 132 W( at)131 W 32760 27331 MT (ESOC was able to improve considerably) 325 W( the orbit)326 W 32760 28527 MT (determination accuracy of the comet,) 561 W( effectively)560 W 32760 29723 MT (removing an error of about 300 km in the target dis-)121 W 32760 30919 MT (tance.)SH 32760 32833 MT (During the night of 13 March) 56 W( 1986, Giotto performed)55 W 32760 34029 MT (its very successful fly-by with Halley's comet, and) 109 W( it)110 W 32760 35225 MT (was found that) 73 W( the error remaining on the orbit of the)72 W 32760 36421 MT (comet was only in the order of 20 km.)SH 32760 38335 MT (It is believed that) 1 W( the 1 Mbyte of science data which in)2 W 32760 39531 MT (total crossed the ``iron curtain'' -- through) 129 W( Kermit --)128 W 32760 40727 MT (after the VEGA encounters,) 548 W( considerably helped)549 W 32760 41923 MT (towards a safe and successful Giotto fly-by.)SH /Times-Italic SF 32760 43837 MT (ESOC \050European Space Operations Centre\051 is one)293 W 32760 45033 MT (part of the European Space Agency) 254 W( \050ESA\051. ESOC)255 W 32760 46229 MT (staff are responsible for controlling) 272 W( and sometimes)271 W 32760 47425 MT (operating satellites after launch by the) 76 W( Ariane rocket.)77 W 32760 48621 MT (The computers that have access to satellites) 72 W( naturally)71 W 32760 49817 MT (do not have any access to networks.) 385 W( Thanks) 1047 W( to)386 W 32760 51013 MT (Richard J.) 273 W( Waite) SH( of ESOC) 273 W( for contributing this)272 W /Times-Roman SF 55660 XM (ar-)SH 32760 52209 MT (ticle.)SH 13 /Times-Bold AF 32760 54424 MT (Kermit at the Center for Population and)SH 32760 55620 MT (Family Health)SH 11 /Times-Italic AF 32760 57487 MT (Norman Weatherby, Ph.D.)SH 32760 58683 MT (Center for Population and Family Health)SH 32760 59879 MT (Columbia University, New York City)SH /Times-Roman SF 32760 61793 MT (The Center for Population and) 54 W( Family Health \050CPFH\051)55 W 32760 62989 MT (in the Faculty of) 247 W( Medicine of Columbia University)246 W 32760 64185 MT (has been using Kermit since 1982 in the United) 5 W( States,)6 W 32760 65381 MT (Haiti, and Africa.) 193 W( Our) 660 W( goals are to improve family)192 W 32760 66577 MT (planning services and) 59 W( maternal and child health in ur-)60 W 32760 67773 MT (ban slums) 26 W( and rural areas through operations research,)25 W 32760 68969 MT (service delivery, and technical assistance.)SH 32760 70883 MT (Before Kermit was available, a major bottleneck in) 33 W( all)34 W 32760 72079 MT (programs assisted by the CPFH was our inability to)181 W 32760 73275 MT (quickly and accurately) 224 W( transfer information between)225 W 32760 74471 MT (computers. We) 693 W( conduct many) 209 W( market research sur-)208 W ES %%Page: 6 7 61200 79200 BS 0 SI 12 /Times-Bold AF 5760 4404 MT (Page 6)SH 10 /Times-Italic AF 28140 XM (November 1987)SH 12 /Times-Bold AF 50114 XM (Kermit News)SH 51120 50 5760 5709 UL 51120 50 5760 75800 UL 11 /Times-Roman AF 5760 7955 MT (veys in Africa to get baseline estimates) 98 W( of contracep-)99 W 5760 9151 MT (tive use, immunization, and) 102 W( oral rehydration. It used)101 W 5760 10347 MT (to take months to keypunch, edit, and read decks of)165 W 5760 11543 MT (cards into Columbia University's) 364 W( IBM mainframe.)363 W 5760 12739 MT (By the time) 39 W( the data was analyzed, the programs were)40 W 5760 13935 MT (in full operation. This delay meant that health care)182 W 5760 15131 MT (providers did not have access to vital) 334 W( information)335 W 5760 16327 MT (about the population that they) 33 W( were serving. They did)32 W 5760 17523 MT (not know, for) 74 W( example, how many mothers desired to)75 W 5760 18719 MT (begin using family planning.) 321 W( Without) 916 W( such infor-)320 W 5760 19915 MT (mation, it was difficult) 344 W( to plan and carry out the)345 W 5760 21111 MT (programs.)SH 5760 23025 MT (Now that microcomputers) 83 W( are installed in most of the)82 W 5760 24221 MT (programs in) 208 W( Haiti and Africa, we quickly enter and)209 W 5760 25417 MT (edit research data and bring floppy disks) 118 W( to our New)117 W 5760 26613 MT (York offices.) 20 W( Kermit) 317 W( is used to upload this data to the)21 W 5760 27809 MT (mainframe for analysis, and) 174 W( the results are available)173 W 5760 29005 MT (before the health care) 163 W( programs are underway. Fol-)164 W 5760 30201 MT (lowup data that serves to) 53 W( evaluate the effectiveness of)52 W 5760 31397 MT (CPFH-assisted programs) 546 W( is also quickly entered,)547 W 5760 32593 MT (edited, transferred, and analyzed so that we) 91 W( know the)90 W 5760 33789 MT (results soon after) 250 W( the programs have ended. Thus,)251 W 5760 34985 MT (Kermit has all but eliminated our problems with the)166 W 5760 36181 MT (speed of information) 107 W( transfer. We are able to design)108 W 5760 37377 MT (health care programs) 351 W( that match the needs of the)350 W 5760 38573 MT (populations that they) 329 W( serve, and we quickly know)330 W 5760 39769 MT (results of our work.)SH 5760 41683 MT (More recently, CPFH-assisted programs) 218 W( have begun)217 W 5760 42879 MT (to use microcomputer-based statistical packages \050such)53 W 5760 44075 MT (as SPSS-PC\051.) 194 W( This) 661 W( has reduced our dependence on)193 W 5760 45271 MT (mainframe computers) 408 W( for analysis. We now use)409 W 5760 46467 MT (mainframes primarily for communications with) 138 W( other)137 W 5760 47663 MT (researchers through BITNET and for archival storage)101 W 5760 48859 MT (of data. We) 15 W( continue to heavily use Kermit to transfer)14 W 5760 50055 MT (messages, documents, and) 468 W( large datasets between)469 W 5760 51251 MT (microcomputers and mainframes. For) 243 W( example, we)242 W 5760 52447 MT (are currently planning to use Kermit to) 116 W( communicate)117 W 5760 53643 MT (with colleagues at Johns Hopkins University in our)229 W 5760 54839 MT (AIDS research efforts.) 513 W( No) 1303 W( postal or document)514 W 5760 56035 MT (delivery service is faster) 173 W( than the speed that we can)172 W 5760 57231 MT (achieve through telecommunications.)SH 5760 59145 MT (In summary,) 185 W( Kermit has had a major and beneficial)186 W 5760 60341 MT (impact on the operations of domestic and) 20 W( international)19 W 5760 61537 MT (programs that are assisted) 74 W( by the CPFH. This in turn)75 W 5760 62733 MT (has helped to) 404 W( improve the health of women and)403 W 5760 63929 MT (children throughout the world.)SH 13 /Times-Bold AF 32760 8071 MT (Kermit in Antarctica)SH 11 /Times-Italic AF 32760 9938 MT (Frank da Cruz)SH 32760 11134 MT (Columbia University, New York City)SH /Times-Roman SF 32760 13048 MT (Kermit is the primary communication) 191 W( software used)192 W 32760 14244 MT (between US research stations) 78 W( in Antarctica -- Palmer,)77 W 32760 15440 MT (Siple, and) 589 W( South Pole Stations -- and a relay)590 W 32760 16636 MT (VAX/VMS system in Florida,) 262 W( which in turn is ac-)261 W 32760 17832 MT (cessed via Kermit by the principle investigators) 44 W( of the)45 W 32760 19028 MT (various NSF-sponsored projects) 202 W( at the University of)201 W 32760 20224 MT (Maryland, NOAA GMCC in Boulder,) 333 W( AT&T Bell)334 W 32760 21420 MT (Laboratories, and Stanford University.)SH 32760 23334 MT (According to Eric Siefka of ITT Antarctic Services in)60 W 32760 24530 MT (Paramus, NJ, the Antarctic stations are linked) 21 W( with the)22 W 32760 25726 MT (Florida relay via NASA's ATS3 satellite,) 71 W( which is 18)70 W 32760 26922 MT (years old and provides a relatively noisy connection,)138 W 32760 28118 MT (especially during aurora borealis or) 60 W( other atmospheric)59 W 32760 29314 MT (disturbance.)SH 32760 31228 MT (Research involves studies of the atmospheric) 55 W( layers --)56 W 32760 32424 MT (ionosphere, magnetosphere, ozone layer, etc --) 218 W( their)217 W 32760 33620 MT (interactions, their effects on the earth) 384 W( and its in-)385 W 32760 34816 MT (habitants \050filtering of cosmic) 328 W( rays, telecommunica-)327 W 32760 36012 MT (tions applications, etc\051, and the effects) 203 W( of pollutants)204 W 32760 37208 MT (and other artifacts of civilization. And) 653 W( daily)652 W 32760 38404 MT (meteorological data is sent to the National Weather)221 W 32760 39600 MT (Service for forecasting.)SH 32760 41514 MT (Atmospheric data is) 9 W( collected using riometers \050relative)8 W 32760 42710 MT (ionospheric opacity meters\051, multichannel recorders,)242 W 32760 43906 MT (and other) 454 W( instruments, as well as from ice core)453 W 32760 45102 MT (samples. The) 719 W( data) 222 W( is reduced on a PDP-11/73 and)223 W 32760 46298 MT (transferred once a day to) 190 W( Florida using PDP-11 and)189 W 32760 47494 MT (VAX/VMS Kermits. IBM PC) 11 W( Kermit is used to trans-)12 W 32760 48690 MT (fer PC-resident databases of inventory, supplies, logis-)8 W 32760 49886 MT (tics, and cargo. During the 9-month) 90 W( Antarctic winter)91 W 32760 51082 MT (night, when supply ships can't get in or out and)358 W 32760 52278 MT (research staffs are) 313 W( otherwise cut off, the Antarctic)314 W 32760 53474 MT (crew takes inventory and sends back the new counts)144 W 32760 54670 MT (so they can) 143 W( be supplied with the necessary scientific)144 W 32760 55866 MT (equipment, food, fuel, and other supplies when the) 33 W( ice)32 W 32760 57062 MT (breaks in the Spring. Meanwhile, scientific and in-)197 W 32760 58258 MT (ventory management programs are) 567 W( developed or)566 W 32760 59454 MT (refined in the US and transferred to the) 77 W( Antarctic sta-)78 W 32760 60650 MT (tions.)SH 32760 62564 MT (The Antarctic) 31 W( researchers have found Kermit more ef-)30 W 32760 63760 MT (fective than other protocols, particularly over) 431 W( the)432 W 32760 64956 MT (long-distance, noisy links they must use. The user-)189 W 32760 66152 MT (settable parameters, particularly the) 89 W( timeout intervals,)90 W 32760 67348 MT (allow automatic recovery) 196 W( of long file transfers even)195 W 32760 68544 MT (after 60-90 seconds of total) 249 W( signal loss. Kermit is)250 W 32760 69740 MT (used whenever link conditions are noisy or data must)90 W 32760 70936 MT (be transferred without error.)SH ES %%Page: 7 8 61200 79200 BS 0 SI 12 /Times-Bold AF 5760 4404 MT (Kermit News)SH 10 /Times-Italic AF 28140 XM (November 1987)SH 12 /Times-Bold AF 53514 XM (Page 7)SH 51120 50 5760 5709 UL 51120 50 5760 75800 UL 16 SS 5760 8272 MT (Summary of Recent Releases)SH 11 /Times-Roman AF 5760 10353 MT (Here is) 6 W( a concise list of Kermit releases since the last Newsletter in August 1986. The notation \050A:XYZ\051 means the)7 W 5760 11549 MT (version is available on tape A, as files whose names start) 14 W( with XYZ. When more than one release of a program has)13 W 5760 12745 MT (occurred since August 1986, only the latest one is mentioned.)SH /Times-Italic SF 5760 14659 MT (August-September 1986:)SH 10905 50 5760 14859 UL /Symbol SF 6079 16237 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (Atari ST series GEM Kermit v1.02, in C, from Bernhard Nebel, Technische Universitaet Berlin \050A:AST\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 17553 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (HP-1000 Kermit v1.98) 32 W( for RTE-6 and RTE-A, written in SPL, contributed by Paul Schumann of E-Systems Inc,)33 W 6860 18749 MT (Greenville, TX \050D:HPM\051. Also available on native media from Interex, the international HP user group.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 20065 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (Sperry 1100 Kermit v2.5, assembler, from Paul Stevens at the University of Wisconsin \050D:UN\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 21381 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (Microsoft Windows Kermit v1.0, in Microsoft C, from Bill Hall, Old Bridge, NJ.) 37 W( This) 348 W( is a "bare bones" Kermit)36 W 6860 22577 MT (that can run in MS Windows) 53 W( mouse-and-window environment, concurrent with other programs, on the IBM PC)54 W 6860 23773 MT (family or any other PC that runs MS Windows \050A:WIN\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 25089 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (IBM System/370-series mainframe Kermit 3.1 for VM/CMS, in) 158 W( assembler. Supports both linemode and full)157 W 6860 26285 MT (screen connections. Described on page 3. \050B:CMS\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 27601 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (Honeywell 6000 Kermit for DTSS, in "Virtual PL/I", from Dartmouth College \050D:DTS\051.)SH /Times-Italic SF 5760 29515 MT (October-December 1986:)SH 11329 50 5760 29715 UL /Symbol SF 6079 31093 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (Tandy/Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 4 Kermit v5.2) 46 W( for TRSDOS, in assember, from Gregg Wonderly, Oklahoma)47 W 6860 32289 MT (State University \050A:M4\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 33605 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (HP9845 Kermit v1.00, in BASIC, from Martin J. Rootes, Sheffield City Polytechnic, UK \050C:HP9\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 34921 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (Gould/SEL MPX/32 Kermit v2.3, in Fortran 77, from Simulation Associates Inc \050D:GM2\051.)SH /Times-Italic SF 5760 36835 MT (January-March 1987:)SH 9743 50 5760 37035 UL /Symbol SF 6079 38413 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (DEC Rainbow Kermit, a special version with VT220 emulation, hot keys,) 109 W( pop-up menus, 20 rollback screens,)108 W 6860 39609 MT (etc, by Dave Knoell, Basic American Food Company, Vacaville, CA \050B:MSVRB2\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 40925 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (Microdata PICK/REALITY Kermit v0.2C, in DATA/BASIC, from Joe Fisher, Austin, TX \050D:PIC\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 42241 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (CIE 680/XX REGULUS Kermit, in C, from David S. Lawyer, Univ. of California at Irvine \050C:CIE\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 43557 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (MODCOMP Classic MAX IV) 231 W( Kermit vA.0 in Fortran, from Bob Borgeson, Setpoint Inc, Brecksville, OH)232 W 6860 44753 MT (\050D:MOD\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 46069 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (Computervision Kermit v1.21, in Fortran S, from Val Jawks, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT \050D:CV\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 47385 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (Texas Instruments Explorer Kermit 1.0, in Lisp, from Brian Carb and Steve Ford of UNISYS Corp,) 119 W( Bluebell,)118 W 6860 48581 MT (PA, a joint effort between TI and Sperry Corp \050C:EXP\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 49897 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (Motorola 6809 Kermit, for FLEX-09 or SK*DOS, in C, from) 102 W( Jur van der Burg, Alphen aan den Rijn, Nether-)103 W 6860 51093 MT (lands \050C:FL\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 52409 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (Apollo Aegis Kermit in Pascal, separate versions from Marconi Space Systems \0502.7\051 and) 164 W( Control Data Corp)163 W 6860 53605 MT (\0502.8\051, in Pascal \050C:APO and C:AP2\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 54921 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (Perkin-Elmer/Concurrent/Interdata 3200 OS32 Kermit v1.0, in Fortran,) 8 W( from C.J. Miller, Louisiana State Univer-)9 W 6860 56117 MT (sity \050D:PE2\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 57433 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (Tandy/Radio Shack) 112 W( TRS-80 Model II TRSDOS Kermit, from Serge Kruk, Systemes Temps Reel, St.-Laurent,)111 W 6860 58629 MT (PQ, Canada \050A:TR2\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 59945 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (Data General Eclipse RDOS Kermit in BASIC from Remi Castonguay \050D:RD2\051.)SH /Times-Italic SF 5760 61859 MT (April-June 1987:)SH 7545 50 5760 62059 UL /Symbol SF 6079 63437 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (DEC VAX/VMS Kermit v3.3.111, in Bliss, from Bob McQueen, Stevens Institute of Technology,) 68 W( described on)69 W 6860 64633 MT (page 4 \050B:VMS\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 65949 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (Commodore 64/128 Kermit v2.0\05057\051, from Ray Moody, Purdue University. Includes) 73 W( VT52 and VT100 emula-)72 W 6860 67145 MT (tion, plus support for the 80-column screen of the Commodore 128 \050A:C64\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 68461 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (Intel Development System ISIS Kermit, in PL/M, from William Boyd, Hughes Aircraft, Fullerton, CA \050C:MD\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 69777 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (IBM System/370-series mainframe MVS/TSO Kermit 1.0, the original) 219 W( primitive TSO version in assembler,)220 W 6860 70973 MT (modified to support the 3708 front end) 11 W( by G.S. Mendelson, Sungard Central Computer Facility, Philadelphia, PA)10 W 6860 72169 MT (\050B:TS3\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 73485 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (CDC Cyber NOS 2.4 Kermit,) 23 W( written in Compass, from A. Ballard and P. Jarvis, Imperial College, London, UK.)24 W 6860 74681 MT (Includes sliding windows \050D:NOS\051.)SH ES %%Page: 8 9 61200 79200 BS 0 SI 12 /Times-Bold AF 5760 4404 MT (Page 8)SH 10 /Times-Italic AF 28140 XM (November 1987)SH 12 /Times-Bold AF 50114 XM (Kermit News)SH 51120 50 5760 5709 UL 51120 50 5760 75800 UL 11 /Symbol AF 6079 8080 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (Lilith Workstation Medos Kermit v1.0, in Modula-2, from Matthias Aebi, University of Zuerich, Switzerland)144 W 6860 9276 MT (\050C:M2\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 10592 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (Acorn BBC Micro Kermit v1.45 from Alan Phillips, Lancaster University, UK \050C:BBC\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 11908 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (Sinclair QL Kermit v1.10, in) 114 W( C, from Robert Coughlan, Liverpool University, UK, and enhanced by Jonathan)115 W 6860 13104 MT (Marten, Farnborough, Hampshire, UK \050C:QLK\051, and) 41 W( another Sinclair QL Kermit, in BCPL, from David Harper,)40 W 6860 14300 MT (Liverpool University \050C:QL2\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 15616 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (HP86/87 Kermit v1.01, in BASIC, from Martin Rootes, Sheffield City Polytechnic, UK \050C:HP8\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 16932 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (ICP PC Quattro Kermit for Concurrent CP/M-86, from Chris Lock, Nottingham University, UK \050C:CN8\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 18248 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (Tripos Kermit, in BCPL, from G. Selwyn of Metacomco Ltd, UK \050C:TRI\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 19564 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (Acorn Cambridge Workstation PANOS Kermit, in C, from Acorn Computers Ltd, UK \050C:AC\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 20880 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (ICL 2900 VME Kermit v1.01, in S3, from Bath University, UK \050D:VME\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 22196 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (Harris H100 VOS Kermit v1.04, from Skipp Russell, Washington University \050D:H10\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 23512 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (Texas Instruments 990 DX10 Kermit v1.0, in Pascal, from Paul Madaus, Johnson Controls,) 186 W( Milwaukee, WI)187 W 6860 24708 MT (\050D:TI9\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 26024 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (Motorola 68000 OS-9 Kermit v.1.0.00,) 86 W( in assembler, from Roberto Bagnara, Bologna University, Italy \050C:K6\051.)85 W 6860 27220 MT (One implementation of a new portable 68000 Kermit.)SH /Times-Italic SF 5760 29134 MT (July-November 1987:)SH 9559 50 5760 29334 UL /Symbol SF 6079 30712 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (Intel RMX-86 and RMX-286 Kermit v2.29C from) 44 W( Jack Bryans at California State University at Long Beach, an)45 W 6860 31908 MT (adaptation of MS-DOS Kermit to RMX \050A:MSTRM\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 33224 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (CP/M-80 Kermit 4.08, from Bertil Schou, Loughborough University, UK,) 117 W( for a wide variety of CP/M-80 sys-)116 W 6860 34420 MT (tems, in LASM \050A:CPX\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 35736 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (CDC Cyber NOS Kermit v3.3, in Fortran 5, from Steve Roseman, Lehigh University \050D:CD3\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 37052 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (DEC PDP-11 Kermit v3.58 for RSX11M, RSX11M+,) 179 W( RSTS/E, RT11, TSX+, IAS, P/OS, Pro/RT, etc, from)180 W 6860 38248 MT (Brian Nelson, University of Toledo \050B:K11\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 39564 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (C-Kermit 4E\050067\051, for Unix, VAX/VMS,) 69 W( DG AOS, the Apple Macintosh, the Commodore Amiga, Apollo, etc,)68 W 6860 40760 MT (from Frank da Cruz, Columbia University, described on page 3 \050B:XK\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 42076 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (IBM System/370-series mainframe MVS/TSO Kermit 1.1A, in assembler/ALP, from) 176 W( Roger Fajman, US Na-)177 W 6860 43272 MT (tional Institutes of Health. Many advanced features, but supports linemode TTY) 5 W( connections only. Described on)4 W 6860 44468 MT (page 3 \050B:TSN\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 45784 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (IBM System/370-series mainframe MVS/TSO) 68 W( Kermit 2.3, in Pascal, from Fritz Buetikofer, University of Bern,)69 W 6860 46980 MT (Switzerland. Many) 275 W( advanced features, but supports linemode only \050B:TS2\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 48296 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (Convergent Technologies NGEN CTOS Kermit v1.02, in C \050based on C-Kermit) 3 W( 4.2\051, from Joel Dunn, University)2 W 6860 49492 MT (of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. May also run on Burroughs B-20 systems \050C:CT\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 50808 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (Apple II DOS and ProDOS Kermit v3.79, from Ted Medin, described on page 4 \050A:APP\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 52124 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (Turbo Pascal Kermit v2.8 for the IBM PC family,) 208 W( from Victor Lee, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario.)209 W 6860 53320 MT (Includes Tektronix emulation and some support for the Kaypro II and Apple II \050A:QK\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 54636 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (HP264x Kermit v1.2, in assembler, from John Chandler, Harvard University \050C:HP2\051.)SH /Symbol SF 6079 55952 MT (\267)SH /Times-Roman SF 6860 XM (MS-DOS Kermit v2.30 for the IBM PC and PS/2 families,) 138 W( compatibles, the DEC Rainbow, NEC APC3, and)137 W 6860 57148 MT (many other DOS machines, from Joe R. Doupnik, Utah State University. Described on page 2 \050A:MS\051.)SH 51120 50 5760 66082 UL /Times-BoldItalic SF 5760 68039 MT (Kermit News)SH /Times-Italic SF 11872 XM (is published periodically free of charge by Columbia University, Center for Computing Activities,)SH 5760 69235 MT (612 West 115th Street, New York, NY 10025, USA.)SH 5760 71149 MT (Editor: Christine Gianone)SH 5760 73063 MT (The Kermit file transfer protocol is named after Kermit) 103 W( the Frog, star of the television series The Muppet Show,)104 W 5760 74259 MT (used by permission of Henson Associates, Inc.)SH ES %%Page: 9 10 61200 79200 BS 0 SI 10 /Times-Bold AF 5760 4286 MT (Kermit News, November 1987)SH 25653 XM (KERMIT ORDER FORM)SH /Times-Roman SF 50380 XM (#)SH /Courier SF (__________)SH 11333 50 25653 4486 UL /Times-Roman SF 50964 5391 MT (\050CUCCA Use\051)SH 51120 50 5760 75800 UL 11 /Times-Italic AF 5760 7955 MT (PLEASE NOTE:)53 W /Times-Roman SF 13444 XM (Prices, terms and items are subject to change. 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