The following is a portion of an article, KERMIT.DOC, by Larry Jordan. Ordering Information The KERMIT software is free and is distributed by Columbia University. The university is not, however, set up to distribute free software on the scale required for KERMIT. Therefore, to defray costs for media, printing, postage, labor, and computing resources, the university requests a moderate donation from sites that request KERMIT directly. The schedule is as follows: Complete KERMIT Distribution $100.00 (Tape, Users Guide, and Protocol Manual) Printed Documents $5.00 each (Users Guide, Protocol Manual, or Any Source Listing) Other sites are free to redistribute KERMIT on their own terms, and are encouraged to do so, with the following stipulations: KERMIT should not be sold for profit; credit should be given where it is due; and new material should be sent back to Columbia University at the address below so that we can maintain a definitive and comprehensive set of KERMIT implementations for further distribution. To order KERMIT from Columbia University, send a letter requesting either: (a) The manuals or source listings you desire (specify each one), or (b) A 9-track magnetic tape in one of the following formats: System Tape Format Densities TOPS-10 BACKUP/Interchange, Unlabeled 800, 1600 TOPS-20 DUMPER, Unlabeled 800, 1600 IBM VM/CMS EBCDIC, CMS Format 1600, 6250 or EBCDIC, OS Standard Label 1600, 6250 Other ASCII, ANSI Label, Format ``D'' 800, 1600 Specify system, format, and density. One copy of each manual is included with the tape. The University supplies the tape, packaging, and postage. Columbia University can only make tapes in the formats listed above. They cannot produce floppy disks; bootstrapping procedures are provided to allow the microcomputer versions to be downloaded from the mainframe for which the tape is produced. The tape includes all source programs, documentation, and, when practical, binaries or hex. Send your letter to: KERMIT Distribution Columbia University Center for Computing Activities 7th Floor, Watson Laboratory 612 West 115th Street New York, N.Y. 10025 Please list the machines and operating systems you expect to run KERMIT on. You should also specify the tape format or the listings desired. Make checks payable to Columbia University Center for Computing Activities. Another Alternative You may also obtain a working version of KERMIT and the complete KERMIT users manual and protocol documentation from the CAPITAL PC Public Domain Software Software Library. To get the two KERMIT diskettes by mail send a $10 check made out to CAPITAL PC to the following address: CAPITAL PC Public Domain Software Library P.O.BOX 6128 Silver Spring, MD 20906 Be sure to ask for the "KERMIT" diskettes and include a return mailing label. CAPITAL PC provides the diskettes and the mailers at no extra cost. These diskettes will be available by mail order only because of the limited demand expected for them. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Operating Source Machine System Language Done By Service Capabilities --------------- -------- --------- --------- ------- ------------ DECSYSTEM-20 TOPS-20 MACRO-20 Columbia R L U S T F I W D E DECsystem-10 TOPS-10 MACRO-10 Stevens R L T F D E IBM 370 series VM/CMS 370 ASM Columbia R F W E (various) UNIX C Columbia R L T W D VAX-11 VMS Bliss-32 Stevens R S T F W D E PDP-11 RT-11 OMSI Pascal Toronto/CU R L W D E IBM PC PC DOS 8086 ASM Columbia L U F I W D E Heath/Zenith 100 MS DOS 8086 ASM CU/Stevens L U F I W D E DEC VT180 Robin CP/M 8080 ASM CU/DEC L U F I W E DEC Rainbow 100 CP/M-86/80 8080 ASM CU/DEC L U F I W E DEC DECmate II CP/M 8080 ASM CU/DEC L U F I W E Heath/Zenith 89 CP/M 8080 ASM CU/DEC L U F I W E Heath/Zenith 100 CP/M-85 8080 ASM CU/Stevens L U F I W E Apple II/Z80 CP/M 8080 ASM CU/DEC L U F I W E TRS-80 II CP/M 8080 ASM CU/Cerritos L U F I W E Osborne 1 CP/M 8080 ASM CU/NIH L U F I W E Superbrain CP/M 8080 ASM Columbia L U F I W E Vector Graphics CP/M 8080 ASM Columbia L U F I W E Telcon Zorba CP/M 8080 ASM CU/Stevens L U F I W E Ohio Scientific CP/M 8080 ASM Columbia L U F I W E "Generic" CP/M 8080 ASM CU/DEC L U F I W E Apple II Apple DOS CROSS Stevens L F E Legend: CU -- Columbia University DEC -- Digital Equipment Corporation Stevens -- the Stevens Institute of Technology R -- it can act as a Remote Kermit (the object of a connection) L -- it can act as a Local Kermit (initiate a connection to a Remote Kermit via a CONNECT command) U -- it can be the User of a remote Kermit server S -- it can act as a Server T -- it can time out F -- it can take evasive action to avoid filename conflicts I -- it can communicate with an IBM mainframe W -- it can do "wildcard" sends D -- it has a Debug mode that can display the packet traffic on the screen E -- it can exchange Error messages with another Kermit --------------------------------------------------------------------------- <>COMMUNICATIONS and NETWORKING for the IBM PC,<< published by the Robert J. 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