Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bbn!oberon!skat.usc.edu!blarson From: blarson@skat.usc.edu (Bob Larson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m6809 Subject: Re: Kermit for the CoCo3 Message-ID: <5391@oberon.USC.EDU> Date: Wed, 25-Nov-87 13:53:02 EST Article-I.D.: oberon.5391 Posted: Wed Nov 25 13:53:02 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 29-Nov-87 13:13:25 EST References:Sender: nobody@oberon.USC.EDU Reply-To: blarson@skat.usc.edu (Bob Larson) Organization: USC AIS, Los Angeles Lines: 42 In article ww0n+@andrew.cmu.edu (Walter Lloyd Wimer, III) writes: > >Kermit is not exactly public domain; it is copyrighted by >Columbia University in order to protect it from improper use. Kermit >may be freely distributed and you are encouraged to write versions >for new computers or improve existing versions if you so desire. The >copyright prohibits selling Kermit for profit and entitles everyone >to a copy for free (or reproduction-costs only. (The kermit protocol may be included in a commercial product as long as the price of the product is not raised.) >Columbia charges ~$100 >for the five-magtape distribution which contains *all* kermit versions.) Columbia charges $100/tape. (2 for micros, 2 for mini/mainframes, and 1 of misc. associated programs.) >There is an OS-9 Kermit which is based upon the original Unix Kermit >from long ago. I still haven't gotten around to building it (it's in C), >so I can't say too much about it. I get the feeling, though, that everyone >would like something a little better. >I believe Bob Larson once took on the task of porting C-Kermit to >OS-9/68000. I have no idea what has happened on that front. 1.6 works on both 6809 and 68k os9, and is what Columbia and the os9 users group are distributing. (You can get it on os9 floppy from FHL for $10.) I gave 1.7 to several people, but they have had mixed success with it on 6809 systems. (It works nice on my QT+) > I may consider trying to port >C-Kermit (or some subset) to OS-9/6809 on the CoCo3, but don't hold >your breath. I definitely couldn't get to it until summer. . . . C-Kermit is BIG. Spliting it up into multiple processes will be a lot of work. I should get around to finishing the osk port I am working on sometime. (It's what I have been using the past 6 months.) -- Bob Larson Arpa: Blarson@Ecla.Usc.Edu Uucp: {sdcrdcf,cit-vax}!oberon!skat!blarson blarson@skat.usc.edu Prime mailing list (requests): info-prime-request%fns1@ecla.usc.edu