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From: blarson@skat.usc.edu (Bob Larson)
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Subject: Re: Kermit for the CoCo3
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Date: Wed, 25-Nov-87 13:53:02 EST
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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.)
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