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From: kentsu@microsoft.UUCP (Kent SULLIVAN)
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Subject: Re: need a 80 col vt100 for the C64/
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Date: 16 Jan 90 18:03:28 GMT
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In article <13054.25aa4230@max.u.washington.edu> scott@max.u.washington.edu writes:
 
>As perhaps you already know, as mentioned in the UX-Maze monthly post
>(few message back) by Alex Liu, there are several VT100 program for the
>C64. What is more Kermit V2.0 can also be ran in the C64. This is what I
>am doing right now. I think that your version of Kermit terminal program
>doesn't work on your friends C64 because the initialization file      
>that is used by the main program of Kermit is configured for the C128.
>Therefore another copy of Kermit might work for him. The program is
>available from the UX-Maze mail server and from Purdue FTP site.
>For a doc on how to make use UX-Maze mail server see previous posts
>under that topic.
> 
>Sincerely,
>Scott K. Stephen

Scott raises a good point: what exactly does Kermit do if the screen driver
is set to something that the current hardware can't use (i.e., BI-80 or
C-128 when being used on a standard C-64)?  Ray anticipated this when he wrote
Kermit, and Kermit will automatically "fall back" to the C-64 80-column
hi-res screen.  So, no need to worry about maintaining separate KERMIT.INI
files for different hardware configurations you might be using.

Oh, and the current version of Kermit is 2.2, not 2.0... :-)

Kent Sullivan
Microsoft Corporation

The opinions expressed in this article are my own and do not necessarily
reflect those of my employer.