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From: lowey@herald.usask.ca (Kevin Lowey)
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Subject: Re: The book "Using MS-DOS Kermit"
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Date: 7 Jul 90 19:42:23 GMT
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From article <10947@medusa.cs.purdue.edu>, by wjin@cs.purdue.EDU (Woochang Jin):
> And the readme file says that the manual for the new version,
> "Using MS-DOS Kemrit" can be purchased.
> Do I need to buy this book ?

Whether you need to get it or not depends upon your experience with Kermit.
Everything you need is available in the V2.32 manual, and the 3.00 and 3.01
release notes.  However, for new Kermit users, the new manual is very good
because it is well written, and provides everything you need to know as either
a new user learning how to use Kermit, or and advanced user who wants a
good reference book.

> How is it different from the old manual ?

I have the book here in front of me.  Here is a list of the chapters from the
table of contents.  The main difference is that while the older documentation
is a good reference manual, the book goes into much more detail for the novice
users, explaining things not covered in the older manual like DOS, Modems, etc.
It also uses a more "hands on" approach with lots of examples and tutorials.

Foreward
Preface

Chapter  1 - Introduction                                      (  1)
Chapter  2 - Getting Started                                   (  9)
Chapter  3 - Basics of MS-DOS                                  ( 15)
Chapter  4 - Cables Connectors and Modems                      ( 23)
Chapter  5 - Testing the Connection                            ( 33)
Chapter  6 - Running MS-DOS Kermit                             ( 43)
Chapter  7 - Getting Online                                    ( 49)
Chapter  8 - Terminal Emulation                                ( 57)
Chapter  9 - File Transfer                                     ( 75)
Chapter 10 - Using a Kermit Server                             ( 93)
Chapter 11 - Making your PC the Remote Computer                (101)
Chapter 12 - Transferring Files without the Kermit Protocol    (107)
Chapter 13 - International Character Sets                      (113)
Chapter 14 - Macros, Command Files, and Scripts                (133)
Chapter 15 - Use of MS-DOS Kermit by people with Disabilities  (159)
Chapter 16 - MS-DOS Kermit Command Summary                     (163)

Glossary                                                       (201)

Appendix 1 - The MS-DOS Kermit Distribution Diskette           (217)
Appendix 2 - Tables                                            (221)

Index                                                          (237)


At our University Bookstore, it cost about $40.00 CDN.  We purchased a copy
to put in our User Support Centre library for users to read.

Hope this answers your questions,
- Kevin Lowey