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From: kentsu@microsoft.UUCP (Kent SULLIVAN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: kermit version 2.2, downloading
Keywords: kermit, archiving
Message-ID: <59884@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 17 Dec 90 02:51:46 GMT
References: <1990Dec7.012947.7582@Neon.Stanford.EDU>
Reply-To: kentsu@microsoft.UUCP (Kent SULLIVAN)
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In article <1990Dec7.012947.7582@Neon.Stanford.EDU> brm@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Brian R. Murphy) writes:
>I just started hacking on my old C128 again after a few years of
>ignoring it.  While looking through stuff on the various ftp sites
>discussed in this group, I came across the new version of kermit.  I
>already have 2.0; what does 2.2 have that I might be interested in?
>Is it worth the time to download?  I notice it comes in "*.sda"
>files; what exactly do I do with these?  Actually, if anyone could
>give me a brief summary of the various archiving/bundling methods in
>common use (and their corresponding file suffixes), I'd greatly
>appreciate it...

Version 2.2 added 2400 bps support for C-128s.  Version 2.1 added a whole host
of things, including finished VT-100 emulation, support for the BI-80 card and
C-128 screen (from C-64 mode), limited Tek 4010/4014 graphics term emulation,
support for the C-128's extra keys, and automatic conversion for C-Power source
files.

A "SDA" is a Self-Dissolving Archive.  It is an ARC with a special header that
allows you to LOAD it ",8" and RUN it to dissolve--you don't need the ARC
program to extract the files.

Kent Sullivan
Microsoft Corporation

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