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From: a.guillaume@trl.oz.au (andrew guillaume)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Kermit & Shareware questions
Keywords: Kermit installation; shareware fees
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Date: 3 Apr 91 23:17:43 GMT
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G'day !

I have downloaded kermit (file apppro.bns) from watsun.cc.columbia.edu, and
tried to install it. I *did* read the help files, and run the README file,
which both told me to run install.kermit before starting. Did that and it
crashed into the monitor. Now there is a note in the README file that says
some //c's (I guess the good old boat-anchor :-) must have an upgrade to run
kermit 3.87. Is this true, or am I just doing something wrong ?
For those of you who want to know what exactly I did : binsciied the apppro.bns
file, unshrunk it to a 5.25" disk, "-"ed the README file (which is a sys file),
ran the startup (bas) file, and "-"ed the install.kermit file. Crash. Tried
it without running the startup file, to no avail.

Could anyone knowledgeable point me in the right direction ? Thanks in
advance. BTW, I didn't try the DOS3.3 version, and I would prefer the
ProDOS version anyway.

My second query relates to shareware fees. Here I am Down Under (Terra
Australis for those of you who wonder where it is :-), and would like
to use shareware programs, like Problock and other utilities. Has anybody,
user and author of shareware alike, got any ideas on how payment can be
made from outside US to US authors ? No personal cheques possible in my
case. Thanks for any info. I could always offer one (or two) nights bed and
breakfast in Melbourne in payment :-)

Andrew Guillaume

Internet : a.guillaume@trl.oz.au