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Subject: re: Kermit V2
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Date: Fri, 1-May-87 22:08:03 EDT
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Posted: Fri May  1 22:08:03 1987
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From: prindle@NADC

The version 2 of Kermit posted at Columbia U (CU20B in the ker: directory for
you ARPA folks) is only the source code (assembly).  The "m65" extension
would indicate that "c64v2.m65" is source for the CROSS assembler which runs
only on TOPS-20 (Decsystem 20) machines, so you can't directly assemble it
on a C64.  Yes, it is big, undoubtedly too big to fit on a SS floppy!  It
defies all logic that whoever posted this to Columbia did not include .hex
and .bin files.

Mark, I have yet to see a VT100 emulation for the 64 (or 128) that correctly
emulates a VT100.  It is quite a pain to do right; for example MICROVT 128
doesn't even come close on such issues as tab setting and wraparound
handling.  Thus, don't expect this one to work with a VT100 termcap right
off either.  However, since the binary is not available, I haven't tried it
and therefore shouldn't pre-judge.  It's just that the VT100 has a lot of
details in it's protocol that are easy to overlook or misinterpret.

Sincerely,
Frank Prindle
Prindle@NADC.arpa