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From: frank@morgan.com (Frank Wortner)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re:  Kermit for MINIX ?
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Date: 25 Jul 88 15:26:47 GMT
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In article 921@ast.cs.vu.nl Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl) writes:

>> In any event, I imagine there is interest in Kermit for MINIX 
>> since Kermit is available on so many machines.  Any thoughts on 
>> the subject?

I'd love to see it.  Back in February, I tried to port C-Kermit 4E to Minix.
While the 1.2 compiler handled the sources without any real problems, asld
ran out of memory trying to link the resulting ".s" files.  I later set up
a cross compiler on a Sun at work and generated a seemingly working C-Kermit,
but I junked the project when it struck me that not many people would be
interested in a Kermit that required a Sun-based cross-compiler.

I know, I should have used Turbo C, Aztec C, or one of the numerous other
DOS-based compilers, but I figured if a PDP-11 under Un*x could compile and
link C-Kermit, a Minix system should be able to do it too.  

It looks like the next big improvement in Minix C should be a better asld
for 8086-based machines;  memory presumably won't be a problem in 680x0
versions of Minix.

						Frank