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From: ALBRO@NIEHS.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: RE: Re:  Problems Unpacking Kermit 3.84
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Date: 10 Jan 89 22:03:00 GMT
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This is related to the problem of EXECing the parts of Kermit 3.84 or
thereabouts.  I had no problem getting a working version of Kermits 3.75,
3.80 or 3.84, but only because I had worked out the frustrations on even
earlier versions.  First, the file names assigned to the text files are
different from those the "maker" program expects.  They must be changed.
Second, both files should be run through TEX to strip linefeeds before
trying to EXEC them.  The default disk should contain nothing except a
2-sector HELLO file and the two kermit text files. (DOS 3.3 of course).
There is a "header" on part one of the kermit text file that gives you
step by step instructions (such as to start execing at record number 25),
but you have to read it with a separate text editor.  All in all, the
way the split kermit "execable" files are set up has to be the most
inconvenient conceivable.