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From: JDA@NIHCU.BITNET (Doug Ashbrook)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re:  Customizing Kermit 3.85 & What are the protocols of
          Kermit??
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Date: 15 May 89 13:34:18 GMT
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> I lied, I've got a third question too:  Who should I contact in order
> to find out more about the intrincacies of KERMIT. (such as the sending
> & receiving protocols, defining keys for emulations, etc.)  This last
> question comes from the fact that I'm working on my own personal
> Kermit-clone for the Apple //gs. (Kind of a GS-Kermit, not to be confused
> with MS-Kermit).

Frank da Cruz wrote a book titled "Kermit, A File Transfer Protocol"
that should answer most (if not all) of your questions about the
Kermit protocol.  It is ISBN 0-932376-88-6 and is published by:

     Digital Press
     Digital Equipment Corp.
     12 Crosby Drive
     Bedford, Mass.  01730
     (order number EY-6705E-DP)

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