last update: Sun Sep 18 14:46:20 1994 Date: Thu Aug 25 17:50:57 1994 From: Frank da Cruz Subject: Announcing C-Kermit 5A(190) Beta Keywords: C-Kermit, UNIX C-Kermit, VMS C-Kermit, OS/2 C-Kermit Keywords: Stratus VOS C-Kermit, AOS/VS C-Kermit, OS-9 C-Kermit Keywords: QNX C-Kermit, RESEND, Recovery This is to announce a Beta testing period for C-Kermit 5A(190), a new release of C-Kermit communications software for for UNIX, VMS, OS/2, AOS/VS, Aegis, OS-9, the Commodore Amiga, the Apple Macintosh, and now also Stratus VOS. The major new feature of version 5A(190) is the ability to continue file transfers that failed. This feature is available in the C-Kermit versions for: . UNIX (all versions except 2.xBSD) . IBM OS/2 (the 16-bit and 32-bit versions) . Digital Equipment Corporation VMS . Data General AOS/VS . Stratus VOS . Commodore Amiga It works only for binary-mode transfers. For example, suppose you were transferring a huge binary file between UNIX C-Kermit and OS/2 C-Kermit over a slow dialup modem connection, and the phone call was disconnected. Now you can reconnect and continue the transfer where it left off. Suppose you were uploading or downloading a bunch of large ZIP files in binary mode and the same thing happened -- the new "resend" feature lets you reestablish the connection and "resend" the same files; the ones that were already transferred are not transferred again, the one that was partially transferred is continued where the transfer left off, and the ones that were not transferred are sent. All the commands are the same, except you tell C-Kermit to RESEND instead of to SEND. This feature will also be available in the next release of MS-DOS Kermit, 3.14, coming soon, and later maybe also other Kermit programs too. Other highlights of version 5A(190) include: . An entirely new C-Kermit implementation for Stratus VOS. . Execution of APC escape sequences while in CONNECT mode, just like MS-DOS Kermit 3.13, for "auto-download", "auto-upload", and auto-anything-else (UNIX, VMS, OS/2); . Macintosh Kermit now works under System 7.1 (on PowerMac, etc). . Automatic directory creation for incoming files (UNIX, VMS, OS/2, VOS) . Command retry and recall, typeahead now allowed in command mode. . Improved transaction logging. . MAJOR improvements in OS/2 C-Kermit (see below). . A complete, full-featured port of C-Kermit to QNX 4.2. . Numerous bug fixes and speedups in all departments, especially script programming. . Documentation now available in German. And here is a more-detailed list of the changes: NEW OR CHANGED COMMANDS ASK & ASKQ Now allow unquoted entry of backslash (\) and question mark (?) for more convenient processing of DOS-like file specifications. DIAL For the first time, DIAL is available in the Commodore Amiga version. FORWARD