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GUIDELINES FOR USING KERMIT ON THE ATARI ST
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[Note: the following bug might have resulted from not saying "SET FILE
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BYTESIZE 8" in 20Kermit, before entering the server -- dbb]
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ST Kermit has a bug that has sometimes prevents binary files on the
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DEC20 from transferring correctly. It has occurred with two games so far,
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Zork II and Sorcerer. To avoid the bug, transfer the file in two steps,
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first to a PC or Compaq running Kermit, then to the ST.
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The bug symptoms are that the file on the ST ends up about 80 bytes
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longer than the original file on the DEC20. Also the game crashes when
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loaded, or doesn't $VERIFY correctly if it does load.
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ST KERMIT COMMANDS
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kermit c connect [lbiphe] line/baud/image/par/ecs-char
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g get
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f finish (shut down server)
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r receive
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s send
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v server (enter server mode)
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x exit
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TO COMMUNICATE WITH DEC20, USING SERVER:
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(on DEC20, terminal speed should be 9600)
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[] kermit c (on DEC20, @20kermit <CR>, then 20>server <CR>)
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[] kermit s filename.txt (send ascii file)
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or kermit g filename.txt (get ascii file)
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or kermit gi filename.dat (get binary file)
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or kermit gi "*.whatever" (wildcard, needs quotes)
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[] kermit f (close down the server)
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If you run kermit with no argument, you get a screen of instructions.
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It says, among other things, that send (s) can handle multiple files, by using
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a wildcard but not the double quotes. I haven't gotten this to work.
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kermit s a:*.txt (send ascii files)
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TO COMMUNICATE WITH A COMPAQ:
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9600 baud at Compaq. Connect on both sides to check if OK.
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Getting a response at one end (the Compaq) but not at the other means you
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aren't using the right cables.
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on ST: kermit r
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on Compaq: send filename
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