COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR COMPUTING ACTIVITIES KERMIT DISTRIBUTION UPDATE May 1983 Since the LCG Third Party Software brochure for KERMIT was published by DEC in November 1982, the popularity of KERMIT has grown far beyond our expectations. This has a good side and a bad side. The good side is that new implementations of KERMIT have been contributed and old ones improved. The bad side is that the demand for free KERMIT distribution tapes has exceeded the capacity of our human and computing resources. This flyer lists the implementations now avail- able and describes the new distribution policy. KERMIT Implementations Machine Operating System Language DECsystem-10 TOPS-10 MACRO-10 DECSYSTEM-20 TOPS-20 MACRO-20 VAX-11 VMS Bliss-32, Macro-32 IBM 370 Series VM/CMS IBM Assembler VAX,PDP-11,SUN,etc UNIX C PDP-11 RT-11 OMSI Pascal 8080, 8085, or Z80 CP/M ASM 8086, 8088 PC DOS, MS DOS IBM PC Macro Assembler Apple II 6502 Apple DOS DEC-10/20 CROSS The 8080 version runs on the following systems: DEC VT180 ``Robin'', DEC Rainbow-100 (speeds up to 1200 baud only), Heath/Zenith-89 and 100, Intertec Superbrain, Apple II with Z80 Softcard, TRS-80 II (CP/M), Osborne 1, Vector Graphics, Ohio Scientific, Telcon Zorba, and others. The 8086 version runs on the IBM PC and lookalikes (such as the Compaq portable) and on the Heath/ Zenith-100. KERMIT Distribution Policy The KERMIT software remains free and available to all. Columbia University, however, is not set up to distribute free software on the scale required for KERMIT. Therefore, to defray our costs for media, printing, postage, labor, and computing resources, we must request a moderate donation from sites that request KERMIT directly from Columbia. The schedule is as follows: 2 Complete KERMIT Distribution $100.00 (Tape, Users Guide, and Protocol Manual) Printed Documents $5.00 each (Users Guide, Protocol Manual, or Any Source Listing) Other sites remain free to redistribute KERMIT on their own terms, and are en- couraged to do so, with the following stipulations: KERMIT should not be sold for profit; credit should be given where it is due; and new material should be sent back to Columbia University at the address below so that we can maintain a definitive and comprehensive set of KERMIT implementations for further dis- tribution. To order KERMIT from Columbia University, send a letter requesting either: (a) The manuals or source listings you desire (specify each one), or (b) A 9-track magnetic tape in one of the following formats: System Tape Format Densities TOPS-10 BACKUP/Interchange, Unlabeled 800, 1600 TOPS-20 DUMPER, Unlabeled 800, 1600 IBM VM/CMS EBCDIC, CMS Format 1600, 6250 or EBCDIC, OS Standard Label 1600, 6250 Other ASCII, ANSI Label, Format ``D'' 800, 1600 (Specify system, format, and density.) One copy of each manual will be included with the tape. We will supply the tape, packaging, and postage. We can only make tapes in the formats listed above. We cannot produce floppy disks; bootstrapping procedures are provided to allow the microcomputer ver- sions to be downloaded from the mainframe for which the tape is produced. The tape includes all source programs, documentation, and, when practical, binaries or hex. Send your letter to: KERMIT Distribution Columbia University Center for Computing Activities 7th Floor, Watson Laboratory 612 West 115th Street New York, N.Y. 10025 Please list the machines and operating systems you expect to run KERMIT on, specify the tape format or the listings desired, and mention whether there are additional systems for which you require KERMIT or if you might be interested in attempting your own implementation. Make checks payable to Columbia Univer- sity Center for Computing Activities. KERMIT is also available to users of the BITNET network via a server at host CUVMA. BITNET users may type ``SMSG RSCS MSG CUVMA KERMSRV HELP'' for further information. Additional network and user group distribution methods are under 3 consideration. Suggestions would be welcome. No warranty of the software nor of the accuracy of the documentation surround- ing it is expressed or implied, and neither the authors nor Columbia University acknowledge any liability resulting from program or documentation errors.