Explorer Kermit


This is Release 1.0 of Explorer Kermit.  This implementation was developed
as a joint effort between Sperry Corporation and Texas Instruments 
Incorporated.  You should be using Sperry Release 2.1.1 or TI Release 2.1
of Explorer software.  When Release 3.0 is available, this software will
probably no longer work, and an updated version will be distributed by 
Sperry and TI.  This implementation has been successfully tested in
conjunction with Kermit implementations for Sperry 1100, DEC Vax, DEC 2060,
and Sperry and IBM PCs (KERMIT-MS).
 
To install Kermit:

  Restore the files on tape to the directory KERMIT;

  *NOTE:  All the source files have been combined into 1 file called
          KER:EXPLRE.LSP and are separated by ;***FILENAME.LSP***

  Use the following table to rename the delivered files to their
  Explorer format, if necessary:

  Delivered     Explorer
  ----------    -----------
  README.TXT    -READ-ME-.TXT
  DEFSYS.LSP    DEFSYSTEM.LISP
  KERMIT.LSP    KERMIT.LISP
  KEXPLR.DOC    KUSER-EXPLORER.DOC
  MKERMT.LSP    MAKE-KERMIT.LISP
  PATCHD.DIR    PATCH.DIRECTORY
  PATCH1.DIR    PATCH-1.DIRECTORY
  PTCH11.LSP    PATCH-1-1.LISP
  SCLOSE.LSP    SERIAL-CLOSE-FIX.LISP
  STLNET.LSP    SERIAL-TELNET.LISP
  VTCURS.LSP    VT100-CURSOR-FIX.LISP
  VTCKEY.LSP    VT100-CURSOR-KEY-FIX.LISP

  Load the file KERMIT;MAKE-KERMIT.LISP 

To execute Kermit:

  Instantiate a new VT100 Emulator with a <SYSTEM> <CTRL>-V key sequence.

  After the prompt "VT100.  Connect to host:", type PORT <RETURN>.

  Configure the Explorer's serial port by selecting the proper parameters from
  the menu.  Select DO IT with the mouse.

  Either select AUTODIAL with the mouse from the menu beneath the VT100 window,
  and fill in your autodial modem's prefix and the destination host's phone
  number, or dial-up your host manually.

  Once a carrier is established, a <RETURN> generally gets the attention of
  the host.  Login to the host as you normally would.

  Once you have established a session with the host, the easiest way to use 
  Kermit is to put the other host in server mode, and control all file transfer
  from the Explorer end by selecting KERMIT from the menu beneath the VT100
  window.  A menu will pop up containing the various Kermit commands.  Each
  entry is documented at the bottom of the screen when the mouse is over it.
  Select the appropriate one with the mouse and supply the additional 
  information reqwested.  A status window will be exposed over the VT100 window
  so that the progress of your request can be monitored.  To abort your request,
  select either ABORT or ABORT-SAVE with the mouse.  When your request is
  complete, a message so indicating will display in the window.  To return
  to terminal emulation, press any key and take then the destination host
  out of server mode, by selecting FINISH or BYE from the KERMIT menu.
 
  The commands are documented in the mouse documentation line and in the Kermit
  User's Manual, supplied with this product.

Known Deficiencies:

  With Sperry Release 2.0.1 or TI Release 2.0, Baud rates in excess of 1200,
  input and output buffer sizes in excess of 180 characters and XON-XOFF
  flow control are unstable.  There are no known problems of this type with
  the current software.

  The RUN-SCRIPT function will evolve into a more full-featured facility in
  subsequent releases.

  Support for some of the advanced commands for servers is not yet complete.

  If you are losing characters in VT100 emulator, as evidenced by things like
  [23;01H showing up on the screen, you probably have a flakey line.  Simply
  logout from the remote host and redial.