Article 128357 of comp.os.vms: Path: nntpd.lkg.dec.com!pa.dec.com!decuac.dec.com!haven.umd.edu!purdue!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!spcuna!news.columbia.edu!watsun.cc.columbia.edu!fdc From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz) Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: Pre-Announcing Kermit for Windows 95 Date: 1 Sep 1995 01:22:40 GMT Organization: Columbia University Lines: 168 Message-ID: <425n90$5v3@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: watsun.cc.columbia.edu PRE-ANNOUNCING KERMIT FOR WINDOWS 95 Planning bulletin! Kermit software for Windows 95 is on the way. This is a full-featured, fully native, 32-bit communications software package for Windows 95 from the Kermit Team at Columbia University for both serial and TCP/IP communication. K-95 can be both icon/menu operated for newcomers or command-line executed for veterans (or any combination of the two for those who want it all). LICENSING Unlike other Kermit software, K-95 is not "free". It is not available for downloading; it cannot be freely shared and given away. Instead, it must be purchased and licensed. It will be quite inexpensive. It will be available in software retail chains and directly from Columbia University. Aggressive quantity- and site-based licensing terms will also be available from Columbia, including special academic/nonprofit licenses. Exact terms are still being worked out. Why isn't it free? -- 1. The Kermit Project operates entirely on the income it generates. 2. Because of the rapid growth and commercialization of the Internet and proliferation of "free software" CDROMs made from Internet ftp sites, Kermit software is in wider use than ever before, but nobody is ordering it from us. Thus our income is down while our tech-support workload is up. 3. We could not have brought this software to you without making a significant investment. The status of other Kermit software (MS-DOS, UNIX, VMS, IBM Mainframe, etc) remains as it always has been. FEATURES K-95 comes with a graphical Dialer (menus, buttons, dialog boxes, notebooks, and all) to help you manage all your connections and all the settings for each one, without complicated initialization files, macro definitions, or SET commands. The Kermit engine itself is launched from the Dialer pushbutton-style to make the desired connection automatically with all the appropriate settings. Kermit veterans need not worry: It can also be run on its own like other Kermit programs. K-95 is a multithreaded multitasking NATIVE 32-bit Windows 95 communication software application that is easy on your CPU. It is fully integrated with Microsoft Telephony (TAPI) and Winsock, and can be used uniformly for both serial and network connections. K-95 offers: . A directory PRELOADED with hundreds of dialup and network connections: - Commercial networks and data services - Public data networks like SprintNet and TYMNET - Internet service providers by dialup - Internet resources via TELNET - BBSs and much more . VT320, VT220, VT102, VT100, VT52, ANSI, and TTY terminal emulation with: - Amazingly fast screen updates - Full color selection - Virtually unlimited and instantaneous screen rollback - Flexible key mapping - Integrated mouse functions: copy-and-paste, cursor steering - Screen height and width selection - Character-set conversion - Versatile printer control - Pop-up context-sensitive help, debugging, much more . Kermit as well as X/Y/ZMODEM file transfer: - The fastest and most advanced Kermit protocol available anywhere: Sliding windows, long packets, control-character unprefixing, locking shifts, character-set translation, an update feature, recovery, automatic file transfer initiation, and much more. - X/Y/ZMODEM licensed from Online Solutions Oy, Jyvaskyla, Finland - Windows 95 long filenames - Background as well as foreground file transfers . Management of multiple sessions through the graphical Dialer. . An intelligent phone-list that understands the difference between international, long-distance, local, toll-free, and internal PBX calls, and adjusts itself according to your location; that allows multiple phone numbers for a single service; and that can be told how many times and how frequently to redial if the connection is not made. . Script programming using the same portable Kermit script language that is already in widespread use on hundreds of other platforms. When used in combination with the Windows 95 System Agent, this allows for automatically scheduled unattended communications tasks. . A brand-new user manual plus a technical reference manual. . A tech-support hot line (900 number, as so many of you suggested) and a tech support BBS. AVAILABILITY The publication date is October 5th, 1995. The USA list price is $79.00 US. The USA street price is $54.00 US. For USA orders prior prior October 5th, 1995, the introductory price is $49.00. The shrink-wrapped package, published by Manning Publications of Greenwich CT, includes the software and manuals plus a discount upgrade coupon for the next planned version. The package will be available in computer software stores and you can order it now from Columbia University or the publisher (store orders should go to the publisher): 1. Kermit Columbia University 612 West 115th Street New York NY 10025-7221 USA Fax: +1 (212) 662 6442 or +1 (212) 663 8202 Voice: +1 (212) 854 3703 Email: kermit-orders@columbia.edu Web: http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ 2. Manning Publications 3 Lewis Street Greenwich CT 06830 USA Fax: +1 (203) 661 9018 Voice: +1 (203) 629 2078 Email: 73150.1431@Compuserve.com Web: http://www.sirius.com/~freedom/BBC/NetworkingNookPage.html In recognition of the beginning of the academic year on campuses far and wide, and students arriving by the truckload with PCs and Windows 95, we encourage campus software administrators to contact us via e-mail to kermit@columbia.edu to discuss academic bulk or site licenses. Further announcements will appear on the comp.protocols.kermit newsgroups and in the LISTSERV Kermit Digest. If you want to receive announcements directly by e-mail, please send a request by e-mail to: kermit@columbia.edu Also watch our World Wide Web site for updates: http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ THE FUTURE We plan to develop this product actively to meet your needs. Numerous new features are on tap; our priorities will be driven by the success of this product and preferences of its users. Items under consideration include Tektronix terminal emulation, 3270 terminal emulation, 5250 terminal emulation, RIP graphics for BBS's, ALA character-set support, UNICODE support, a character-set-aware form of HTML viewing, and further GUIfication. Frank da Cruz Christine M. Gianone Manager Manager Communications Software Development Kermit Development and Distribution Columbia University New York City