MS-DOS KERMIT 3.0 UTILITIES AND TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION DISKETTE, March 1990 This diskette contains patches and corrections to MS-DOS Kermit 3.00, IBM PC and PS/2 version, dated January 16, 1990, as well as to some of the files that were distributed with that version. It also contains utility programs that can be used with MS-DOS Kermit and documentation for technical aspects of the MS-DOS Kermit 3.00 terminal emulator. No warranty is expressed or implied for any of these patches, utilities, or files. The user documentation for MS-DOS Kermit 3.0 is "Using MS-DOS Kermit", by Christine M. Gianone, published by Digital Press, Bedford, MA, 1990, order number EY-C204E-DP. The book includes a 5.25-inch MS-DOS Kermit 3.0 diskette. It is available in bookstores, mail order, and telephone order. To order by phone, call 1-800-343-8321 (USA, toll free). * PATCHES MSKERM.BWR Updated description of known problems and limitations of MS-DOS Kermit 3.00. MSKPATCH.HLP Instructions for installing patches to correct selected problems in MS-DOS Kermit 3.00 (IBM version), and a description of the patches themselves. Be sure to read this file before installing the patches! MSKERMIT.PCH Patches to be installed in MS-DOS Kermit 3.00 via the PATCH command. MSKERMIT.INI A corrected initialization file. Several minor errors are fixed, and the patch mechanism is activated. HAYES.TAK A corrected version of the Hayes modem dialing command file. KERMIT.PIF Corrected Kermit program information for Microsoft Windows. The one originally issued with version 3.00 did not request sufficient memory. MSWINDOW.HLP Some information about running Kermit under Microsoft Windows. * PRINTER UTILITIES MSPAAA.HLP A description of some of the printer utilities. MSPDMP.COM, MSPDMP.ASM Graphics printer driver for Radio Shack DMP200 printer on EGA systems. MSPE24.EXE, MSPE24.C Graphics printer driver for Epson LQ 2500 series printers on systems with EGA or VGA video adaptors and higher resolution video modes, including super VGA. MSPHPL.EXE, MSPHPL.C Graphics printer driver for Hewlett-Packard Laser series printers on systems with EGA or VGA video adaptors and higher resolution video modes, including super VGA. MSPUPC.SH, MSPUPC.NR A UNIX shell script to print UNIX files on the PC's local printer through MS-DOS Kermit, plus a UNIX "man page" for it. MSPVPC.COM A VAX/VMS DCL command file to print VMS files on the PC's local printer through MS-DOS Kermit. MSPEP4.EXE, MSPEP4.C, MSPEP4.HLP A program to convert PC code-page 437 files that contain international characters into the character set used by Epson FX and RX series printers. This program runs on the PC, and its output can be redirected to the printer. * TERMINAL EMULATION UTILITIES AND FILES MSDLAT.C A standard input/output filter to be compiled and run on the host computer for displaying files encoded in 8-bit Latin Alphabet 1 in the 7-bit-with- parity communications environment (tested under UNIX). MSVIBM.TC Sample UNIX termcap entries for MS-DOS Kermit's VT320 terminal emulator. MSVIBM.TEK Technical description of MS-DOS Kermit's Tektronix graphics terminal emulator. MSVIBM.VT Technical description of MS-DOS Kermit's DEC VT320 text terminal emulator. MSGTIF.DOC Technical description of the TIFF 5.0 file format used by MS-DOS Kermit 3.00 for saving graphics images on disk for importation into other applications.