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Expand Up @@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ program formerly known as Kermit-95, a commercial product of Columbia
University from 1994 to 2011. For more information on Kermit, visit the
Kermit Project website: http://www.kermitproject.org.

This software is currently based on C-Kermit version 9.0.304 Dev.13 of
6-FEB-2015.
This software is currently based on C-Kermit version 10.0 Beta.04 of
3-JUN-2022.

OS/2 support is still present but untested. It should still work if someone can
get it building with freely available tools.
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Compiling
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To build Kermit for Windows you will need Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 SP6 or
higher. Edit /setenv.bat to point to your source directory then run through
To build C-Kermit for Windows you will need Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 SP6, 2002,
2003, or 2005 (newer may have file transfer issues).
Edit /setenv.bat to point to your source directory then run through
the following:

1. Open up a console window
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setenv.bat
cd kermit/k95
mk.bat
mkdist.bat

This should leave you with a number of binaries in the current directory, the
This should leave you with a number of bits in the dist subdirectory, the most
most interesting being:

* cknker.exe - Console version of C-Kermit for Windows
* k95.exe - Console version of C-Kermit for Windows
* k95g.exe - Graphical version of C-Kermit for Windows

Future stuff to do:
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* Remove need for /noBool switch and #defines in kui code.
* Restore use of fsetpos in ckofio.c (see function zfseek(CK_OFF_T) around
line 5418)
* Turn long long support back on (remove -DNOLONGLONG in makefile)
* Re-enable/rewrite features that were disabled due to missing or obsolete
dependencies. This will require upgrading to current versions or finding/writing
replacements.
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- zlib
- SSL (upgrade to current OpenSSL release)
- SRP
- Z/Y/Z Modem
- LAT (port from linux-decnet?)
- Z/Y/Z Modem (Ask Oy Online Solutions Ltd for a relicensed library?)
- LAT (port from linux-decnet? Ask [VSI](https://vmssoftware.com/) for the pathworks SDK?)

Shared Codebase
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