CP/M KERMIT STATUS: October 20, 1983

All versions of KERMIT-80 are generated, at least in principle, from a single
source file, with support for a particular system selected by conditional
assembly (IF...ENDIF) parameters.

Right now, however, there are three source files in the KERMIT distribution
area:

CPMBASE.M80, KERMIT-80 version 3.5 -- 20 Oct 83
  This is the current, up-to-date, working source, from which all the
  CPM*.HEX files are generated.  It contains many new features, which haven't
  made it into the manual yet.  Unfortunately, there was no opportunity to
  test this version on more than a few systems -- the Robin and Rainbow are
  the only ones I can vouch for -- before this release.

  See the file CPMBASE.HLP for a list of the new features of 3.5.

CPMGENERI.ASM, KERMIT-80 version 3.2  -- 5 Jul 83
  This is the version that was distributed from July to October.  The
  functionality differs little from 3.0, but internally the program is
  radically restructured, to allow "generic" operation -- CP/M calls only, no
  direct device register diddling or screen control.  It was not tested on
  every version.

CPMKERMIT.ASM, KERMIT-80 version 3.1 -- 22 Apr 83
  This is the oldest version of KERMIT-80 that we keep.  It is believed that
  a working KERMIT program can be generated from it for any of the systems
  it supports.

CPMGENERI.ASM:  Kermit-80 V3.2
    . DEC Rainbow-100                CPMRAINBO.HEX   Tested, works.
    . DEC DECmate II                 CPMDMII.HEX     Tested, works.
    . DEC VT180 "Robin"              CPMROBIN.HEX    Tested, works.
    . Heath/Zenith 89                CPMHEATH.HEX    Tested, works.
    . Intertec SuperBrain            CPMBRAIN.HEX    Tested, works.
    . "Generic" Kermit-80            CPMGENERI.HEX   Tested, works.
    . Generic for CP/M 3.0           CPMPLUS.HEX     Tested, works.*
    . Apple II (CP/M, Softcard)      CPMAPPLE.HEX    Tested, works.
    . TRS-80 II (CP/M)               CPMTRS80.HEX    Tested, works.
    . Kaypro II                      CPMKAYPRO.HEX   Tested, works.

  CPMKERMIT.ASM:  Kermit-80 V3.1
    . Heath/Zenith 100 (CP/M-85)     CPMZ100.HEX     Untested in 3.2.
    . Vector Graphics                CPMVECTOR.HEX   Untested in 3.2.
    . Ohio Scientific                CPMOSI.HEX      Untested in 3.2.
    . Telcon Zorba                   CPMTELCON.HEX   Untested in 3.2.
    . Osborne 1                      CPMOSBORN.HEX Tested in 3.2, doesn't work.

* Generic Kermit-80 for CP/M 3.0 (CPMPLUS.HEX) works on the Osborne Executive
and the PCM MicroMate SBC, and may well work without modification on any other
system that fully implements CP/M-Plus (3.0).

KERMIT-80 3.2 for the systems in the latter list (except the Osborne 1) MIGHT
work, but has not been tested.

The CPM*.HEX files supplied with this distribution are all generated from the
latest source.  If they don't work, try the corresponding .OHX file for the
same machine.  The .OHX (Old HEX) file was generated from most recent previous
version of KERMIT-80 that was known to work for that system.

I'd appreciate hearing reports about whether the new .HEX files work for your
system.  We don't have an example of each system to test this program on, and
must rely on people who do.  If you find a problem, please feel free to fix it
yourself and send the results back to me, so I can install your fix in the
distribution copy.

For systems not explicitly supported...

If you want to make KERMIT-80 run on a CP/M 2.x system (8080-compatible) that
is not listed above, please the "generic Kermit" approach first -- if your
system supports the IOBYTE facility, you can probably get generic KERMIT-80 to
run on it either directly, or by changing a couple symbol definitions.  See
the file CPMGENERI.HLP for further information.  If your system runs CP/M 3.0
or later, try running CPMPLUS.HEX directly -- it should work.

- Frank da Cruz, Columbia, October 20, 1983