Date: Fri, 17 May 85 14:30:34 mdt
From: dwf@LANL.ARPA (Dave Forslund)
Message-Id: <8505172030.AA19898@b.ARPA>
To: INFO-KERMIT-REQUEST@CU20B.ARPA
Subject: HP110 Kermit

Attached is the file MSXHP110.ASM which is the system-specific source for
MS-KERMIT running on the HP110 Portable.  It should be used in place of
MSXGEN.ASM in making the executable.  We have used this code for about 2
months.  The MSXGEN.ASM file from CU20B was modified by Chuck Aldrich here
at Los Alamos and allows the changing of baud rates and the selection of the
serial port or the internal modem.  However, we have not tested the internal
modem code.  The default setting is the serial port (Port 1) and 9600 baud.
If you would like we can also send the executable code in uuencoded form.

The HP110 does not have built in basic.  But it does have a built-in terminal
program which can be used to capture a file.  The terminal program also has the
XMODEM protocol built in.  This can be used to capture binary files.  The way
we brought the source over was to download it with MS-KERMIT on an IBM-PC and
move the file to the HP110 with the special IBM board that HP makes which
allows the two machines to communicate directly to each other's disks.

As to features and documentation, the code is very close to the generic MS-DOS
version.  It only emulates a dumb terminal.  We find the existing MS-Kermit
documentation is just fine.  As I mentioned, we added the baud rates and the
set port command can be used to choose between the serial port and the internal
300 baud modem(Port 2).  The only bug we have encountered involves running the
HP110 in MS-DOS without going through the PAM. If one uses a CONFIG.SYS file to
redefine the shell to bypass the PAM, then the communications port must first
be initialized with the internal terminal program before running Kermit.  This
has to be done only once after each reboot.  After that Kermit runs find and
the baud rates can be switched at will.

David Forslund (dwf@LANL.ARPA)
