WIN100
William S. Hall
3665 Benton Street, #66
Santa Clara, CA, 95051
Internet address: william@novell.com
MCI Mail: wshall
WIN100 is a vt100/vt52 terminal emulator with Kermit for
Microsoft Windows. Although the program is still undergoing
development, the program has enough features to make it quite
usable and is being made available to the Kermit distribution
network.
Source code is not yet available for release. However,
eventually both source and binary files will be published.
The files contained here replace the previously released
WN100K.EXE.
The current distribution consists of the following files:
1. WIN1002.BOO - A Windows 2.x version of the program
which has also been marked to run in Windows 3.0. Use MSBPCT
(available from the Kermit distribution center) to recover the
executable WIN100.EXE. Run this program only if you do not yet
have Windows 3.0. Except for bug fixes, this program will not
receive further development.
2. WN1003.BOO - A Windows 3.0 version of the program.
Use MSBPCT to obtain the executable WIN100.EXE.
3. WIN100D.BOO - Documentation in Windows Write for
WIN100. Use MSBPCT to recover the file WIN100.WRI. This file
was formatted for an HP LaserJet printer. You may need to
reformat some of the tables if you use some other printer.
4. WN100P.BOO - A Windows Paint file which contains
the figures referenced in the documentation. Use MSBPCT
to recover the file WIN100.MSP, which can be viewed in either
Windows Paint or PaintBrush.
5. WN100F.BOO - A font file for WIN100.EXE which is
suitable for VGA displays. Use MSBPCT to recover the file
WIN100E.FON.
To install the program just copy it to a suitable directory
and run it from there. If you want to use the fonts, install
them with the control panel. You can print the documentation
directly from Write. The figures will print best onto a LaserJet
printer from Paint. If you print from PaintBrush, set your
printer to Landscape mode and expect the output to split over two
pages.
This shortcoming will be rectified soon.
WIN100 for Windows 2.x does not contain an internal icon, so
if you install it in a program group, you will get a default icon
from the Program Manager.
Notes
The font selection dialog box requires you to exit the
program for the font change to take effect.
A font file has been supplied to support DEC special
graphics and bolding. Windows normally does bolding by widening
character glyphs. In terminal emulation, this results in
misaligned columns or partial overwrites. To eliminate this
unsightly behavior, we have supplied normal and bold fonts in
both the ANSI and DEC special graphics character sets. The fonts
are digitized for the VGA and may be too large for use on an EGA
or Hercules display. If you elect not to use the supplied font,
then bold characters will most likely not display very well and
you will not have DEC special graphics. Ultimately, I will try
to supply fonts designed for other displays, but the job is
formidable. Assistance with this task would be greatly
appreciated.
Because a vt100 and vt52 are strictly 7 bit terminals,
WIN100 does not yet support the full ANSI character set. Future
releases will lift this restriction.
The current emulation in WIN100 extends beyond vt100 and
includes most of the features of the vt101, vt102, and vt132
DEC terminals. Wide and double high characters are not yet
supported.
The Kermit support includes 1, 2, and 3 byte checksums,
eight bit quoting, and run length encoding. Basic protocol
and packet parameters can be modified. Currently there
is no server support nor can long packets be used. Basic
server commands have a high priority and will be added
as soon as possible.
The Kermit commands are not yet documented, but for the most
part you should have no trouble in using these features.
However, picking files to send may be somewhat confusing. It may
help to know that the list box used to choose files to send
allows multiple selection. You are not restricted to sending one
file at a time. Note that if you run the Windows 2 version in
Windows 3, multiple selection will not work the same. You will
be happier with the 3.0 version.
To change directories and drives in WIN100, use the Kermit
Send dialog box to move about. When you get to the desired
directory, cancel.
Version Information
Windows 2.x:
Base Version 2.2, 09/24/90
Current Version 2.3, 10/09/90. Fixed problem in Kermit receive
which caused the program to enter an infinite loop when
decompressing files.
Windows 3.0:
Base Version 2.2, 09/24/90.
Current Version 2.4, 10/10/90. Fixed problem in Kermit receive
which caused the program to enter an infinite loop when
decompressing files. Added program icon. Replaced protocol and
packets parameter selection list boxes by combo boxes.