Kermit 95 for OS/2

Affordable Communications Software for OS/2 3.0 and Later

. . . Certified by IBM

This page applies to Kermit 95 1.1.20. At this writing (4 June 2002) it has not yet been determined whether Kermit 95 1.1.21 or 2.0 will be released for OS/2.

Kermit 95 for OS/2, or "Kermit/2" for short, is the new, low-cost, high-power, full-function, 32-bit native-mode 32-bit communications software for OS/2 from Columbia University, home of the Kermit file transfer protocol and software. OS/2 3.0 or later is required (Kermit 95 itself works in OS/2 2.x, but the Dialer requires the Work Place Shell and therefore OS/2 3.0 or later). Take a look:

SCREEN SHOTS

The Kermit 95 Page

The Kermit 95 Order Form

• A large repertoire of terminal emulations
• Integrated Kermit and XYZMODEM file transfer
• A powerful cross-platform script programming language
• Built-in automatic translation of Roman, Cyrillic, Hebrew, and other character sets

Kermit 95 for OS/2 1.1.20 is miles ahead of the old OS/2 C-Kermit:

			    C-Kermit 5A(191)     Kermit/2 1.1.20

  Terminal emulations:             6                    38
  Built-in modem types:           28                    70
  Graphical dialer and database:  No                   Yes
  Browser interface:              No                   Yes
  Connection shortcuts:           No                   Yes
  Intelligent dialing:            No                   Yes
  Portable dialing directory:     No                   Yes
  Every key combo mappable:       No                   Yes
  Built-in per-terminal keymaps:  No                   Yes
  Built-in EMACS mode:            No                   Yes
  Integrated XYZMODEM protocol:   No                   Yes
  Auto-up/download:               No                   Yes
  Host mode:                      No                   Yes
  Rlogin client:                  No                   Yes
  Scrollback bookmark & search:   No                   Yes
  Block structure for scripts:    No                   Yes
  Internet security:              No                   Yes

More than five years of full-time development have gone into Kermit 95. It is not free software; it must be licensed. This is true for both the Windows and OS/2 versions.

The Kermit/2 package consists of:

• The Kermit/2 software, including PM GUI Dialer, OS/2 TELNET and RLOGIN replacements, a text-to-PostScript converter, and a PM Clipboard server.
• The Kermit 95 user manual in HTML format.
• The Using C-Kermit technical reference manual (second edition, 1997). This manual is entirely up to date and discusses all platforms -- including OS/2 -- where the C-Kermit command language and file transfer engine (which is employed in Kermit 95) is used.
• The software license and registration card.

We have looked long and hard at the question of cross-platform development (Win32, OS/2, XWindows, Macintosh, BeOS). Unfortunately, the available tools for cross-platform graphical user interface development either do not support all the platform variations that we need or force us into such a primitive level of lowest-common-denominator programming that the resulting products would be unacceptable from both user-interface and performance points of view.

If sales of Kermit-95 for OS/2 are large enough to support its full-time development, we would love to spend the money on full-GUI, SOM-based versions. If not, we will continue to support this product as a console application with updates available to registered users.

LINKS:

• Kermit 95: Kermit/2 Specifications, licensing, ordering info.
  

• Reviews of Kermit/2

• The Kermit Project Home Page:

Old releases of OS/2 C-Kermit can still be downloaded, but they are no longer supported. Version 5A(190) was the last release that came in a 16-bit version which could be used in OS/2 1.x.

• Version 5A(191).

• Version 5A(190).