From: Pierre Goyette Subject: Announcing IBM Mainframe MUSIC/SP Kermit-370 Version 4.2 Keywords: IBM 370 Kermit, MUSIC/SP Kermit, MUSIC Kermit Xref: IBM Mainframe, Also see IBM 370 Xref: MUSIC/SP Kermit, Also see MUSIC/SP Kermit, IBM 370 This is to announce MUSIC Kermit Release 4.2. The sources have not been completely rewritten, nor have they been resequenced, but numerous fixes, extensions, and improvements have been inserted. The changes applied include all updates formerly available in IKMKER.UPD plus a number of new ones. As with Release 4.1, all MUSIC-specific files begin with IKM, and generic Kermit-370 files begin with IK0 (I K Zero). The separate pieces are to be recombined into a single composite source for installation. See the file IKMKER.INS for instructions. Bug reports should be sent to Pierre Goyette . Release 4.2 is also being issued in the companion TSO and CMS variants (see the separate announcements for details). Anyone interested in helping to port Kermit-370 to still other operating systems should contact John Chandler or . For a list of generic additions, see the generic Kermit-370 announcement IK0KER.ANN. The following is a list of MUSIC-specific updates added since Release 4.1. 1) Correction of problem in SERIES1-type transfer I/O with large blocks. Incidentally, the generic update program GUPI has been updated, but the old version will still work. You need not recreate it, but if you do, be sure to use all-new sources, or it will not assemble properly. Many thanks to the beta testers who have helped work out the bugs in the new release. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1992 May 13 11:14 EDT From: "John F. Chandler" Subject: Announcing IBM Mainframe MUSIC Kermit-370 Version 4.2.3 Keywords: IBM 370 Kermit, MUSIC Kermit Xref: MUSIC Kermit, IBM 370 Kermit This is to announce the release of Kermit-370 version 4.2.3 for MUSIC. The MUSIC-related Kermit files that have been changed or added are as follows. IKMKER.ANN this message IKMKER.BWR bugs, warnings, and restrictions IKMKER.INS installation instructions IKMKER.UPD post-4.2.0 updates IK0AAA.HLP Kermit-370 release notes IK0KAN.ASM optional Kanji tables IK0KER.ANN the accompanying message on Kermit-370 IK0KER.UPD the cumulative list of updates in all variants IK0423.HLP notes on the new features in 4.2.3 Many thanks to the beta testers who have helped work out the bugs in the new release. Note: versions 4.2.1 and 4.2.2 were never released, except for testing. Version 4.2.3 represents an accumulation of two years of improvements. Most of the advances in the new release are simply duplications of the simultaneous generic changes in the other variants of Kermit-370, but some of the changes included system-specific code that required porting to MUSIC. Two notable changes, however, involved porting of features that had already been available in other variants. - Kermit-MUSIC now tries to automatically detect the terminal controller type. Previously, it could not because MUSIC did not allow the needed I/O operations. - Kermit-MUSIC now gives the date and time of each file in response to the Kermit DIR subcommand, and the attribute packet for a download now carries the correct time stamp.