COMING SOON - KERMIT FOR WINDOWS 95

Planning bulletin!

Release date: 5 October 1995

Kermit software for Windows 95 is on the way!  This is a full-featured,
fully native, 32-bit communications software package for Windows 95 from
the Kermit Team at Columbia University for both serial and TCP/IP
communication.

K-95 can be both icon/menu operated for newcomers or command-line executed
for veterans (or any combination of the two for those who want it all). It
works not only on Windows 95 but also on Windows NT Workstation 3.51.

Short cuts:

    SCREEN SHOTS
    ORDER FORM
    ACADEMIC SITE LICENSE
    FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
    KERMIT 95 VS TELNET

LICENSING

Unlike other Kermit software, K-95 is not "free".  It is not available for
downloading; it cannot be freely shared and given away.  Instead, it must
be purchased and licensed.  It is quite inexpensive.  It will be available
in software retail chains and directly from Columbia University. 
Aggressive quantity- and site-based licensing terms will also be available
from Columbia, including low-cost ACADEMIC SITE LICENSES. Exact terms are
still being worked out for quantity discounts, corporate and government
licensing, and so on.

Why isn't it free? --

1. The Kermit Project operates entirely on the income it generates.
2. Because of the rapid growth and commercialization of the Internet
   and proliferation of "free software" CDROMs made from Internet ftp
   sites, Kermit software is in wider use than ever before, but nobody
   is ordering it from us.  Thus our income is down while our
   tech-support workload is up.
3. We could not have brought this software to you without makinga
   significant investment.

The status of other Kermit software (MS-DOS, UNIX, VMS, IBM Mainframe, etc)
remains as it always has been.

FEATURES

K-95 comes with a graphical Dialer (menus, buttons, dialog boxes,
notebooks, and all) to help you manage all your connections and all the
settings for each one, without complicated initialization files, macro
definitions, or SET commands.  The Kermit engine itself is launched from
the Dialer pushbutton-style to make the desired connection automatically
with all the appropriate settings.  Kermit veterans need not worry: It can
also be run on its own like other Kermit programs.

K-95 is a multithreaded multitasking NATIVE 32-bit Windows 95 communication
software application that is easy on your CPU.  It is fully integrated
with Microsoft Telephony (TAPI) and Winsock, and can be used uniformly for
both serial and network connections.

K-95 offers:

A directory PRELOADED with hundreds of dialup and network connections:

     Commercial networks and data services
     Public data networks like SprintNet and TYMNET
     Internet service providers by dialup
     Internet resources via TELNET
     BBSs and much more

Faithful VT320, VT220, VT102, VT100, VT52, ANSI, and TTY terminalemulation
with:

     Amazingly fast screen updates
     Full color selection
     Virtually unlimited and instantaneous screen rollback
     Flexible key mapping
     Integrated mouse functions: copy-and-paste, cursor steering
     Screen height and width selection
     Character-set conversion
     Versatile printer control
     Pop-up context-sensitive help, debugging, much more

Kermit as well as X/Y/ZMODEM file transfer:

     The fastest and most advanced implementation of the Kermit
     protocolavailable anywhere: Sliding windows, long packets,
     control-character unprefixing, locking shifts, character-set
     translation, an update feature, recovery, automatic file
     transfer initiation, and much more.

     X/Y/ZMODEM licensed from  Online Solutions Oy, Jyvaskyla,
     Finland

     Windows 95 long filenames

     Background as well as foreground file transfers

Management of multiple sessions through the graphical Dialer. An
intelligent phone-list that understands the difference
betweeninternational, long-distance, local, toll-free, and internal PBX
calls, and adjusts itself according to your location; that allows multiple
phone numbers for a single service; and that can be told how many times
and how frequently to redial if the connection is not made.

Script programming using the same portable Kermit script language that is
already in widespread use on hundreds of other platforms.

When used in combination with the Windows 95 System Agent, this allows for
automatically scheduled unattended communications tasks. A brand-new user
manual plus a technical reference manual.

A tech-support hot line (900 number, as so many of you suggested) and a
tech support BBS.

AVAILABILITY

The publication date is October 5th, 1995.  Single copy price:

The USA list price is $79.00 US.
The USA street price is $54.00 US.

For USA orders prior to October 5th, 1995, the introductory price is
$49.00.

Plus an extra charge for shipping outside the USA, Canada, and Mexico.
Quantity discounts are available.  Enquiries to
kermit-orders@columbia.edu.

The shrink-wrapped package, published by Manning Publications of Greenwich
CT, includes the software and manuals plus a discount upgrade coupon for
the next planned version.

The package will be available in computer software stores and you can order
it now from Columbia University or the publisher (store orders should go
to the publisher):

1. Kermit
   Columbia University
   612 West 115th Street
   New York NY  10025-7221  USA

   Fax:   +1 (212) 662 6442  or  +1 (212) 663 8202
   Voice: +1 (212) 854 3703
   Email: kermit-orders@columbia.edu
   Web:   Order form

2. Manning Pu

Further announcements will appear on the comp.protocols.kermit.announce and
 comp.protocols.kermit.misc newsgroups and in the LISTSERV Kermit Digest. 
If you want to receive announcements directly by e-mail, please send a
request by e-mail to kermit@columbia.edu.

THE FUTURE

We plan to develop this product actively to meet your needs.  Numerous
changes and features are on tap for future releases; our priorities will
be driven by the success of this product and preferences of its users. 
Items under consideration include Kerberos authentication, Tektronix
terminal emulation, 3270 terminal emulation, 5250 terminal emulation, RIP
graphics for BBS's, ALA character-set support, UNICODE support, a
character-set-aware form of HTML viewing, further GUIfication, and more.
 
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