Subj : Re: kermit protocol in syncterm
To : alt.bbs.synchronet
From : David Goodwin
Date : Wed Sep 13 2023 02:04 pm
From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet
On Saturday, August 19, 2023 at 9:18:14 AM UTC+12, MRO wrote:
> To: Nightfox
> Re: Re: kermit protocol in syncterm
> By: Nightfox to Christian Sacks on Fri Aug 18 2023 10:19 am
> > search for Kermit the other day though and read something that Kermit has
> > been udpated to keep up with current standards in file transfer protocols,
> > and that there is also now a Kermit telnet/SSH software program.. I didn't
> > know that.
> yup i tried it yesterday. i couldnt get it to do cp437 but i only spent a min with it.
The command you want is: "set term remote cp437" or, in the version of C-Kermit
that doesn't run in the windows console, the rightmost drop-down on the toolbar
is where you can pick the charset to use.
For connecting to a BBS you'd probably want to switch the terminal emulator
from linux (the default) to ansi-bbs anyway. When you do that, C-Kermit for Windows
will automatically switch the remote character set to cp437. You can either use the
left-most drop-down on the toolbar or do a "set term type ansi-bbs".
(I'm the maintainer of the Windows version of C-Kermit and when I need to test
it on vintage windows I tend to point it at a synchronet BBS though the fonts
on vintage windows don't do nearly as good a job as on modern windows -
screenshots here:
https://www.kermitproject.org/ckwscreenshots/ )
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