Kermit - What's New

• 24 Oct 2002:   C-Kermit 8.0.206.
• 07 Oct 2002:   Embedded Kermit 1.1
• 24 Jul 2002:   Export License Exception ENC for cryptographic versions of Kermit 95.
• 20 Jun 2002:   Electronic delivery of K95 2.0 (including a free trial version) by e-academy.com.
• 06 Jun 2002:   Kermit 95 2.0 (GUI version) announced for Windows.
• 29 May 2002:   Kermit 95 2.0 GUI Beta Test.
• 30 Apr 2002:   Kermit Bibliography
• 02 Apr 2002:   Kermit 95 1.1.21 with SSH and FTP for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.
• 08 Feb 2002:   C-Kermit 8.0.201 released for Unix and VMS (minor update to 8.0.200 of 12 Dec 2001).
• 23 Jan 2002:   K95 1.1.21 Beta test begins.
• 01 Jan 2002:   New K95 Lifetime Academic Site License, new Omnibus Right-to-Copy License,

• 12 Dec 2001:   C-Kermit 8.0.200 released for Unix and VMS.
• 19 Nov 2001:   C-Kermit 8.0 Beta.04.
• 19 Sep 2001:   Kermit 95 1.1.20 Trial Download (through 31 December 2001).
• 09 Sep 2001:   C-Kermit 8.0 Beta.03.
• 06 Aug 2001:   DECSYSTEM-20 Kermit 5.1(264) (faster packet reading)
• 01 Jul 2001:   G-Kermit updates: OS/2 version added, ZIP-format source-file archive added, UUE's updated.
• 28 Jun 2001:   C-Kermit 8.0 Beta.02 (C-Kermit 7.1 promoted to 8.0).
• 10 May 2001:   C-Kermit 7.1 Beta.01.
• 29 Apr 2001:   20th Anniversary of the first Kermit file transfer.
• 01 Apr 2001:   C-Kermit 7.1 Alpha.04.
• 28 Jan 2001:   DECSYSTEM-20 Kermit 5.1(263) adds long packets (The first new release in 13 years)
• 04 Jan 2001:   C-Kermit 7.1 Alpha.02.

• 08 Dec 2000:   C-Kermit 7.1 Alpha.01, includes built-in scriptable, secure, character-set translating FTP client.
• 20 Apr 2000:   IKSD for Windows 95/98/NT/2000 Beta Test.
• 15 Apr 2000:   C-Kermit 7.0 CDROM.
• 31 Mar 2000:   Kermit 95 1.1.20 for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000 and OS/2.
• 27 Feb 2000:   C-Kermit 7.0.197.
• 15 Feb 2000:   Kermit 95 1.1.19.
• 01 Feb 2000:   C-Kermit 7.0 Update Notes.
• 01 Jan 2000:   C-Kermit 7.0.196.

• 25 Dec 1999:   G-Kermit 1.00 released.
• 18 Dec 1999:   G-Kermit 1.00 Beta.01.
• 06 Dec 1999:   C-Kermit 7.0 Beta.11.
• 04 Sep 1999:   C-Kermit 7.0 Beta.10.
• 03 Aug 1999:   C-Kermit 7.0 Beta.09.
• 17 Jul 1999:   C-Kermit 7.0 Beta.08.
• 21 May 1999:   C-Kermit 7.0 Beta.07.
• 20 May 1999:   Search capability added to the Kermit website.
• 06 May 1999:   MS-DOS Kermit 3.16 Beta 7.
• 24 Apr 1999:   MS-DOS Kermit 3.16 Beta 6.
• 22 Apr 1999:   Kermit Script Library.
• 18 Apr 1999:   MS-DOS Kermit 3.16 Beta 5.
• 16 Apr 1999:   C-Kermit 7.0 Beta.06.
• 21 Mar 1999:   C-Kermit 7.0 Beta.05.
• 01 Mar 1999:   MS-DOS Kermit 3.16 Beta 3.
• 18 Feb 1999:   MS-DOS Kermit 3.16 Beta 2.
• 12 Feb 1999:   IBM Mainframe Kermit 4.3.3 for TSO only. corrects a minor TSO-specific bug.
• 30 Jan 1999:   C-Kermit 7.0 Beta.04, first public Beta.
• 28 Jan 1999:   MS-DOS Kermit 3.16 Beta 1.

• 15 Jun 1998:   Kermit 95 1.1.17 for Windows and OS/2.
• 25 May 1998:   HP-48 Resource Page.
• 16 May 1998:   C-Kermit 6.1 public Beta test begins (later became C-Kermit 7.0).
• 08 Apr 1998:   Kermit 95 1.1.16; first version with security (Kerberos, etc).
• 20 Mar 1998:   MS-DOS Kermit 3.16 Alpha 5.

• 16 Dec 1997:   IBM Mainframe Kermit 4.3.2, first Y2K version.
• 13 Nov 1997:   "Pygmy Forth" Kermit.
• 13 Nov 1997:   Tandem Nonstop Kermit 2.0.
• 13 Oct 1997:   Kermit for RT-11, TSX+, and Pro/RT 3.63, Billy Youdelman.
• 02 Oct 1997:   GUI patches for Kermit 95.
• 02 Oct 1997:   Registry Tool for Kermit 95.
• 30 Sep 1997:   Kermit 95 1.1.15.
• 24 Sep 1997:   Kermit 95 1.1.14.
• 18 Sep 1997:   xtdialer and xtkermit X-based graphical front ends for C-Kermit from Stewart A. Levin, Stanford U.
• 15 Sep 1997:   MS-DOS Kermit 3.15 for DOS and Windows 3.x.
• 06 Sep 1997:   MS-DOS Kermit 3.15 Beta 25.
• 15 Aug 1997:   MS-DOS Kermit 3.15 Beta 24.
• 03 Aug 1997:   MS-DOS Kermit 3.15 Beta 23.
• xx Jul 1997:   The C-Kermit 6.0.192 CDROM.
• xx Jul 1997:   C-Kermit: More than Just a File Transfer Protocol, Sys Admin Magazine, July 1997, pp.19-25.
• 24 Jun 1997:   Kermit 95 1.1.13.
• 08 Jun 1997:   Kermit 95 1.1.12.
• xx May 1997:   Comparison of UUCP and C-Kermit, Peter Eichhorn.
• 19 May 1997:   MS-DOS Kermit 3.15 Beta 21.
• 23 Apr 1997:   MS-DOS Kermit 3.15 Beta 20.
• 13 Apr 1997:   MS-DOS Kermit 3.15 Beta 19.
• 07 Mar 1997:   C-Kermit 6.0 for Stratus VOS.
• 14 Feb 1997:   MS-DOS Kermit 3.15 Beta 18.
• 08 Feb 1997:   Kermit 95 1.1.11, the first K95 release with OS/2 support.
• 14 Jan 1997:   Kermit 95 1.1.10.

• 18 Dec 1996:   Kermit 95 1.1.9.
• 12 Dec 1996:   C-Kermit 6.0 for UNIX, VMS, AOS/VS, QNX, Plan 9, BeBox, OS-9, ...
• 30 Nov 1996:   Using C-Kermit, Second Edition
• 21 Nov 1996:   Kermit 95 1.1.8.
• 10 Sep 1996:   MS-DOS Kermit 3.15 Beta 8.
• 24 Jul 1996:   Kermit 95 1.1.7.
• 17 Jul 1996:   Kermit 95 1.1.6.
• 03 Jul 1996:   Kermit 95 1.1.5.
• 30 Jun 1996:   Kermit for the Intel 8051 Microcontroller.
• 07 May 1996:   Kermit 95 for Windows NT on the DEC Alpha.
• 07 May 1996:   Kermit 95 1.1.4.
• 22 Feb 1996:   Kermit 95 1.1.3, includes host mode.

• 18 Dec 1995:   Kermit 95 1.1.2.
• 14 Nov 1995:   Kermit 95 1.1.1.
• 23 Oct 1995:   First release of Kermit 95 1.1.0 for Windows 95 and NT.
• 23 Oct 1995:   New tech-support procedures announced.
• 17 Jul 1995:   A formal specification and verification of the Kermit protocol, James Huggins U of Michigan.
• 21 May 1995:   MS-DOS Kermit 3.14.
• xx Jun 1995:   The Kermit FAQ.
• xx May 1995:   Tim Kientzle's book, The Working Programmer's Guide to Serial Protocols.
• 23 Apr 1995:   OS/2 C-Kermit 5A(191).
• xx Mar 1995:   Kermit News Number 6, the last issue.
• 02 Feb 1995:   IBM Mainframe Kermit 4.3.1.

• 1994:   Kermit Web Site established 6 December.
• 1994:   Kermit newsgroup established 9 September.
• 1992:   Publication of Using C-Kermit (first edition).
• 1992:   C-Kermit 5A (scripting, TCP/IP, sliding windows...)
• 1990:   Publication of Using MS-DOS Kermit (first edition).
• 1989:   First International Kermit Conference, Moscow, USSR.
• 1988:   Kermit session at Switzerland and US DECUS symposia.
• 1987:   Publication of Kermit, A File Transfer Protocol.
• 1987:   Big Kermit session at Tokyo DECUS Symposium.
• 1986:   Kermit Project established; first issue of Kermit News.
• 1985:   C-Kermit 4.0 (first interactive version) for UNIX and VMS.
• 1984:   Kermit FTP site and Info-Kermit mailing list on ARPANET.
• 1984:   First Kermit articles published in BYTE magazine.
• 1983:   VAX/VMS Kermit-32 1.0.
• 1982:   MS-DOS Kermit, IBM Mainframe Kermit, C-Kermit 1.0, TOPS-10 Kermit.
• 1981:   Kermit protocol designed at Columbia University and first implementations written (CP/M, DEC-20).
• 1754:   Columbia University founded by King George II of England.

Kermit News ceased publication with Number 6, March 1995. Too expensive! All news can now be found on the Kermit website. To see Kermit News #6 and previous issues, CLICK HERE.

Also see the newsgroup comp.protocols.kermit.announce for announcements.