Kermit - What's New
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This is the original Kermit Project site and it houses all the Kermit
software created between 1981 and 2011; you can find all of it in
the
Archive page. The large majority of Kermit
programs have not changed since 2011, but four of them continue in active
development at the new
Open-Source
Kermit Project:
C-Kermit for Unix;
G-Kermit for Unix;
E-Kermit for embedding;
and
Kermit 95 for
Windows.
Kermit Project timeline
Kermit Software Versions
The Complete Kermit Software Archive
2021: This site extensively revised
due to "deprecation" of FTP protocol
In April and May of 2021, the major Web browsers dropped support for FTP
links (traditionally used for downloading files from Web sites); thus
thousands of links at this site ceased to function. Work is in progress
on converting the FTP links to HTTP links.
[More
about this]
[Progress]
The Kermit Project at Columbia University
was cancelled effective 1 July 2011
The Columbia University Kermit Project website is frozen effective 1 October
2011, but remains available as a public resource. A new Kermit Project
website has been established outside of Columbia at www.kermitproject.org for
the continued development of C-Kermit, G-Kermit, E-Kermit, and Kermit 95.
Final Projects in 2011
- The complete Kermit software archive
cataloged and indexed for one-click HTML access to Zip and Tar.gz archives for
each Kermit version, 1981-2011, plus a lot of new material, August 2011.
- C-Kermit 9.0 released June-July 2011.
- The source code to all Kermit versions, including Kermit 95 and
E-Kermit, released with the Open-Source Revised 3-Clause BSD License, except
for certain K95 modules that Columbia U does not own the rights to because
they were licensed from other companies who will not allow the code to be
released or who no longer exist.
- A new Open Source Kermit Project website was opened outside Columbia
University to support further development of the Kermit protocol and
software. The address is http://www.kermitproject.org;
please visit it when looking for news or new versions, or to contact whoever
might be working on Kermit software.
Timeline
[ 2021 ]
- 01 Jul 2021:
Columbia Kermit website "unfrozen" for conversion of
defunct FTP links.
CLICK
HERE to for current status.
[ 2011 ]
[ 2010 ]
[ 2009 ]
[ 2006 ]
[ 2005 ]
- 06 Nov 2005:
Spanish-language version of Kermit home page.
- 17 Jun 2005:
New support arrangements for K95
- 12 Jun 2005:
C-Kermit development resumes after a year's hiatus
[ 2004 ]
- 23 Sep 2004:
E-Kermit 1.51.
- 10 Apr 2004:
C-Kermit 8.0.211
- 10 Apr 2004:
E-Kermit 1.5.
- 04 Apr 2004:
C-Kermit 8.0.211 first public Beta.
- 20 Mar 2004:
E-Kermit 1.4.
- 04 Mar 2004:
E-Kermit 1.3.
[ 2003 ]
[ 2002 ]
- 31 Dec 2002:
Current versions page added to website.
- 31 Dec 2002:
Kermit 95 2.1 shrinkwraps and C-Kermit 8.0 CDROM begin shipping.
- 25 Nov 2002:
Kermit 95 2.1.2 for Windows and OS/2
sent for shrinkwrapping.
- 25 Nov 2002:
C-Kermit 8.0 CDROM sent for manufacturing.
- 14 Nov 2002:
Kermit 95 2.1 released for Windows and OS/2.
- 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 (first 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).
- 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,
[ 2001 ]
- 12 Dec 2001:
C-Kermit 8.0.200 released for Unix and VMS.
- 19 Sep 2001: Kermit 95 1.1.20 Trial Download (through 31 December 2001).
- 06 Aug 2001: DECSYSTEM-20 Kermit
5.1(264) (faster packet reading)
- 01 Jul 2001: G-Kermit updates: OS/2
version, ZIP-format source archive, UUE's updated.
- 29 Apr 2001:
20th
Anniversary of the first Kermit file transfer.
- 28 Jan 2001: DECSYSTEM-20 Kermit 5.1(263) adds long
packets (first new release in 13 years)
[ 2000 ]
[ 1999 ]
[ 1998 ]
- 15 Jun 1998:
Kermit 95 1.1.17 for Windows and OS/2.
- 25 May 1998:
HP-48 Resource Page.
- 08 Apr 1998:
Kermit 95 1.1.16; first version with security (Kerberos, etc).
[ 1997 ]
[ 1996 ]
- 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.
- 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.
[ 1995 ]
[ 1754-1994 ]
- 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 sessions at Switzerland and US DECUS symposia.
- 1988:
Club Kermit in France.
- 1987:
Publication of Kermit, A File
Transfer Protocol.
- 1987:
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 U 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.
