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  • C-Kermit for MINIX

    From Frank da Cruz@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jan 27 08:56:06 2022
    Hi, I'm working on the first new release of C-Kermit (communications software) in over 10 years, version 9.0.305, which is in Alpha test now:

    https://www.kermitproject.org/ck90305table.html

    It has always been buildable on MINIX; I'd like to make sure that it still is. Anyone who would be willing to download the test version and try building it (e.g. "make minix3" or "make minux315" for MINIX 3) can contact me directly at fdc@kermitproject.
    org. Thanks.

    Frank da Cruz

    P.S. For those who don't know what Kermit is, here's a page that explains it: https://www.kermitproject.org/about.html

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  • From Tom Ivar Helbekkmo@21:1/5 to Frank da Cruz on Thu Jan 27 19:15:33 2022
    Frank da Cruz <fd1@columbia.edu> writes:

    Hi, I'm working on the first new release of C-Kermit (communications software) in over 10 years, version 9.0.305, which is in Alpha test
    now:

    Cool! :)

    It has always been buildable on MINIX; I'd like to make sure that it
    still is. Anyone who would be willing to download the test version
    and try building it (e.g. "make minix3" or "make minux315" for MINIX
    3) can contact me directly at fdc@kermitproject.org. Thanks.

    It builds, and works (although I haven't yet tried anything more than
    just normal terminal communication) on the latest MINIX 3 snapshot,
    which presents itself thus (it's not really 3.4.0, though; it's a
    release candidate for that version):

    luna.hamartun.priv.no$ uname -a
    Minix luna.hamartun.priv.no 3.4.0 Minix 3.4.0 (GENERIC) i386

    I did, however, have to add "-lcrypt" to the linking command line,
    because the straight 'make minix315' resulted in the linker complaining
    about the single missing symbol "crypt".

    Using it now, to let my MINIX 3.4.0 system be a terminal gateway to my
    MINIX 1.5.10 system, which is, of course, not on the net. Well, not
    until I get the Amoeba protocol ported to MINIX 3 or to NetBSD... :)

    I'll send email to Frank, too, as he asked.

    -tih
    --
    Most people who graduate with CS degrees don't understand the significance
    of Lisp. Lisp is the most important idea in computer science. --Alan Kay

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