C-Kermit and Plan 9

C-Kermit and Plan 9

[Frank]

Hi Plan 9 people.  I'm the Kermit guy.  I'm working on a new release of
C-Kermit (communications software, serial and TCP/IP; terminal connection,
file transfer, character-set translation, scripting), which to date has been
adapted to about 700 different platforms, but so far not yet to Plan 9.

Since Plan 9 is supposed to include POSIX APIs and a sockets library, which
C-Kermit already supports, I thought it would be worth trying to see if
C-Kermit could be built there, or what it would take to make it build.

Anybody want to take a shot at this?  Or, alternatively, does anyone have a
Plan 9 system that I could get telnet and ftp access to, and do it myself?

Thanks!

Frank da Cruz
Manager
Communications Software Development
Columbia University
612 West 115th Street
New York NY  10025-7721
USA
Email: fdc@columbia.edu

C-Kermit and Plan 9

[Nigel]

> Did I answer this?  Just grab the floppies off the net and boot it.  Comes
> with compiler and binaries.

If only. I've got about 50% of the way in compiling it for Frank. 
Anyone in any doubt as to the validity of what Plan 9 left behind in 
Unix should try porting C-Kermit!
 

Nigel Roles

C-Kermit and Plan 9

[presotto]

Did I answer this?  Just grab the floppies off the net and boot it.  Comes
with compiler and binaries.

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From: Frank da Cruz <watsun.cc.columbia.edu!fdc>
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Subject: C-Kermit and Plan 9
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Hi Plan 9 people.  I'm the Kermit guy.  I'm working on a new release of
C-Kermit (communications software, serial and TCP/IP; terminal connection,
file transfer, character-set translation, scripting), which to date has been
adapted to about 700 different platforms, but so far not yet to Plan 9.

Since Plan 9 is supposed to include POSIX APIs and a sockets library, which
C-Kermit already supports, I thought it would be worth trying to see if
C-Kermit could be built there, or what it would take to make it build.

Anybody want to take a shot at this?  Or, alternatively, does anyone have a
Plan 9 system that I could get telnet and ftp access to, and do it myself?

Thanks!

Frank da Cruz
Manager
Communications Software Development
Columbia University
612 West 115th Street
New York NY  10025-7721
USA
Email: fdc@columbia.edu

C-Kermit and Plan 9

[Nigel]

> Anybody want to take a shot at this?  Or, alternatively, does anyone have a
> Plan 9 system that I could get telnet and ftp access to, and do it myself?
>
>

Go on then. Tell me where the source is. I'll do it.



Nigel Roles