Date: Mon, 1993 Oct 18 13:51 EDT
From: "John F. Chandler"  <JCHBN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU>
Subject: Announcing IBM Mainframe MUSIC/SP Kermit-370 Version 4.3
Keywords: IBM 370 Kermit, MUSIC/SP Kermit, MUSIC Kermit
Xref: IBM Mainframe, Also see IBM 370
Xref: MUSIC/SP Kermit, Also see MUSIC/SP Kermit, IBM 370
 
This is to announce MUSIC Kermit Release 4.3.  The sources have not
been completely rewritten, but numerous fixes, extensions, and
improvements have been inserted.  Parts of the source have been
resequenced: IK0DEF.ASM, IK0CMD.ASM, IK0KAN.ASM, and IK0PRO.ASM, and
any local mods affecting these parts will need to be changed
accordingly.  The changes in 4.3 include all updates formerly
available in IKMKER.UPD plus a number of new ones.  As with previous
releases, all MUSIC-specific files begin with IKM, and generic
Kermit-370 files begin with IK0 (I K Zero).  See the file IKMKER.INS
for installation instructions.  Most of the distribution files have
been replaced, including IKMKER.INS, plus the assembler sources and
the "beware", help, and update files.  Release 4.3 is also being
issued in the companion TSO, CICS, and CMS variants (see the separate
announcements for details).  Anyone interested in helping to port
Kermit-370 to still other operating systems should contact John
Chandler <JCHBN@CUVMB.BITNET> or <JCHBN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU>.
 
For a list of generic additions, see the generic Kermit-370
announcement IK0KER.ANN.  The following is a list of MUSIC-specific
updates added since Release 4.2, including some already available in
intermediate releases.
 
1) Multiple Kermit subcommands are allowed on the MUSIC command line if
   the INIT file defines a delimiter.
   
2) Kermit-MUSIC now tries to automatically detect the terminal
   controller type.
   
3) Kermit-MUSIC now gives the date and time of each file in response to
   the Kermit DIR subcommand, and the attribute packet for a download
   now carries the correct time stamp.

Many thanks to the beta testers who have helped work out the bugs in the
new release.

A further set of updates is currently being tested for support of MUSIC
subdirectories and long userids.  Watch for future announcements.