Kermit Notes

Kermit Project at Columbia University

"Free" kermit for windows is MS-DOS Kermit, latest version is 3.14, seems to work up through (at least) Win200/WinXP, so ignore dire warnings on the mskermit webpage.

MS Kermit 3.14 zip file

Super quick quide to command line kermit

  set line /dev/ttyS0     # linux
  set line /dev/tty00     # unix
  set line COM1           # windows

  set carrier-watch off   # for console use (vs modem)
  set speed 9600
  set parity none

  set flow xon            # software (console) flow control
  set flow rts            # hardware (modem) flow control

  connect

  escape character: ctrl-\ (control-backslash)
    ctrl-\ Q : quit kermit
    ctrl-\ S : show status
    ctrl-\ C : escape back to host (opposite of connect)
    ctrl-\ B : break
    ctrl-\ L : long break