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+/ COPYRIGHT (C) 1989, 1990 BY THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF
+/ NEW YORK.
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+/ PERMISSION IS GRANTED TO ANY INDIVIDUAL OR INSTITUTION TO COPY OR USE THIS
+/ DOCUMENT AND THE PROGRAM(S) DESCRIBED IN IT, EXCEPT FOR EXPLICITLY COMMERCIAL
+/ PURPOSES.
+\f/ EDIT HISTORY. /014 CJL
+
+/ 052 06-SEP-1990 BUG FIX. CHARLES LASNER (CJL)
+
+/ SENDING A FILE WHICH EXACTLY FILLS THE LAST DATA PACKET AT THE
+/ END OF THE FILE WILL CAUSE THE PACKET TO BE SENT TWICE. THE
+/ ROUTINE DIDN'T CHECK FOR AN EMPTY OUTPUT BUFFER AT EOF.
+
+/ 051 29-AUG-1990 BUG FIX. CJL
+
+/ PDP-8/A NOT IDENTIFIED CORRECTLY IN CPUID ROUTINE. THE UPDATED
+/ PC IS WHAT IS LOADED INTO THE AC WHEN 7016 IS EXECUTED ON THE
+/ KK-8/A CPU. THE ROUTINE WAS CHECKING FOR THE NON-UPDATED VALUE.
+/ ALSO NEW DOCUMENTATION FOR PRE-CLEARING MEMORY FOR BENEFIT OF
+/ ENCODED BINARY FILES.
+\f/ 050 06-SEP-1989 DECMATE I SUPPORT, ETC. CJL
+
+/ THIS EDIT IMPLEMENTS DECMATE I SUPPORT USING THE DP278-A OR -B.
+/ A NEW CONDITIONAL 'PORT' SELECTS WHICH PORT IS TO BE USED. IF
+/ KERMIT-12 IS RUN ON DECMATE I (WHILE NOT CONFIGURED FOR SERIAL
+/ PRINTER PORT COMMUNICATIONS; SEE EDIT 048.) THEN REMOTE
+/ COMMUNICATIONS TAKES PLACE ON THE PORT SELECTED AT ASSEMBLY TIME
+/ ('PORT=0' OR 'PORT=1'). ADDED BAUD RATE PARAMETER 'BRATE' TO
+/ SELECT REMOTE COMMUNICATIONS BAUD RATE FROM THE STANDARD TABLE;
+/ DEFAULTS TO 1200 BAUD ('BRATE=7').
+
+/ 049 30-AUG-1989 REMOTE FLOW CONTROL, ETC. CJL
+
+/ THIS EDIT IMPLEMENTS FLOW CONTROL SUPPORT (IF FLOW CONTROL IS
+/ ENABLED) FOR THE REMOTE LINE WHILE SENDING PACKETS TO THE REMOTE
+/ KERMIT REGARDLESS OF STATE. PREVIOUSLY, FLOW CONTROL ONLY
+/ APPLIED TO CONNECT MODE. LOCAL FLOW CONTROL (TOWARDS THE REMOTE
+/ KERMIT) IS UNNECESSARY AS LOCAL BUFFERS FOR REMOTE INPUT ARE
+/ ALWAYS AVAILABLE. CERTAIN ROUTINE CHANGES MADE FOR BENEFIT OF
+/ DECMATE I SUPPORT IN A SUBSEQUENT EDIT.
+
+/ 048 24-AUG-1989 DECMATE II, ETC. SUPPORT. CJL
+
+/ ONCE-ONLY CODE ADDED TO IMPLEMENT DECMATE II, ETC. REMOTE LINE
+/ SUPPORT ON SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS PORT. SELECTED PORT IS
+/ INDICATED ON OPENING BANNER IF OPERATING ON DECMATE.
+
+/ THIS EDIT PROVIDES BASIC SUPPORT OF THE DECMATE II COMMUNICATIONS PORT AS AN
+/ AUTOMATIC FEATURE OF THE STANDARD RELEASE OF K12MIT. AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF
+/ DECMATE II, ETC. HARDWARE IS PERFORMED UNLESS THE PDP-8-TYPE REMOTE LINE
+/ SUPPORT IS ASSEMBLED FOR THE SERIAL PRINTER AS THE REMOTE LINE ('SPRINT' IS
+/ SET OR EQUIVALENT).
+
+/ THIS EDIT INCORPORATES ALL OF THE INFORMATION TAKEN FROM VARIOUS SOURCES
+/ REGARDING DECMATE PORT INITIALIZATION, ETC. EVERY ATTEMPT HAS BEEN MADE TO
+/ COMPLETELY SET ALL APPROPRIATE REGISTERS, ETC. FOR DECMATE II, III, III+
+/ OPERATION. NO SUPPORT EXISTS FOR THE DECMATE III BUILT-IN MODEM OPTION, AS
+/ EXPLICIT DOCUMENTATION IS NOT AVAILABLE (SOME OF THE INITIALIZATION CODE IS
+/ APPARENTLY USED TO DISABLE THE MODEM). THESE ROUTINES ARE ONLY KNOWN TO WORK
+/ ON THE DECMATE II, AS THE III (ESPECIALLY WITH OPTIONAL MODEM) AND THE III+
+/ HAVEN'T BEEN AVAILABLE TO THE AUTHOR FOR TESTING. THE INITIALIZATION CODE
+/ WILL BE UPDATED LATER TO INCLUDE PANEL REQUESTS, ETC. TO CORRECT ANY
+/ PROBLEMS, ETC. DECMATE-SPECIFIC FEATURES (SUCH AS SETUP COMMANDS) WILL BE
+/ ADDED LATER AND ENABLED FROM THESE ROUTINES.
+
+/ THIS EDIT INCORPORATES NON-INTERRUPT ROUTINES WHICH HAVE BEEN TESTED AT THE
+/ MAXIMUM COMMUNICATIONS SPEED OF THE DECMATE II (19200 BAUD). THEY WILL
+/ SUFFICE FOR ALL KERMIT IMPROVEMENTS SHORT OF SLIDING WINDOWS AT WHICH TIME
+/ INTERRUPT-DRIVEN I/O WILL BE REQUIRED. (INTERRUPT-DRIVEN I/O IS ILLEGAL ON
+/ CERTAIN OS/8 SYSTEMS WHERE INTERRUPTS ARE HARMFUL TO THE SYSTEM OR NON-SYSTEM
+/ HANDLERS.)
+\f/ 047 21-AUG-1989 CODE CLEANUP. CJL
+
+/ STREAM-LINED CONNECT MODE ROUTINES FOR MINIMUM USE OF IOTS. THIS
+/ IS IN PREPARATION FOR EVENTUAL DECMATE II OPERATION, AND TO
+/ MINIMIZE K12PCH PATCH FILE SIZE. CERTAIN NON-CONNECT ROUTINES
+/ MOVED TO FACILIATE CONNECT ROUTINE REORGANIZATION.
+
+/ 046 15-AUG-1989 CODE CLEANUP. CJL
+
+/ ADDED NEW (NON-CONNECT) MODE COMMUNICATIONS ROUTINES FOR EVENTUAL
+/ DECMATE USE. ELIMINATION OF 'IREM' AND 'IREMW' ROUTINES IN FAVOR
+/ OF 'COMIN'. ELIMINATION OF 'OREM' IN FAVOR OF 'COMOUT'. ADDED
+/ STATUS UPDATE ROUTINE ('UPSTATUS') FOR EVENTUAL DECMATE II, ETC.
+/ USAGE. ELIMINATED PDP-8, DECMATE I, DECMATE II CONDITIONALS.
+/ REORGANIZED SERIAL LINE CONDITIONALS AND ADDED NEW 'SPRINT'
+/ PARAMETER FOR SERIAL PRINTER PORT USAGE AS COMMUNICATIONS PORT.
+/ ADDED ONCE-ONLY CODE ADDED TO AUTOMATICALLY RECOGNIZE DECMATE I
+/ AND II OPERATION UNLESS ASSEMBLED FOR REMOTE COMMUNICATIONS ON
+/ SERIAL PRINTER PORT ('SPRINT' SET). UPDATED K12PCH.PAL TO
+/ CORRESPOND TO NEW DEFINITIONS. DEFINED EVENTUALLY NEEDED
+/ COMMUNICATIONS PORT INSTRUCTIONS FOR DECMATE II; ACTUAL DECMATE
+/ II OPERATION WILL BE DEFINED IN A SUBSEQUENT EDIT. DOCUMENTED
+/ NEW LOADING AND SAVING INSTRUCTIONS FOR K12MIT TO ALLOW FOR
+/ ONCE-ONLY CODE IN 10000-11777 WITHOUT SWAPPING THE CODE OUT FOR
+/ THE USR. THIS ELIMINATES OVERHEAD WHEN LOADING K12MIT, BUT IS
+/ DIFFERENT FROM THE FORMER INSTRUCTIONS WHICH ASSUMED NO OTHER
+/ USAGE OF 10000-11777 OTHER THAN THE (LOCKED-IN) USR.
+
+/ THIS EDIT PROVIDES THE FRAMEWORK FOR AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF PROGRAM EXECUTION
+/ OF K12MIT ON ANY MEMBER OF THE DECMATE FAMILY (I, II, III, III+). WHEN
+/ 6120-TYPE CPU DETECTION OCCURS, THE DECMATE I OR II-TYPE COMMUNICATIONS PORT
+/ INITIALIZE CODE IS AUTOMATICALLY SELECTED AS NECESSARY UNLESS THE PDP-8-TYPE
+/ ROUTINES ARE ASSEMBLED (WITH 'SPRINT' SET OR EQUIVALENT USER SETTINGS, ETC.)
+/ FOR THE VT-78-TYPE PRINTER PORT (32/33), IN WHICH CASE THE COMMUNICATIONS IS
+/ DONE VIA THE PRINTER PORT ON THE DECMATE (WHICH IS ALMOST PDP-8 COMPATIBLE AND
+/ IS ACCOMODATED AS SUCH).
+
+/ SUBSEQUENT EDITS SHOULD PROVIDE FOR A DECMATE I PARAMETER TO CONTROL THE PORT
+/ SELECTION, AS THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO VARIANT OPTIONS BOARDS (DP-278A AND
+/ DP-278B) EACH CONSISTING OF TWO PORTS.
+\f/ 045 12-AUG-1989 BUG FIX. CJL
+
+/ FINISH, GET, AND RECEIVE COMMANDS FAIL TO ABORT PROPERLY
+/ (ESPECIALLY AFTER THE SEND COMMAND HAS BEEN USED), AS THE CURRENT
+/ OPERATING MODE ('KMODE') IS NEVER PROPERLY SET, OR IS SET AFTER
+/ SEVERAL PACKETS HAVE BEEN SENT. EACH COMMAND NOW SETS ITS OWN
+/ OPERATING MODE BEFORE INITIATING ANY PACKETS.
+
+/ 044 11-AUG-1989 CODE CLEANUP. CJL
+
+/ CHANGED 'CCMSG' TO 'ABMSG' WITH CLEARER MESSAGE. CHANGED
+/ 'CCFLAG' TO 'ABFLAG' FOR CONSISTENCY. CHANGED ABORT CHARACTER
+/ FROM <^C> TO CHOICE OF <^X> OR <^Z> FOR CONSISTENCY. ELIMINATED
+/ 'ITTY' AND 'ITTYW' ROUTINES BY USING 'CTLCTST' AND 'INPUT'
+/ ROUTINES ALREADY AVAILABLE A/O EDIT 043. ELIMINATED 'TCHAR' IN
+/ FAVOR OF 'INCHAR' AVAILABLE A/O EDIT 043.
+
+/ 043 07-AUG-1989 CODE CLEANUP, ETC. CJL
+
+/ REWRITE OF CONSOLE SUPPORT ROUTINES INCLUDING FORCED-ECHO OUTPUT
+/ AND COLUMN COUNT FOR <HT> SIMULATION IN PREPARATION FOR IMPENDING
+/ USER-INTERFACE REWRITE. 'SCRIBE', 'LININP', AND 'ESCPRNT'
+/ ROUTINES NOW CALL "P7ECHO" ROUTINE TO ENSURE PRINTING OF CRUCIAL
+/ MESSAGES.
+
+/ 042 13-JUN-1989 CODE CLEANUP. CJL
+
+/ FIXED VARIOUS NAK-RELATED BUGS AND SEND-INIT PROBLEMS AS IN K278
+/ (SOME OF THE K278 STUFF IS DEFICIENT!). CALCULATION OF PROPER
+/ SEQUENCE NUMBER FOR NAK CORRECTED OVER FORMER (K08MIT AND K278)
+/ VERSIONS. ADDED ERROR MESSAGE FOR FULL-DISK PROBLEM.
+
+/ 041 12-MAY-1989 BUG FIX. CJL
+
+/ VARIOUS VERSIONS (DECMATE) WON'T FUNCTION REMOTELY WHILE KL-8
+/ VERSIONS WORK FINE. ADDED REMOTE LINE READ IOT TO INITIALIZE
+/ REMOTE LINE AT STARTUP TIME FOR VERSIONS REQUIRING THIS.
+/ CORRESPONDING CHANGES IN PATCH FILE MADE FOR REMOTE LINE READ IOT
+/ IN TWO PLACES.
+\f/ 040 07-MAR-1989 COSMETIC CLEANUP. CJL
+
+/ CLEANUP OF EDIT HISTORY AND OTHER COMMENTS.
+
+/ 039 21-MAY-1988 CODE CLEANUP. CJL
+
+/ ADDED VARIABLE 'INIECHO' TO ALLOW DEFAULT CONNECT-MODE STATE TO
+/ BE HALF-DUPLEX ("SET LOCAL-ECHO ON"). MODIFIED INPUT SERVICE
+/ ERROR ADDRESSES TO SIMPLIFY ERROR TABLES.
+
+/ 038 19-MAY-1988 CODE CLEANUP. CJL
+
+/ ELIMINATED TRAILER FILES DURING ASSEMBLY BY CREATING VARIABLES
+/ 'GENMSG' AND 'UMSG.' THIS ALLOWS THE HEADER FILE (PARAM.PA) TO
+/ CONTAIN THE LOCAL MESSAGE TEXT WITHOUT SUBSEQUENT OVERLAY (WHICH
+/ WAS WHY THERE FORMERLY WAS A TRAILER FILE CAPABILITY). OVERLAY
+/ BY K12PCH.BN WILL DEFAULT TO CREATION OF A DUMMY USER MESSAGE
+/ (WITHIN K12PCH) ENCOURAGING LOCAL CUSTOMIZATION. K12MIT.BN WILL
+/ CONTAIN A NULL MESSAGE BY DEFAULT UNLESS CUSTOMIZED IN PARAM.PA.
+
+/ 037 21-JAN-1988 BUG FIX. CJL
+
+/ RESET OS/8 DEVICE CONTROL WORD TABLE TO DELETE TENTATIVE FILE IN
+/ CASE OF PRIOR INPUT SERVICE ERROR.
+
+/ 036 20-JAN-1988 BUG FIX. CJL
+
+/ RESET 'OFFLG' WHEN DOING INPUT SERVICE IN CASE PRIOR ERRORS LEAVE
+/ THE FLAG SET.
+
+/ 035 14-JAN-1988 USR RESIDENT CODING. CJL
+
+/ CALLS TO USR NOW USE 10200 INSTEAD OF 17700. NO SWAP OVERHEAD
+/ WHEN OPENING OR CLOSING FILES.
+
+/ 034 13-JAN-1988 CODE CLEANUP. CJL
+
+/ ALL EIGHT-BIT ORIENTED CONSOLE CODE ELIMINATED; NOW IGNORES
+/ PARITY (JUST SEVEN BITS).
+
+/ 033 12-JAN-1988 CODE CLEANUP. CJL
+
+/ 'TTYOUT' AND 'OTTY' ROUTINES ELIMINATED; NOW USES 'P7CH' FOR ALL
+/ CONSOLE OUTPUT (EXCEPT FOR CONNECT MODE).
+
+/ 032 12-JAN-1988 CODE CLEANUP. CJL
+
+/ VARIOUS ROUTINES REWRITTEN TO ELIMINATE DEPENDENCIES ON CPU TYPE
+/ BEYOND THE CLASSIC PDP-8.
+\f/ 031 11-JAN-1988 CODE CLEANUP. CJL
+
+/ ELIMINATED 'RTDISP' AND CHANGED CALLING CONVENTION FOR DISPATCH
+/ ROUTINE. ALL CALLERS NOW LOCAL OR VIA LOCAL POINTERS. ADDED
+/ SEVERAL CONDITIONAL PARAMETERS AND LABELS FOR BENEFIT OF
+/ K12PCH.PAL.
+
+/ 030 05-JAN-1988 CODE CLEANUP. CJL
+
+/ CHANGED LOWER/UPPER CASE CONDITIONAL ASSEMBLY PARAMETERS AND MORE
+/ EFFICIENT CODE.
+
+/ 029 21-DEC-1987 CODE CLEANUP. CJL
+
+/ CHANGED CALLING CONVENTIONS FOR 'SCRIBE' AND SIMILAR ROUTINES AND
+/ REWROTE 'COMMAND' ROUTINE.
+
+/ 028 15-DEC-1987 CODE CLEANUP. CJL
+
+/ COMPLETE REWRITE OF FILE LOOKUP ROUTINE. 'LUKUP' NOW USES FIELD
+/ ONE BUFFER AND ITS OWN AUTO-INDEX REGISTER CONSERVING PROGRAM
+/ SPACE.
+
+/ 027 05-DEC-1987 CODE CLEANUP. CJL
+
+/ CHANGED DISPATCH ('DISPA0') ROUTINE TO USE 'SRCHTABLE' ROUTINE.
+/ ALL CALLS MADE COMPATIBLE. ELIMINATED 'SCANC' CODE. ELIMINATED
+/ CODE WITHIN 'DPARS' ROUTINE. 'LUKUP' ROUTINE NOW DOES ITS OWN
+/ DISK I/O. ELIMINATED 'BLKIN' ROUTINE.
+
+/ 026 27-NOV-1987 NEW CONNECT MODE CODE. CJL
+
+/ TOTAL REWRITE OF ALL CONNECT MODE CONSOLE AND REMOTE INPUT AND
+/ OUTPUT TERMINAL ROUTINES. CONNECT IS NOW FULLY BUFFERED IN ALL
+/ DIRECTIONS. IF FLOW CONTROL IS OBEYED, ANY BAUD RATE CAN BE
+/ ACCOMODATED BOTH LOCALLY AND REMOTE (UP TO 9600 BAUD TESTED,
+/ SHOULD WORK TO AT LEAST 19200 BAUD BY INSPECTION). TESTED WITH
+/ FAST VT-100 EMULATOR CONSOLE TO PROVE ESCAPE SEQUENCES ARE NOT
+/ DROPPED WHEN LOCAL TERMINAL IS FASTER THAN REMOTE LINE. LIMITED
+/ USE OF SUBROUTINES TO IMPROVE HIGH BAUD RATE OPERATION. ADDED
+/ TABLE-DRIVEN ERROR EXIT ROUTINE FOR SEND ROUTINES.
+
+/ THIS EDIT PROVIDES FULLY BUFFERED INPUT/OUTPUT ROUTINES FOR BOTH LOCAL AND
+/ REMOTE PORTS. NO INTERRUPTS ARE USED FOR MAXIMUM COMPATIBILITY WITH OS/8
+/ DEVICES (SOME OF WHICH ARE INTOLERANT OF INTERRUPTS, SUCH AS TD-8/E). REMOTE
+/ FLOW CONTROL (IF ENABLED) WILL SIGNAL BUFFER FILLING VIA <DC3> WHEN THE BUFFER
+/ IS 3/4 FULL. WHEN THE BUFFER REACHES 1/4 FULL, THE REMOTE WILL BE SENT <DC1>
+/ TO ALLOW FURTHER OUTPUT. REMOTE FLOW CONTROL IS SUPPORTED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS;
+/ LOCAL FLOW CONTROL IS FROM THE KEYBOARD ONLY.
+
+/ WHILE THE CONSOLE OUTPUT IS PAUSED BY <DC3>, THE BUFFER WILL FILL WITH OUTPUT
+/ CHARACTERS. WHEN THE USER RELEASES THE CONSOLE WITH <DC1>, THE BUFFER WILL
+/ RAPIDLY EMPTY (ASSUMING THE CONSOLE IS FASTER THAN THE REMOTE LINE). THIS
+/ ALLOWS THE USER TO PAUSE THE CONSOLE WITHOUT BACKING UP THE REMOTE LINE UP TO
+/ THE LIMITS OF BOTH LOCAL OUTPUT AND REMOTE INPUT BUFFERS.
+\f/ 025 24-NOV-1987 NEW FEATURES AND CODE CLEANUP. CJL
+
+/ PROPER INTERRUPT SETUP FOR <^C> AND <^P>, ECHO STATE. ALL
+/ MESSAGES IN NEW FORMAT, (SOME NEW ONES HAVE BETTER CONTENT).
+/ ELIMINATED 'PRI6B' AND 'REM6B' ROUTINES. NEW AND IMPROVED INPUT
+/ SERVICE ERROR CODE MOVED TO PROPER PAGE. REWROTE CONNECT
+/ ROUTINES TO ALLOW NON-INTERRUPT BUFFERED I/O LATER. CREATED NEW
+/ VARIABLE 'ESCHAR' AND PARAMETER 'ESCAPE' TO SET DEFAULT ESCAPE
+/ CHARACTER. ESCAPE CHARACTER CAN BE CHANGED IN MEMORY AND WILL BE
+/ USED CORRECTLY BY ALL ROUTINES. ADDED 'ESCPRNT' ROUTINE TO
+/ HANDLE ALL CASES (INCLUDING NON-CONTROL CHARACTERS). DEFAULT
+/ ESCAPE PARAMETER VALUE COMPATIBLE WITH K08V2, BUT IS A USER
+/ PARAMETER, CONFIGURED AS OTHER PARAMETERS DEFINED IN EDIT 017.
+/ CREATED ESCAPE FUNCTION TABLE FOR EXPANSION LATER. NOW SUPPORTS
+/ ESCAPE C(LOSE) IN UPPER OR LOWER CASE, ESCAPE ESCAPE (SEND ONE
+/ ESCAPE CHARACTER). ALL BAD ESCAPE COMMANDS WILL ISSUE <BEL>
+/ CHARACTER TO WARN USER THAT COMMAND IS ILLEGAL AND OTHERWISE WAS
+/ IGNORED. CREATED NEW VARIABLE 'ECHOFLAG' TO ALLOW LOCAL ECHO IN
+/ CONNECT MODE.
+
+/ 024 19-NOV-1987 NEW FEATURES. CJL
+
+/ NEW STARTUP MESSAGES AND HELP METHOD VIA COMMAND. CPU TYPE
+/ IDENTIFICATION TO ALLOW FUTURE VERSIONS TO CHECK FOR QUIRKS AND
+/ MODEL DEPENDENCIES. THE DEFAULT PROMPT REFLECTS THE ACTUAL CPU
+/ TYPE (THUS "KERMIT-12>" ON PDP-12). VERSION, REVISION, AND DATE
+/ NOW EQUATED SYMBOLS.
+
+/ 023 18-NOV-1987 NEW CONSOLE I/O PACKAGE. CJL
+
+/ NEW CONSOLE I/O ROUTINES WITH DC1/DC3 SUPPORT FOR CONSOLE
+/ TERMINAL MESSAGES NOT ASSOCIATED WITH ANY REMOTE ACTIVITY (NOT TO
+/ BE USED DURING CONNECT MODE). USES FIELD ONE FOR MESSAGE TEXT TO
+/ ALLOW FOR MORE PROGRAM SPACE. THE MESSAGES ARE NOW GIVEN IN
+/ UPPER/LOWER SIXBIT FORMAT. SUPPORT FOR <^P> RESTART AND <^O> TO
+/ FLIP ECHO. UPPER-CASE CAN BE FORCED BY CHANGING A VARIABLE
+/ ('UPONLY').
+
+/ 022 17-NOV-1987 BUG FIX. CJL
+
+/ EXTRA-LONG INIT PACKETS CORRUPTING PROGRAM; NOW CHECKS FOR AND
+/ IGNORES EXTRA CAPABILITIES BEYOND 'CAPAS' BYTE.
+\f/ 021 17-NOV-1987 CODE CLEANUP. CJL
+
+/ REWROTE TENTATIVE OUTPUT FILE LENGTH CODE FOR MORE CONSISTENCY.
+/ RENAMED "FINISH" COMMAND CORRECTLY (FORMERLY "BYE").
+
+/ FORMER CODE REGARDING THE TENTATIVE FILE MAXIMUM LENGTH WAS ACCEPTABLY
+/ ORGANIZED FOR ORIGINAL PS/8, OS/8 CONVENTIONS. WITH THE EVOLUTION OF THE
+/ OPERATING SYSTEM INTO OS/78 (VERSIONS 1-4) AND OS/278 (VERSIONS 1-2), THE
+/ ENTER OPERATION HAS BEEN CHANGED WITH DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES.
+
+/ THE ORIGINAL DEFINITION OF THE LENGTH RETURNED BY ENTER IS THE ACTUAL LENGTH
+/ OF THE LARGEST EMPTY (IN TWO'S COMPLEMENT FORM). IF RECORD 7777 IS PART OF
+/ THE ACTUAL LARGEST EMPTY (FULL SIZE DEVICE AND THE LARGEST EMPTY IS LAST ON
+/ THE DEVICE), THEN THE LENGTH RETURNED IS ONE LESS (THIS IS A LONG STANDING
+/ BUG). SINCE THERE IS NO STRAIGHT-FORWARD WAY TO DETERMINE THIS, THE LENGTH IS
+/ ASSUMED TO BE CORRECT.
+
+/ TESTS WITH THE DECUS VERSION OF OS/278 (DM-101) REVEAL A DANGEROUS CHANGE:
+/ THE LENGTH RETURNED IS TWO LARGER THAN ACTUALLY EXISTS!
+
+/ TO COUNTERACT THIS, EDIT 010 INSERTED A DECREMENT OF TWO INTO THE LENGTH
+/ BEFORE PASSING IT BACK TO THE KERMIT FILE WRITING ROUTINE. THE FILE WRITING
+/ ROUTINE THEN ADDS ONE TO THE LENGTH TO CREATE A "DANGER COUNT", I.E., IN TWO'S
+/ COMPLEMENT NOTATION, THIS IS THE AMOUNT THAT WILL INDICATE FILE OVERFLOW
+/ SHOULD IT REACH ZERO.
+
+/ THIS HAS NOW BEEN REORGANIZED TO ALLOW THE ENTER ROUTINE TO SET THE DANGER
+/ COUNT DIRECTLY. OS/8 USERS MUST ALLOW FOR THE EXTRA ROOM (WHICH MUST BE
+/ PRESENT BUT WILL NOT BE USED), SINCE NO CHECK FOR SYSTEM VERSION WILL BE
+/ PERFORMED.
+
+/ 020 16-NOV-1987 NEW ROUTINES AND CODE CLEANUP. CJL
+
+/ REWROTE ENTIRE OUTPUT FILE PACK ROUTINE. NOW SUPPORTS
+/ ASCII/BINARY INTERNAL FILE MODE FOR LATER USE. USES OUTPUT
+/ BUFFER IN FIELD ONE (SAME DEFINITIONS AS INPUT BUFFER) TO ALLOW
+/ MORE PROGRAM SPACE. END OF FILE CONVENTION IN ASCII MODE NOW
+/ INCLUDES ENSURING <^Z> CHARACTER PACKED INTO FILE (OR NOT).
+/ REWROTE ENTIRE OUTPUT FILE CLOSE ROUTINE TO IMPLEMENT <^Z>
+/ SCHEME. ELIMINATED SEPARATE OUTPUT FILE INITIALIZE ROUTINE; USE
+/ SPECIAL ROUTINE CALL INSTEAD. FIXED PACKET WRITE BUG.
+
+/ 019 15-NOV-1987 NEW ROUTINES AND CODE CLEANUP. CJL
+
+/ FIXED UNPACK <^Z> BUG. REWROTE ENTIRE INPUT FILE UNPACK ROUTINE.
+/ NOW SUPPORTS ASCII/BINARY INTERNAL FILE MODE FOR LATER USE. USES
+/ INPUT BUFFER IN FIELD ONE TO ALLOW MORE PROGRAM SPACE. BUFFER
+/ FIELD DEFINED VIA SYMBOLS TO ALLOW CHANGES IN THE FUTURE. END OF
+/ FILE CONVENTION IN ASCII MODE NOW INCLUDES SENDING <^Z> CHARACTER
+/ OR NOT. ELIMINATED SEPARATE INPUT FILE INITIALIZE ROUTINE; USE
+/ SPECIAL ROUTINE CALL INSTEAD.
+
+/ 018 09-NOV-1987 BUG FIX AND CODE CLEANUP. CJL
+
+/ FIXED RECEIVE BUG; NOW ALLOW DEV: ON RECEIVE.
+\f/ 017 05-NOV-1987 NEW FEATURES. CJL
+
+/ CONDITIONAL ASSEMBLY PARAMETERS ADDED FOR MACHINE TYPE (PDP-8,
+/ DECMATE I, DECMATE II/III/III+), REMOTE LINE AND LOCAL TERMINAL
+/ INTERFACE DEFINITIONS.
+
+/ 016 05-NOV-1987 CODE CLEANUP. CJL
+
+/ OPTIMIZATION OF CODE, LITERALS, CONSTANTS.
+
+/ 015 04-NOV-1987 BUG FIX. CJL
+
+/ INPUT SERVICE ROUTINE ERROR DOES JMP INSTEAD OF JMS WHEN CALLING
+/ COMMON ERROR HANDLER.
+
+/ 014 02-NOV-1987 SOURCE FILE CLEANUP. CJL
+
+/ SOURCE FILE COSMETICALLY CLEANED UP AND RENAMED TO K12MIT.PAL
+/ WHICH CONFORMS WITH CUCCA NAMING CONVENTION. NO ACTUAL BINARY
+/ CODE CHANGES BEYOND K08V2. THIS EDIT HISTORY ADDED. ENTRIES
+/ PRIOR TO 014 TRANSCRIBED BY CJL.
+
+/ SINCE THE PDP-12 (AND OTHER 12-BIT DEC MACHINES) IS THE INTENDED ENVIRONMENT
+/ FOR THIS PROGRAM, IT IS NOW KNOWN AS KERMIT-12.
+
+/ ASSEMBLING THE SOURCE FILE PRODUCES BINARY IDENTICAL TO K08V2.PA CONFIRMING
+/ THAT SOURCE CLEANUP DOESN'T DAMAGE THE CODING (K08V2 IS NOW OBSOLETE).
+
+/ 013 01-OCT-1987 CHANGE TO VERSION 2.0. R. SCHLERF (RICH)
+
+/ CHANGED 'RKIOT'/'RTIOT' TO 43/44 REMOTE LINE IOT (LOCAL
+/ PREFERENCE). CHANGED 'ESCAPE' CHARACTER TO ^] ('CONX1') FOR
+/ GENERIC CONFORMITY. ADDED VERSION/COMMAND BANNER AT STARTUP FOR
+/ MINI-HELP. INCORPORATED K278 CHANGES 003-006, 009-010 (NO
+/ INTERRUPTS). DELETED 'ERRMSG.' NOW USES 'STXERR' AT 'CLOOP9'+2
+/ FOR PROGRAM SPACE. TO CONFORM TO GENERIC KERMIT, "BACK ON PDP8"
+/ MESSAGE DELETED AND REPLACED WITH BEEP <^G>. MESSAGE "SENDING
+/ FILE XXXXXX.XX CREATED ON DD-MM-YY" REDUCED TO "SENDING FILE
+/ XXXXXX.XX" TO CONFORM TO GENERIC KERMIT. PARITY BIT IS IGNORED
+/ ON BOTH REMOTE AND TTY LINES. OUTPUT PARITY IS SET TO SPACE.
+
+/ PROGRAM RENAMED TO K08V2.PA AND MADE AVAILABLE TO CUCCA BY:
+
+/ RICHARD SCHLERF (RICH)
+/ AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY
+/ MEDICAL RESEARCH DIVISION
+/ LEDERLE LABORATORIES
+/ BUILDING 190 ROOM 115H
+/ PEARL RIVER, NEW YORK 10965
+/ (914) 732-2186 (09:00 TO 16:00)
+
+/ SINCE PRIMARY APPLICATION OF K08V2 IS FOR PDP-8 USAGE, THE MODIFICATIONS NOT
+/ SPECIFIC TO DECMATE II/III FROM K278 WERE MOVED TO THE K08MIT VERSION. FUTURE
+/ VERSIONS WILL INCORPORATE THE DECMATE FEATURES AND THUS OBSOLETE ALL OTHER
+/ VERSIONS AT THAT TIME.
+\f/ 012 04-JUN-1986 PROGRAM FIX. SEPP STADELMANN (SSTA)
+
+/ RE-INITIALIZE VIA 'V30ST' AS ROM SETUP CLEARS COMPOSETABLE, ETC.
+
+/ 04-JUN-1986 VERSION RELEASED TO CUCCA BY MARTYN HEMMINGS (DEC GERMANY) AND
+/ SEPP STADELMANN (DEC SWITZERLAND) OF:
+
+/ DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION (DEC)
+/ 146 MAIN STREET
+/ MAYNARD, MASS 01754
+/ (617) 897-5111
+
+/ CUCCA RENAMED FILES (KERMIT.PA AND KERCOM.PA) TO K278.PA AND K278COM.PA (WHICH
+/ DOESN'T REALLY CONFORM TO THE NAMING CONVENTION).
+
+/ CUCCA VERSION OF K278.PA FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE. FILE REPAIRED BY:
+
+/ CHARLES LASNER (CJL)
+/ CLA SYSTEMS
+/ 72-55 METROPOLITAN AVENUE
+/ MIDDLE VILLAGE, NEW YORK 11379-2107
+/ (718) 894-6499
+
+/ REPAIRED FILE (K278.PA) NOW AVAILABLE AT CUCCA.
+
+/ PROGRAM IS NOW THE DECMATE II/III (III-PLUS) KERMIT ONLY. HOOKS WERE LEFT IN
+/ FOR PDP-8 VERSION, BUT NOT IMPLEMENTED. K278 DOES WORK WITH ADDITIONAL
+/ IMPLEMENTATIONS OF KERMIT, BUT RECEIVE COMMAND DOES NOT WORK. PROGRAM YIELDS
+/ RECOVERABLE SYSTEM ERROR/HALT WHEN EXITING TO FLOPPY-BASED DECMATE II SYSTEM.
+/ CONNECT MODE IS VT200 8-BIT WHICH CONFUSES EVEN/ODD PARITY SYSTEMS. K278 DOES
+/ NOT SUPPORT SETUP KEY OF DECMATE, BUT IMPLEMENTS SETUP COMMAND.
+
+/ 011 04-JUN-1986 NEW FEATURES. SSTA
+
+/ 'PRQ3' CODE CONDITIONALS. ROM SETUP COMMAND IMPLEMENTED FOR DMII/III.
+/ AUTOMATIC UPPERCASE SELECT ON RETURN FROM CONNECT.
+
+/ 010 13-MAR-1986 BUG FIX. MARTYN HEMMINGS (MART)
+
+/ FULL DISK HANDLED WELL.
+
+/ 009 13-MAR-1986 BUG FIX. MART
+
+/ CLEAN UP BREAK AND GET.
+\f/ 008 12-MAR-1986 BUG FIX. MART
+
+/ CLEAR INPUT CHARACTERS FROM COMMUNICATIONS PORT WHEN IN IDLE
+/ LOOP.
+
+/ 007 11-MAR-1986 NEW FEATURES AND BUG FIX. MARTYN HEMMINGS AND
+/ SSEP STADELMANN
+/ (MART+SSTA)
+
+/ INTERRUPT DRIVEN AND BUG FIX.
+
+/ 006 10-MAR-1986 NEW FEATURE. MART+SSTA
+
+/ DEVICE PARSE ON GET.
+
+/ 005 10-MAR-1986 BUG FIX. MART+SSTA
+
+/ NO DATE IN FILE WITH <^Z> INTACT.
+
+/ 004 10-MAR-1986 NEW FEATURES AND BUG FIX. MART+SSTA
+
+/ MAXIMUM RECEIVE BUFFER FIXUP ('RTERMI'), 15 SECOND TIME-OUT
+/ DURING CONNECT.
+
+/ 003 10-MAR-1986 BUG FIX. SSTA
+
+/ TWO PAGE HANDLER FIX.
+
+/ K08MIT.PAL COPIED TO DEC ENGINEERING NETWORK (NODE LSMVAX::) ULTIMATELY TO
+/ EUROPE (NODE VIRGIN::) WHERE PROGRAM BECAME KERMIT.PAL AND KERCOM.PAL.
+
+/ KERMIT.PAL AND KERCOM.PAL ARE TWO SOURCE FILES ASSEMBLED TOGETHER TO PRODUCE
+/ THE RUNNING KERMIT-8. *THEY ARE FOR THE DECMATE II/III/III-PLUS ONLY.*
+
+/ 002 18-JUL-1985 ORIGINAL RELEASE. RANDY HIPPE
+
+/ 18-JUL-1985 VERSION RELEASED TO CUCCA BY JERRY SANDS AND RANDY HIPPE OF:
+
+/ BUREAU OF ENGRAVING, INC.
+/ 3311 BROADWAY N.E.
+/ MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55413
+/ (612) 623-0900 X218
+
+/ CUCCA RENAMED FILE (KER8.PAL) TO K08MIT.PAL WHICH CONFORMS TO NAMING
+/ CONVENTION OF KERMIT FILES.
+
+/ K08MIT SUPPORTS CONNECT, BYE (REALLY FIN), EXIT, SEND, GET, RECEIVE ONLY.
+
+/ PROGRAM PRONE TO GETTING "CONFUSED" AND OUTPUTS FILE DATE ATTRIBUTE BOTH AS
+/ 'CAPAS' BYTE FEATURE AND ASCII TEXT INSERTED INTO CONTENTS OF FILE AHEAD OF
+/ FILE DATA. COMMAND PROCESSOR ACCEPTS UPPER-CASE COMPLETE COMMANDS ONLY. <^C>
+/ ABORT FEATURE TAKES VERY LONG TIME TO ACT (IF AT ALL!). MANY KERMITS WILL NOT
+/ WORK WITH K08MIT; HOWEVER, K08MIT WAS TESTED SUCCESSFULLY WITH KERMIT-20.
+
+/ 001 30-JUL-1984 FIRST VERSION (KER8.PAL). JERRY SANDS
+\f/ HARDWARE HINTS AND KINKS.
+
+
+/ KERMIT-12 REQUIRES THE FOLLOWING STANDARD OS/8 FAMILY CONFIGURATION:
+
+/ PDP-8 FAMILY MEMBER WITH AT LEAST 8K MEMORY.
+
+/ OS/8 SYSTEM DEVICE (WITH OS/8 FAMILY OPERATING SYSTEM RESIDENT).
+
+/ KL8-COMPATIBLE CONSOLE INTERFACE.
+
+/ 7/8-BIT ASCII EXTERNAL CONSOLE TERMINAL DEVICE (TTY:).
+
+/ KL8-COMPATIBLE REMOTE INTERFACE TO OTHER KERMIT.
+
+/ NOTE: ASSEMBLY PARAMETERS OF KERMIT-12 ALLOW FOR LOCAL KERMIT CONTROLLING
+/ TERMINALS TO BE OTHER THAN THE PRIMARY OS/8 CONSOLE DEVICE. THE ACTUAL
+/ HARDWARE MUST STILL CONFORM TO THE SAME REQUIREMENTS (THE DEVICE CODES WOULD
+/ THEN BE USER-SPECIFIED AND DIFFER FROM THE STANDARD 03/04) AS THE STANDARD
+/ CONSOLE INTERFACE AND TERMINAL.
+
+/ SPECIAL DECMATE CONSIDERATIONS:
+
+/ DECMATE USAGE IS USUALLY OBTAINED BY ASSEMBLING FOR THE STANDARD CONSOLE
+/ DEVICE (03/04), AS THE BUILT-IN FIRMWARE/SLUSHWARE OF THE DECMATES IS
+/ SUFFICIENTLY COMPATIBLE WITH THE PDP-8 HARDWARE FOR KERMIT-12'S REQUIREMENTS.
+/ (THE ONLY OTHER ACCEPTABLE CONSOLE DEVICE ON THE DECMATE IS THE PRINTER PORT.)
+
+/ DECMATE REMOTE COMMUNICATIONS PORTS ARE *RADICALLY* DIFFERENT FROM
+/ KL8-COMPATIBLE PORTS. THESE ARE HANDLED AUTOMATICALLY BY ONCE-ONLY CODE WHICH
+/ DETECTS THE USAGE OF KERMIT-12 ON THE SPECIFIC DECMATE SYSTEM, AND
+/ SELF-CONFIGURATION AS APPROPRIATE. THERE IS ONE EXCEPTION TO THIS, NAMELY IF
+/ THE COMMUNICATIONS PORT CODE IS ASSEMBLED FOR THE PRINTER PORT (32/33), THEN
+/ THE PRINTER PORT, *NOT* THE COMMUNICATIONS PORT WILL BE USED. THE STANDARD
+/ ASSEMBLY OF KERMIT-12 IS FOR A PDP-8 WITH DEVICE 40/41 COMMUNICATIONS PORT.
+/ THIS DESIGNATED VERSION WILL SELF-CONFIGURE WHEN EXECUTED ON A DECMATE.
+\f/ CONFIGURATION RESTRICTIONS:
+
+/ WHEN INTERRUPTS ARE SUPPORTED AGAIN, DEVICES SUCH AS THE TD-8/E WON'T WORK.
+/ THE NON-INTERRUPT VERSION SHOULD WORK TO 19200 BAUD ON THE PDP-8/E CPU, SO
+/ THIS SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM. INTERRUPT-DRIVEN VERSIONS OF KERMIT-12 MUST BE
+/ RUN ONLY ON SYSTEMS WHERE *ALL* INTENDED DEVICES CAN HAVE THEIR HANDLERS
+/ INTERRUPTED BY THE CONSOLE AND REMOTE LINE INTERRUPT HANDLERS. WHEN IN DOUBT,
+/ THE NON-INTERRUPT VERSION MUST BE USED (CURRENTLY THE ONLY VERSION).
+
+/ IF FLOW CONTROL IS DISABLED (DUE TO XON/XOFF BEING UNAVAILABLE) THEN THE
+/ CONSOLE BAUD RATE MUST MEET OR EXCEED THE REMOTE LINE RATE. THE USER MUST
+/ TAKE MINIMAL CARE NOT TO OVERLOAD THE INTERNAL BUFFERS OF KERMIT-12, AS THIS
+/ WILL YIELD THE ERROR MESSAGE: KEYBOARD INPUT ERROR!
+
+/ THIS IS NOT LIKELY TO OCCUR UNLESS ONE "PLAYS" WITH A KEYBOARD WHICH CAN
+/ GENERATE NUMEROUS ESCAPE SEQUENCES AS THE BUFFERS ARE QUITE ADEQUATE FOR ALL
+/ REASONABLE TERMINAL APPLICATIONS. SIMILARLY, IF THE REMOTE LINE DOES NOT OBEY
+/ XON/XOFF PROTOCOL (WHILE KERMIT-12 HAS IT ENABLED), THEN INTERNAL BUFFER
+/ OVERFLOW WILL YIELD THE ERROR MESSAGE: REMOTE LINE INPUT ERROR!
+
+/ THESE ERRORS ARE EXTREMELY UNLIKELY AND CAN ONLY BE CREATED BY MISUSE OF FLOW
+/ CONTROL (THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THIS IS THE ATTEMPT TO USE KERMIT-12 WITH THE
+/ CONSOLE BAUD RATE SLOWER THAN THE REMOTE LINE BAUD RATE WITH FLOW CONTROL
+/ DISABLED). IF FLOW CONTROL IS ENABLED AND OBEYED THEN THE BUFFERING OF REMOTE
+/ LINE INPUT WILL OCCUR WHILE SHORT PAUSES OCCUR ON THE CONSOLE (ASSUMING THE
+/ USER FREEZES/UNFREEZES THE DISPLAY OFTEN AND THE CONSOLE DISPLAY BAUD RATE IS
+/ FASTER THAN THE REMOTE LINE BAUD RATE) WITH PRACTICALLY NO REMOTE LINE DELAY.
+
+/ FLOW CONTROL IS NOT YET SUPPORTED DURING KERMIT TRANSFERS. SINCE KERMIT-12
+/ DOES NOT SUPPORT SLIDING WINDOWS, KERMIT-12 WILL NEVER GENERATE OUTGOING
+/ XON/XOFF SEQUENCES. FUTURE REVISIONS WILL SUPPORT INCOMING XON/XOFF FROM THE
+/ REMOTE KERMIT. XON/XOFF PROTOCOL DURING CONNECT MODE IS COMPLETELY AVAILABLE
+/ AT THE USER'S OPTION.
+
+/ CONSOLE TERMINALS ARE REQUIRED TO SUPPORT "GLASS TTY:" FEATURES, I.E. THE
+/ PRINTING ASCII CHARACTER SET (LOWER-CASE DESIRABLE) AND THE CONTROL CHARACTERS
+/ <CR>, <LF>, AND <BEL> (THE LAST FOR VARIOUS AUDIBLE REPORTS ONLY). TERMINALS
+/ LACKING LOWER-CASE SUPPORT SHOULD "FOLD" LOWER-CASE CHARACTERS TO UPPER-CASE
+/ AUTOMATICALLY. TERMINALS SUCH AS THE VT05 CAN HAVE THE KEYBOARD LOWER-CASE
+/ ENABLED, AS KERMIT-12 SUPPORTS OPTIONAL OUTPUT FOLDING. THE UPPER-CASE ONLY
+/ OPTION SHOULD BE ENABLED FOR TERMINALS WHICH IGNORE LOWER-CASE INPUT FROM THE
+/ HOST, AS KERMIT-12 GENERATES NUMEROUS LOWER-CASE MESSAGE CHARACTERS (WHICH
+/ BECOME UPPER-CASE IF THIS OPTION IS SET). THE <BS> CHARACTER IS REQUIRED FOR
+/ VISUAL RUBOUT (<BS> <SPACE> <BS>) ONLY. FUTURE VERSIONS WILL SUPPORT
+/ HARD-COPY BACKSPACE TO REMOVE THIS REQUIREMENT. ALL TERMINAL FEATURES (SUCH
+/ AS ACTUAL VT-100 FUNCTIONALITY) ARE FREELY PASSED TO THE HOST DURING CONNECT
+/ MODE; THE ONLY CHARACTER ACTUALLY RESERVED IS THE ESCAPE CHARACTER WHICH WILL
+/ BE TREATED AS A SEVEN-BIT CHARACTER ONLY. IF THE USER PRESSES THE ESCAPE
+/ CHARACTER TWICE, THEN THE SEVEN-BIT REPRESENTATION OF THE CHARACTER IS SENT
+/ ONCE; THERE IS NO WAY TO SEND THE ESCAPE CHARACTER WITH THE HIGH-BIT SET.
+/ SINCE THE ESCAPE CHARACTER ITSELF CAN BE SET TO ALMOST ANY SEVEN-BIT VALUE,
+/ THIS SHOULD NOT BE A SERIOUS LIMITATION. TERMINALS THAT DON'T "BEEP" WHEN THE
+/ <BEL> CHARACTER IS SENT SHOULD NOT OUTPUT A PRINTABLE RENDITION OF THE <^G>
+/ CHARACTER, AS THIS WOULD DISRUPT THE TERMINAL OUTPUT AND INTERNAL COLUMN COUNT
+/ DURING VARIOUS MESSAGE SEQUENCES, ETC.
+\f/ KL-8/E INTERFACES SHOULD BE SETUP WITH THE FOLLOWING STANDARD SETTINGS:
+
+/ 1 STOP BIT ABOVE 110 BAUD WITH 8 BITS DATA.
+
+/ FUNCTIONAL BAUD RATES INCLUDE 110, 150, 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600,
+/ 19200, 38400 AND 76800. 2400 BAUD REQUIRES A REVISION "B" OR BETTER M8650
+/ MODULE (IF ONE USES DEC'S DOCUMENTATION OF AVAILABLE SPLIT-LUG OPTIONS).
+/ ACTUAL BAUD RATES UP TO APPROXIMATELY 100 KBAUD SHOULD WORK WHEN KERMIT-12
+/ BECOMES INTERRUPT-DRIVEN. RATES OTHER THAN 110 BAUD REQUIRE A 19.6608 MHZ
+/ BAUD-RATE OSCILLATOR.
+
+/ THE BAUD RATES STATED ABOVE ARE ACTUALLY AVAILABLE ON THE KL-8/E, BUT REQUIRE
+/ A SINGLE SOLDER JUMPER TO IMPLEMENT THE PROPER BAUD RATE ABOVE 2400 BAUD.
+/ CHANGING BAUD-RATE GENERATOR CRYSTALS WILL PRODUCE OTHER RATES AS NECESSARY.
+/ (SEND INQUIRIES TO CLA SYSTEMS FOR INFORMATION REGARDING KL-8/E MODIFICATIONS
+/ INCLUDING UPGRADED BAUD-RATE OSCILLATORS, ETC.) KERMIT-12 HAS BEEN TESTED TO
+/ 9600 BAUD AND SHOULD WORK TO 19200 BAUD (AS OF THE CURRENT VERSION).
+
+
+/ KL8-J/A INTERFACES SHOULD BE SETUP WITH THE FOLLOWING STANDARD SETTINGS:
+
+/ 1 STOP BIT ABOVE 110 BAUD WITH 8 BITS DATA NO PARITY.
+
+/ FUTURE VERSIONS OF KERMIT-12 WILL SUPPORT VARIOUS SOFTWARE-GENERATED PARITY
+/ OPTIONS. THE FRAMING AND OVERRUN ERRORS CAN BE ENABLED AND WILL EVENTUALLY BE
+/ SUPPORTED (BUT THE PARITY GENERATOR SHOULD BE DISABLED TO PREVENT INTERACTION
+/ WITH THE SOFTWARE USE OF PARITY GENERATION/DETECTION).
+
+/ ALL BAUD RATES ARE SUPPORTABLE:
+
+/ 110, 150, 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200.
+
+/ 19200 BAUD IS ACHIEVED BY CUTTING JUMPER "W2" AND ADDING JUMPER "W5" AND THEN
+/ SETTING THE BOARD FOR WHAT IS NORMALLY 9600 BAUD. A WESTERN DIGITAL TR-1602-B
+/ OR EQUIVALENT UART IS REQUIRED TO SUPPORT 19200 BAUD; MOST OF THE RECENT
+/ PRODUCTION DEC M8655 BOARDS USE THE SMC COMM 2017 UART WHICH MEETS OR EXCEEDS
+/ THIS REQUIREMENT. EARLY M8655 BOARDS USE GI UARTS IN CERAMIC PACKAGES WHICH
+/ *CANNOT* BE USED AT 19200 BAUD (MANY ARE FLAKY AT 9600 BAUD!).
+
+/ RECEIVE BAUD RATE SHOULD BE IDENTICAL TO TRANSMIT BAUD RATE. (DO NOT SET THE
+/ RECEIVE=150 BAUD SWITCH!)
+\f/ OTHER INTERFACES:
+
+/ DKC-8/A (8/A OPTION BOARD #1) INTERFACES SHOULD BE SETUP AS PER THE KL8-J/A
+/ SPECIFICATIONS INCLUDING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE UART. SOME DEC DOCUMENTATION
+/ INDICATED A PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF 19200 BAUD, BUT THIS IS OBVIATED BY THE
+/ USE OF THE SAME UARTS AS IN THE KL8-J/A.
+
+/ EARLIER DEVICES SUCH AS PT08, DP-12, KL-8/F OR DC02 (CHANNEL ZERO ONLY) SHOULD
+/ WORK CORRECTLY AS FACTORY WIRED (MOST OF THESE DEVICES DO NOT SUPPORT OPTIONS
+/ KERMIT-12 WOULD REQUIRE TO BE DISABLED ANYWAY. THESE INCLUDE PARITY
+/ GENERATION, FRAMING ERROR DETECTION, ETC.). TO UTILIZE THESE DEVICES, THE
+/ ASSEMBLY PARAMETERS FOR USER DEVICES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE DEVICE CODE VALUES
+/ SHOULD BE GIVEN DURING ASSEMBLY (SEE ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS). PROPER DEVICE
+/ CODE VALUES MUST BE OBTAINED FOR THE SELECTED INTERFACE, AS THERE ARE MANY
+/ ACTUAL POSSIBILITIES. (DP-12 DEVICES ARE GENERALLY DEVICE 40/41; PT08/DC02
+/ INTERFACES ARE GENERALLY DEVICE 11/12, ETC.)
+\f/ ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS.
+
+/ KERMIT-12 CAN BE ASSEMBLED BY EITHER OF TWO METHODS:
+
+
+/ P?S/8 METHOD:
+
+/ ASSUMING THE EXTENDED-LENGTH FILE KERM12 IS THE SOURCE FILE, THE FOLLOWING
+/ COMMAND WILL PRODUCE A FULLY ORNAMENTED LISTING:
+
+/ .PAL KB1,KB2,KB3,KB4<KERM12(ACEJLMNPQSX8)
+
+/ OPTION SWITCH BREAKDOWN:
+
+/ /A ALL SYMBOLS IN SYMBOL PRINTOUT.
+
+/ /C OPTIMIZE CORE DURING ASSEMBLY FOR MORE SYMBOLS, LESS BUFFERS.
+/ THIS OPTION SHOULD BE DELETED IF MORE THAN 8K IS AVAILABLE FOR
+/ ASSEMBLY.
+
+/ /E FORGET LITERAL BOUNDARIES WHEN LEAVING THE CURRENT PAGE.
+
+/ /J *DO NOT* TERMINATE TEXT STRINGS WITH EXTRA ZERO WORD.
+
+/ /L PERFORM SECOND-PASS LISTING.
+
+/ /M CHAIN TO MAP FOR BITMAP OUTPUT AT END OF ASSEMBLY.
+
+/ /N ENABLE NEATNESS ADORNMENTS TO LISTING OUTPUT.
+
+/ /P ENABLE PRINTER-ORIENTED (WIDE MODE) LISTING OUTPUT.
+
+/ /Q ENABLE LITERALS ONLY, GENERATED LINKS ARE ERRORS.
+
+/ /S ENABLE SYMBOL TABLE PRINTOUT.
+
+/ /X ENABLE CROSS-REFERENCE OUTPUT AT END OF ASSEMBLY.
+
+/ /8 ENABLE FULL SYMBOL TABLE INCLUDING LINC MODE CROSS ASSEMBLY.
+
+/ THE NUMBER OF BINARY FILES REQUIRED (KB1, KB2, KB3, ETC.) IS TO BE DETERMINED
+/ AT ASSEMBLY TIME, AS KERMIT-12 WILL TEND TO GROW LARGER AS FEATURES ARE ADDED.
+
+/ P?S/8 PAL IS THE PREFERRED METHOD OF ASSEMBLING K12MIT DURING DEVELOPMENT DUE
+/ TO SUPERIOR ERROR DIAGNOSTICS AND OVERALL SPEED. K12MIT COULD GROW TO A SIZE
+/ BEYOND THE CAPABILITIES OF OS/8 CREF. THIS LIMITATION CANNOT APPLY TO THE
+/ P?S/8 DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT.
+
+/ P?S/8 PAL CAN PRODUCE A LISTING OF K12MIT, BUT THE BINARY FILES CREATED BY THE
+/ ASSEMBLY MUST BE TRANSFERRED TO AN OS/8 ENVIRONMENT FOR USE, SINCE K12MIT (AS
+/ SPECIFICALLY WRITTEN) IS FOR THE OS/8 FAMILY OF SYSTEMS ONLY.
+
+/ NOTE: P?S/8 IS *NOT* A DEC PRODUCT; IT IS SOLD COMMERCIALLY AND IS AVAILABLE
+/ FREE OF CHARGE (EXCEPT FOR MEDIA HANDLING CHARGES, ETC.) *ONLY* TO QUALIFIED
+/ INSTITUTIONS. CONTACT CJL FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON ACQUIRING P?S/8.
+\f/ OS/8 FAMILY OF SYSTEMS METHOD:
+
+/ K12MIT.PA CAN BE ASSEMBLED WITH PAL8 VERSION B0 WHICH IS AVAILABLE FROM DECUS
+/ AS PART OF THE OS/278 RELEASE. PAL8 VERSION B0 WILL RUN ON ANY OS/8 FAMILY
+/ SYSTEM, AS IT HAS NO HARDWARE DEPENDENCIES BEYOND THE ORIGINAL PDP-8
+/ REQUIREMENT (NO BSW OR IAC ROTATE OR CAF OR R3L INSTRUCTIONS AS WAS INTENDED).
+/ THIS ALSO APPLIES TO CREF VERSION B0 WHICH IS REQUIRED WHEN A CROSS-REFERENCE
+/ IS REQUESTED. PAL8 VERSION B0 AND CREF VERSION B0 ARE AVAILABLE AS PART OF
+/ THE KERMIT-12 DISTRIBUTION AS K12PL8.ENC AND K12CRF.ENC RESPECTIVELY. SEE THE
+/ DOCUMENTATION OF K12DEC FOR INFORMATION ON PRODUCING PAL8.SV AND CREF.SV FROM
+/ THESE ENCODED FILES.
+
+/ ASSUMING CCL IS ENABLED, THE FOLLOWING COMMAND WILL PRODUCE A BINARY AND FULLY
+/ ORNAMENTED LISTING:
+
+/ .PAL DEV:K12MIT.BN,DEV:K12MIT.LS,DEV:KSCR.TM<DEV:PARAM.PA,DEV:K12MIT.PA(CEFMW)
+
+/ DEV: IS THE APPLICABLE DEVICE WHERE THE FILES RESIDE. STANDARD EXTENSIONS
+/ ARE ASSUMED (.BN FOR BINARY, .LS FOR LISTING, .PA FOR PAL SOURCE). THE
+/ KSCR.TM TEMPORARY OUTPUT FILE SPECIFICATION IS OPTIONAL, BUT IS DEFAULTED TO
+/ SYS:CREFLS.TM IF NOT EXPLICITLY GIVEN. MANY SYSTEM DEVICES ARE TOO SMALL TO
+/ SUPPORT THIS TEMPORARY FILE, THUS THE FILE MAY BE DIRECTED TO ANOTHER
+/ AVAILABLE DEVICE WITH SUFFICIENT SPACE.
+
+/ THE PARAM.PA FILE IS OPTIONAL AND USED TO PASS SHORT USER PARAMETERS, ETC. TO
+/ THE ASSEMBLY.
+
+/ OPTION SWITCH BREAKDOWN:
+
+/ /C CHAIN TO CREF.SV TO PRODUCE A CROSS-REFERENCED LISTING FILE.
+
+/ /E GENERATED LINKS ARE ERRORS.
+
+/ /F *DO NOT* TERMINATE TEXT STRINGS WITH EXTRA ZERO WORD.
+
+/ /M USE MAMMOTH SYMBOL TABLE OPTION FOR CREF.
+
+/ /W FORGET LITERAL BOUNDARIES WHEN LEAVING THE CURRENT PAGE.
+
+/ LOADING INSTRUCTIONS:
+
+/ .LOAD DEV:K12CLR,K12MIT.BN THIS LOADS THE BINARY CLEAR AND KERMIT
+/ .SAVE DEV K12MIT.SV=1 THIS SAVES THE CORE IMAGE
+
+/ THE JOB STATUS WORD (=1) INDICATED THAT K12MIT.SV LOADS INTO 10000-11777, BUT
+/ SHOULD NOT BE SAVED/RESTORED WHEN THE USR IS LOADED OVER THIS AREA OR
+/ DISMISSED (THE USR IS ACTUALLY NEVER DISMISSED IN NORMAL K12MIT OPERATION).
+/ OTHER BITS MAY BE SET AT THE USER'S OPTION, BUT ARE UNNECESSARY; THE BIT
+/ INDICATED SERVES ONLY TO REDUCE SYSTEM OVERHEAD REGARDING THE DISPOSITION OF
+/ 10000-11777. THE BINARY FILE K12CLR.BN (CREATED BY ASSEMBLING K12CLR.PA)
+/ LOADS ZEROES INTO ALL OF MEMORY TO CREATE A "CLEAN" CORE IMAGE FILE, WHICH
+/ MAKES THE ENCODED BINARY FILE SMALLER DUE TO REPEAT COMPRESSION.
+\f/ PASSING SHORT PARAMETER FILES.
+
+/ WHEN INSERTING A SHORT USER MODIFICATION FILE IN THE INPUT STREAM (PARAM.PAL)
+/ THE FOLLOWING SHOULD BE NOTED:
+
+/ ALWAYS PUT THE SHORT PARAMETER FILE (CONTAINING EQUATED SYMBOLS SUCH AS
+/ USER=1, ETC.) IN FRONT OF K12MIT.PAL.
+
+/ IF TTY: IS USED FOR DIRECT TYPE-IN OF THESE PARAMETERS, THE INFORMATION NEED
+/ ONLY BE TYPED ENDING WITH <^Z> DURING PASS 1. SUBSEQUENT PASSES REQUIRE THE
+/ ENDING <^Z> ONLY. IF THIS METHOD IS USED, A LISTING WITHOUT THE USER INPUT
+/ WHICH DID THE CUSTOMIZING OF KERMIT-12 CAN BE CREATED. NOTE: IF BINARY IS
+/ GENERATED BY THE CONTENTS OF THE PARAMETER FILE (SUCH AS USE OF THE LOCAL TEXT
+/ MESSAGE, ETC.), THE INFORMATION MUST BE TYPED IN DURING PASS 2. THE PASS 3
+/ LISTING MAY CONTAIN THE INFORMATION IF SO DESIRED, REQUIRING A REPETITION OF
+/ THE INPUT. PASS 1 INPUT OF THE INFORMATION IS EFFECTIVELY IGNORED, AS NO
+/ DEFINITIONS ARE CREATED ('LCLMSG' IS DEFINED ELSEWHERE, ETC.).
+
+/ EXPERIENCED PDP-8 USERS NEW TO PAL8 VERSION B0 TAKE SPECIAL NOTICE:
+
+/ DUE TO HARDWARE LIMITATIONS OF THE DECMATES, THE KEYBOARD FLAG WILL BE CLEARED
+/ DURING PDP-8 PAL8 B0 OPERATION. THE KL8E TTY: HANDLER WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE
+/ TO BUFFER <^Z> DURING THE ASSEMBLY; YOU MUST WAIT UNTIL THE HANDLER ACCESSES
+/ THE KEYBOARD ON EACH PASS *THEN* PRESS <^Z> TO CONTINUE THE ASSEMBLY.
+
+
+/ CREATING A CUSTOM MESSAGE FROM THE PARAMETER FILE.
+
+/ IF SO DESIRED, A CUSTOM LOCAL HEADER MESSAGE MAY BE ADDED BY INSERTING THE
+/ FOLLOWING INTO THE PARAMETER FILE:
+
+/ BUFFLD= 10 /THESE PROBABLY
+/ FILBUFF=2000 /WON'T CHANGE!
+
+/ GENMSG= 0 /DON'T GENERATE STANDARD (NULL) MESSAGE
+/ UMSG= 0 /DON'T GENERATE STANDARD (DUMMY) USER MESSAGE
+
+/ FIELD BUFFLD%10 /FIELD FOR TEXT MESSAGE
+
+/ *FILBUFFER /LOCAL MESSAGE LOADS THERE
+
+/LCLMSG,TEXT "%^I^NSERT ^L^OCAL ^M^ESSAGE ^H^ERE!%"
+
+/ ZBLOCK LCLMSG+40-. /ZERO REST OF MESSAGE AREA
+
+/ TEXT IS IN UPPER/LOWER-CASE SIXBIT WITH '^' MEANING SHIFT CASE (INITIALLY
+/ LOWER-CASE) AND '%' MEANING <CR>, <LF>.
+\f/ OTHER METHODS:
+
+/ KERMIT-12 *CANNOT* BE ASSEMBLED BY PAL10 (LAST KNOWN VERSION OF PDP-8
+/ CROSS-ASSEMBLER FOR TOPS10 (142)) BECAUSE IT LACKS CERTAIN FEATURES:
+
+/ DOES NOT SUPPORT 'RELOC' PSEUDO-OP.
+
+/ DOES NOT SUPPORT PAGE ZERO REDEFINE (CAUSES "Z" ERROR ON SOURCE FILES WHICH
+/ DON'T HAVE ERRORS WHEN ASSEMBLED BY EITHER P?S/8 PAL OR OS/8 PAL8).
+
+/ INCORRECTLY HANDLES 'ZBLOCK' PSEUDO-OP (LEADS TO "Q" ERROR ON SOURCE FILES
+/ WHICH DON'T HAVE ERRORS WHEN ASSEMBLED BY EITHER P?S/8 PAL OR OS/8 PAL8).
+
+/ DOES NOT SUPPORT LITERAL "FORGETTING" (P?S/8 PAL OPTION /E OR OS/8 PAL8 OPTION
+/ /W) WHICH IS REQUIRED FOR DEFINING OVERLAY AREAS, ETC.
+
+/ DOES NOT SUPPORT TEXT WITHOUT ZERO WORD FILL (P?S/8 PAL OPTION /J OR OS/8 PAL8
+/ OPTION /F FULFILLS THIS REQUIREMENT) WHICH IS REQUIRED FOR TEXT MESSAGES.
+
+
+/ P?S/8 PAL IS AN IMPROPER SUPERSET OF PAL10. PAL10 SUPPORTS MACRO-8 MODE AS AN
+/ OPTION AND AUTOMATIC FIELD DUMP BITMAPS; ALL OTHER KNOWN PAL10 FEATURES EXIST
+/ IN P?S/8 PAL INCLUDING THE SUPPORT OF THE AUTOMATIC FIELD DUMP BITMAP
+/ PSEUDO-OPS ('ENBITS' AND 'NOBITS').
+
+/ OS/8 PAL8 (VERSION B0) IS A SUBSET OF P?S/8 PAL WHICH HAS SEVERAL SYNTACTIC
+/ QUIRKS (WHICH ARE AVOIDABLE, BUT NONETHELESS ARE INCOMPATIBLE WITH BOTH P?S/8
+/ PAL AND PAL10 IN CERTAIN MINOR WAYS); REGARDLESS, PAL8 LACKS THE
+/ COMPATIBILITY PROBLEMS OF PAL10.
+
+/ MAINTAINING SOURCE COMPATIBILITY.
+
+/ KERMIT-12 SOURCE FILE CONVENTIONS DEMAND THE USE OF THE COMMON SUBSET OF P?S/8
+/ PAL AND OS/8 PAL8 (VERSION B0). CERTAIN FORMS OF STATEMENTS SHOULD BE
+/ AVOIDED:
+
+/ TAD /NOT LEGAL IN PAL8
+/ 0+TAD /NOT LEGAL IN PAL10, AND POSSIBLY WRONG IN PAL8
+/ TAD (3)+1 /GENERATES SAME AS "TAD (3+1)" IN PAL8
+/ -A!-B /UNARY OPERATOR HANDLED WRONG IN PAL8
+/ I+N /NOT LEGAL IN PAL8
+/ N+I /NOT LEGAL IN PAL8
+/ I I /NOT LEGAL IN PAL8
+
+/ THIS REQUIREMENT IS EASILY MET BY KERMIT-12 AS MOST OF THESE CASES ARE
+/ ESOTERIC QUIRKS AND NOT NEEDED FOR THIS ASSEMBLY.
+
+/ THE RESTRICTIONS OF PAL10 (EVEN THOUGH IT HAS OTHER DESIRABLE FEATURES, MOST
+/ OF WHICH IT SHARES WITH P?S/8 PAL) ARE TOO SEVERE TO ALLOW USABLE ASSEMBLY OF
+/ THIS PROGRAM. BETTER CROSS-ASSEMBLERS MAY EXIST ELSEWHERE WHICH ARE
+/ SOURCE-COMPATIBLE WITH KERMIT-12.
+\f/ USE OF P?S/8 LANGUAGE EXTENSIONS.
+
+/ P?S/8 OFFERS SEVERAL USEFUL FEATURES OVER PAL8 (AND PAL10) WHICH MAY BE USEFUL
+/ FOR ASSEMBLY DEVELOPMENT OF KERMIT-12. THESE INCLUDE LANGUAGE ELEMENTS SUCH
+/ AS "TAD (3)+1" HANDLED CORRECTLY, OR PSEUDO-OPS SUCH AS "PAUSE EXPR" WHERE THE
+/ VALUE OF 'EXPR' WILL BE DISPLAYED ON THE SYSTEM CONSOLE DURING THE ASSEMBLY
+/ WHEN THAT POINT IN THE ASSEMBLY IS REACHED. TO ACCESS THESE FEATURES AND
+/ STILL PROVIDE COMPATIBILITY WITH PAL8 (VERSION B0), THE FOLLOWING CODING
+/ TECHNIQUE IS SUGGESTED:
+
+
+/ IFNDEF PQS <PQS=0> /WILL BE 0 ON PAL8, PAL10
+
+
+/ IFZERO PQS < /DO PAL8, ETC. STUFF HERE
+
+/ FOO= (TABLE) /DEFINE POINTER TO ADDRESS OF TABLE
+
+/ TAD FOO-1 /GET (POINTER TO ADDRESS OF TABLE)-1
+/ DCA XR1 /SETUP AUTO-INDEX REGISTER
+
+/ WISH WE HAD PAUSE AND ERROR PSEUDO-OPS IN PAL8.
+
+/ > /END OF PAL8, ETC. VARIANT
+
+
+/ IFNZRO PQS < /DO P?S/8 PAL STUFF HERE
+
+/ TAD (TABLE)-1 /GET (POINTER TO ADDRESS OF TABLE)-1
+/ DCA XR1 /SETUP AUTO-INDEX REGISTER
+
+/ IFNDEF PASS <PASS=0>/DEFINE PASS VARIABLE
+
+/ PASS= PASS+1 /BUMP EVERY ASSEMBLER PASS
+
+/ PAUSE PASS /DISPLAY PASS NUMBER
+
+/ IFNZRO .&4000 <
+
+/ ERROR 1234 /DISPLAY ERROR MESSAGE IF THERE ARE PROBLEMS
+
+/ >
+
+/ > /END OF P?S/8 PAL VARIANT
+
+
+/ THIS ALLOWS TEMPORARY DEVELOPMENT FEATURES OR PERMANENT ELEMENTS WHICH MAY BE
+/ MORE ELEGANTLY EXPRESSED IN P?S/8 PAL VARIANT CODING, WHILE THE PAL8 (VERSION
+/ B0) VERSION CAN STILL BE USED (VIA DIRECT OCTAL, MULTIPLE EQUATE STATEMENTS,
+/ CONDITIONAL FLUSH AS IN THE ABOVE EXAMPLE, ETC. AS NECESSARY) FOR STANDARD
+/ ASSEMBLY OF KERMIT-12.
+\f/ ASSEMBLY PARAMETERS.
+
+/ SEVERAL PARAMETERS MUST BE CHANGED WITHIN K12MIT.PA (OR PASSED TO THE
+/ ASSEMBLER VIA A SHORT FILE INSERTED INTO THE ASSEMBLY STREAM BEFORE THE MAIN
+/ FILE):
+
+/ SETTING KEY= [RECEIVE IOT CODE FOR CONSOLE KEYBOARD] DEFINES THE CONSOLE
+/ KEYBOARD IOT CODE (DEFAULT IS 03).
+
+/ SETTING TTY= [TRANSMIT IOT CODE FOR CONSOLE OUTPUT] CHANGES THE CONSOLE
+/ PRINTER IOT CODE (DEFAULT IS 04).
+
+/ THE FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS ARE ESSENTIALLY FOR KL8-TYPE DEVICES ONLY, AS THE
+/ CODE DEMANDS KL8 HARDWARE COMPATIBILITY. MODELS OTHER THAN PDP-8 (SUCH AS
+/ DECMATE) GENERALLY EITHER PLACE RESTRICTIONS ON AVAILABLE INTERFACES (OTHER
+/ SOFTWARE DESIGNATES A SERIAL INTERFACE AS A LOGICAL PRINTER PORT; DECMATES
+/ SUPPORT A FIRMWARE "PRINT SCREEN" KEY WHICH ENFORCES THIS.), OR DON'T ALLOW
+/ USABLE PLUG-IN OPTIONS.
+
+/ IGNORING BUILT-IN DECMATE SUPPORT, THE FOLLOWING PARAMETERS ARE ACTIVE:
+
+/ SETTING DEV30= 1 CREATES DEVICE 30/31 REMOTE LINE IOTS.
+
+/ SETTING DEV40= 1 CREATES DEVICE 40/41 REMOTE LINE IOTS.
+
+/ SETTING LEDERLE=1 CREATES DEVICE 43/44 REMOTE LINE IOTS (AND A CUSTOM
+/ HEADER).
+
+/ SETTING ORIGNAL=1 CREATES DEVICE 33/34 REMOTE LINE IOTS (ORIGINAL
+/ SETTINGS).
+
+/ SETTING SPRINT= 1 CREATES DEVICE 32/33 REMOTE LINE IOTS (SERIAL PRINTER
+/ PORT).
+
+/ SETTING USER= 1 CREATES DEVICE XX/XY REMOTE LINE IOTS.
+
+/ IF NONE OF THESE ARE SET, THEN DEV40=1 APPLIES BY DEFAULT.
+
+
+
+/ SETTING USER= 1 REQUIRES THE USER TO DEFINE TWO ADDITIONAL VALUES:
+
+/ XX= [RECEIVE IOT DEVICE CODE] (DEFAULT IS 40).
+
+/ XY= [TRANSMIT IOT DEVICE CODE] (DEFAULT IS 41).
+\f/ SETTING SPRINT= 1 INHIBITS THE BUILT-IN CHECK FOR DECMATE OPERATION AND
+/ USES THE SERIAL PRINTER PORT FOUND ON ALL
+/ WPS-8-CONFIGURED PDP-8/E, PDP-8/A CONFIGURATIONS,
+/ VT-78, AND ALL DECMATES (VT-278, DECMATE II, III,
+/ III+) FOR REMOTE COMMUNICATIONS.
+
+/ THE USE OF THE SERIAL PRINTER PORT FOR REMOTE COMMUNICATIONS PURPOSES MAY BE
+/ PROBLEMATIC DUE TO CONSIDERATIONS SUCH AS THE RS-232 CONNECTION TO THE PRINTER
+/ IS A MODEM (DCE), RATHER THAN A TERMINAL (DTE) (DECMATE II, ETC. REQUIRES A
+/ GENDER CHANGER.), OR THE SOFTWARE DESIGNATION OF THE PORT AS BEING ALLEDGEDLY
+/ *ONLY* FOR A PRINTER, SUCH AS WHEN CERTAIN SYSTEMS SUPPORT THE "PRINT SCREEN"
+/ KEY AS A SCREEN DUMP TO THE SERIAL PRINTER PORT, ETC. THESE ISSUES ARE NOT
+/ RELEVANT TO KERMIT-12 OPERATION, AS THE "PRINT SCREEN" KEY IS NOT SUPPORTED BY
+/ KERMIT-12 IN THIS CONFIGURATION AS SUCH (FUTURE VERSIONS COULD REDEFINE THE
+/ "PRINT SCREEN" KEY TO SUCH FUNCTIONS AS DUMP SCREEN TO A FILE, ETC.).
+
+/ SETTING BRATE= NN SETS THE DEFAULT BAUD RATE (FOR SYSTEMS THAT SUPPORT
+/ THIS FEATURE) FROM A TABLE OF VALUES (0-15) AS
+/ FOLLOWS:
+
+/ NN BAUD RATE
+
+/ 00 50
+/ 01 75
+/ 02 110
+/ 03 134.5
+/ 04 150
+/ 05 300
+/ 06 600
+/ 07 1200
+/ 08 1800
+/ 09 2000
+/ 10 2400
+/ 11 3600
+/ 12 4800
+/ 13 7200
+/ 14 9600
+/ 15 19200
+
+/ SETTING ESCAPE= NNNN SETS THE DEFAULT ESCAPE CHARACTER TO NNNN.
+
+/ SETTING FLOW= 1 ENABLES FLOW-CONTROL BY DEFAULT.
+/ SETTING FLOW= 0 DISABLES FLOW-CONTROL BY DEFAULT.
+
+/ SETTING FMODE= 0177 SETS THE DEFAULT FILE MODE TO ASCII.
+/ SETTING FMODE= 4377 SETS THE DEFAULT FILE MODE TO BINARY.
+\f/ SETTING GENMSG= 0 CAUSES NO BINARY TO BE GENERATED WHERE 'LCLMSG' IS
+/ DEFINED. THIS ALLOWS THE PARAMETER FILE (PARAM.PA) OR
+/ SUBSEQUENT OVERLAY BY K12PCH.BN TO DEFINE THE LOCAL
+/ HEADER MESSAGE. THIS PARAMETER SHOULD NOT BE SET
+/ UNLESS ONE OF THESE METHODS IS USED, ELSE THE HEADER
+/ MESSAGE WILL BE UNDEFINED. (NOTE: IF K12PCH.BN
+/ GENERATES A HEADER MESSAGE, THEN THIS PARAMETER IS
+/ UNIMPORTANT, AS K12PCH.BN OVERLAYS THE BINARY OF
+/ K12MIT.)
+/ SETTING GENMSG= 1 CAUSES A HEADER MESSAGE TO BE GENERATED. THE CONTENTS
+/ OF THE MESSAGE ARE CREATED BY SETTING LEDERLE=1 OR
+/ UMSG=1. IF EITHER IS ZERO, A DEFAULT (NULL) MESSAGE
+/ WILL BE GENERATED.
+
+/ SETTING ICLOSE= 1 ENSURES A <^Z> AT <EOF> OF ASCII INPUT FILES BY
+/ DEFAULT.
+/ SETTING ICLOSE= 0 CLOSES ASCII INPUT FILES AS RECEIVED BY DEFAULT.
+
+/ SETTING INIECHO=0 CAUSES A FULL-DUPLEX CONNECT MODE STATE WITH NO LOCAL
+/ CHARACTER ECHOING BY DEFAULT.
+/ SETTING INIECHO=1 CAUSES A HALF-DUPLEX CONNECT MODE STATE WITH LOCAL
+/ ECHO OF ALL CONSOLE CHARACTERS BY DEFAULT.
+
+/ SETTING LOWER= 0 ALLOWS LOWER-CASE CONSOLE OUTPUT BY DEFAULT.
+/ SETTING LOWER= -40 FOLDS LOWER-CASE CONSOLE OUTPUT TO UPPER-CASE BY
+/ DEFAULT.
+
+/ SETTING OCLOSE= 0 PREVENTS DEFAULT SENDING OF <^Z> AT <EOF> OF ASCII
+/ FILES.
+/ SETTING OCLOSE= 1 CAUSES <^Z> TO BE SENT AT <EOF> OF ASCII FILES BY
+/ DEFAULT.
+
+/ SETTING PORT= 0 CAUSES THE DP-278 PORT 0 TO BE USED IF KERMIT-12 IS
+/ RUN ON A DECMATE 1 (ASSUMING SPRINT=0).
+/ SETTING PORT= 1 CAUSES THE DP-278 PORT 1 TO BE USED IF KERMIT-12 IS
+/ RUN ON A DECMATE 1 (ASSUMING SPRINT=0).
+
+/ SETTING RETCNT= NNNN SETS THE PACKET RETRY COUNT TO NNNN BY DEFAULT.
+/ SETTING UMSG= 0 PREVENTS THE LOCAL USER HEADER MESSAGE FROM BEING
+/ GENERATED.
+/ SETTING UMSG= 1 CAUSES THE LOCAL USER HEADER MESSAGE TO BE GENERATED.
+/ THE PARAMETER GENMSG=1 IS REQUIRED TO BE SET. THE
+/ SOURCE MUST BE MODIFIED LOCALLY TO CHANGE THE MESSAGE
+/ TEXT FROM "INSERT LOCAL USER MESSAGE HERE!," AS THIS
+/ IS THE DEFAULT CONTENTS.
+\f/ KERMIT-12 FOR THE FAMILY OF 12-BIT DEC MACHINES.
+
+/ BRIEF USAGE DESCRIPTION.
+
+/ KERMIT-12 IS AN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE KERMIT PROTOCOL FOR THE FAMILY OF 12-BIT
+/ DEC (AND COMPATIBLE) MACHINES GENERALLY KNOWN AS PDP-8 OR DECMATE.
+
+/ AS OF THE CURRENT IMPLEMENTATION, THE FOLLOWING COMMANDS ARE EFFECTIVE:
+
+/ 1. CONNECT (TO REMOTE SYSTEM AS TERMINAL).
+
+/ 2. SEND FILESPEC (TO REMOTE RECEIVER OR SERVER).
+
+/ 3. RECEIVE FILESPEC (FROM REMOTE SENDER).
+
+/ 4. GET FILESPEC (FROM REMOTE SERVER).
+
+/ 5. FINISH (SERVING).
+
+/ 6. SETUP (ON DECMATE II/III/III-PLUS ONLY). **** NOT IMPLEMENTED ****
+
+/ 7. EXIT (TO OPERATING SYSTEM).
+
+/ 8. HELP (DISPLAYS HELP MESSAGE).
+
+/ FILESPEC MAY BE ANY LOCAL (OS/8) FILE-STRUCTURED DEVICE:FILENAME.EXTENSION,
+/ WHERE THE FILENAME AND EXTENSION WILL BE TRUNCATED TO 6 ALPHANUMERICS AND 2
+/ ALPHANUMERICS RESPECTIVELY, AS NECESSARY (THIS IS REFERRED TO AS 6.2 FILENAME
+/ FORMAT). THE DEVICE: FIELD IS OPTIONAL; ALL COMMANDS USING THE DEVICE:
+/ FIELD FOR LOCAL DEVICE SPECIFICATION WILL USE THIS DEVICE AS THE SOURCE OR
+/ DESTINATION AS NECESSARY FOR THE LOCAL FILES. IF THE DEVICE: FIELD IS
+/ OMITTED, THE DEFAULT DEVICE DSK: WILL BE USED. THE ACTUAL DEVICE USED MAY BE
+/ SELECTED BEFORE INVOKING KERMIT-12 BY USING THE OS/8 ASSIGN COMMAND:
+
+/ .ASSIGN DEV DSK
+
+/ WHERE DEV IS ANY AVAILABLE FILE-STRUCTURED DEVICE.
+
+/ KERMIT-12 USES AN UNUSUAL SCHEME FOR ITS PROMPT: THE ACTUAL DEFAULT PROMPT
+/ TEXT IS PARTIALLY TAKEN FROM THE ACTUAL MACHINE KERMIT-12 IS CURRENTLY
+/ EXECUTING ON. FOR EXAMPLE, IF KERMIT-12 HAS DETERMINED THE CPU TYPE AS
+/ PDP-8/E, THE PROMPT WILL BE:
+
+/ KERMIT-8/E>
+
+/ THIS ALLOWS KERMIT-12 USERS (WITH DIFFERENT CPU-TYPE MACHINES) TO DISTINGUISH
+/ MESSAGES ORIGINATING FROM THE RESPECTIVE SYSTEMS. FUTURE VERSIONS WILL
+/ SUPPORT USER PROMPT STRINGS TO ALLOW MORE DISTINCTIVE SYSTEM MESSAGES.
+
+/ THE HELP OR CONNECT COMMANDS MAY BE USED TO DETERMINE THE CURRENT CONNECT MODE
+/ ESCAPE CHARACTER.
+\f/ COMMAND RESTRICTIONS.
+
+/ THE SEND COMMAND ALLOWS DEVICE:FILENAME.EXTENSION (6.2) WITH WILD-CARD
+/ SUBSTITUTION. A * MAY BE GIVEN FOR AN ENTIRE FIELD (EITHER FILENAME OR
+/ EXTENSION OR BOTH) ONLY. A ? WILL MATCH ANY SINGLE CHARACTER WHICH MUST
+/ EXIST IN THE ACTUAL FILENAME OR EXTENSION, UNLESS RIGHT-MOST IN THE FIELD.
+/ ALL MATCHING FILES WILL BE SENT. NO OUTBOUND FILENAME (AS-NAME) FACILITY
+/ EXISTS AT THIS TIME.
+
+/ THE RECEIVE COMMAND ALLOWS OPTIONAL DEVICE: ONLY. *THE FILENAME AND
+/ EXTENSION ARE NOT ALLOWED*. NAMES OF RECEIVED FILES WILL BE MODIFIED IF
+/ NECESSARY TO CONFORM TO THE 6.2 FORMAT. *IMPLEMENTATION RESTRICTION* :
+/ CERTAIN REMOTE FILENAMES CONTAINING NON-ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTERS MAY CAUSE
+/ KERMIT-12 TO HASTILY ABORT THE TRANSMISSION AND RETURN TO COMMAND LEVEL.
+
+/ THE GET COMMAND ALLOWS OPTIONAL DEVICE: TO DETERMINE DESTINATION OF THE
+/ INCOMING FILES. THE OUTBOUND FILESPEC MUST CONFORM TO LOCAL CONVENTIONS
+/ (FILENAME AND EXTENSION ARE NOT LIMITED TO 6.2 FORMAT; THE DEVICE: FIELD
+/ WILL NOT BE SENT TO THE REMOTE KERMIT UNLESS IT IS ILLEGAL WITHIN OS/8
+/ SPECIFICATIONS, SUCH AS TOO MANY DEVICE LETTERS. IN THIS CASE, THE DEFAULT
+/ DEVICE DSK: APPLIES, AND THE ENTIRE "DEVICE" FIELD IS SENT ALONG WITH ANY
+/ FILENAME AND EXTENSION). CERTAIN REMOTE SYSTEMS ARE INCOMPATIBLE WITH THIS
+/ IMPLEMENTATION, AS IMBEDDED SPACES OR NON-ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTERS ARE NOT
+/ ALLOWED, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY BE REQUIRED ON THE REMOTE SYSTEM. WILD-CARD
+/ CHARACTERS ARE ALLOWED, BUT ONLY AS SPECIFIED IN THE SEND COMMAND ABOVE.
+
+/ <^X> OR <^Z> CAN BE USED TO ABORT KERMIT TRANSMISSIONS (EVENTUALLY) BUT IS
+/ NORMALLY A SLOW PROCESS, SINCE THE CHECKING IS DONE BY A SOFTWARE TIMEOUT
+/ SCHEME. AT THE PRESENT TIME, THERE IS NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN THESE THO
+/ CHARACTERS, SO IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO ABORT A SINGLE FILE; THE ENTIRE BATCH OF
+/ FILES INVOLVED IN THE TRANSFER IS ABORTED.
+
+/ DECMATE II/III/III-PLUS CONSIDERATIONS:
+
+/ FUNCTION KEYS SEND <ESC> SEQUENCES SPECIFIED BY SLUSHWARE/FIRMWARE. ALL SOFT
+/ FUNCTION KEYS ARE THEREFORE INEFFECTIVE (EXCEPT FOR HOLD SCREEN WHICH ALWAYS
+/ WORKS).
+
+/ CONNECT MODE RUNS IN 8-BIT MODE.
+
+/ THE COMPOSE KEY IS ENABLED FOR USE WITH A LOADED COMPOSE TABLE.
+
+/ ANY VALID DECMATE II/III/III-PLUS CHARACTER SET IS ALLOWED WHILE IN CONNECT
+/ MODE (MCS TCS LINE, ETC.). ALL <ESC> SEQUENCES ARE PASSED TO THE
+/ SLUSHWARE/FIRMWARE UNMODIFIED.
+
+/ KEYBOARD UPPER-CASE LOCK WILL ALWAYS BE AUTOMATICALLY APPLIED UPON RETURN FROM
+/ CONNECT MODE.
+\f/ DEFINITIONS. /017 CJL
+
+ *200 /FOR DEFINITIONS /047 CJL
+
+/ REMOTE LINE PARAMETERS; SET ONLY ONE AS NECESSARY. /046 CJL
+
+ IFNDEF DEV30 <DEV30= 0> /USE DEVICE 30/31 VALUES
+ IFNDEF DEV40 <DEV40= 0> /USE DEVICE 40/41 VALUES
+ IFNDEF LEDERLE <LEDERLE=0> /USE LEDERLE LABS VALUES
+ IFNDEF ORIGNAL <ORIGNAL=0> /USE ORIGINAL VALUES
+ IFNDEF SPRINT <SPRINT=0> /USE DEVICE 32/33 VALUES
+ IFNDEF USER <USER= 0> /USE USER-DEFINED VALUES
+
+ REMOTE= DEV30+DEV40+LEDERLE+ORIGNAL /SET REMOTE LINE IOT CODE
+ REMOTE= REMOTE+SPRINT+USER /SET REMOTE LINE IOT CODE
+
+ IFZERO REMOTE <DEV40= 1> /DEFAULT TO DEVICE 40/41 VERSION
+
+/ DEV30 PARAMETERS.
+
+ IFNZRO DEV30 <
+
+ IFNDEF REC <REC= 30> /DEVICE 30 INPUT
+ IFNDEF SEN <SEN= 31> /DEVICE 31 OUTPUT
+
+ >
+
+/ DEV40 PARAMETERS (DEFAULT).
+
+ IFNZRO DEV40 <
+
+ IFNDEF REC <REC= 40> /DEVICE 40 INPUT
+ IFNDEF SEN <SEN= 41> /DEVICE 41 OUTPUT
+
+ >
+
+/ LEDERLE PARAMETERS. /038 CJL
+
+ IFNZRO LEDERLE <
+
+ IFNDEF REC <REC= 43> /DEVICE 43 INPUT
+ IFNDEF SEN <SEN= 44> /DEVICE 44 OUTPUT
+ IFNDEF GENMSG <GENMSG=1> /GENERATE LOCAL HEADER MESSAGE
+ IFNDEF UMSG <UMSG= 0> /DON'T GENERATE USER MESSAGE
+
+ >
+
+/ ORIGNAL PARAMETERS.
+
+ IFNZRO ORIGNAL <
+
+ IFNDEF REC <REC= 33> /DEVICE 33 INPUT
+ IFNDEF SEN <SEN= 34> /DEVICE 34 OUTPUT
+
+ >
+\f/ SPRINT PARAMETERS. /046 CJL
+
+ IFNZRO SPRINT <
+
+ IFNDEF REC <REC= 32> /DEVICE 32 INPUT
+ IFNDEF SEN <SEN= 33> /DEVICE 33 OUTPUT
+
+ >
+
+/ USER PARAMETERS.
+
+ IFNZRO USER <
+
+ IFNDEF XX <XX= 40> /DEFAULT TO DEVICE 40
+ IFNDEF XY <XY= 41> /DEFAULT TO DEVICE 41
+ IFNDEF REC <REC= XX> /DEVICE XX INPUT
+ IFNDEF SEN <SEN= XY> /DEVICE XY OUTPUT
+ IFNDEF GENMSG <GENMSG=1> /GENERATE LOCAL HEADER MESSAGE
+ IFNDEF UMSG <UMSG= 1> /GENERATE USER MESSAGE
+
+ >
+
+/ REMOTE LINE IOT DEFINITIONS.
+
+/ RECEIVE DEFINITIONS.
+
+ RKRBIOT=REC^10+6006 /READ REMOTE, CLEAR FLAG
+ RKSFIOT=REC^10+6001 /SKIP ON REMOTE INPUT FLAG
+
+/ TRANSMIT DEFINITIONS.
+
+ RSBIOT= SEN^10+6003 /SET BAUD RATE FROM AC[8-11]
+ RTLSIOT=SEN^10+6006 /TRANSMIT CHARACTER, CLEAR FLAG
+ RTSFIOT=SEN^10+6001 /SKIP ON TRANSMIT FLAG
+
+/ CONSOLE TTY: DEFINITIONS. /017 CJL
+
+/ KEYBOARD DEFINITIONS. /017 CJL
+
+ IFNDEF KEY <KEY= 03> /KEYBOARD DEVICE CODE
+
+ KCCIOT= KEY^10+6002 /CLEAR CONSOLE KEYBOARD FLAG, AC
+ KRBIOT= KEY^10+6006 /READ CONSOLE KEYBOARD BUFFER, CLEAR FLAG
+ KRSIOT= KEY^10+6004 /READ CONSOLE KEYBOARD BUFFER STATIC
+ KSFIOT= KEY^10+6001 /SKIP ON CONSOLE KEYBOARD FLAG
+
+/ TELEPRINTER DEFINITIONS. /017 CJL
+
+ IFNDEF TTY <TTY= 04> /TELEPRINTER DEVICE CODE
+
+ TLSIOT= TTY^10+6006 /PRINT CHARACTER, CLEAR FLAG
+ TSFIOT= TTY^10+6001 /SKIP ON TELEPRINTER FLAG
+\f/ DEFAULT ESCAPE CHARACTER DEFINITION. /025 CJL
+
+ IFNDEF ESCAPE <ESCAPE="]&37> /DEFAULT IS CONTROL-]
+
+/ DEFAULT LOWER-CASE ENABLE DEFINITION. /030 CJL
+
+ IFNDEF LOWER <LOWER= 0/-40> /LOWER-CASE IS ALLOWED AS IS
+ /CHANGE TO -40 IF LOWER-CASE
+ /SHOULD BE FOLDED TO UPPER-CASE
+
+/ DEFAULT RETRY COUNT DEFINITION. /031 CJL
+
+ IFNDEF RETCNT <RETCNT=5> /DEFAULT IS FIVE RETRIES
+
+/ DEFAULT FILE MODE DEFINITION. /031 CJL
+
+ IFNDEF FMODE <FMODE= 0177> /DEFAULT IS ASCII FILE MODE
+ /4377 IS BINARY FILE MODE
+
+/ DEFAULT FLOW-CONTROL MODE DEFINITION. /031 CJL
+
+ IFNDEF FLOW <FLOW= 1> /DEFAULT IS FLOW-CONTROL ENABLED
+
+/ DEFAULT ASCII INPUT FILE <^Z> DISPOSITION. /031 CJL
+
+ IFNDEF ICLOSE <ICLOSE=1> /ENSURE <^Z> AT ASCII <EOF>
+
+/ DEFAULT ASCII OUTPUT FILE <^Z> DISPOSITION. /031 CJL
+
+ IFNDEF OCLOSE <OCLOSE=0> /<^Z> NOT SENT AT ASCII <EOF>
+
+/ DEFAULT LOCAL MESSAGE GENERATION DEFINITIONS. /038 CJL
+
+ IFNDEF GENMSG <GENMSG=1> /DEFAULT IS TO GENERATE A MESSAGE
+ IFNDEF UMSG <UMSG= 0> /DEFAULT IS NO DUMMY USER MESSAGE
+ IFNDEF LEDERLE <LEDERLE=0> /DEFAULT IS NO LEDERLE MESSAGE
+
+/ THE NULL MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED BY DEFAULT.
+
+/ ECHO DEFINITION. /039 CJL
+
+ IFNDEF INIECHO <INIECHO=0> /DEFAULT IS NO LOCAL ECHO
+
+/ DEFAULT DECMATE I PORT DEFINITION. /050 CJL
+
+ IFNDEF PORT <PORT= 0> /DEFAULT IS PORT ZERO
+
+/ DEFAULT BAUD RATE DEFINITION. /050 CJL
+
+ IFNDEF BRATE <BRATE= 7> /DEFAULT IS 1200 BAUD
+\f/ STATE DEFINITIONS.
+
+ STDAT= "D&137 /DATA
+ STACK= "Y&137 /ACK
+ STNAK= "N&137 /NAK
+ STSIN= "S&137 /SEND-INIT
+ STBRK= "B&137 /BREAK LINK
+ STFIL= "F&137 /FILENAME HEADER
+ STEOF= "Z&137 /END OF FILE OR REPLY
+ STERR= "E&137 /ERROR PACKET
+ STATT= "A&137 /FILE ATTRIBUTES
+ STRIN= "R&137 /RECEIVE-INIT
+ STEOT= "B&137 /BREAK TRANSMISSION
+ STGEN= "G&137 /KERMIT GENERIC COMMAND
+
+/ DEFAULT INIT PARAMETERS.
+
+ DEFCK= "1&177 /DEFAULT 1 CHARACTER CHECKSUM /014 CJL
+ DEFEOL= 15+40 /CR IS DEFAULT <EOL>
+ DEFQCTL= "#&177 /"#" IS DEFAULT QCTL
+
+/ BUFFER DEFINITIONS. /014 CJL
+
+ DECIMAL /MAKE IT EASIER /014 CJL
+
+ DEFMAXL=94 /DEFAULT MAXIMUM PACKET SIZE
+
+ LINSIZ= 32 /KEYBOARD LINE BUFFER SIZE
+
+ OCTAL /BACK TO NORMAL /014 CJL
+
+ BUFSIZE=200 /128 CHARACTER RING BUFFERS /026 CJL
+ /FOR NO-INTERRUPT CONNECT MODE
+\f/ CONTROL CHARACTER DEFINITIONS. /023 CJL
+
+ CNTRLA= "A&37 /<^A> DEFAULT MARK CHARACTER /023 CJL
+ CNTRLB= "B&37 /<^B> /046 CJL
+ CNTRLC= "C&37 /<^C> PROGRAM EXIT CHARACTER /023 CJL
+ CNTRLD= "D&37 /<^D> /046 CJL
+ CNTRLE= "E&37 /<^E> /046 CJL
+ CNTRLF= "F&37 /<^F> /046 CJL
+ CNTRLG= "G&37 /<^G> BELL CHARACTER /023 CJL
+ CNTRLH= "H&37 /<^H> BACKSPACE CHARACTER /023 CJL
+ CNTRLI= "I&37 /<^I> HORIZONTAL TAB CHARACTER /043 CJL
+ CNTRLJ= "J&37 /<^J> LINEFEED CHARACTER /023 CJL
+ CNTRLK= "K&37 /<^K> VERTICAL TAB CHARACTER /046 CJL
+ CNTRLL= "L&37 /<^L> FORM FEED CHARACTER /046 CJL
+ CNTRLM= "M&37 /<^M> CARRIAGE RETURN CHARACTER /023 CJL
+ CNTRLN= "N&37 /<^N> /046 CJL
+ CNTRLO= "O&37 /<^O> ECHO FLIP CHARACTER /023 CJL
+ CNTRLP= "P&37 /<^P> PROGRAM RESTART CHARACTER /023 CJL
+ CNTRLQ= "Q&37 /<^Q> OUTPUT RESUME CHARACTER /023 CJL
+ CNTRLR= "R&37 /<^R> /046 CJL
+ CNTRLS= "S&37 /<^S> OUTPUT WAIT CHARACTER /023 CJL
+ CNTRLT= "T&37 /<^T> /046 CJL
+ CNTRLU= "U&37 /<^U> /046 CJL
+ CNTRLV= "V&37 /<^V> /046 CJL
+ CNTRLW= "W&37 /<^W> /046 CJL
+ CNTRLX= "X&37 /<^X> FILE ABORT CHARACTER /044 CJL
+ CNTRLY= "Y&37 /<^Y> /046 CJL
+ CNTRLZ= "Z&37 /<^Z> ABORT AND <EOF> CHARACTER /044 CJL
+ DELETE= 177 /<DEL> DELETE OR <RO> CHARACTER /034 CJL
+ LOWERC= "C&177+40 /LOWER-CASE C (CLOSE CHARACTER) /025 CJL
+ UPPERC= "C&177 /UPPER-CASE C (CLOSE CHARACTER) /025 CJL
+
+/ I/O AND FIELD DEFINITIONS. /019 CJL
+
+ BUFFLD= 10 /I/O BUFFER FIELD /019 CJL
+ DIRFLD= 10 /DIRECTORY LOOKUP BUFFER FIELD /028 CJL
+ DMIFLD= 10 /DECMATE ONCE-ONLY CODE FIELD /046 CJL
+ MSGFLD= 10 /TEXT MESSAGE FIELD /023 CJL
+ PAGCNT= 2 /I/O BUFFER SIZE IN PAGES /019 CJL
+ PRGFLD= 00 /PROGRAM FIELD /019 CJL
+ USRFLD= 10 /USR FIELD /020 CJL
+
+/ OS/8 MONITOR DEFINITIONS. /014 CJL
+
+ SBOOT= 7600 /MONITOR EXIT LOCATION IS 07600 /014 CJL
+ USR= 7700 /NON-LOCKED USR ENTRY POINT /035 CJL
+\f/ USER SERVICE ROUTINE AND HANDLER DEFINITIONS. /020 CJL
+
+ CLOSE= 4 /CLOSE TENTATIVE OUTPUT FILE /020 CJL
+ ENTER= 3 /ENTER TENTATIVE OUTPUT FILE /020 CJL
+ FETCH= 1 /FETCH HANDLER /020 CJL
+ INQUIRE=12 /INQUIRE ABOUT HANDLER /020 CJL
+ LOOKUP= 2 /LOOKUP FILE /020 CJL
+ RESET= 13 /RESET DEVICE CONTROL WORD TABLE/037 CJL
+ USRIN= 10 /LOCK USR IN CORE /020 CJL
+ WRITE= 4000 /I/O CALL WRITE BIT /020 CJL
+
+/ INSTRUCTION DEFINITIONS.
+
+ CLCL= 6136 /CLEAR CLOCK FLAG (8/A, ETC.) /046 CJL
+ CLSK= 6131 /SKIP ON, CLEAR CLOCK FLAG /046 CJL
+ CLSK8A= 6137 /SKIP ON CLOCK FLAG (8/A, ETC.) /046 CJL
+ COM= 0017 /COMPLEMENT AC
+ DCAC= DCA . /CURRENT PAGE DCA INSTRUCTION /047 CJL
+ IAAC= 6171 /"A" REGISTER TO AC
+ IACA= 6167 /AC TO "A" REGISTER
+ ISZC= ISZ . /CURRENT PAGE ISZ INSTRUCTION /050 CJL
+ JMPC= JMP . /CURRENT PAGE JMP INSTRUCTION /047 CJL
+ JMPIC= JMP I . /CURRENT PAGE JMP I INSTRUCTION /047 CJL
+ JMSC= JMS . /CURRENT PAGE JMS INSTRUCTION /047 CJL
+ JMSIC= JMS I . /CURRENT PAGE JMS I INSTRUCTION /047 CJL
+ LINC= 6141 /GOTO LINC MODE
+ PDP= 0002 /GOTO PDP-8 MODE
+ PRQ3= 6236 /TYPE THREE PANEL REQUEST /046 CJL
+ TADC= TAD . /CURRENT PAGE TAD INSTRUCTION /047 CJL
+ R3L= 7014 /ROTATE AC (NOT LINK) LEFT 3 /046 CJL
+
+/ NUMERIC LOAD DEFINITIONS. /014 CJL
+
+ NL0000= CLA /LOAD AC WITH 0000 /046 CJL
+ NL0001= CLA IAC /LOAD AC WITH 0001 /014 CJL
+ NL0002= CLA CLL CML RTL /LOAD AC WITH 0002 /014 CJL
+ NL0003= CLA STL IAC RAL /LOAD AC WITH 0003 (8/I ON UP) /046 CJL
+ NL0004= CLA CLL IAC RTL /LOAD AC WITH 0004 (8/I ON UP) /046 CJL
+ NL0006= CLA STL IAC RTL /LOAD AC WITH 0006 (8/I ON UP) /046 CJL
+ NL0010= CLA IAC RAL RAR /LOAD AC WITH 0010 (6120) /024 CJL
+ NL0100= CLA IAC BSW /LOAD AC WITH 0100 (8/E ON UP) /024 CJL
+ NL3776= CLA CLL CMA RAR RAL /LOAD AC WITH 3776 (8/I OR 8/L) /024 CJL
+ NL3777= CLA CLL CMA RAR /LOAD AC WITH 3777 /046 CJL
+ NL4000= CLA CLL CML RAR /LOAD AC WITH 4000 /014 CJL
+ NL5777= CLA CLL CMA RTR /LOAD AC WITH 5777 /046 CJL
+ NL6000= CLA STL IAC RTR /LOAD AC WITH 6000 (8/I ON UP) /046 CJL
+ NL7775= CLA CLL CMA RTL /LOAD AC WITH 7775 /014 CJL
+ NL7776= CLA CLL CMA RAL /LOAD AC WITH 7776 /014 CJL
+ NL7777= CLA CMA /LOAD AC WITH 7777 /014 CJL
+\f/ DECMATE I COMMUNICATIONS PORT DEFINITIONS. /050 CJL
+
+ IPORT0= 30 /COMMUNICATIONS PORT 0 INPUT DEVICE CODE
+
+ RKFL0= IPORT0^10+6000 /SET COMMUNICATIONS PORT 0 INPUT FLAG
+ RKSF0= IPORT0^10+6001 /SKIP ON, CLEAR COMMUNICATIONS PORT 0 INPUT FLAG
+ RKCC0= IPORT0^10+6002 /CLEAR AC
+ RKIE0= IPORT0^10+6005 /PORT 0 INPUT INTERRUPT ENABLE PER AC[11]
+ RKRB0= IPORT0^10+6006 /READ COMMUNICATIONS PORT 0 INTO AC
+
+ OPORT0= 31 /COMMUNICATIONS PORT 0 OUTPUT DEVICE CODE
+
+ RTFL0= OPORT0^10+6000 /SET COMMUNICATIONS PORT 0 OUTPUT FLAG
+ RTSF0= OPORT0^10+6001 /SKIP ON, CLEAR COMMUNICATIONS PORT 0 OUTPUT FLAG
+ RTCF0= OPORT0^10+6002 /NOP
+ RTIE0= OPORT0^10+6005 /PORT 0 OUTPUT INTERRUPT ENABLE PER AC[11]
+ RTLS0= OPORT0^10+6006 /WRITE COMMUNICATIONS PORT 0 FROM AC
+
+ IPORT1= 34 /COMMUNICATIONS PORT 1 INPUT DEVICE CODE
+
+ RKFL1= IPORT1^10+6000 /SET COMMUNICATIONS PORT 1 INPUT FLAG
+ RKSF1= IPORT1^10+6001 /SKIP ON, CLEAR COMMUNICATIONS PORT 1 INPUT FLAG
+ RKCC1= IPORT1^10+6002 /CLEAR AC
+ RKIE1= IPORT1^10+6005 /PORT 1 INPUT INTERRUPT ENABLE PER AC[11]
+ RKRB1= IPORT1^10+6006 /READ COMMUNICATIONS PORT 1 INTO AC
+
+ OPORT1= 35 /COMMUNICATIONS PORT 1 OUTPUT DEVICE CODE
+
+ RTFL1= OPORT1^10+6000 /SET COMMUNICATIONS PORT 1 OUTPUT FLAG
+ RTSF1= OPORT1^10+6001 /SKIP ON, CLEAR COMMUNICATIONS PORT 1 OUTPUT FLAG
+ RTCF1= OPORT1^10+6002 /NOP
+ RTIE1= OPORT1^10+6005 /PORT 1 OUTPUT INTERRUPT ENABLE PER AC[11]
+ RTLS1= OPORT1^10+6006 /WRITE COMMUNICATIONS PORT 1 FROM AC
+
+ PCON= 36 /PORT STATUS AND CONTROL DEVICE CODE
+
+ SMFL= PCON^10+6000 /SET MODEM CHANGE FLAG
+ MFSK= PCON^10+6001 /SKIP ON, CLEAR MODEM CHANGE FLAG
+ WCON0= PCON^10+6002 /WRITE COMMUNICATIONS PORT 0 CONTROL REGISTER
+ PSR= PCON^10+6003 /READ PORT STATUS REGISTER
+ PMR= PCON^10+6004 /READ PORT MODEM REGISTER
+ MFIE= PCON^10+6005 /LOAD MODEM CHANGE INTERRUPT ENABLE PER AC[11]
+ WCON1= PCON^10+6006 /WRITE COMMUNICATIONS PORT 1 CONTROL REGISTER
+ RACD= PCON^10+6007 /RESET ACTIVE COMMUNICATIONS PORT PER AC[0]
+\f/ DECMATE II, ETC. COMMUNICATIONS PORT DEFINITIONS. /046 CJL
+
+ PORTIN= 30 /COMMUNICATIONS PORT INPUT DEVICE CODE
+
+ IFL= PORTIN^10+6000 /SET COMMUNICATIONS PORT INPUT/OUTPUT FLAG
+ ISF= PORTIN^10+6001 /SKIP ON, CLEAR COMMUNICATIONS PORT INPUT/OUTPUT FLAG
+ ICF= PORTIN^10+6002 /NOP (CLEAR THE AC?)
+ INOP1= PORTIN^10+6003 /(NOP?)
+ IRS= PORTIN^10+6004 /READ COMMUNICATIONS PORT RECEIVE BUFFER
+ IIE= PORTIN^10+6005 /COMMUNICATIONS PORT I/O INTERRUPT ENABLE PER AC[11]
+ IRB= PORTIN^10+6006 /READ COMMUNICATIONS PORT RECEIVE BUFFER
+ INOP2= PORTIN^10+6007 /(NOP?)
+
+ PORTOUT=31 /COMMUNICATIONS PORT OUTPUT DEVICE CODE
+
+ DUMBFL= PORTOUT^10+6000 /SET COMMUNICATIONS PORT DUMMY FLAG
+ DUMBSF= PORTOUT^10+6001 /SKIP ON, CLEAR COMMUNICATIONS PORT DUMMY FLAG
+ DUMBCF= PORTOUT^10+6002 /NOP (CLEAR THE AC?)
+ ONOP1= PORTOUT^10+6003 /(NOP?)
+ OPC= PORTOUT^10+6004 /LOAD COMMUNICATIONS PORT TRANSMIT BUFFER
+ DUMBIE= PORTOUT^10+6005 /COMMUNICATIONS PORT DUMMY INTERRUPT ENABLE PER AC[11]
+ OLS= PORTOUT^10+6006 /LOAD COMMUNICATIONS PORT TRANSMIT BUFFER
+ ONOP2= PORTOUT^10+6007 /(NOP?)
+
+ PORTCON=36 /COMMUNICATIONS PORT CONTROL DEVICE CODE
+
+ MFL= PORTCON^10+6000 /SET MODEM CHANGE FLAG
+ MSF= PORTCON^10+6001 /SKIP ON, CLEAR MODEM CHANGE FLAG
+ MLC= PORTCON^10+6002 /LOAD MODEM CONTROL REGISTER
+ MSB= PORTCON^10+6003 /LOAD BAUD RATE REGISTER
+ MRS= PORTCON^10+6004 /READ MODEM STATUS REGISTER
+ MIE= PORTCON^10+6005 /MODEM CHANGE INTERRUPT ENABLE PER AC[11]
+ MPSCC= PORTCON^10+6006 /ACCESS MULTIPROTOCOL SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS CONTROLLER
+ MPRESET=PORTCON^10+6007 /RESET MULTIPROTOCOL SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS CONTROLLER
+\f/ MISCELLANEOUS DEFINITIONS. /014 CJL
+
+/ STATIC DATE CALCULATIONS. /024 CJL
+
+/ THESE EQUATIONS CAUSE PRINTABLE TEXT OF THE DATE PARTICULARS, WHICH ARE GIVEN
+/ IN OS/8 INTERNAL FORMAT. PROGRAM MAINTAINENCE REQUIRES THE UPDATE OF VERSION,
+/ REVISION, REVDATE, AND REVDGRP. REVDATE AND REVDGRP SHOULD BE OBTAINED FROM
+/ THE SYSTEM WHEN RELEASING A NEW VERSION AFTER FIRST CORRECTLY INVOKING THE
+/ SYSTEM DATE COMMAND.
+
+/ VERSION=[ANY NUMBER IN THE RANGE 00-143 (DECIMAL 00-99)]
+
+/ REVISIO=[ANY SIX-BIT ALPHA (A-Z); DO NOT FORGET &77]
+
+/ REVDATE=[THE CONTENTS OF 17666 (DATE WORD)]
+
+/ REVDGRP=[THE CONTENTS OF 07777 (ONLY BITS[3-4] ARE USED)]
+
+
+
+ IFNDEF REVDATE <REVDATE=4464> /REVISION DATE (LOCATION 17666)
+
+ IFNDEF REVDGRP <REVDGRP=0400> /REVISION 8 YEAR DATE GROUP (LOCATION 07777)
+
+ IFNDEF REVISIO <REVISIO="G&77> /REVISION OF KERMIT-12
+
+ IFNDEF VERSION <VERSION=12> /VERSION OF KERMIT-12
+
+
+ DAY= REVDATE&370%10 /REVISION DAY
+
+ DGROUP= REVDGRP&600%20 /REVISION DATE GROUP (WHICH 8 YEARS)
+
+ MONTH= REVDATE&7400%400 /REVISION MONTH
+
+ YEAR= REVDATE&7+DGROUP+106 /REVISION YEAR (SINCE 1900)