Kermit at Rensselaer

Kermit, a communications and file transfer package, was originally developed at Columbia University. Columbia maintains a distribution site which contains source code, executables, and documentation for all versions of kermit.

Computing and Information Services currently supports Kermit on two platforms: MS DOS and Unix. General Kermit documentation is available in Quick Study 9.


MS DOS Kermit

To get a copy of the current CIS MS DOS Kermit distribution, click
here and have your Web browser save the file as kermit.exe on your PC. Kermit.exe is a self-extracting archive, so run kermit.exe on your PC to extract the distribution files. For information on completing the installation, read the !README.TXT file that was extracted or read Quick Study 9. For general usage information, click here.


Unix Kermit

The Unix version of Kermit, C-kermit, runs on all RCS platforms and is available automatically when you login. Documentation is available via the
man page.


Questions about Kermit usage can be sent to the ACS Consultants at consult@rpi.edu. Bug reports should be sent to kermit-maint@rpi.edu.

Frog graphic drawn by Sandra Loosemore / loosemore-sandra@cs.yale.edu