Date   : Wed, 07 Dec 1983008:56:00-PST
From   : gray@su-dsn
Subject: kermit,Cromemco

Some comments and questions on Kermit v. 3.5.  I had two problems
assembling cpmbase.m80--1)the assembler objected to having a label
cmifi10 as well as a label cmifi1, which is
consistent with my manual saying that the first 6 characters must be
unique. Admittedly I have an old version of m80, but has this
limitation been changed? 2) My assembler also objected to the 
"push a" instructions, but was happy when they were changed
to "push af". How come?

A more important comment to any who might be using Cromemco equipment:
My system is essentially a Cromemco System 3 with the PerSci drives
removed (junked with malice) and replaced by
a Morrow 10MB hard disk and a Morrow
floppy. The CP/M for this system is by MICAH, who does a lot of CP/M
systems for cromemco hardware. While the system is generally good, it
does NOT implement the standard IOBYTE as claimed and hence Kermit does
not work. The problem is that BAT: is connected to a single port for
both input & output, it does not input from RDR and output to LST as
the CP/M manuals say it should.  Everything else about the IOBYTE seems
to be o.k. Has anyone encountered a system with a similar fault? Can it
be fixed by a nonexpert in the innards of CPM?