I'm trying to find a way to get a modern file-transfer protocol program into my Nova 4/X. I'm close to abandoning the Kermit source I have for Data General RDOS... I got it from U Columbia's Kermit site; it's the FORTRAN5 output of a RATFOR preprocessor, there's no RATFOR source, and though it compiles, it seems to not talk to the console. Since it's algorithmic output it's very hard to read. On simulogics.com is a KERMIT in dump format (similar to LBR files, functionally) but it's binary. I've got a decent FORTRAN IV compiler, what I can't find is a FORTRAN IV kermit. There's a bunch of mainframey fortran kermits, but no one seems to think about portability (eg. putting all the console/serial I/O in stub functions) and none are careful to use portable libraries, and all that. Worse, Kermit seems to have abandoned the idea of a bootstrap system (except for one unix version) with utterly base-minimal compliance and features. Anyone have code? I am considering writing a proprietary system that transfers fixed-length line-oriented blocks consisting only of ASCII numbers and line control; real FORTRAN IV doesn't do text (some proprietary libraries do). The only thing I have now is minicom as terminal emulator. sending/receiving paced ASCII67 text (thanks Jules for the tip on ascii-xfer).