VAX/VMS SIG tape submissions for
                        Spring, 1983

                        Submitted By

                       Joel M. Snyder
                  CompuServe Incorporated
               5055 East Broadway Suite A-110
                   Tucson, Arizona 85711
                  Telephone (602) 790-5061


     A brief overview of submitted software  is  below.   As
usual,  your  comments,  suggestions, and complaints are all
welcome.  Columbia University  is  very  enthusiastic  about
KERMIT  and will provide the VAX SIG with updates if we show
sufficient interest.

     1.  KERMIT

              This software is contributed by  the  Columbia
         University   Department  of  Computing  Activities.
         KERMIT is a protocol for transferring files between
         computers  over  telecommunication  lines.  It does
         packetizing, checksumming,  and  retransmission  to
         ensure      data      integrity.      Microcomputer
         implementations of  KERMIT  also  provide  terminal
         connection  at  any speed allowed by both the micro
         and the host.   KERMIT  is  like  many  other  such
         protocols, but with several differences:

         1.  It's free.

         2.  It's documented.

         3.  It's well tested and in wide use.

         4.  Implementations  exist   for   many   different
             systems,  including  DEC and IBM mainframes and
             many microcomputers.   Each  implementation  is
             written  in  the  language  best  suited  for a
             particular machine or operating system.

         KERMIT was developed  at  the  Columbia  University
         Center   for   Computing  Activities  primarily  to
         facilitate offline storage of DECSYSTEM-20 files on
         microcomputer  floppy disks.  Implementations exist
         for the DECSystem-10, DECSystem-20, VAX-11, IBM 370
         series,  VAX-11  and  PDP-11  under  Berkeley UNIX,
         PDP-11 under RT11, IBM PC, Zenith/Heath Z100, Apple
         II, Apple II with Z80 softcard, Intetec SuperBrain,
         DECmate II (CP/M), Zenith/Heath H89 (CP/M), Osborne
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         1,  Ohio  Scientific,  DEC  Rainbow-100  and VT-180
         ("Robin"), Telcon  Zorba,  TRS-80  II  (CP/M),  and
         Vector  Graphics.   Any KERMIT can communicate with
         any other KERMIT.

     2.  PSI User Group

              This software is contributed  by  the  VAX/VMS
         PSI  User Group.  Read [.PSI]INDEX.TXT for an index
         of  programs  and  files.   Users   interested   in
         becoming  members  of  the  PSI  User  Group should
         contact me at the above address.