You can use these environment variables to modify the behavior of Kermit. The easiest set-up is for students using Kermit from an IUP residence hall. In this case, only two variables need to be set. Problems with residence hall connections can be resolved by Patrick McDevitt and his staff at the office of Housing and Residence Life. Please call 357-2596 to bring residence hall computing problems to the attention of Patrick's staff.
Some people use call-waiting.
Unfortunately, the call-waiting tone sometimes causes Kermit to disconnect from the VMS System. To avoid this problem, you need to include the code '1170' to turn call-waiting off. This is done during the initial dial-up. As noted above, Kermit assumes that your modem is using COM1. The general rule is to identify the port in DOS, and then to define the port within Kermit.