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    From Rick Smith@1:105/81 to All on Wednesday, April 08, 2026 11:25:38
    Hello All!

    Pretty sure I know the answer to this, but is there a binkleyterm for linux?

    Regards,

    Rick

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/201 to Rick Smith on Wednesday, April 08, 2026 16:10:30
    Pretty sure I know the answer to this, but is there a binkleyterm for linux?

    There's BINKD. I haven't tried this yet but it's on my to-do list:

    https://github.com/pgul/binkd

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  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757 to Rick Smith on Wednesday, April 08, 2026 21:00:02
    Hello All!

    Pretty sure I know the answer to this, but is there a binkleyterm for linux?

    There is. BinkleyTerm was released for dos and OS2 along with source back around 1994 (maybe windows too, I forget now). I did build BinkleyTerm on linux back around 98 or so but I am unsure if it will still build today.

    A bit of experimentation will tell the tale.

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  • From Dumas Walker@1:2320/107 to AARON THOMAS on Thursday, April 09, 2026 10:31:27
    Pretty sure I know the answer to this, but is there a binkleyterm for linux?

    There's BINKD. I haven't tried this yet but it's on my to-do list:

    https://github.com/pgul/binkd

    BinkD is a little different. Binkleyterm will actually answer a phone and,
    I think, the protocols used are a little different. I think that the BT protocols are a little more like what ifcico uses. I know I am able to
    connect and exchange mail with ifcico running on one end, and DOS
    Binkleyterm answering the telnet call on the other.


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  • From Dumas Walker@1:2320/107 to ALAN IANSON on Thursday, April 09, 2026 10:31:27
    Pretty sure I know the answer to this, but is there a binkleyterm for linux?

    There is. BinkleyTerm was released for dos and OS2 along with source back around 1994 (maybe windows too, I forget now). I did build BinkleyTerm on linu
    back around 98 or so but I am unsure if it will still build today.

    A bit of experimentation will tell the tale.

    IIRC there was a linux distribution of it called BinkleyTerm XE. I tried
    it once and don't think I got it working. I didn't try very hard, though.

    The one caveat with it is that, to my knowledge, there are no linux BBS packages that will accept a hand-off from it if the connection turns out to
    be a BBS caller instead of an FTN node. That is why I didn't try too hard.

    With AI getting better at answer coding questions, it might not be a bad
    time to revisit to see if I can at least get it to compile with more modern libraries, and maybe get it to do something similar to sexpots and route
    human callers via telnet connection to the BBS.


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