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

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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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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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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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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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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.

So on Linux he probably has to run Binkleyterm as a DOS program. It's doubtful that there's a Linux version, right?

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On 2026 Apr 10 07:44:44, you wrote to Dumas Walker:

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.

So on Linux he probably has to run Binkleyterm as a DOS program. It's doubtful that there's a Linux version, right?

the sources are/were out there... i had them and compiled native linux on old redhat stuff... way back... in the '00s i think... maybe the early '10s...

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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.

That was an Extended version of BinkleyTerm although I forget just what the extentions were about.

I did run it for a time and it worked well. The interface was slightly different, not in a bad way but I forget what now. I went back to the standard BinkleyTerm version just because I was used to it, and it worked well.

I was running under OS/2 in those days.

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.

I didn't know of any linux native BBS packages at the time so I never tried that.

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.

Never know until you try.

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So on Linux he probably has to run Binkleyterm as a DOS program. It's doubtful that there's a Linux version, right?

BinkleyTerm 2.60 was released for DOS, OS/2 and Windows, WindowsNT I suppose. There were no linux binary packages as far as I know but the source was released at the same time.

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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.

So on Linux he probably has to run Binkleyterm as a DOS program. It's doubtful
that there's a Linux version, right?

There is... I think it is called Binkleyterm XE... but I don't think it is actively maintained so getting it to compile on a current distro might be a challenge in and of itself.

As Alan pointed out, XE was not just a linux version. There were versions
for other OSes. Since he mentioned OS/2, I hope I am not getting mixed up
with an experiment I tried while running that os. ;)


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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.

Never know until you try.

Yep. Back-burnered... for now. ;)


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There is... I think it is called Binkleyterm XE... but I don't think it
is actively maintained so getting it to compile on a current distro
might be a challenge in and of itself.

It sounds cool, but yea, it would be even cooler if it could run on an up to date OS.

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