This page contains some freeware programs Vincent Pomey and I wrote or maintained some years ago for a BBS/Fidonet system (Linn, Fidonet 2:320/100, early 1990s). Nothing has been touched since about 1993, and nothing here is currently maintained or supported. For collectors only.
Most of these programs are in generally portable ANSI C and were tested and developped on the Atari ST and various Unixes.
Now the 1993 description, complete with original typos, with only old addresses edited out, and links to the ZIP files thrown in:
Programs to run a Fidonet node or point on a Unix system -------------------------------------------------------- (last update 93-08-19) If you want to play fido on Unix, here is the list of the currently available software that we know of : Bermuda, this is a fido tosser that processes fidonet .PKT files and dispatches mail to downlinks. It is designed to be used with the Pandora message base and is suited for use with Binkley/Bed/LazyBBS (or any program using the pandora base and a Binkley3 or TheBox format outbound directory). It includes a utility to delete old messages in the message base (like News' expire) [Unix compatible from version 1.21 and above] Binkley 3, this is the mailer, ported from the Atari ST version by Ben Stuyts (2:281/202.6 or benstn@olivetti.nl). It does EMSI and runs well with Bermuda. Latest version should be on 2:281/202. At this date running on BSD (NeXT, Sony...) systems and Linux. [Unix version usually 3.02 PL <something>] ParseLst, this is the nodelist compiler for use with Binkley, I made a few patch so that the MS-DOS version compile on my Unix computer. LazyBBS, this is a menu-driven BBS running with the Bermuda message base. All the menus and texts are configurable (a la QuickBBS). It should be used with an external download protocols driver (eg rz/sz on Unix systems) [Unix compatible in version 0.7 and above] LazyFix, this is an areafix-type utility, to allow node/points to automatically connect or disconnect some areas. LazyTick, this is a file mailer, for handling file distribution networks with .TIC files. Pof, this program builds a list of all available files. For all Lazy and Pof, contact Franck Arnaud [...] BloufGate, this is a Fido/Usenet gateway package, it converts uucp packets to FidoNet packets and vice versa, gating netmail and echomail. [...] Bed, this is a message editor (whose interface is largely taken from the Led editor on Atari ST) for a Bermuda message base. It is running under X/Windows and Motif. [...]