BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  Binkleyterm
De:       Alan Ianson
Data:     Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:51:48 -0800
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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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