• binkd

    From Bills Place to All on Wednesday, October 07, 2015 14:57:52
    Does anyone know where I can get a copy of binkd. Any help would be appreciated.
  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Bills Place on Wednesday, October 07, 2015 22:20:42

    07 Oct 15 14:57, you wrote to All:

    Does anyone know where I can get a copy of binkd. Any help would be appreciated.

    here's an excerpt from the binkd FAQ posted in the BINKD echo area ;)

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    Frequently Asked Questions on FTN Mailer binkd
    $Date: 2015/06/25 13:37:02 $

    This list of Frequently Asked Questions was compiled from the questions that were asked in the Russian echo conference RU.BINKD. Some part of the answers is based on the developers' recommendations. Please send your
    comments and updates to Stas Degteff 2:5080/102. This list was translated
    from Russian by Michael Dukelsky 2:5020/1042.

    01. Where Can One Find a Current Copy of Stable or Beta binkd Version?

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    01. Where Can One Find a Current Copy of Stable or Beta binkd Version?

    In fileecho AFTNBINKD.

    In Internet:

    Release versions, documentation, log analyzers etc. (Pavel Gulchouck
    2:463/68):
    ftp://cvs.happy.kiev.ua/pub/fidosoft/mailer/binkd/

    Binaries (windows, os/2):
    http://download.binkd.org
    http://sites.google.com/site/vasilyevmax/fido
    (Max Vasilyev 2:5057/77)

    One may find the sources at github:
    https://github.com/pgul/binkd
    or at synchronized with it CVS server:
    :pserver:binkd@cvs.happy.kiev.ua:/cvs , module binkd, empty password

    Command examples for CVS server.
    Login to the cvs server:
    cvs -d :pserver:binkd@cvs.happy.kiev.ua:/cvs login
    Retrieve the latest sources of the current branch (v.1.1 at the moment):
    cvs -d :pserver:binkd@cvs.happy.kiev.ua:/cvs co binkd
    Retrieve the latest sources of the binkd 1.0.x-stable branch:
    cvs -d :pserver:binkd@cvs.happy.kiev.ua:/cvs co -r binkd-1_0-stable binkd
    Retrieve the sources of the binkd 1.0.0-release:
    cvs -d :pserver:binkd@cvs.happy.kiev.ua:/cvs co -r binkd-1_0_0 binkd

    Anonymous FTP:
    ftp://cvs.happy.kiev.ua/pub/fidosoft/mailer/binkd/snapshot

    binkd/2 1.1a (current, EMX), compiled everynight:
    FREQ from node 2:221/1, file alias: binkd2e. It's possibe to download from
    BBS of node 2:221/1 (accessed also via telnet:rbb.dy.fi)
    http://rbb.homeip.net/pub/os2/comm/bbs/binkd2e.rar
    (Suomi, Tommi Koivula 2:221/1 & 2:221/360 & 2:221/361)

    Man page, binkp description, binaries etc. (Stas Degteff 2:5080/102):
    http://binkd.grumbler.org/

    This FAQ list:
    http://binkd.grumbler.org/binkdfaq.shtml.en (or .txt.en)

    The official binkd binaries are named in a way that shows the OS, the compiler and the way of building the program.

    Windows (32bit) versions:
    binkd.exe, binkdw32.exe - binkd/w32, console, compiled by MS Visual C
    binkd-dll.exe - binkd/w32, console, MS Visual C, needs msvcrt.dll
    binkd-mingw.exe - binkd/w32, console, MinGW32, needs msvcrt.dll
    binkd9x.exe - binkd/w9x, w/o a window, compiled by MS Visual C
    binkd9x-dll.exe - binkd/w9x, w/o a window, MS Visual C, needs msvcrt.dll
    binkd9x-mingw.exe - binkd/w9x, w/o a window, MinGW32, needs msvcrt.dll

    OS/2 versions:
    binkd2.exe - Watcom C compiler, no Perl
    binkd2e.exe - emx, can load the Perl dll and can work without it
    binkd2pl.exe - emx, Perl is liked staticly (i.e. no need in a Perl dll)
    binkd2eo.exe - emx/omf (multithreaded), no Perl.


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