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- A note for those who don't know Bermuda
- ---------------------------------------
-
- Bermuda is a FidoNet compatible mail processing software. It was
- originally written for the Atari ST by Jac Kersing. It has been
- updated and ported to Unix by Franck Arnaud and me.
-
- This version (1.22) of Bermuda includes the original documentation from
- version 1.00 (bermuda.doc) and an update documentation (update.doc).
-
- This software is provided "as is" without expressed or implied warranty.
-
-
- Compiling Bermuda on Atari
- --------------------------
-
- Use Turbo C or Pure C with the supplied *.prj files.
- Check that you have #define STTC 1 in pandora.h
-
-
- Compiling Bermuda on Unix
- -------------------------
-
- Note that depending on how you get this source code, all the files may
- be ending with CR-LF, a la MS-DOS. Your compiler may not like that.
-
- You will need an Ansi compiler, I used GCC.
- Check that you have #define UNIX 1 in pandora.h
-
- If your library don't have the strdup function, define MSTRDUP in the Makefile,
- same if you miss the strupr function, define MSTRUPR.
-
- All configuration files (areas.bbs, bermuda.rte, bermuda.cfg) are in
- lower case, while everything else is in uppercase (.MSG, .HDR, .PKT).
- Bermuda also accepts packets in lowercase (*.pkt).
-
- As with the Atari ST, the MAILER environment variable define the directory
- where areas.bbs and bermuda.cfg (or tb.cfg) resides.
-
- In the parameters of arcmail etc, %: is replaced by a ';', and %k by
- the packet name without path. This may be useful when running Unix.
- Suggested zip configuration under Unix is
-
- zipunpack cd %d %: unzip %n
- zippack cd %d %: zip -m %n %k
-
- with zip and unzip anywhere in the path.
-
- An unfixed bug requires (at least on my computer) that you run
- import and pack from the directory where you put areas.bbs and
- bermuda.cfg.
-
-
- Doing Fido on Unix
- ------------------
-
- If you want to play fido on Unix, here is the list of the currently
- software that I know of :
-
- Bermuda 1.22, this is what you have and is suited for use with
- Binkley/Bed/LazyBBS.
-
- Binkley 3.02, 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.
-
- ParseLst 1.33, 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).
- LazyFix, this is an areafix, to allow node/points to automatically
- connect or disconnect some areas.
- LazyTick, this is a file mailer, for handling file distribution
- network.
- Pof, this program builds a list of all available files.
-
- For all Lazy and Pof, contact Franck Arnaud (2:320/100) or franck@altsoft.demon.co.uk.
-
- BloufGate, this is a Fido/Usenet gateway package, it converts
- uucp packets to FidoNet packets and vice versa, gating
- netmail and echomail. Contact bloufgate@altsoft.demon.co.uk
-
- 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.
- Contact vincent@stell.frmug.fr.net
-
-
- All these programs are available for file request on 2:320/100, and should
- be available via ftp anonymous on ftp.ieee.org.
-
-
- Vincent Pomey (2:320/100.2 or vincent@stell.frmug.fr.net)
-