TinyTIC
TinyTIC was a project that
I worked with Michael Dillon (aka GSValore) on when I was running
Synchronet. What
resulted after many months of work, trial and error was TinyTIC. What
TinyTIC does is basic TIC processing and creates a text "file
announcement" file. This allows TinyTIC to work with any BBS that
allows a text file to be imported directly into its message base. Please
note that although TinyTIC is no longer being developed, its
author will try to help people who are
using it. You can send questions or comments to Michael by
emailing me with any questions
and I will forward the message to him. TinyTIC is
open source released under the BSD license. The archives below also
include source code.
TinyTIC/Win32
This archive includes the
compiled TinyTIC/Win32 binaries.
Win32
TinyTIC/DOS
This includes the compiled
TinyTIC/DOS (DPMI) binaries. This version requires a DPMI server which
is available freely off the Web, such as
CWSDPMI. If you are running
Windows, we recommend you use the Win32 version instead of the DOS
version.
DOS (DPMI)
TinyTIC/Linux
This includes the compiled
TinyTIC/Linux binaries. There are two versions included in this archive:
the dynamically linked and the statically linked binaries. Please see
the included documentation for more details. This includes the
latest source code (v0.0.53.1, only available for Linux).
Linux
TinyTIC v0.0.53 Source (Latest)
This includes the source code for version 0.0.53,
written in C++. The source will compile under DOS, Win32 and Linux. It
will compile under OS/2 with some minor changes. Please read the
documentation in the archive for more information.
Source Code
Automated Maintenance Utility (open source)
Automated Maintenance Utility is a
BBS utility program written by David Hickey that was released as open source
in 1999. It's for Concord, Ezycom, LoraBBS, Maximus, Proboard, QuickBBS,
RemoteAccess, SuperBBS and Telegard BBS packages. It will do all sorts of
nightly maintenance to your filebases, user records, create
ANSI/ASCII/HTML bulletins, make nightly ALLFILES listings and so much
more. You really have to check it out to see all that it can do. AMU is
available for DOS, Win32 and OS/2. Here's how to install AMU: Install the
first package completely. Then, unzip the second package to a
temp directory and copy all of the EXEs to your main AMU directory. The
second package just removes the registration routines from the first package.
All the documentation you need is in the main archive.
Download full AMU package
First, download the full shareware package for your OS as
this contains all the files you will need to get AMU up and running (AMU v3.16):
DOS
Win32
OS/2
Download freeware EXEs
Then, download the freeware EXE archive for your
OS (AMU v3.20):
DOS
Win32
OS/2
AMU Source Code
AMU was written in C++ (that's all the information I know
about the source).
AMU C++ Source
SGMail
SGMail is an excellent freeware ARCmail-type (netmail attach/dynamic
outbound)
front-end mailer written by Brent Shellenberg of Shotgun Professional
BBS fame. Unfortunately, Brent is no longer involved with BBSing at
all, but he did make SGMail freeware. I highly recommend that if
you're considering using SGMail that you download and read thoroughly
my SGMail FAQ. SGMail's documentation was never complete and I've
managed to remember and tinker enough to get SGMail working reliably
on my system. So before you download, please read my FAQ about SGMail and
then decide if you want to try it.
SGMail FAQ
This is a FAQ I've written to help the new SGMail
user along. It should be enough to get you started.
SGMail FAQ
If you decide you want to try SGMail, download the version that you need. If you're running the DOS version, you really ought to install TAME (there are DOS and Win32 versions) first before you try to run SGMail. The OS/2 version doesn't have any CPU usage problems.
SGMail v3.00/DOS16
SGMail v3.00 DOS "real mode": 16-bit, runs slower, but works with all DOS systems.
SGM300_D.ZIP
SGMail v3.00/DOS32 (DPMI)
SGMail v3.00 DOS "i386 mode": 32-bit DPMI, recommended for use with Win32 systems.
SGM300_P.ZIP
SGMail v3.00 OS/2
SGMail v3.00 OS/2: 32-bit OS/2-native version.
SGM300_2.ZIP
SGMail v4.00/DOS16
GMail v4.00 DOS "real mode": 16-bit, slower, but works with all DOS systems.
SGM400_D.ZIP
SGMail v4.00/DOS32 (DPMI)
SGMail v4.00 DOS "i386 mode": 32-bit DPMI, recommended.
SGM400_P.ZIP
SGMail Online (F1) Documentation
SGMail's online documentation. Unzip this in SGMail's main directory (normally
\SGMAIL). This is the F1 online help for use from inside SGMail.
SGMDOCS.ZIP
SGMail Freeware 255-line Key
This is the official freeware registration key released
by SGMail's author, Brent Shellenberg, before he abandoned development of
SGMail. This is a text file that you can print out and enter the information
into SGMail's registration screen.
SGMail Freeware Key