Hi Andrew,

 ac> Having said that, an idea that's long been kicking around in my head is
 ac> a Windows installer consisting of BinkD, HPT and GoldED+ plus a small
 ac> set of .cmd files that are just enough to scan, toss and poll a bossnode.

 ac> The only real issue is how to autogenerate a minimal set of config files
 ac> for the software.

You could take a look at www.fido-deluxe.de.vu by M. Haase
It includes CDP to register point systems.

It is no longer maintained, but still used by many on this side of the pond. It
could be a start for a new approach.

There is something similar for *nix type systems.
sourceforge.net/projects/fidoip/

This package show its heritage in the documentation.
I used it as a bootstrap for Fido on one of my RaspberryPi's

My final system was more or less a decendant of the two packages
mentioned above
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    Kees

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