Andrew,

> Possibly opening a can of worms, but can anyone here recommend some free
> software for Linux (or FreeBSD) that will set up a fax modem to answer fax
>calls, but if the call was not a fax, fall back to a FidoNet mailer, to work a
> a FidoNet node?

   As David & Scott have mentioned;  mgetty & it's extensions can
handle that,
& more...


>  I'd like to run this on a Pentium 133 with 64 Mb RAM and a 1
> Gb HDD.  This will be the PC's sole function.  FidoNet mail processing, fax
> viewing, etc. will be done by another machine on my network.

> The software should also be able to make outbound calls.

   Not a problem;  depending on which software you're talking about...
   mgetty itself does not handle outbound calls;  that is done by whatever
program needs to do so (ifcico, uucico, wvdial, etc...)  But it also does
not get in the way of a properly set up program that wants to make an
outbound call...  All it does is watch for inbound calls, decide how to
handle them (if at all) by the type of call, & dispatch it that way...


> Maybe someone here has a setup just like this?

   Except for times that I've had to use BBBS/Li direclty on the port, which
doesn't handle shareing the serial port properly;  I've always used mgetty
to watch & dispatch the inbound calls to the modem...   



Jame




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