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It is no longer maintained, but still used by many on this side of the pond.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 --
