Well, scraping the rust off I created a chinook deb repository at:
So far, it's all console stuff I use on a regular basis:

binutils-2.18.deb (GNU binutils - most importantly ar for .debs)
ctorrent-1.3.4.deb (a decent bittorrent client)
frotz-2.4.3.deb (a z-code interpreter for infocom games)
joe-3.5-1.1.deb (the joe editor)
mc-4.6.1.deb (midnight commander)
mpg123-0.66.deb (a console mp3 player)
ncftp-3.2.1.deb ( a console ftp client)

joe has problems. None of the *rc files are showing up in /etc/joe. If I don't figure out why, I'll be asking for help in the developer's forum.