RE: An experiment in IRC...

[Vern Hamberg <hambergv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 02:01 PM 9/3/97 -0500, Bob wrote:

>FYI everyone, I was late to the chat because the Microsoft Chat app version 
>2.0 doesn't work. I had to find and download a freeware chat app before I 
>could get in. Later, I downloaded MS Chat 2.1 beta, and it actually worked! 
> Leave it to MS. Their release-level apps don't work, while the betas do.
>
>BOB
>
>On Wednesday, September 03, 1997 10:46 AM, Jeffrey M. Silberberg 
>[SMTP:silbrbrg@netcom.com] wrote:
>>
>>   David,
>>
>>      All things being equal => <=  == != and so on, How about a BOF at
>>  COMMON to discuss the concept, and help those of us Green Screeners, 
>with
>>  some of the basic concepts of IRC.
>>
>>      My 16 & 18 year old kids live on this stuff, but I am happy just
>> Web Surfing.

This could be creating a monster, but here goes:

Someone (phcoffin or dr2, are you there?) mentioned that we chat (IRC) from
the 400. It requires an account on a box, usually Unix-type, where you can
run apps like lynx (text-based Web browser, very fast) or, in this case,
irc (or whatever it's called). My ISP provides such a service (lynx anyway,
haven't tried irc). Or use telnet (native on 400) to such a session (If you
can do this, you'll probably know some of this already.) Of course, it'll
have a command-line interface, but it's a way for 'us Green Screeners' to
try it out.

Maybe someone can expand on this further; otherwise, I can go find a man
page (that's Unix for help text, sort of) on the subject, with pertinent
commands, etc.

Cheers

Vernon Hamberg
Systems Software Programmer
Old Republic National Title Insurance Company
400 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55401
(612) 371-1111 x480
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