Xref: news.weeg.uiowa.edu comp.sys.apple2:53757 alt.irc.ircii:350 Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2,alt.irc.ircii Path: news.weeg.uiowa.edu!news.uiowa.edu!hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!news.iastate.edu!irsman From: irsman@iastate.edu (Ian Schmidt) Subject: Re: How to get onto IRC Message-ID: Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Organization: GS<>IRC, the world's first Internet-based programming group References: <9303221657.aa24468@Bonnie.ics.uci.edu> Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1993 03:09:04 GMT Lines: 25 In article <9303221657.aa24468@Bonnie.ics.uci.edu> jlee@Bonnie.ICS.UCI.EDU ("Joseph T. Lee") writes: >I need to know how to get onto IRC from my UNIX/VAX system. >Specifically, how to get onto the GS channel. (I'm crossposting this [I hope :] to someplace slightly more appropriate.) For Unix, try just 'irc'. If you don't have the client installed (you'll get a message to the effect of "command not found" :), you can try for bradenville. telnet bradenville.andrew.cmu.edu, and follow the prompts. Note that bradenville is often heavily loaded, so getting through on it may take some trying. Either way, you'll soon be at an IRC prompt. From there, you can join the IIgs channel by typing /join #AppleIIgs and pressing . From then on, anything you type without a / before it will go to the channel...it works a lot like America Online's chat rooms if you've ever seen those. -- Ian Schmidt - Two Meg Software: irsman@{iastate.edu | aol.com} "I will choose a path that's | Author of AudioZap, MODZap, and more. clear: I will choose free will" | Co-author of SoundConvert and DeskTracker. - N. Peart, 1980 | Arranger of Freewill and Unbelievable for SS