Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uflorida!haven!adm!xadmx!jarid@mea.utu.fi From: jarid@mea.utu.fi (Jari Dahlgren) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: IRC - Internet Relay Chat Program??? Message-ID: <21220@adm.BRL.MIL> Date: 20 Oct 89 21:19:48 GMT Sender: news@adm.BRL.MIL Lines: 28 On Thu, 19 Oct 89 18:29:09 EDT Dan Gosner wrote: >... > Has anyone heard of IRC - Internet Relay Chat? A user on my system has > come up with this and wants me to install it. What I'm really interested > in is, is it going to bury my system or my network? I agree that it probably > isn't the worlds best use of network bandwidth. How popular is it? What can > I expect if I'm foolish enough to install it? In BITNET there is a RELAY network, which I believe is a model for IRC, (though I am not sure) at least commands etc look very much alike. In BITNET it has limits on usage, but that network is traditionally 9600 bps BISYNC communications, so things tend to be different with 56kbps Internet... One place we know about having IRC is tolsun.oulu.fi, just do a anonymous FTP there and look for directory 'irc'. I am sure it is also in USA somewhere (we are in finland), but I don't have a clue about where. That directory has readable documents for further info. > Thanx in advance. > Dan Gosner Internet: danl@midget.towson.edu > Operations Manager DGosner@TOE.TOWSON.EDU > Towson State University Bitnet: DGosner@TOWSONVX > Academic Computing > Towson, Maryland 21204 /Matti Aarnio (impersonating as one of guest users with his permission)