Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!mintaka!chaos.cs.brandeis.edu!chaos!morgan From: morgan@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Dylan Kaufman) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: IRC Message-ID: Date: 7 Apr 90 18:12:40 GMT References: <1990Apr06.225259.23930@csuchico.edu> Sender: @chaos.cs.brandeis.edu Distribution: na Organization: Brandeis University Computer Science Dept Lines: 28 In-Reply-To: dirk@csuchico.edu's message of 6 Apr 90 22:52:59 GMT In article <1990Apr06.225259.23930@csuchico.edu> dirk@csuchico.edu (Dirk Walls) writes: -> -> I'm not sure if this is the proper place for this question, but -> it is comp.mail.MISC. I have heard of something called IRC which -> allows live communication between users. CSU Chico is not on the -> host list and the system manager has never heard of it. He said -> he would try to get us on the list if I could find out how to do -> so. So, my question is, what exactly is IRC and what must one -> do to access it. Any info would be greatly appreciated. -> Dirk, IRC is the Internet Relay Chat system. It does, indeed, allow live communications among numerous users. The irc package is available for anonymous ftp from plenty of sites around the net. If you are only looking for the client, you can get the client from uceng.uc.edu. Please feel free to email me if you have questions. -- -<>Dylan<>- morgan@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu