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From: gruner@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Armin Gruner)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted
Subject: Re: Looking for multi-user talk program
Keywords: Multi-Conference, IRC, Internet Relay Chat, Multi-Talk, Internet
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Date: 25 Nov 90 14:25:06 GMT
References: <RAMKUMAR.90Nov24151259@Neon.Stanford.EDU>
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>     I am told there is a multiple user talk program which allows a 
>     'conference' of several users on the net simultaneously (instead of 
>     just 2 users).  

Such a program exists, it's called `IRC' (Internet Relay Chat), and interconnects
many sites from all over the world.

As I don't know exactly what the best server-connection for Standford is, you
may try some of the following sites (at least some of the should allow a connect
from your site):

*** Server: byron.u.washington.edu University of Washington Server
*** Server: uxc.cso.uiuc.edu UofIllinois (V2.5.1) Serving those w.o. a life
*** Server: ucscb.ucsc.edu U of California, Santa Cruz, IRC 2.5.1.bu.08
*** Server: oak2.math.ucla.edu UCLA Mathter and Servant
*** Server: oddjob.uchicago.edu University of Chicago - Astro

Of course, you need a client, you may get the whole IRC package (with both server
and an old client) or a new developed client (with new features & bugs :)), 
called ircII, from the following site:

	slopoke.mlb.semi.harris.com, anonymous FTP, in subdirectory pub/irc.

The files are

	-rw-r--r--  1 root     6667       250317 Jul 16 13:03 irc2.5.1.tar.Z
and
	-rw-r--r--  1 root     6667       178054 Oct 26 05:26 ircII1.96.tar.Z

Unpack, and follow the instructions inside (for only building the client,
it's changing the #define UPHOST in irc2.5.1/include/config.h to one of the
servers mentioned above, and for ircII, it's a #define called DEFAULT_SERVER in ircII1.96/config.h).

You may have to try some of the servers above then, by

	irc <a short nickname> <one of a server mentioned above>.

If you have any problems, feel free to contact me.

Greetings from Munich,

	Armin