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Contents:
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* What is Chat?
* Shareware Fees/Information:
* Where can I get the latest version:
* Restrictions/Requirements/Fine Print/Etc.
* What is needed to run Chat?
* How do I connect to Chat?
* User Command Summary:
* Administrator Command Summary:
* Customizing Chat:
* About the Author:
* Acknowlegments:
Also, enclosed files:
* Sample Session - Sample Login and Use of the Chat Room
* Chat Release Information - Information about each version
* Chat FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
=============
What is Chat?
=============
Chat is a application that lets a Macintosh with MacTCP serve
as a simple internet chat room. Once Chat is running on your mac, multiple
people can Telnet to your mac and have online discussions.
The user portion of Chat has no macintosh user interface, the only way to use
it is by telneting to your mac. However, the adminstrator can perform most of
the tasks necessary through the macintosh interface.
Chat can support as many connections as it has memory for - and MacTCP will
allow.
===========================
Shareware Fees/Information:
===========================
Chat is what is Shareware ($10 per machine for up to 5 machines). This only
applies to the machine that chat is actually running on, you can have as many
connections as you want. (The more the better!) If you are a student or
something, and legitimately cannot afford to send me the shareware fee, send me
a Postcard from your home/college/current town instead.
The site license, if you want to run chat on multiple machines is $50.
If you work for a software company, and cannot/do not want to pay the shareware
fee, I would accept a sample copy of a product that you produce.
I would appreciate at the very least an email message from anyone who uses chat,
or has done anything interesting with the source.
See "About the Author" for Email Address and Postal Address.
===================================
Where can I get the latest version:
===================================
Chat can be ftp'd from most of the major archive sites, include any Info-Mac
mirror. You can also always get the latest version from pluto.cc.umr.edu
in the /pub/chat directory. The source to Chat is available in that directory
as well.
For World Wide Web users, the chat home page is:
http://pluto.cc.umr.edu/chat.html
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Restrictions/Requirements/Fine Print/Etc.
=========================================
The Chat application may be uploaded to any online service, provided that the
entire archive is uploaded and no changes are made to it. The source to Chat
may not be uploaded to any other FTP site or to any online service without
contacting me first, currently the only place you can get the source is from
my ftp site (pluto.cc.umr.edu).
If you want to include chat on any mass distribution medium, such as a CD-Rom,
or want to include it with any other applications distributed with a book for
example; contact me first, I will make sure that you have the latest version.
In addition, I would appreciated, though I do not require, a sample copy of the
CD/book/etc.
If you want to redistribute the source to chat with Changes or as a new program,
please contact me via email first. I would like to take a look at the application.
Also, any redistributed application or source must aknowledge both me, and Peter
Lewis in the source, and the About Box.
===========================
What is needed to run Chat?
===========================
You must have MacTCP 1.1 or newer to run Chat.
Currently, as of version 2.1, Chat requires System 7. If there is interest in
maintaining support for System 6, I will put that support in. Email me if
you want this done.
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How do I connect to Chat?
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To connect to the chat room, you need a program which supports telnet connections.
Programs which support telnet connections:
Mac:
NCSA Telnet - Open Connection in File Menu
MUDDweller - New, TCP/IP Address in Configure Menu, Open Connection
tn3270 -
Unix:
Telnet - 'telnet address' or 'telnet address port'
VMS:
Telnet - 'telnet address' or 'telnet address /port=port'
Once you are connected, simply fill in the requested information on screen.
After the initial login screen, anything you type will be sent to the screen. If
you type a line that begins with "/" or "\", it will be treated as a user or
administrator command, respectively.
Both user commands and administrator commands are documented next.
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User Command Summary:
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The long form of the command name is listed here, see /HELP in the Chat room
for information on the abbreviated/short forms.
Command: Syntax: Info:
=================================================================================
/HELP /HELP Displays user command help
/anything that's not a valid command
/ME /ME Displays information about yourself
/QUIT /QUIT Exits the chat room.
/LIST /LIST Lists users on current channel
/LISTALL /LISTALL Lists users on all channels
/DO /DO text Sends text as an action (without the colon).
/YELL /YELL text Sends text to all channels.
/PAGE /PAGE user Pages 'user' to current channel.
/CHANNEL /CHANNEL Lists available channels.
/CHANNEL channel Changes to channel 'channel'.
/WHISPER /WHISPER user text Sends 'text' to user 'user' only.
/SET /SET var value Sets the value of a variable
/SET Lists available user variables.
/SET NAME name Changes your name to 'name'.
/SET SUBJECT text Changes the subject of the current channel.
/SET ECHO On/Off Sets whether you see your own messages.
/RECENT /RECENT Lists recent users of the chat room.
/ROLL /ROLL #d% Rolls #, % sided dice.
/ROLL Rolls one twenty sided die.
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Administrator Command Summary:
==============================
In all the following commands, 'pw' is the adminstrators password. The chat room
will display admin command help if the password is incorrect or missing.
Command: Syntax: Info:
=================================================================================
\HELP \HELP Displays administrative command help
\anything that's not a valid command
\KILL \KILL pw user Kicks a user out of the chat room.
\QUITNOW \QUITNOW pw Quits the chat room application.
\RESTART \RESTART pw Kicks everyone off chat room, and restarts.
\HIDE \HIDE pw Sets yourself to not show in /LIST and /LISTALL
\UNHIDE \UNHIDE pw Sets yourself to show in /LIST and /LISTALL
\LISTALL \LISTALL pw Lists all users, include hidden ones.
\SHOW \SHOW pw Displays current administrator variable settings
\INFO \INFO pw Displays information on chat room status
\SET \SET pw var value Sets the value of an administrator variable.
\SET pw Lists administrative variables.
\SET pw LOGINS On/Off Allow user logins
\SET pw YELLS On/Off Allow /YELL command
\SET pw WHISPERS On/Off Allow /WHISPER command
\SET pw PASSWORDS On/Off Require password at login
\SET pw BEEP On/Off Beep on Login
\SET pw PROMPT On/Off Prompt for channel at login
\SET pw SUBJECT text Set subject of current channel
\SET pw USERSUB On/Off Allow users to change subjects
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Customizing Chat:
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Almost all of the strings and settings for chat are stored in the resource fork.
The strings can be edited to suit your particular environment, however, do not
add or remove any strings, as the program will not be able to find them. The
only exception to this are the Chat Log Filenames, Chat Channels, Chat
Channel Subjects, User Passwords, and Admin Passwords string resources, you
can add to these to add more channels, etc. Remember to add to all three channel
string resources at the same time (Log File, Channel Name, and Subject).
The 'CPrf' resource holds the default preferences for the Chat Room.
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About the Author:
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I am a Computer Science major at the University of Missouri - Rolla,
originally from Connecticut. I ran across chat while looking at TCP/IP
applications for the Mac, and decided to customize it for my own purposes.
It has evolved greatly since then, and is used by people all across the world.
I can be reached via email on the internet at "nneul@umr.edu".
My postal address:
Nathan Neulinger
53 Sleepy Hollow Lane
Stamford, CT 06907-1734
USA
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Acknowlegments:
===============
Thanks to Peter Lewis (peter.lewis@info.curtin.edu.au) for the original (1.1)
version of Chat, and for much help in getting Chat to where it is today.
Thanks to Erich (?) for the new and improved die rolling routines. For those
who are interested, take a look at his re-release of chat, called NetRPG, for
playing Role Playing Games over the internet.
Thanks to Jon Stevens (root@dolphin.csudh.edu) for extensive testing, and
comments on how to improve chat.
Thanks to everyone who has written me about Chat with comments, suggestions, and
anything else for that matter. It is your suggestions and wishes that have
given me the directions for how to improve chat. Keep 'em coming.