Instant messaging
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| AOL Instant Messenger (32-bit), CheetaChat 6.3a, ICQ 2000a Beta, mIRC 5.71 (32-bit), MSN Messenger Service 3.0, Odigo 2.5, PalTalk 3.0, PowWow 4.2.1, Yahoo Messenger 814 Beta |
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Instant messaging
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| AOL Instant Messenger (32-bit) | |||||
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Download the version for your operating system
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| Description: | Allowing you to communicate with other AOL users and anyone else on the Internet, this latest release lets you share photos, pictures, sounds, and chat with friends and family or people with similar interests. | ||||
| Licence: | Freeware | ||||
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| Install instructions: | Internet Explorer users just click on the file and choose Open to run the setup program straight from the CD. Navigator users download to your local drive and run the file. | ||||
 Links online: |
http://www.aol.com/ | ||||
| CheetaChat 6.3a | |||||
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| Description: | A standalone chat client, this program allows you to play WAV files, customise emoticons and macros, and save transcripts of your chat sessions. With an interface similar to a word processor, this program works with Yahoo Chat and Ichat sites. | ||||
| Licence: | Freeware | ||||
| Requirements: | VB6 Runtime files | ||||
| Install instructions: | Internet Explorer users just click on the file and choose Open to run the setup program straight from the CD. Navigator users download to your local drive and run the file. | ||||
| Links online: |
http://www.cheetachat.com/ | ||||
| ICQ 2000a Beta | |||||
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Download the version for your operating system
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| Description: | This is one of the most popular online chat programs available, boasting over 70,000,000 users around the world. It is available in various languages and offers extra features like email, address book and answering service. | ||||
| Licence: | Freeware | ||||
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| Install instructions: | Internet Explorer users just click on the file and choose Open to run the setup program straight from the CD. Navigator users download to your local drive and run the file. | ||||
| Links online: |
http://www.icq.com/ | ||||
| mIRC 5.71 (32-bit) | |||||
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Download the version for your operating system
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| Description: | A configurable IRC client with an intuitive user interface, it also has an events handler and sound. It has filtering and searching functions. You are also able to hide offensive or annoying channel names and discussion topics. | ||||
| Licence: | Shareware (30-day trial) | ||||
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| Install instructions: | Internet Explorer users just click on the file and choose Open to run the setup program straight from the CD. Navigator users download to your local drive and run the file. | ||||
| Links online: |
http://www.mirc.co.uk | ||||
| MSN Messenger Service 3.0 | |||||
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Download the version for your operating system
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| Description: | Send a friend a message, or chat with several friends at once, with this instant-messaging program. It notifies you when your friends are online and also when you have new email in your Hotmail account, and gives you full control over who can contact you and view when you are online. | ||||
| Licence: | Freeware | ||||
| Requirements: | Internet Explorer 3.0 or Navigator 3.0 | ||||
| Install instructions: | IInternet Explorer users just click on the file and choose Open to run the setup program straight from the CD. Navigator users download to your local drive and run the file. | ||||
| Links online: |
http://www.microsoft.com/ | ||||
| Odigo 2.5 | |||||
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Download the version for your operating system
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| Description: | Chat with AOL, ICQ, Yahoo and other Odigo users with this program. It also offers support for NeoPlanet, an option to hide your Odigo ID number from other users, an Ignore list, personal home page listings in the user directory, and bug fixes. | ||||
| Licence: | Freeware | ||||
| Requirements: | Pentium 100, Internet Explorer 4.0, Navigator 4.0, or NeoPlanet 2.x/5.x | ||||
| Install instructions: | Internet Explorer users just click on the file and choose Open to run the setup program straight from the CD. Navigator users download to your local drive and run the file. | ||||
| Links online: |
http://www.odigo.com/ | ||||
| PalTalk 3.0 | |||||
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Download the version for your operating system
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| Description: | This program lets you communicate with your friends in real-time over the Internet, while viewing each other through a Webcam. You are able to transfer files, search for online users and leave messages for offline users that will be displayed the next time that user logs on. | ||||
| Licence: | Freeware | ||||
| Requirements: | Pentium, 16M RAM, sound card, speakers and microphone (for voice features), USB Web camera (for video features) | ||||
| Install instructions: | Internet Explorer users just click on the file and choose Open to run the setup program straight from the CD. Navigator users download to your local drive and run the file. | ||||
| Links online: |
http://www.paltalk.com/ | ||||
| PowWow 4.2.1 | |||||
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| Description: | Chat with your friends through typing or voice, with this program which lets you connect with other PowWow, AOL Instant Messenger or Microsoft Messenger users. It also boasts a text-to-speech feature, online games and bulletin-board messaging. | ||||
| Licence: | Freeware | ||||
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| Install instructions: | Internet Explorer users just click on the file and choose Open to run the setup program straight from the CD. Navigator users download to your local drive and run the file. | ||||
| Links online: |
http://www.tribal.com/ | ||||
| Yahoo Messenger 814 Beta | |||||
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Download the version for your operating system
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| Description: | This chat program allows you to see when other Yahoo users are online and send them instant messages. It features firewall support, standby mode, and can notify you when you receive new mail in your Yahoo email account. | ||||
| Licence: | Freeware | ||||
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| Install instructions: | Internet Explorer users just click on the file and choose Open to run the setup program straight from the CD. Navigator users download to your local drive and run the file. | ||||
| Links online: |
http://www.yahoo.com | ||||
