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- From: rkent@sparc1.CSUBAK.EDU (Rick Kent)
- Newsgroups: comp.archives
- Subject: [comp.sys.amiga.announce] Amiga IRC Now on wuarchive
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- Date: 16 Dec 1992 09:28:09 GMT
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- [ I've had some major difficulties with my NNTP server, so this is ]
- [ a repost. My apologies if it shows up twice. -Dan ]
-
- ANNOUNCEMENT
-
- Amiga IRC client software for DNET now available via FTP.
-
- TITLE
-
- Amiga IRC (DNET Version)
-
- VERSION
-
- 1.0
-
- AUTHOR
-
- Rick Kent
- Internet: rkent@sparc1.csubak.edu
- AOL: RickK32
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
- What is IRC? IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat. The original IRC was
- designed under Unix for use on the Internet. It allows people from all
- over the world to join in live discussion groups and talk to each other
- in a multi-user chat system. Since its conception, the popularity of
- IRC has grown tremendously. At present, there are usually hundreds of
- people online in IRC with well over a hundred live discussion groups.
- Although originally designed under Unix, there are now IRC clients
- written for other platforms including the PC and Macintosh, but until
- now there was no client package for the Amiga.
-
- With this package Amiga users with DNET can now run an IRC client
- directly on the Amiga without having to resort to using character
- based terminal emulation software. Amiga IRC is written specifically
- for Workbench 2.0 and takes full advantage of the GUI. Additionally,
- because it runs over DNET, you can run other DNET clients at the
- same time (eg. you can be downloading, reading Usenet News, and
- participating in an IRC discussion simultaneously).
-
- FEATURES
-
- - Full GUI support (not simply just a character based emulation)
-
- - Easy to use. Amiga IRC eliminates much of the difficulty of
- using IRC by allowing users to avoid complicated keyboard commands
- in favor of an intuitively designed windowed interface.
-
- - Retains keyboard command compatibility with many of the commands
- in the original Unix IRC command set. Expert IRC users can
- continue to use keyboard commands and bypass the windowing system.
-
- - Capture file support
-
- - Printer support
-
- - Does not require your Amiga to be part of a network
-
- - Works with Matt Dillon's DNET (in fact it requires it)
-
- REQUIREMENTS
-
- To run this IRC client package you need the following:
-
- - Workbench 2.0 (Version 37 or higher)
-
- - DNET Software (by Matt Dillon): For those of you who don't know,
- DNET is a serial network communications protocol which allows you
- to run a network connection between two Amiga's or an Amiga and
- a Unix station (similar to SLIP but less complex).
-
- - A Unix shell account which has direct access to the Internet
- (The Unix version of DNET must be installed on this machine).
-
- - The DNET INTERLINK module (included).
-
- - reqtools.library (included). Note: Reqtools is Copyright (c)
- Nico Francois.
-
- - 1 Meg of RAM (This is not a requirement of IRC, but is a requirement
- for DNET and Workbench 2.0. Amiga IRC by itself requires less than
- 200K of free RAM)
-
-
- Why do I need DNET?
-
- In order to connect to an IRC server machine on the Internet you must
- have some sort of Internet access. In a standard setup, to use IRC
- you would have to have your PC, Mac, Amiga, or whatever connected
- directly into the Internet. The number of Amiga machines with this
- kind of direct access is extrememely low. This is where DNET comes
- in. DNET allows you to start up a serial network connection between
- your Amiga and a Unix machine. If the Unix machine you connect to
- is on the Internet, then it becomes possible to access Internet
- services. Once the DNET INTERLINK module is installed on the Unix
- side, your Amiga has a psuedo-connection to the Internet. Properly
- written DNET clients can then open a socket-like connection to any
- site on the Internet. Thus, the Amiga IRC client software simply
- opens a socket connection directly to an IRC server machine (of your
- choice) on the Internet.
-
- HOST NAME
-
- Amiga IRC for DNET is available via FTP on the following site:
-
- wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4)
-
- DIRECTORY
-
- The file name is "DNETIRC.LHA" and was initially uploaded to the
- following directory:
-
- /systems/amiga/incoming/comm/DNETIRC.LHA
-
- It will likely be moved to:
-
- /systems/amiga/comms/network/dnet/DNETIRC.LHA
-
- DISTRIBUTABILITY
-
- Amiga IRC is presently public domain and freely distributable.
-
-
- Rick Kent (Software Developer) __
- Digital Concepts & Acropolis Development _ /// "May the fork() be
- Internet: rkent@sparc1.csubak.edu \XX/ with you!"
- AOL: RickK32
-
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