On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, Gary Hildebrand wrote: /join #classiccmp in IRCnet -Hans -- finger hans(a)huebner.org for details

Actually, any IRC program you're likely to use, such as Mirc under WIndows, AMirc on the Amiga, or Ircle on the Mac, will include a full list of IRC servers for IRCnet, EFnet, DALnet and others. Jeff -- Home of the TRS-80 Model 2000 FAQ File http://www.cchaven.com http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lakes/6757

On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Geoff Roberts wrote: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Pirch hasn't been updated in a while it seems. I think I heard somewhere that the program's maintainer died. I'm not sure, though. -- Jeffrey S. Sharp jss(a)subatomix.com

----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey S. Sharp" <jss(a)subatomix.com> To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 4:20 PM Subject: Re: IRC channel? Yeah went there found that already. Downloaded latest mirc from there, unfortunately, every single server I try and connect to spits me out with an "Unauthorised connection" message. Apparently they only allow logins from their neck of the woods, and 98% of the flaming IRCnet networks seems to be in Europe, and there isn't one within a couple thousand miles of me. Any chance the channel ops might shift to a more globally accessible network? This seems to be Europe only. The US servers are alleged to allow others in, but they seem to be down. Mirc has now tried 41 ircnet servers, with either a timeout or the "Unauthorised Connection" BS. Cheers Geoff Roberts Computer Systems Manager Saint Mark's College Port Pirie, South Australia geoffrob(a)stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au ICQ 1970476

Geoff Roberts skrev: ISTR that there was a schism on one of the older nets, which either led to a collapse in the US, or the net was split, IRCnet being the European part. That might explain your problems. -- En ligne avec Thor 2.6a.

Hi, Decided to have a poke about on IRCnet - talk about faff trying to connect. I eventually found one server that let me on, which promptly timed me out after about 2 mins. If I might make a suggestion... :&) ...OpenProjects.net might be a better place for the channel (then again, I am biased being staff at opn). It's a smaller network than IRCnet (around 4500 users), primarily aimed at the techie community (writing/using/support for opensource software and the general like). I think classiccmp would fit right in :&) OPN has servers all over the world, with major hubs in the UK (for europe), Australia and the US. If anyone's intrested: irc.openprojects.net irc.us.openprojects.net irc.eu.openprojects.net irc.au.openprojects.net hogan.openprojects.net (UK server - my machine :&) I've created and registered #classiccmp if anyone wants to join me there :&) -- Matt --- Web Page: http://knm.yi.org/ http://pkl.net/~matt/ PGP Key fingerprint = 00BF 19FE D5F5 8EAD 2FD5 D102 260E 8BA7 EEE4 8D7F PGP Key http://knm.yi.org/matt-pgp.html

Hi, Mmmhmm - It's the lack of decent UK servers that's the problem. Yes, I run ident, and yes, a lot of networks require it (I think OPN is one of them, or if it's not, we're planning to enable that code soon) :&) -- Matt --- E-mail: matt(a)pkl.net, matt(a)knm.yi.org, matt(a)printf.net matt(a)m-techdiagnostics.ltd.uk, matthew.london(a)stud.umist.ac.uk mattl(a)vcd.student.utwente.nl, mlondon(a)mail.talk-101.com Web Page: http://knm.yi.org/ http://pkl.net/~matt/ PGP Key fingerprint = 00BF 19FE D5F5 8EAD 2FD5 D102 260E 8BA7 EEE4 8D7F PGP Key http://knm.yi.org/matt-pgp.html