Subject: GS IRC
From: [email-masked] (Helen Trillian Rose)
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 04:12:41 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2

Ian> == Ian Schmidt <[email-masked]> 

 Ian> As for IRC access, santafe.santafe.edu is now your best bet...its
 Ian> faster than bradenville by quite a large margin.

Problem #1: santafe is on a faster machine but is on a muuuuuuch slower
link.

Problem #2: Alot of people can compile their own clients and not need to
use a telnet client at all. Clients are about 300k, and even less if
stripped. Here's some information on how to ftp them:

UNIX client-> cs.bu.edu /irc/clients
	      plod.cbme.unsw.edu.au
	      nic.funet.fi pub/unix/irc
	      ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de pub/net/irc
	      slopoke.mlb.semi.harris.com
	      there is also a client avaliable with the server code.
EMACS elisp-> cs.bu.edu /irc/clients/elisp
	      nic.funet.fi
              ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de
	      slopoke.mlb.semi.harris.com
EMACS elisp "irchat"->  cs.bu.edu /irc/clients/elisp
                        lehtori.cc.tut.fi:/pub/irchat
			nic.funet.fi:/pub/irchat
VMS ->        cs.bu.edu /irc/clients/vms
	      coombs.anu.edu.au
REXX client for VM->    cs.bu.edu /irc/clients/rxirc
                        ftp.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de pub/irc/rxirc
MSDOS->         cs.bu.edu /irc/clients/msdos
                freebie.engin.umich.edu:/pub/irc/clients/MSDOS

Macintosh->     cs.bu.edu /irc/clients/macintosh
                sumex-aim.stanford.edu /info-mac/comm

	It's usually best to try and connect to one geographically
close, even though that may not be the best. You can always ask when you
get on irc. Here's a list of servers avaliable for connection:
		csd.bu.edu
		ucsu.colorado.edu
                badger.ugcs.caltech.edu
		ug.cs.dal.ca
		nic.funet.fi
                vesuv.unisg.ch
		coombs.anu.edu.au
		sunsystem2.informatik.tu-muenchen.de

This is, by no means, a comprehensive list, but merely a start. 

If you need more help, feel free to send me email.

--Helen
irc admin, Boston University & California Institute of Technology

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