On Sun, 25 Oct 1998, Marti Graham wrote: > Hi everyone - > > Tonight [Sunday] we are going to attempt an OKGenWeb IRC chat at 8pm CST. Our > first attempt using IRC - so everyone is invited for general chat and learning > experience. I think that is about 4 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time. If I can figure out how irc works on my Unix shell account, I will try to lurk for awhile. David > > How to join the OKGenWeb IRC Chat > For those of you that have not yet downloaded the IRC software or have no idea > what we are talking about, IRC provides the capability for you to connect to a > chat session and exchange thoughts and ideas, etc. > > Download the mIRC software to your computer. You will find mIRC at - > http://www.mirc.com/ or > http://www.shareware.com/ > > Load the program to a directory (folder) on your computer. Then while > connected to the Internet, activate the mIRC program. > from the mIRC setup window > click Add > Enter the following info into each slot: > Description: Rootsweb > IRC server : irc.rootsweb.com > Port(s) : 6667 > Click Ok > > >From here click connect [top left corner - looks like a lighting bolt] to hook > up to the IRC server. Once you are connected simply type > > /join #okgenweb > > and you will be connected to the chat location where everyone will be located. > It is really pretty simple > > If you get disconnected during the chat, just log back on and rejoin. > > Look forward to seeing you there tonight. > > Marti > > -- > Marti Graham, OKGenWeb State Coordinator > dmorgan@efn.org * David W. Morgan * Honolulu Hawaii ASC * GAGenWeb * http://www.rootsweb.com/~gagenweb/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~gagenweb/regional.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~gagenweb/cc.html