Compiling: Compiling the program for the first time is easy. After ftp'ing the .com file as ASCII text (if you mail me asking why you get an error msg: 512 byte record too large for users buffer", I'll tell you to read the readme file next time), simply type "@", eg @irc176 for this version, and all appropriate files will be compiled for you. If you have any problems, feel free to mail me at paul@coombs.anu.edu.au, or paulw@vax1.elon.edu. This code should compile unmodified on an Alpha VMS system. However, the compiler needs to be told to use vaxc compatibility mode, and libraries are a little different. So, the commands to compile and link are different. I have a modified MAKE.COM for the Alpha, but I don't think it's worth including at this stage, as only one person has mentioned using this client on an Alpha to me. This file is available by request from me. And I might just stick it on coombs as well... Known Bugs/Deficiencies: - /server only works with IP (numeric) addresses, not name adresses. I am not sure if this is a Multinet problem, or a coding fault in the client. I haven't tested it on non-Multinet systems recently. - /ignore gets kinda confused on multiple ignores Gee, it's nice to see the list of bugs getting so short...:-) Future changes/improvements: - Rectifying of all the above bugs, and those discovered by the beta testers. - Numerous features from ircII, including /on, /set, windows, and others. - Updating the server list that follows. List of servers, by country: Israel decscc.tau.ac.il 2.7.2g Tel-Aviv University, Israel Japan utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp 2.7.2g University of Tokyo, Japan Korea kum.kaist.ac.kr 2.7.2g KAIST, Seoul, Korea Singapore nuscc.nus.sg 2.7.1d The Lion "gum-free" City Server - SINGAPORE -----< Australia >---------------------------------------------------------- mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU 2.7.2g University of Melbourne, Australian Hub violet.cs.uq.oz.au 2.7.1e.geggle.fnord.fnord.fnord BananaLand IRC (On'ya Ozzie!) UQ, QLD, Australi -----< Europe >------------------------------------------------------------- Austria itc.univie.ac.at 2.7.1e University of Vienna, Austria Denmark papegoje.iesd.auc.dk 2.7.1d Aalborg university, IESD, Denmark Finland nic.funet.fi 2.7.1e+1msa1 Finnish University and Research Network (FUNET) serifos.Helsinki.FI 2.6.2f University of Helsinki, Finland hkkk.fi 2.7 Helsinki School of Economics, Finland tel4.tel.vtt.fi 2.7.1e+1msa1 Technical Research Centre of Finlan France poly.polytechnique.fr 2.7.1e+1.Nap Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, FRAN fifi.univ-lyon1.fr 2.7.1e+1 INSA de Lyon , France Germany noc.belwue.de 2.7.1d-argv1 BELWUE, Germany [2.7.1d-argv1] rwth-aachen.de 2.7.1e Aachen, Germany [2.7.1e] tu-berlin.de 2.7.1d Technical University of Berlin, Ger TU-Muenchen.DE 2.7.1d-argv1 TU Muenchen, Germany uni-erlangen.de 2.7.1d University of Erlangen, Germany Iceland isgate.is 2.7.1e ISnet, Iceland Italy cdc835.cdc.polimi.it 2.7.1e Polytechnic of Milan, Italy sapienza.roma.it 2.7.1e Universita' di Roma, Italia The Netherlands ircserver.et.tudelft.nl 2.7.1e Delft University of Technology Norway kvart.ifi.uio.no 2.7.1d.1 The University of Oslo Server flipper.pvv.unit.no 2.7.1d University of Trondheim, Norway Spain buho.dit.upm.es 2.6.2e Telecommunication U of Madrid , Spain <> Sweden irc.lysator.liu.se 2.7.1d Lysator CC at Link|ping University, Sweden Minsk.DoCS.UU.SE 2.7.1d DoCS, Uppsala University, Sweden Switzerland disuns2.epfl.ch 2.7.1e Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Suisse vesuv.unisg.ch 2.7.1e+ Uni St.Gallen, Switzerland United Kingdom stork.doc.ic.ac.uk 2.7.1d Department of Computing, Imperial College, London cent1.lancs.ac.uk 2.7.1d Lancaster, UK -----< North America (except US) >----------------------------------------- Canada ug.cs.dal.ca 2.6.2f Eastern Canada's Main IRC Router asimov.cc.umanitoba.ca 2.7.1e University of Manitoba mars.info.uqam.ca 2.7.1e The Montreal' STONE Server, Can venus.info.uqam.ca 2.7.1e The Montreal' JAZZ Server, Canada Mexico hp9k.lag.itesm.mx 2.7.1d ITESM Campus Laguna, Torreon, Mexico mtecv2.mty.itesm.mx 2.7.1d ITESM Campus Monterrey. Mexico -----< United States >----------------------------------------------------- Engr.uark.edu 2.6.2f University of Arkansas Server wiretap.Spies.COM 2.7.1d <-- looking for a fight badger.ugcs.caltech.edu 2.6.2f California Institute of Technology UCSD.EDU 2.7.1d Univ of Calif San Diego ucsu.colorado.EDU 2.7.1e.dae University of Colorado Server h.ece.uiuc.edu 2.7.1e UofIllinois Hub Server silver.ucs.indiana.edu 2.7.1d Indiana University Server csd.bu.edu 2.6.2f Boston University, Boston, MA irc.mit.edu 2.6.2b MIT Project Athena, Massachusetts, mingin.engin.umich.edu 2.7.1e University of Michigan, USA phoenix.princeton.edu 2.7.1e+2.Snoopy&Nap Princeton U., NJ vesta.unm.edu 2.7.1e.dae+1 The Lobo Server -- the Wolf Totem azure.acsu.buffalo.edu 2.7.1e+1.0 University at Buffalo, Buffalo NY, USA logic.camp.clarkson.edu 2.7.1eOff Clarkson U. server close.cs.columbia.edu 2.7.1d Columbia University - The Harlem C fairhope.andrew.cmu.edu 2.6.2f Carnegie Mellon Server Generic ccwf.cc.utexas.edu 2.7.1b University of Texas Server, Austin Turing.ACS.Virginia.EDU 2.7.1d The University, Charlottesville, Va. byron.u.washington.edu 2.7.1d University of Washington IRC server