andrew{at}cci-29palms.com wrote:

>>I'm on an ISDN [single 64Kb B-Channel] and even using the JAVA 
>>interface, response was very good!
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>IRC doesn't take much bandwidth.
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>>As I am using the IBM WB V2.03, which doesn't come with chatzilla 
>>built-in, I'm really glad that you had that JAVA link on your page, as I 
>>was able to successfully participate in the ASIA/Australasia VOICE 
>>Speakout #2 with Jav van Wijk last evening here, and for a first attempt 
>>ever at 'chat', I really enjoyed it!
>>Thanks for the facility!  Looks like that has prompted the setup of an 
>>Australian Channel, through ecssite.com facilities provided by Ian 
>>Manners, and hopefully that will enlarge the OS/2 community here!
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>Well, different network there.
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>>Would have been a lot simpler than the to-and-fro we had via private 
>>e-mail the other day!
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>True, but that worked as well.
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Yep - it was good to have the exchange!

>>Having now found the extension-room for Mozilla etc., related things, I 
>>now have Chatzilla, which didn't come built-in to IBM WB V2.03.
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>Any standard IRC client will do, doesn't need to be ChatZilla.
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Hi Andrew,
Have never had any IRC client - probably the lousy PSTN line prior to 
ISDN with almost continuous loss of carrier didn't encourage me to 
investigate it in the past.
Although I have a [40 y.o.] daughter who uses Instant Messaging etc., 
all the time, that was my very first experience of chatting last night, 
and I must say that where one is an isolated OS/2 user, [I don't know 
any other users to the North of me closer than about 80 miles away and 
to the South, about 400 miles and to the West and East, forever, 
ignoring New Zealand] it makes one feel like a part of a bigger 
community.  Prior to the Speakout, I failed to read up anything about 
IRC, so will have to learn about the specific netiquette soon.

-- 
Regards,
Mike

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