Welcome to Michel's IRC page!

IRC means "International Relay Chat". It's a kind of CB on internet. Once connected you can talk to thousands of people. There are many channels, like the "#francais" channel where the french speak together, the #irchelp channel where you can get interactive help on how to use irc, #sex where they talk about...sex... try it!

A good start is to read the FAQ, then use one of the telnet irc daemons (just click on one of them), then join the #irchelp channel (by typing '/join #irchelp <return>') and then ask for help (just type 'help me <return>').

These daemons are slow, but there is certainly an irc client compiled on your site, or you can compile one yourself, see the FAQ and ask for help about getting started. You can also mail me for info at this address: <michel.buffa@cmu.edu>

The IRC FAQ mosaic page.
How to start with IRC: have a look at the IRC primer. There are mosaic versions, Latex and ascii versions of it.
Internet Relay Chat via telnet. (login: irc)
- telnet ircd.demon.co.uk 6666 [158.152.1.65 6666]
- telnet sci.dixie.edu 6677 [144.38.16.2 6668]
- telnet irc.tuzvo.sk 6668 [192.108.157.3 6668]
- telnet ircclient.itc.univie.ac.at 6668
Updated list of the main IRC servers.
Nap's IRC page. The most complete one. Has links for everything about IRC, including the IRC picture database.
The main IRC ftp server.
Documentation for protocol and usage.
How to connect to IRC.
IRC software (clients & server) by anonymous ftp.
Some well-known channels in IRC.

michel.buffa@cmu.edu