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gwen sue snyder · 06-13-2003, 08:20 AM

We had a total of eleven happy chatters last week including 2 welcome newcomers Rick from Reno and dino
So it is now Friday the thirteenth and another session beckons at the same time and venue this evening at 9 pm EST
at direct browser entry:- http://www.rikschatroom.shorturl.com
Or as we all recommend by using the chat client (program) mIRC:-
(there seems to be some lingering confusion regarding whether attendees are there courtesy of mIRC or not).Simply put if you have not taken the trouble to read my illustrated guide to mIRC at http://www.mirc.shorturl.com
and actually downloaded the necessary program installation file and then configured it you are
probably simply clicking the browser link above or have it bookmarked. I can't speak for what happens if you are saddled with the AOL browser but with Internet Explorer and Netscape you will still have the usual top of screen display including an address box and with IE at least the very top will show "chat - Microsoft Internet Explorer"
Also to enter you would have entered a nick name in the requisite entry box in the middle of an opening Java applet screen consisting of a grey/gray area filling the available space then clicked on a small "chat" button. If you have mIRC on the other hand you probably started by using the start-programs list to select mIRC
and then you will have gone through the full but simple and painless rigmarole of closing the little display showing
a mugshot of mIRC's author one Khaled Mardam-Bey then clicked on the "Connect to IRC Server" button waited then selected "#gordonlightfootchat" as the channel to join clicked "join" and got what is ostensibly the same Java Applet display as via the browser method but
the very top bar now clearly says mIRC and you have a useful mIRC toolbar to tool away at you will also automatically be listed under the nickname you chose when you configured mIRC so as they say in these parts "go figure/configure" You would then be able to indulge the features of mIRC including copying entered text and pasting it or indeed any other text-jokes Neswsgroup or Discussion Board thread content interesting URLs etc
I hope that might at last clear up the situation
See you later??
John Fowles
my Gordon Lightfoot webring starts at http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot

06-13-2003, 08:20 AM	#89
gwen sue snyder Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Hartville, Ohio, USA Posts: 59	We had a total of eleven happy chatters last week including 2 welcome newcomers Rick from Reno and dino So it is now Friday the thirteenth and another session beckons at the same time and venue this evening at 9 pm EST at direct browser entry:- http://www.rikschatroom.shorturl.com Or as we all recommend by using the chat client (program) mIRC:- (there seems to be some lingering confusion regarding whether attendees are there courtesy of mIRC or not).Simply put if you have not taken the trouble to read my illustrated guide to mIRC at http://www.mirc.shorturl.com and actually downloaded the necessary program installation file and then configured it you are probably simply clicking the browser link above or have it bookmarked. I can't speak for what happens if you are saddled with the AOL browser but with Internet Explorer and Netscape you will still have the usual top of screen display including an address box and with IE at least the very top will show "chat - Microsoft Internet Explorer" Also to enter you would have entered a nick name in the requisite entry box in the middle of an opening Java applet screen consisting of a grey/gray area filling the available space then clicked on a small "chat" button. If you have mIRC on the other hand you probably started by using the start-programs list to select mIRC and then you will have gone through the full but simple and painless rigmarole of closing the little display showing a mugshot of mIRC's author one Khaled Mardam-Bey then clicked on the "Connect to IRC Server" button waited then selected "#gordonlightfootchat" as the channel to join clicked "join" and got what is ostensibly the same Java Applet display as via the browser method but the very top bar now clearly says mIRC and you have a useful mIRC toolbar to tool away at you will also automatically be listed under the nickname you chose when you configured mIRC so as they say in these parts "go figure/configure" You would then be able to indulge the features of mIRC including copying entered text and pasting it or indeed any other text-jokes Neswsgroup or Discussion Board thread content interesting URLs etc I hope that might at last clear up the situation See you later?? John Fowles my Gordon Lightfoot webring starts at http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot