Re: binkit address selection
By: Digital Man to Dumas Walker on Mon Aug 20 2018 13:16:51

Many people (including myself) keep an IRC client open most/all of the time check it periodically for interesting/directed discussion.

I am an irc novice. I was using the built-in synchronet "client" via telnet. I did not see any way to scroll back the conversation. So, I am wondering, if you keep that one open and are not actively watching it, how can you see any directed discussion that might have scrolled-off?

Thanks!

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Re: irc
By: Dumas Walker to Digital Man on Tue Aug 21 2018 06:36 pm

I am an irc novice. I was using the built-in synchronet "client" via telnet I did not see any way to scroll back the conversation. So, I am wondering, you keep that one open and are not actively watching it, how can you see any directed discussion that might have scrolled-off?

There are several IRC programes you can use, I myself prefer hexchat and I run it on my Raspberry PI.
I have it running outwestbbs-bot on synchronet and outwestbbs irc channels. then I just VNC in and can read all that has happened everyday.

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Re: irc
By: Dumas Walker to Digital Man on Tue Aug 21 2018 06:36 pm

Re: binkit address selection
By: Digital Man to Dumas Walker on Mon Aug 20 2018 13:16:51

Many people (including myself) keep an IRC client open most/all of the time check it periodically for interesting/directed discussion.

I am an irc novice. I was using the built-in synchronet "client" via telnet. I did not see any way to scroll back the conversation. So, I am wondering, if you keep that one open and are not actively watching it, how can you see any directed discussion that might have scrolled-off?

just get something like hexchat.
i have a small list of clients here. http://irc.bbses.info
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There are several IRC programes you can use, I myself prefer hexchat and I

run

it on my Raspberry PI.
I have it running outwestbbs-bot on synchronet and outwestbbs irc channels. then I just VNC in and can read all that has happened everyday.

I shall have to check into that. Thanks.

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Re: irc
By: Dumas Walker to Digital Man on Tue Aug 21 2018 06:36 pm

Re: binkit address selection
By: Digital Man to Dumas Walker on Mon Aug 20 2018 13:16:51

Many people (including myself) keep an IRC client open most/all of the time check it periodically for interesting/directed discussion.

I am an irc novice. I was using the built-in synchronet "client" via telnet. I did not see any way to scroll back the conversation. So, I am wondering, if you keep that one open and are not actively watching it, how can you see any directed discussion that might have scrolled-off?

Use the scrollback buffer of your terminal client (e.g. Alt-B in SyncTERM)?

Most IRC users use dedicated clients however (e.g. mIRC on Windows) so you can IRC and BBS at the same time. :-)

digital man

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Re: irc
By: Digital Man to Dumas Walker on Wed Aug 22 2018 04:44 pm

Most IRC users use dedicated clients however (e.g. mIRC on Windows) so you can IRC and BBS at the same time. :-)

I think an interesting side-effect of internet BBSing, at least for the sysop, is that you can set up pretty much as many nodes for your BBS as you want and be logged into the BBS multiple times. As the sysop, you could potentially be logged in and in IRC on one node and logged in on another node doing other stuff. But yeah, I'd prefer a dedicated IRC client.

Back in the day, I used mIRC so much that I ended up buying a registration code for it. I think mIRC's registration codes are always valid for all future versions.. I don't use IRC much anymore though.

Nightfox

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Re: irc
By: Dumas Walker to Digital Man on Tue Aug 21 2018 06:36 pm

I am an irc novice. I was using the built-in synchronet "client" via telnet. I did not see any way to scroll back the conversation. So, I am wondering, if you keep that one open and are not actively watching it, how can you see any directed discussion that might have scrolled-off?

I will sometimes connect to IRC using Adium on my Mac, and just leave it open. When I'm home from work or whatever, I might peek in to see if anyone was talking in #synchronet or whatever.

I also saw Blocktronics share a link to a Shooter Jennings interview on the Joe Rogan podcast in which he talked for several minutes about BBSes and IRC and stuff. I knew about the BCR Games server, but didn't realize he was also running an IRC server and other stuff. Logged in and checked it out today.
Sure enough, Shooter does pop in from time to time.

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just get something like hexchat.

Got it, so far so good.

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On 08-22-18 17:03, Nightfox wrote to Digital Man <=-

Back in the day, I used mIRC so much that I ended up buying a
registration code for it. I think mIRC's registration codes are always valid for all future versions.. I don't use IRC much anymore though.

I bought a registration too. mIRC had a half price special once, so I bought my registration then.


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Re: irc
By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Wed Aug 22 2018 05:03 pm

Back in the day, I used mIRC so much that I ended up buying a registration code for it. I think mIRC's registration codes are always valid for all future versions.. I don't use IRC much anymore though.

Me too and I still use mIRC on Windows.

digital man

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Re: irc
By: Kirkman to Dumas Walker on Wed Aug 22 2018 09:03 pm

I also saw Blocktronics share a link to a Shooter Jennings interview on the Joe Rogan podcast in which he talked for several minutes about BBSes and IRC and stuff. I knew about the BCR Games server, but didn't realize he was also running an IRC server and other stuff. Logged in and checked it out today. Sure enough, Shooter does pop in from time to time.

He's usually lurking in #synchronet at irc.synchro.net too (as d_rebel). I'll have to check out that podcast episode now!

digital man

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Nightfox wrote:

Back in the day, I used mIRC so much that I ended up buying a registration

code

for it. I think mIRC's registration codes are always valid for all future versions.. I don't use IRC much anymore though.

I also have mIRC registered. It doesn't cost much and you're right, once registered you get all updates as far as I'm aware. I used mIRC extesnively
in the 90's. I wrote one of the first scripts to use sockets when that
ability was added, around version 4.0 or something like that.

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On 08-22-18 23:47, Digital Man wrote to Nightfox <=-

Re: irc
By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Wed Aug 22 2018 05:03 pm

Back in the day, I used mIRC so much that I ended up buying a registration code for it. I think mIRC's registration codes are always valid for all future versions.. I don't use IRC much anymore though.

Me too and I still use mIRC on Windows.

I haven't been on IRC in ages, but I'm likely to drag out mIRC next time I get on IRC.


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I also saw Blocktronics share a link to a Shooter Jennings interview on the Joe
Rogan podcast in which he talked for several minutes about BBSes and IRC and >stuff. I knew about the BCR Games server, but didn't realize he was also >running an IRC server and other stuff. Logged in and checked it out today. >Sure enough, Shooter does pop in from time to time.

That is pretty cool! :)

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On 2018 Aug 21 18:36:16, you wrote to Digital Man:

Many people (including myself) keep an IRC client open most/all of the
time check it periodically for interesting/directed discussion.

I am an irc novice. I was using the built-in synchronet "client" via telnet. I did not see any way to scroll back the conversation. So, I
am wondering, if you keep that one open and are not actively watching
it, how can you see any directed discussion that might have
scrolled-off?

you are connected via a terminal program, right? it should have a scroll-back buffer... i know syncterm and netrunner both have one... so do all the old-school terminals like telix, procomm, and others...

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