Thanx, for the help! As slow as I am, I will have fun attempting the new clarifications for me. I did chose something about obtaining a list of channels, and the rquestor window that showed up had all sorts of words of caution. Things like this may take a long time, you could get bumped, and only do this after great consideration. Respectful of this advice, I never tried those.
And I do, sometimes, by choice, go down the up stair case! You are correct I confused the IRC with ICQ. Once I get squared away in IRC I will work on the the other I. Thank you again. R, Todd > > * Todd Bruner ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > I have started AMIRC and I really don't know what I am looking at! I > > have looked at the FAQ, but they seem more problem oriented, than how > > one might use IRC. > > http://www.irchelp.org/ is a useful resource for beginners. > > > I have experimented and clicked on the default servers listed, and one > > works - Galaxy. What are the other ones listed? Are they old ones > > that no longer are around? How does one find new ones? > > Websites, connecting to an existing server and using /map and /links to > locate other servers connected to it.. nothing special :) > > > I have then been joined to a channel called AMIRC. Are there others? > > Yes. /list will, er, list them. > > > I resume the folks on that Channel are listed to the right. To > > "talk" or chat to them I click lower right chat button. Nothing > > happens. Maybe you have to highlight their names and then click chat? > > No, the Chat button is for initiating direct client connection (DCC) > chat, that is, you connect directly to their client to talk to them, > bypassing IRC completely. > > The long textbox along the bottom of the window is the main interface to > IRC and AmIRC; to talk to the channel you're currently on, just type in > what you want to say. > > Commands are directed to the client and make it perform some action - > you type them in the same place and prefix them with /, so to join some > other channel you type: > > /join #somechannel > > Other useful commands are /map (get a map of the servers on the network > and their relationships to each other), /links (a more obscure version > of /map), /part (leave the current channel, /leave also works), /quit > (close AmIRC, /quit Bla provides 'Bla' as a quit message for others to > see) and /query (open a window to talk to another user). > > > When someone places in their signature IRC followed by a number how > > does that relate to AMIRC? > > Followed by a number? Sure you don't mean ICQ? :) > > > IRC - internet relay chat? Is this the same as AOL IM? and ATT's IM > > here? > > No, instant messangers are for communicating to specific individuals on > the network, usually using specific clients, where as IRC is an _open_ > protocol for talking to groups of individuals seperated by channels. > > > If so can AMIRC communicate to those individuals. > > AmIRC cannot communicate to ICQ or AOL IM in the same way it cannot > communicate with the web or Usenet. > > -- > Thomas 'Freaky' Hurst - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.aagh.net/ > - > Bradley's Bromide: > If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into a > committee -- that will do them in. > ___________________________________________________________________ > AmIRC Mailing List - http://www.vapor.com/amirc/ > AmIRC FAQ......: http://faq.vapor.com/amirc/ > Listserver Help: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=HELP > Unsubscribe....: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=UNSUBSCRIBE > ___________________________________________________________________ AmIRC Mailing List - http://www.vapor.com/amirc/ AmIRC FAQ......: http://faq.vapor.com/amirc/ Listserver Help: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=HELP Unsubscribe....: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=UNSUBSCRIBE
