[HECnet] IRC Server

On Sun, 2008-08-17 at 11:49 -0500, Phil Mendelsohn wrote: Sampsa Laine wrote: Guys, I've set up an IRC server for our use on silverback.sampsa.com port 6655 (non-standard port, I know). I'll be hanging out on channel #hecnet as often as I can. There's something about using IRC for DEC stuff that strikes me as inconsistent. (I'm being a real DEC/VMS bigot here...) This is one of the places where that's OK! :) Better if there were a multi-user version of PHONE. :) DECNotes isn't real time... I agree. I think that at some point someone should develop a VMS-native IRC client. I would do it, but I am simply not sufficiently skilled at software development under VMS yet. However, I've written a minimalist IRC client which was originally intended to facilitate using IRC for those who are not familiar with it. Via SSH it is available at host toresbe.homelinux.org - the username is hecnet, and so is the password. If telnet is preferred, I can set that up on short notice. It connects to the channel on Freenode. Please feel free to try it out. Regards, -Tore :)