[HECnet] IRC Server

[Tore Sinding Bekkedal]

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 :)