I keep hearing everyone talk about IRC. I really have NO idea what IRC is or how it works.

OK, what I think I do know it this: you use IRC to go to a chatroom called #loisclark and chat.

Here is what I don't know:

1 - What do you chat about? Specifically, is this mainly a continuation of discussions here on the boards, or is this a place to get to know each other and discuss other topics of interest, too?

Supesfan wrote in another thread:
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OK, I downloaded mIRC, configured it fine, connected to Undernet servers A-OK and logged into #loisclark with the appropriate password
This brings up my next set of questions:

2 - Where do I go to find this "mIRC"?

3 - What is "Undernet servers" and how do I connect to it?

4 - Once I've downloaded "mIRC", and connected to "Undernet servers", is it going to be self-evident how to log into #loisclark, or am I going to be coming back here to ask you that, too? (Being that I've never used a chatroom and have no idea how to log into one.)

5 - Where do I go to get the password?

6 - OK, I know this is a stupid question, but I've been brave enough to ask all my other questions, I might as well ask this: Do you all use the same name on IRC that you use here? If not, how do you recognize each other?

Well, thanks to anyone who can answer these questions! smile

- Vicki

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