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ircle 2.5 Download and Installation Instructions Locate ircle 2.5 in the AOL Software Library. It may also be called =8Ci= rcle US68K=B9 or =8Circle USfat.sit.bin=B9, a binary file. I believe it = works for 68xxx chips and Power PC also. Download in the normal fashion.= The file well need to be decompressed and unstuffed, (Stuffit Expander = will usually do this automatically. You may need something like MacBinar= y to decode the sit.bin version). Go to the folder where it is located. = You should find a folder named ircle 2.5. Open the folder and find the a= pplication. Make an alias to launch from your Launcher, or launch the ap= plication right from the folder. You will probably see a share ware noti= ce offering. I believe ircle is well worth the $15.00. Support is readi= ly available, even from the author himself. In any case you have 30 days= to form your own opinion. Once launched and your passed the share ware = notice you have access to the ircle help file under the Apple Menu. The = instructions which follow should help you configure ir cle in a way that AOL users can reach IRC. ircle 2.5 Configuration for AOL Users=20 Open the Startup preferences (File Menu). Now choose your IRC server. AOL= users will want to use the =B3washington.dc.us.undernet.org=B2 server. = When you drag down the server menu you will notice that this server is no= where to be found. No matter drag the menu all the way to the bottom whe= re you will find =B3Other Server=B2. Select this and a dialogue box will= appear. Type in the above server name, ie. =B3washington.dc.us.undernet= .org=B2. Check the box which asks, =B3add to list?=B2. Press OK and it = will return you to the previous dialogue box, and washington will be the = server name. =20 Next choose the port number. This should be 6667. I believe it should b= e this number by default, if not type it in. =20 Set your nickname. It may not contain spaces or other special characters.= Basically only letters and numbers (up to 9). Set up your username. This is usually the 1st part of your email address= , but neither the username field or real name field are mandatory. Howev= er something should be there. Set up your real name field. This info can be seen when other users on ir= c do a /WHOIS on you.=20 Close the dialog.=20 Save Preferences (File menu). Choose Open connection in the File Menu. You should get something like this: *** server connection established *** Welcome to .... etc. (See the Ircle Help file for more help, especially with the meaning of co= mmands) After this you are on IRC. Type command-J (JOIN) to join a channel. #maci= ntosh or #mac is a good start, and of course #parkinsons. =20 if you get *** Open failed or *** Name search failed. Check the spelling of the server name to be sure it is exactly as above, = (no quotes of course). There are many other prefs to set, but you have enough set here to join I= RC and the #parkinsons, home of The Parkinson=B9s Information and Fun Cha= nnel. See you there, Newton_