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A beginner's Guide to #Parkinsons On IRC Also known as a "chat Room" but not the same as a web site chat room or an AOL chat room. You've heard a little or a lot about #parkinsons and you want to know how to get there. The first step is the program. There are three popular programs available. For the MAC the program of choice is IRCLE. For IBM and compatibles using some flavor of windows there are two programs, PIRCH and MIRC. However, A website has been created that will let you sample #parkinsons without the bother of installing what might be an intimidating piece of software. Just use your web browser to visit http://www.parkinsons.net and follow the instructions. AOL Unfortunately, during a reinstall of my computer I lost the documentation for accessing the undernet from AOL. MAC The web site http://www.xs4all.nl/~ircle/related.html is one of the places I know about where IRCLE is available. It is a web site dedicated to IRCLE. Windows and MIRC Mirc is probably the most popular program for accessing IRC. It can be downloaded from either of these two sites. http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/6000/ http://www.mirc.co.uk/ These are by no means all of the sites available on the web. Windows and PIRCH Pirch is very much like Mirc and has become the preferred program on #parkinsons with the current version of MIRC running a close second. Pirch is available at http://www.bcpl.lib.md.us/~frappa/pirch.html IRC: What is it and how to get there. http://www.wildstar.net/~garnet/irc.html http://www.netsurf.org/~violet/jwz/irc-faq.html These two sites may be of help in answering some of your questions. Additional information concerning IRC and the undernet can be obtained at the following site. http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/irc/ (MotherHen) Barbara's contribution.... IRC Information Mirc - http://www.mirc.co.uk/get.html Pirch - Mom's suggested website has disappeared into the ether. Ircle - for MAC's http://www.xs4all.nl/~ircle/ This site I found looking for information to help you. It has almost anything you need to begin. http://www.neosoft.com/~biscuits/niu.html It contain information for all irc's even the MAC. It explains how to get started and the various networks and channels. Spending some time there could be helpful to all of us. Whatever program you chose, you will need to download it. Make a file possibly named irc and save the download in it. This file comes in a compressed format to save download time and space. After you have downloaded the software it will need to be de compressed and installed. If the file that you downloaded ends in .exe then it will be self-extracting (meaning that it will decompress automatically when you double click on it). If it ends with a .zip then you will need a compression program like WinZip. (With WinZip if you double click on the zip file it will automatically start up and you will be able to extract the files into a directory of your choice. After the decompression run the install. Don't be alarmed if it does it automatically, some programs are set up that way. Now the fun begins. Just remember, after you are logged on the "undernet" server then you will type /join #parkinsons See you there. Marvin (WerPuppy)