How to get started

• Mac users, download Ircle 3.0.4 (this will pop up a new window. Once you've started the download, return here).
• Windows 32-bit users, download mIRC32.
• UNIX/Linux users, download ircII.

Once you have the client decompressed and installed (and in the case of UNIX, compiled), set your server as irc.slashnet.org (Ircle users, click here for the ircle 3.0 reference guide), and connect. Once you're connected to a SlashNET server, enter the following command:

/join #macintosh

...and you're ready to chat!

Follow the above instructions, except substituting /join #pbzone in the place of /join #macintosh. We're not totally sure how these chats will go, but we are sure that they will not be moderated so a few general courtesies would help the chat go a lot more smoothly:

• Look at your Ircle settings. Change your 'nick', which is the name you're known by on IRC to something other than the default 'newbie.'
• We suggest getting there early for scheduled chats, learning the ropes, making sure everything's set up right, so there are less problems during the chat itself. We'll be in the channel all week to handle problems and just chat before the scheduled session.
• Other than that, there's not that many rules, try not to type in caps, keep discussion on topic, and everything should be perfect for a great chat.
• Currently the chats are planned to be unmoderated, so we're counting on the chatters to make it a good one.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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  Written/Edited/Published by Doug B. Landry
  Logo by Jon Iverson
  Apple, Mac, Macintosh, Mac OS,The Apple Store, and Powerbook are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.
  ©1998 Doug B. Landry. All rights reserved. All or part may not be reproduced or distributed without prior consent.
  Coded on a Apple Macintosh Powerbook G3 Series from Baton Rouge, LA

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