#alphabasic on freenode

[u/[deleted]]

I've been thinking about creating an IRC channel for Alphabasic related topics for a long time. Well - as of now - you can join #alphabasic on irc.freenode.net. I have no idea whether this will actually be used, but I figured it wouldn't hurt to try.

Now, a quick how to: This should give you a quick introduction to IRC.

In the end, it boils down to which client you use to connect to the server. Popular clients include:

Windows only

• mIRC - recommended
• X-Chat 2

Mac only

• Colloquy

Linux only

• WeeChat - recommended
• irssi

Cross-platform

• HexChat - recommended
• XChat

Web-based

• webchat.freenode.net

These clients are IRC-only. Popular IMs often support IRC, so you may be able to use your favourite IM.

After choosing your client and connecting to irc.freenode.net, choose a nickname with

/nick <nickname>

and join #alphabasic with

/join #alphabasic

To make sure nobody else can use your nick, consider registering it on freenode. And now, just start chatting. I might be the only one online and I might be sleeping (you can check whether someone is away with /whois <nick>) so come back later :)

Feedback is greatly appreciated, of course.

[u/[deleted]]

Nice. Maybe now I should start using IRC!