ClassicCmp IRC channel?

[joe heck]

I thought the list was geared toward stuff at least ten years old???  I 
would think that IRC qualifies then as something we should strive to 
resurrect and use, not AIM or MSN messenger or even worse, yahoogroups 
or something like that...

There are still many groups using IRC, some of the satellite groups come 
to mind.

Anyway, if we used something newer, it would be like using a Pentium 4 
PC as a console for our beloved DEC PDP-11s or Vaxen (for us DEC people).

I still remember punch cards, IBM accounting machines with patch boards, 
real core memory, assembly language,  and
tubes.  I couldn't fathom using something like videoconferencing for 
this group interactively.

Anyway, that's my nickel's worth, without too much thought, and a little 
levity.

Regards,

Joe Heck


Vintage Computer Festival wrote:

>On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Tore S Bekkedal wrote:
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>IRC is so mid-1990s.  I don't even know how to access IRC anymore.  If my
>Linux box has an IRC client then I'd be surprised (and if so then I'm
>going to delete it just to be a dick :)
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