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From: "Alexey Kouzmitch" <alexey AT ix DOT netcom DOT com>
To: "Fred Knieper" <fik1295 AT tam2000 DOT tamu DOT edu>, <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: DJGPP on IRC
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 12:22:53 -0400
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I believe that it should be on DALNet, because you can register your
channel and nick, and no1 will ever steal it from you, also u can have
reg'd bots, it has a lot of severs, and it is kinda fast...

                                         Alexey Kouzmitch.

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> From: Fred Knieper <fik1295 AT tam2000 DOT tamu DOT edu>
> To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
> Subject: Re: DJGPP on IRC
> Date: Wednesday, October 09, 1996 9:38 PM
> 
> flyboy AT ari DOT net (Nathaniel Meo) wrote:
> 
> >Ryzhenkov Ilya <ilya AT spy DOT isp DOT nsc DOT ru> wrote:
> 
> >>Is there any channel on IRC to discuss specific DJGPP topics ?
> >>If not, I offer to create one named #djgpp !
> >>I hope DJ Delorie or any of the djgpp operators (i.e. GURUs) will
> >>place a bot there. 
> 
> >>And while the times goes on, I invite all to /join #djgpp ! 
> >>Let's talk !
> 
> >What network would this use though? EFNet? Undernet? Lets just clarify
> >that so people don't get confused about where to go.
> 
> If we really wanted to make the channel work, we should use one of the
> smaller 'nets like AnotherNet or StarNet.  
> 
> AnotherNet only has three servers (all in US) no bots, illegal
> trading, fast acting cops and best of all, no lag.
> 
> Their servers are at 
> 
> neato.ca.us.another.net 
> sunrise.ca.us.another.net 
> together.vt.us.another.net 
> 
> If the 'net needed to be international (most likely it will) then
> IceNet would do great, with servers US,EU and AU
> 
> - irc.us.icenet.org        -  United States Server
> - webfire.us.icenet.org    -  United States Server
> - slurpee.us.icenet.org    -  United States Server 
> - phat.us.icenet.org       -  United States Server
> - webserve.us.icenet.org   -  United States Server
> - nemesis.us.icenet.org    -  United States Server
> - zip.au.icenet.org        -  Australian Server
> - sydney.au.icenet.org     -  Australian Server
> - acid.uk.icenet.org       -  European Server
> 
> Although it seems a little short on the EU side, eh?
> 
> Both of these have low traffic, few splits and low lag, channel
> services and nick services.  If a #DJGPP channel is seriously going to
> be formed, these are the places it should go.
> 
>