#Z80 #03 23 августа 1998

Интернет

Living on IRC - Dedicated to fans of persistent Spectrum.

                  Living on IRC



(C) Marchy / CDS / CC


   Dedicated to all fans of persistent Spectrum;


   All my friends to channel # z80: Random, Prof,
Orange Fox, JTN, Ars, Alsp, Arty, Flying, Zilog,
Dron, Factor6, WWW, Busy, Glip, Tritol, Zhenya,
spAzm, Kukuruza, Revolver, Jelis, Depredator ..;


   Since the channel # amigarus: Asder, Voland, DenJS, Usis,
MACTEP, Bos, Wasquez, RDC, MFD, CJ, Inity, Ozzy ..;


   My irc-shnoy girlfriend Oksana (perhaps not
never read it);


   And also to all whom I know from the virtual world
this magical and mysterious country IRC ...


   This article is a kind of symbiosis of my
Reflections on the IRC network as a whole and
practical tips for working with all of this
business. If something where I have been admitted to any
errors, or distorted by some well-known facts -
please do not swear, but to point this out because
it was not done with malicious intent, but by
ignorance ...


   Today I would like to continue heading begun
Mr Diver'om in the first issue of our newspaper.
Nor in any way umalyaya Merit previous
speaker, I'm just a little widened and deepened (as
I think) the scope of this theme (let's say, as more
experienced irc-Schnick :-)). It's no secret that
except for standard access to the world wide web -
WWW - Internet enables us to use mass
additional features. On one of them and we
discuss in this article.

   Surely everyone knows that email services
mail available to everyone who has anything
some kind of connection. But already borrowed your address
(Or, to be correct, IP-address) can be
get much more. Namely, I
I suggest you dive into the virtual and fabulous
world called IRC, or if you have more information -
Internacional Real Chat (which in Russian sounds
about how - the international conversation
real time). Hence IRC - is an opportunity
talk to other fans online mode
real time (ie, online). About IRC say
that it was "chaos, which works" or the Internet
miniature. Figuratively speaking, IRC can be compared with
a party where guests gather in groups and
conversing on a variety of topics. In order not to
lost in the conversations of all against all, "the global
chatter "is divided into so-called channels,
similar to individual companies people
talking in a large hall (eg on the channel
# Russex going up to 50-70 people at a time)
or a small room (where you can retire
together with their irc-shnoy girlfriend). For reference,
conversation of two people with an eye - the eye is called the
whisper (from English "private" - private,
personal, intimate). Ie talk to you just
together, and this does not necessarily
retire to some quiet kanalchike,
simply open the query chat or msg.
Based on my personal observations I will say that
girls on IRC, no less than us - the guys.
Now I could have quite a lot porasskazyvat
about irc-shnoy - life, love, flirting, virtual
sex ... But I fear that it will pull on a separate
article (or even the almanac), and our formidable
Glavred will cut the whole thing as a neotnosyascheesya
subjects of our publications. So, come on. For
In order to join the conversation, you'll need
only have to buy (on CD) or download from the net "
special program. Since the majority of
poor people "sitting" on the wretched PC, then
Recommended programs are mIRC and vIRC. First
of them well-deserved recognition and
traditional for Russia, the second - a more modern
and advanced product (advanced much 8-)?)
new generation (to quote from the manual on
use, in this case I do not have a relationship).
All this software can be found at:
ftp://gemeni.yars.free.net/pub/software/win95/netutils/
irc / ... Happy owners of Macs (such as
I) and the Amiga can vospolzovatsya funky
irc-client - MacIRC and AmIRC respectively.
Generally, just a sea of ​​similar products, and which of
they choose - up to you.

   Now the first task is to choose
server that supports IRC. In fact, all servers
should provide a unified voice for
conversations. However, in an unreliable communication
often the entire IRC crumbles to pieces - different
server stop seeing each other (a situation
sometimes reaches the point of absurdity - so, for example, 
sitting on one channel, but on different servers, you converse

with completely different people). This is called
"Split" or "netsplit" (from the English "netsplit" -
the collapse of the network) [Marchy:), it is possible and 
simpler: split = division], which can last from

several minutes to several days. Available
servers, I would have identified the following as the most
popular and reliable:


   irc.portal.ru

   irc.msu.ru

   irc.ru.


   From their foreign counterparts, which is very
useful when our server in the "lag" (from the English
"Lag" - the lag, or more simply,
Ping), I recommend the following:


   irc.funet.fi

   irc.pspt.fi

   irc.stealth.net

   chat.bt.net.


   Once you connect to the server
must specify the name of the channel where you want
join (in our case it will be # z80).
Previously before this do not forget to come and
write your nick (or in Russian, your nickname).
This can be anything, ranging from
different combinations with your real name, and
ending with the names of animals, fantasy
characters, or any construction equipment.
All depends entirely on your upbringing, depth
fantasy and width of knowledge. So, does the name we have 
already invented, now dzhoinimsya ("join" -

join) on the channel, where our first phrase
should be something like: "Hello all!!!" (For
of the same original, which is the I, I
recommend additional gentleman
a set of standard greetings (sorry, list
heavily cut) and phrases: hi, privet, sveiki, ahoj,
nazdar). Greeted each other, and usually at your
greeting immediately respond a couple of people,
from this fact and start your journey
on IRC (much later, when you are, so to speak,
obzhivetes obzavedetes and friends, life will become
much more interesting). Immediately noticed, say
can be about virtually anything (certainly the most
preferably on the channel, but sometimes we do not mind
escape from the mundane). Misconduct -
mate (using abusive words on separate
All individuals or as a whole) or the verbal flood of
channel (from the English "flood" - a flood), when
clogging airtime space channel -
first is punishable by a severe warning, and if
it had no effect, then kick ("kick" - a kick)
, or ban ("ban" - a ban on entry). More
I refer to this in my subsequent articles
(If not lazy will ;-)). If someone else is not
understood - all communication is carried out by using the 
keyboard, answers have to read from the monitor screen. A

often need more and write about the so-called
"Transliteration" (Russian words are replaced by the Latin
letters, for example: Zdravstvyjte dorogie tovarishi
IRCshniki!).

   Initially, of course it will be difficult to all this
get used to (well, and we learned something like :-)). Due
it with a huge selection alternotivnyh encodings
(ALT, WIN, KOI-8) and their Russian
incompatibility + many Russian and foreign,
speak Russian, do not have all the standard
font sets. Therefore, in order not to infringe on anyone's
rights, it was decided for international communication
use transliteration. Once you
plenty of hex, do not forget to thank
his companions for a nice time in the
their society and say "Bye!" (Additional service
for gifted - do svidanija, poka, udachi,
papa, bi bi, cya ...). Want to wish you all not
too carried away such an easy opportunity
communication. Many are so addicted to it that
it turns into a kind of drug. They
sit at the terminals for days, forgetting
more natural way to say, becoming
slaves of the modem (ha, cool, I scared you! "). Although
On the other hand, there is this something
fascinating, when you tap on the
keyboard message far (sometimes located
a few tens or hundreds of thousands of kilometers)
interlocutor, and then watch as a
a few seconds on the screen appear
words-sentence reply message (in such
moments, the boundaries are erased and the distance
turn to dust, disintegrating in front).
Responsiveness and willingness to talk, chat
- The principal conditions of this fascinating game ...


              To be continued ...


   In the process of writing were used
Some facts gleaned from the printed editions
and my experience of life on IRC.


                                             Marchy


     Editor's Comment (Diver'a evil:)


   1. Many thanks for the article Marchy when
the first issue, I expressed the hope that maybe
someone picks up my initiative and also
write about the IRC, and I did not think that anyone
will meet as a channel for us the people are either very
busy or very lazy ... I hope that is not
last article on this subject:). Keep it up!

   2. Well what about what I would cut a piece of
virtual love - this is not a fact. Firstly, I never
rezhu others' articles without permission of the author. A
Second, even virtual love theme does not have to
Speccy irrelevant, but it is quite
corresponds to one of the goals of our publication -
popularization of the IRC and Internet among spektrumistov,
not in the sense that all the ways to entice their
here ...:) Just need to talk about everything, nothing
missed and not remaining silent, and that's all ... So, Marchy,
if you decide to, write prodolzhenie their articles!

   3. A brief remark about the server
irc.portal.ru: I think this server is the most
prone to split ... For example, one of my girlfriend
permanently connected via irc.portal.ru, and I -
through irc.ru or irc.funet.fi. As a result, it is me
to focus not see, but I see it, that is, from irc.portal.ru
data reach normal, but back ... devil
knows how, well, at least, from me to my
girlfriend. But if I zakonnektitsya through
the same server that it - once it gets
OK:)!