What are the advantages of chatting on mIRC?
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Hippyt

Tuesday, October 01, 2002 - 07:50 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi,OKay,I downloaded mirc.It's working,but I haven't really had time to mess with it yet. Could someone tell me how to use it to get to our chatroom,and why it's better than java? Is it anything like MSN messenger(which I have too)?Thanks!

Deeya

Tuesday, October 01, 2002 - 12:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hippy... it's better for lots of reasons... I'll meet you in chat tonight and show you some stuff if you like... It's not really like MSN Messenger either.. but it's much easier to use when you get used to it than java.. and gives you alot more options..

To get to chat in mirc.. go to this link and follow the instructions.. they are much better than I could explain here..

Mirc Help

Draheid

Tuesday, October 01, 2002 - 12:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
roll-eyes Deeya's teaching mIRC! LOL I plan to be there ... maybe I can learn something too!

Juju2bigdog

Tuesday, October 01, 2002 - 12:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
D`e`e`y`a taught lots of us lots of mIRC. D`e`e`y`a is good! She just doesn't realize how many of us she taught. She taught one and then another and then they passed it along to the rest of us.

For one thing, you can hear zany sounds in mIRC.

Spygirl

Tuesday, October 01, 2002 - 12:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh!!!! More Deeya lessons???? Tell me the time and place!!!

Draheid

Tuesday, October 01, 2002 - 12:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hippyt: There is a good tutorial on mIRC to help get you started, TVCH Mirc Help <--Click here. Then you can learn the finer features of using mIRC once you are connected.

Wargod

Tuesday, October 01, 2002 - 02:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Deeya taught me, LOL.

Definitely wav files are an advantage to chatting with mirc! Once you get skillz....there ain't no turning back!

Deeya

Tuesday, October 01, 2002 - 03:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Y'all are funny... everyone saying I taught them mIRC.. and how wavs are an advantage of mIRC... but you know I HATE wavs LOL :) no biggie.. I can still show you how to use them.. if I have to.. :)

dra.. you could probably teach these folks more about mIRC than I could..

How the heck did this turn into a class?? Seriously though, if y'all want a class.. why don't we set one up for real.. and rather than just me teaching it.. several of us can get involved... (yeah that's it.. get the others to do the work.. then continue to take credit for it)

Sage

Tuesday, October 01, 2002 - 05:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm still waiting for my mIRC lessons from Deeya. :) And Dra teaching too? Whoohooo!!!

Wargod

Tuesday, October 01, 2002 - 05:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Uhm, Dee, you've seen me try to handle techy questions....would you really want to putme in charge of teaching others???? LOL

Hippyt

Tuesday, October 01, 2002 - 08:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Draheid,I looked all OVER for that!! I knew it was here somwhere. Thank You!
I'm sure Deeya is more than qualified to teach me!!I'll have to read up a little more,I should have time to chat after Survivor Thursday. I know how to do wav files,so that should help.I used to do ICQ,but that slowed down my puter terribly. And if I forgot to turn it off,strangers popping in to ask what I was wearing all the time...,didn't last long.
Thanks everyone.

Sia

Tuesday, October 01, 2002 - 08:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I have used Pirch in the past for chat. Is this program compatible, too?

Draheid

Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 07:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sia: Sorry to be so late in answering your question. YES Pirch should work the same as mIRC. In fact, you can use the same instructions to get into the chat room as I described for mIRC.

Look forward to seeing you there! :)

Sia

Tuesday, October 29, 2002 - 04:53 am EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL, Draheid! I didn't even know you'd answered me! Overlooked this thread on one of the times I checked for "new messages" and then didn't have time to read all of them!!! Pirch is installed on my old p.c., and I haven't used it on this new machine. Should I download it again since I'm most familiar with it, or would it be better to be using what the majority of people here are using?

I had a file of pop-ups and a ton of *.wavs; could those be exported to this new puter and used in mirc even though they were created using Pirch? Thanks in advance!

Draheid, is it best to use an anonymizer before entering chat?

Draheid

Tuesday, October 29, 2002 - 06:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Sia: I don't think you can use an anonymizer before entering chat. At least not with mIRC or pIRCh since they connect directly to the service, as far as I know. Maybe you could anonymize with the java client, but I suspect most anonymizers would limit the use of java scripts like that due to the amount of resources it would use. That's just a guess since all anonymizers work differently.

The *.wav files should be able to be used with mIRC since they are probably standard .wav files. Since I'm not too familiar with pIRCh, I don't know if the popups will transfer as easily. It depends on how they are scripted in pIRCh. The variables & some of the commands may be slightly different.

Anyway, good luck with all this. mIRC would give you the advantage of others that are familiar with it being able to better assist you in using it. Just a thought.

Strawberry

Tuesday, October 29, 2002 - 05:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Is anyone else having problems w/ mIRC tonight? I can't get into java or mIRC. It just says connecting and nothing happens. When I did get in there to begin w/ it kept timing out...just wondering if it's me...thanks

Wargod

Tuesday, October 29, 2002 - 05:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Strawberry, we had probs too. Both Spy and I finally got in, but it took awhile. I changed servers finaly, but not sure if that helped or not, LOL.

Sia

Tuesday, October 29, 2002 - 11:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks, Draheid. I haven't really seriously gotten into chat yet, but it is very fun and enjoyable. Maybe when the weather turns absolutely FRIGID I'll get into doing that--since I certainly won't want to drive anywhere in the cold!! Thanks for your pointers; you are one of several computer whiz-kids around here, and your advice is always welcome and appreciated! smileycrazyface

Juju2bigdog

Tuesday, October 29, 2002 - 11:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I had a lot of problems getting into chat, tried several different servers, finally got in.