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From: Helge Karlsen <helgek@barentsnett.no>

Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 06:06:20 -0500 (CDT)

Subject: Live talk on The Net

 
 GTF Tae Kwon-Do chat on the IRC/Undernet.
 
 
 Why an IRC/Undernet #Tae Kwon-Do Channel ?
 
 More and more people spend time on the Internet. Some say its 30 million =
 people, others say its over 100 million. Anyway, there are all sorts =
 floating around in cyberspace doing their thing. During my time on the =
 Net i have met alot of Tae Kwon-Do folks out there, and i've been =
 checking out web sites and connected me to mailing lists. But what i've =
 been missing  is a place were GTF TKD people can meet and chat "Live". =
 That's why i desided to aply for a channel on the IRC/Undernet. In order =
 to do so, i had to get support from at least 10 users. I posted a =
 message on the GTF Talk, and got very good response. The channel was =
 aplied for 15. July 1996, and were online 10. August. It is open 24 =
 hours a day, and has had lots of visitors.=20
 
 
 What is IRC/Undernet ?
 
 The IRC program were written in 1986 by a Finnish guy. It first =
 connected Scandinavian universitys but expanded to become worldwide in =
 the early 90's. It is a live chat client were you can "talk" in =
 different channels. When you post a message in a channel, the line you =
 wrote will apear in the window of all the other people that are in the =
 same channel. Everyone uses nicknames ( mine is Snipp :)  ). IRC =
 contains several networks. The first (and biggest) are EF net, but this =
 network is not good to use worldwide at the moment because of the =
 netsplit (the network is parted in to two.... one European/African, and =
 one American/Asian). This split came because of an disagreement between =
 IRC op's(managers of the network) in Europe and America.  The split has =
 ben there for 4 months now and seems to be permanent. Other networks are =
 Laosnet, Funet and Undernet. The Undernet is the youngest network, but =
 are already one of the biggest. There are ca 5000 channels to talk in =
 and you can discuss fishing, find a friend,ask questions about your PC, =
 or just hang out in your favourite channel. You always find people to =
 talk to on  the Undernet.  Thats why i choose Undernet as the Network to =
 establish the IRC/Undernet #TaeKwonDo channel.
 
 
 How to connect to the IRC/Undernet.
 
 There are several programs to choose from when you want to connect to =
 IRC. The best one is the MIRC program, and you can find it on  =
 http://huizen.dds.nl/~mirc/index.htm or =
 http://www.geopages.com/Colosseum/1822/ . Download the program, and =
 install it on your PC. Open the program and choose Setup on the file =
 menu.  Fill in your real name, email adress, and then choose your nick =
 name and alternative nickname. In the server window you have to choose =
 your connect point. If you are in the US choose us.undernet.org, or in =
 Europe you can choose uk.undernet.org, se.undernet.org, no.undernet.org =
 and others. . For a complete list of servers try =
 http://www.undernet.org/ . Click on the ok button and choose connect =
 from the file menu. You will now connect to Undernet. to join the =
 #TaeKwonDo channel write /join #TaeKwonDo . This should take you right =
 to the TaeKwonDo channel. If you want to see a complete list of channels =
 try  /list .=20
 
 
 Is this channel for me ?
 
 The #TaeKwonDo channel are for everybody who wants to talk about TKD, =
 but its mostly for GTF students.=20
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 H=E5vard Karlsen
 4. Gup
 Hammerfest Tae Kwon-Do klubb
 Norway
 
 If you got questions just contact me at havkarls@sn.no, or =
 helgek@barentsnett.no
   =20
 
 

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