IRC to undernet #butuan Using PIRCH or MIRC

  1. Connect to your Internet Provider

  2. If you dont have any IRC clients, then you need to download either PIRCH or MIRC from the web...Use a web browser to download...

    MIRC is at http://www.mirc.com/ PIRCH is at http://www.pirch.com/

    (if you have win95/NT download the 32 bit version, if you have win3.1, download the 16bit version)

  3. Run the self installing PIRCH or MIRC by double-clicking on the file you just downloaded. Just follow the install instructions...at this time, just take whatever the default values are during the install...

  4. While still connected to your Internet provider, and after you've installed MIRC or PIRCH, run the MIRC or PIRCH program...

  5. The program should popup a new application window, with *A LOT* of buttons. There should also be a box where you can see the various machines or servers that you can connect to. From this box, one can usually click to get a pull down menu. There should be a few servers on the pulldown menu.

  6. Select an undernet server...Undernet servers have undernet.org at the end of the server name. For example, something like:

    sandiego.ca.us.undernet.org
    okc.ok.us.undernet.org
    vancouver.bc.ca.undernet.org

    there are a LOT more servers out there.... anything with an undernet.org at the end is an undernet network server..

  7. Once you have an undernet server chosen, you can connect to it by clicking the CONNECT or LOGIN button somewhere in the window. For PIRCH (which I use), the login button is near the top-left.

  8. Sometimes another window pops up after the LOGIN button is clicked....answer any of the fields in this new window and click a connect button....

  9. Usually the undernet server you first chose is not available... you may have to try many undernet servers to finally get connected...

  10. once you see a successful connect (a bunch of messages appear), you can join a chat room by typing

    in PIRCH: /JOIN BUTUAN
    in MIRC: /JOIN #BUTUAN

    you need to type the above in your connected window...

  11. if you get a 'successful' /join, you will get a new window where you may see some people chatting on screen... but sometimes you may only see a user called @W... @W is a program that 'watches' over the #butuan channel...

    if there are others there chatting, just cut in and say hello and maybe intro yourself....we somehow dont like chatters who try to have that "mysterious epek" or "incognito"....heheheh...but of course, you dont have to intro yourself if you dont want....also, some IRCers on #butuan have the "power" to kick and ban someone from #butuan (me being one of them hehehe)... as a general policy, we try to keep the channel informal and yet "clean"....

  12. If you are on #butuan, and you dont know what to type... just ask for me....I am usually on the channel using RVA as my nickname (though at times, i've been known to use some other nickname hehehe)....GOOD LUCK and hope to see you in #Butuan soon...