Aaron Toponce ⚛️
I didn't get on IRC until 1999, so I never experienced these growing pains in the early 1990s. It's fascinating to learn about.
Great video.
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I'm getting a little nostalgic here, but like many, I started with mIRC so I could pirate software, audio, and video. But around this time, I was also finding my footing in #FreeSoftware.
I eventually setup a Sun workstation with NetBSD and ran BitchX behind GNU screen. So long as I had an SSH client, I could access my IRC session.
I then migrated to Irssi then WeeChat. I was connected to Freenode, OFTC, Mozilla, and many other networks. All in Free Software channels.
Eric Mabuse@atoponce I just *loved* to annoy my colleagues by using Microsoft Comic Chat.
Instead of 'ops' someone had a 'hammer'...
It was awesome bringing in comics as 'chat logs' in a boardroom meeting.
Instead of 'ops' someone had a 'hammer'...
It was awesome bringing in comics as 'chat logs' in a boardroom meeting.