IIRC, the web-based chat app was just a front for an IRC channel, but
I could be wrong. The web frontend that I linked for wasteland.org is
easy enough, if you have a current web browser (I had my mom try it,
and she's as inept as they come). :)

Sudhir

On 8/30/07, Nunya Business <bulletheadx@gmail.com> wrote:
> I met my wife on IRC, many many moons ago. No delay, that's actually pretty
> funny. Probably things have changed but lag was the major feature of IRC
> back in those days. : )
> Didn't Vanagon.com have a straight-up web-based chat app once upon a time?
> Something like that might be easier for the um.... 'old people' here than
> getting used to IRC.
> I sent Mike the Squirrel a chat invite thru Gmail to see how it worked but
> the chucklehead ignored me. Yes I took it personally.
>
> Cya,
> Robert
>
>
> On 8/29/07, Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Basically, it is a different way of communication between list members.
> > IRC is to our mailing list, as placing a conference call is to a mass
> > mailing.
> >
> > A no-delay method of communication that can be used by anyone with a
> > computer.
> >
> > Here is the IRC wikipedia entry:
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat
> >
> > I hope this clears up any confusion.
> > Sudhir
> >
> > On 8/29/07, Anthony Egeln <regnsuzanne@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > Sudhir,
> > >
> > > What does this mean in old people language?
> > >
> > > Thanks, Anthony
> > > '89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> > >  I was browsing the archive from the early `90's, and found mention of
> > > a vanagon IRC channel.
> > > Would anyone be interested in restarting one?
> > >
> > > If so, I would like to recommend the server irc.wasteland.org , channel
> > > #type2
> > > note: the channel already exists, and has people talking.
> > >
> > > The inhabitants of the channel currently, are 1 bus, and 2 vanagon.
> > >
> > > Sudhir
> > >
> > >
> > >
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