Getting from AOL to the Undernet Parkinsons channel

[John Cottingham <jcott@xxxxxxxxx>]

The following is the most definitative answer that I have received instructing
AOL users now using Windows, to get to the Undernet and the Parkinsons channel.


>jcott@xxxxxxxxx (John Cottingham) wrote:
>
>>How do AOL subscribers get from AOL to Undernet? Is different
>>software needed or will the AOL chat software work?
>>
>
>In order to use IRC from AOL you must be using the latest version of
>the AOL Windows software. You also need a program such as mIRC which
>you can find in the software libraries and the AOL Winsock.dll,
>available online at keyword WINSOCK.
>
>Once you download and install your IRC client, and download the
>Winsock.dll to either your Windows directory or your client's
>directory then just signon to AOL, and startup your IRC client.
>
>You *must* use the server washington.dc.us.undernet.org to access
>Undernet and use irc02.irc.aol.com for EFnet.
>
>
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See you on the Undernet Parkinsons channel 8:30 to 10 PM Central Time which
is available world wide.



John Cottingham    "The parkinsn list brings Knowledge, Comfort, Hope, and
                    Friendship to the parkinsonian world."
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                    If you access the Internet through a provider with a
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