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Article #5111Re: IRC request
From: Jeremy Friesner
Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 10:09
Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 10:09
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In article <19960228.7C906D8.FDF9@mother.com> dfraser@mother.com (Dan J. Fraser) writes: > In article <4grj86$gsa@news.clinet.fi> somebody@clinet.fi (Juha Vanhanen) writes: > > I would also be interested in an IRC-server running > > on AmiTCP under AmigaDOS. > > This isn't really a feasable use for Amiga. There's too much data, and > Amiga is too unreliable. I tend to disagree here; The CLChat package works perfectly okay on an Amiga, and there's no reason why irc wouldn't work as well, up to a certain loading point. > While it is a good computer, Amiga systems probably shouldn't be used where > mission-critical reliability is an issue. Since when does IRC have anything to do with "mission-critical reliability"??? > If you want to run an IRC server, you should probably invest in a real > computer. Oh, I see, now we've descended into blatant flame-baiting. Jeremy -- Jeremy Friesner | I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather. jfriesne@ucsd.edu | Not screaming in terror, like his passengers.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!news1.ucsd.edu!usenet From: jfriesne@sdcc8.ucsd.edu (Jeremy Friesner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking Subject: Re: IRC request Date: Thu, 29 Feb 96 10:09:39 Organization: Entropiphilic Reorganization Consultants Message-ID: <19960229.7BF5820.9660@sdcc8.ucsd.edu> References: <4gojpu$pjf@hearst.cac.psu.edu> <4grj86$gsa@news.clinet.fi> <19960228.7C906D8.FDF9@mother.com> Reply-To: jfriesne@ucsd.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: jfriesne.extern.ucsd.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-NewsSoftware: GRn 2.1 Feb 19, 1994