Hi all
 
I already mentioned the idea of a chat a while ago, but some of us <me>
dont have newer machines and cant run Win95 so I hoped to use an existing
talker for our live deliberations.  If anyone would like to try my local
talker/chat, I can arrange to "meet" you there at an aggreed upon time.
The address is: telnet://chardonnay.niagara.com 3000
I am in Ontario and we are in Eastern Standard Time <i think..;)>
My "Character Name" there is Blackadder.
 
Here are some 'rules' for talkers if you are not a regular user...
 
  1.  It is not a good idea to give out any personal information,
      expecially in the "public" rooms.  You never know who you are
      talking to.
  2.  It is Public place and therefore there are usually kids there.
      Obviosely foul language is not polite...;)
  3.  When you logon for the first time there are 2 things you must do
      before you are 'promoted' which means I or someone else will give
      you a larger selection of commands that you can use.
  4   The two things you have to do are a) make a desription and b) make a
      profile.  These are things you type either after your character name
      or in a file called .entpro which says something about yourself.  It
      can be as little or as much as you like.
  5   I have got a bit ahead of myself...When you logon for the first
      time, you first have to choose a "name" for yourself. The screen
      will say---->   Give me a name:
      You then type something after the colon.  This will be the "name"
      you want to be known as at the talker. Then you will be asked to
      supply a password ------>  Give me a Password:
      After you type in your password and hit the enter key, it will say
      either "error" (or something like that) or it will ask you to
      re-enter it because it is a new password.  Then after you do that,
      it will say "Welcome <name>" and YOU ARE IN!!!!
  6   You will find yourself in the main "room" called "Timesquare"
      because this talker is called "Cyber Manhattan".
  7   If you decide to try out Cyber Manhattan, it woulldnt be a good idea
      to let the people know there that we are using the place to meet.  I
      dont think they will mind, but they dont need to know either..:)
  8   Thats all I can think of right now...Just remember, use some name
      that the others will recognise, or put something in your Profile
     that says you're a bee-liner.  If you arent sure if another person is
      "one of us", use the .tell command which you will learn about when
      you logon and type .lost   Also, type .help to get more help...:)
 
   Good Luck!
 
By the way, I am usually there sometime between 9:00 pm and 12:00 midnight
Ontario time...
 
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