#TMNT

[Michaelangelo]

Ok, So #TMNT is not a web site, though it is a long ran chat room.

I founded #TMNT in November 1995, only two months after I joined TMNT-L originally.  It's a chat room on dalnet, which I use to talk about all the time on the original mailing list to get friends together to talk.  In 1998 events happened and the channel has gone a bit quiet, though it's been years and the channel still has people who go to it often.  

On #TMNT I am both Michaelangelo and Donatello, others on the forum are there as well.  So everyone is welcomed to check out #TMNT, the rules there are about the same as here... don't take character nicks which are already taken and restrain from swearing.  Be Respectful to each other, and don't bring any outside anger or fights into the channel please.  If something starts to seep into the channel, please take it out right away.

#TMNT is mainly a chat room, there is an RP attach to it though for the most part we don't do the RP in #TMNT but in other channels these days, so that conversation can take place in the channel itself.

To get there feel free to pick up an IRC program that works for your computer, I perfer mIRC though I know there's other programs out there, and macs can't use mIRC.  TN if you could, please let us know the programs that are best for macs, for anyone on here that has a mac and would like to join us.  Everyone who knows of good IRC programs are encourage to post links to download them, for anyone who'll like to get IRC.

mIRC is located at http://www.mIRC.com/

The Channel is on any dalnet server, to learn more about dalnet please check out http://www.dal.net/

Once you're on, just type /join #TMNT

This is the first time I'm really putting an ad up anywhere for #TMNT in years.  Though it'd be nice to see new faces comeing in to chat, and maybe some faces that haven't been there in years.

[Andrew Modeen]

So it's still on DALNet? I thought it moved.

[Michaelangelo]

Same Turtle time, Same Turtle channel.  Hehe

We never left dalnet.  We've bounced to a private servers for a few months when Dalnet went down but we came back as soon as Dalnet was back working.

[TurtleNinja]

Let's see....for all the Mac users out there(lmao, I wouldn't be surprised if I was the only one, but hey, I like standing out... ), I know of maybe two clients besides the one I've used since I joined the chat in late 96-97.

There's one out there called Athena. I actually have a copy on my computer as a backup should my usual program fail, but I've never had to, and I don't plan to use it unless I must.

I unfortunately don't know where to get it, it was put on my computer by one of the guys who fixed her up after she was down and nearly gone for good. I wasn't really happy, but I think he did it to mean well, and to give me a backup and show me that there were other IRC clients out there for Macs.

There's also one that I've heard of called Snak at I think www.snak.com but I've never used it myself or even been to the page, and actually, I personally wouldn't recommend it. Tygra tried using it awhile ago, and it was very harfy for her. It's there if you want to try it, but it might be harfy and better to try Athena or....

The client I use, dubbed Ircle. Yeah. I know. Make all the Urkel jokes you want, I've heard 'em all over the years. I wasn't the one to originally pick this client, either. My cousin did, back in 96, and had a channel for awhile over on efnet(unrelated to TMNT, and I doubt it's even still there), so he was the one to originally put this client on the computer.

I'm not sure what version they're up to on Ircle since my system's so old, I'm as upgraded as I'm going to ever get, but you can check it out and get it at;

http://www.ircle.com/

Last I checked, you get a free 30 day trial with it, then it'll kick you off every half hour until you pay and enter in the registration code, which was only $20 when I did it. After that, upgrades are free.

Very good program, I'd recommend it. The only trouble is, the colors used by mIRC users don't translate very well to Ircle, if at all. You can see colors compared to the original Ircle I used, which only let me connect to one server at a time and had no colors, but they don't translate with mIRC at all, I've tried.

They may have fixed that by now, I'm not sure, but at the time I got the program, heh, it still didn't work. Colors would be, say, blue on mIRC, and a painfully bright, blinding yellow for me. I've since given up getting it to work.

It also allows you to connect to ten servers at once. No, I've never done that many at once. Most I've done is about three servers at a time, but there is room for that many connections or clones.

I can answer most questions about Ircle since I've been using it for nearly ten years now, but as far as Athena and Snak go, I barely even know where to get them, let alone how they run. I just know that they're out there, so, up to you guys if you want to use one of them, but Ircle's the one I'd really recommend.

[Andrew Modeen]

Or you can go here : http://www.actiontattoos.com/tmnt/irc

This will directly connect you to #TMNT within moments, no software like mIRC needed.

[Michaelangelo]

Hiya, just wanted to add a few more things to here...

Normal time that there are people on is 8pm Easteren

I'm on a LOT, though if I don't say hi when you come in say hi.  My screen will flash to let me know someone is talking to me, and I'll be sure to go and check it out if I'm here.  I know a lot of people come in and leave without saying anything I'd miss anyone who does that.