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Old Aug 27, 2005 | 12:38 PM
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Chat System Announcement

The chat system has been overhauled. Here's a run down of the new features:

1. The top of every forum page now lists all users in the chat system, plus has a direct link to the chat system.
2. Chat system now has a larger screen area. It used to target 640x480 screens, now it targets 800x600.
3. Newer version of the chat server and chat client.
4. Chat client is now more cross-browser compliant. Any major browser with Java support will work with it.
5. Chat port moved from IRC chat port (6666) to http alternate port. This will help with some users who can't chat due to firewall issues.

Individual chat channels for each chapter is in the works.
 
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Old Aug 27, 2005 | 12:41 PM
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Great Ken! Now maybe more people will use it.

Originally Posted by webmaster
Individual chat channels for each chapter is in the works.
Great idea...where did you get that one?

-Matt
 
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Old Aug 27, 2005 | 01:42 PM
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Thank you Ken, I also see that you can see who is online near the top of the page , neat feature
 
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Old Aug 27, 2005 | 02:32 PM
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Thanks for all the good work Ken. Hopefully this will spark some new interest in the chat program.
 
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Old Aug 27, 2005 | 05:20 PM
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Just tried it. Nice and easy to use even for a dullard such as myself. Might use it alot more often now that it's easy to see who is on and only a click away.

Can it be set up to open in a new window? Wouldn't lose my place in the forums that way.
 
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Old Aug 27, 2005 | 08:48 PM
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Sounds good, but unfortunately with my luck, it doesn work with me. I get to the part where it says 'Loggin into Server..." and stays there forever. Does it with FireFox and IE. I'll R&R Java and hopefully see ya'll in there
 
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Old Aug 27, 2005 | 09:28 PM
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Now if i could learn to type rather than pluck the keys.

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Old Aug 27, 2005 | 10:28 PM
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Awesome, a bunch of users will enjoy the new features.
 
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Old Aug 27, 2005 | 11:12 PM
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Very cool Ken, hope it will be utilized a lot more with the additions.
 
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Old Aug 28, 2005 | 02:09 AM
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Great work. Tried it out tonight. Works well.
 
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Old Aug 28, 2005 | 03:00 AM
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And its working well , great job.
 
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Old Aug 28, 2005 | 06:41 PM
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Thanks Ken. The 48-60 folks have a regular Saturday night session at 9 pm eastern. The changes will make it a lot more enjoyable.
 
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Old Sep 1, 2005 | 12:28 AM
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im new and have a top line comp but to dumb to work it cant seem to figure the chat out ? help from vulater thankx !
 
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Old Sep 1, 2005 | 03:07 AM
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Unfortunately, there is no support for the chat system.
 
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Old Nov 14, 2005 | 04:19 AM
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I'm glad ya'll finnaly brought it out to plain view. It used to be kinda hidden in the background. Either way,It's nice. Now if only it had a more "Pleasurable" look to it. Not ******* on it,But it looks like its from the 80's on an IBM 5150.
But thats good because its simple to use.


P.S.
If anyone knows how to set up the old 5 1/2" Drive bays to work on a newer computer,Lemme know. Or get a newer floppy drive (3 1/2") to work on an old IBM.
I'm trying to get my IBM 5150 running again and the DOS on it is dead.

Thanks.

P.S. again,

Wrong forum I know,but since the question went with the post,I figured,Why not.
 
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