IRC/#duesouth FAQ 1.56

1. General IRC

1.1 What is IRC?
1.2 How do I get on IRC?

1.2.1 AOL
1.2.2 CompuServe
1.2.3 Prodigy
1.2.4 Microsoft Network
1.2.5 AT&T/Worldnet
1.2.6 Delphi
1.2.7 GEnie
1.2.8 Internet Service Providers

1.3 IRC servers

1.3.1 Efnet
1.3.2 Undernet
1.3.3 Dalnet

1.4 IRC clients

1.4.1 mIRC

1.4.1.1 Pros and Cons
1.4.1.2 Download sites
1.4.1.3 Program quirks, shortcuts, and setup info

1.4.2 WS-IRC

1.4.2.1 Pros and Cons
1.4.2.2 Download sites
1.4.2.3 Program quirks, shortcuts, and setup info

1.4.3 Netscape Chat

1.4.3.1 Pros and Cons
1.4.3.2 Download sites
1.4.3.3 Program quirks, shortcuts, and setup info

1.4.4 PIRCH

1.4.4.1 Pros and Cons
1.4.4.2 Download sites
1.4.4.3 Program quirks, shortcuts, and setup info

1.4.5 VIRC

1.4.5.1 Pros and Cons
1.4.5.2 Download sites
1.4.5.3 Program quirks, shortcuts, and setup info

1.4.6 Macintosh clients
1.4.7 Miscellaneous clients

1.5 Basic IRC commands

1.5.1 JOIN
1.5.2 PART, LEAVE & QUIT
1.5.3 NICK
1.5.4 TOPIC
1.5.5 ME
1.5.6 WHOIS
1.5.7 PING

1.6 Lag and splits
1.7 Basic survival and etiquette
1.80 Bots
1.81 Clones
1.82 Takeovers

2. #duesouth

2.1 Where is it?
2.2 When is it?
2.3 What the heck does that mean?
2.4 Thank you kindly?
2.5 Commonly used servers by those frequenting #duesouth

3. Tell me more!